Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 7.00 to 15.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 7.00 to 16.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Slaughter cows sold steady across all weight classes while slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday April 3, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.23/cwt on 265 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −98.75 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$344.23

265 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,886

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$274

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$49.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.86

vs CO average

+33.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	345.66	1,893	235
Large 1	550	342.25	1,882	24
Medium and Large 1-2	547	296.00	1,619	6thin

One grade step is worth $49.66/cwt here — about $274 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $415.25, median $442.98 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale265 hd

344.23

—

CO average3 barns · 356 hd

339.37

+4.86

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+33.97

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−98.75

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,728	133.96	2,315	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,415	126.52	1,790	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,103	117.27	1,293	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,595	117.00	1,866	2thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	895	$1,225	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	959	$2,900	4thin

Every lot, as filed

110 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,191	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	304.47/cwt	298.00–308.00	1,936	147
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,138	4
Steers	Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,908	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	379.65/cwt	368.00–386.00	1,625	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	219.04/cwt	214.00–222.00	1,949	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,389	7
Steers	Large 1	500–550	525	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,801	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	346.63/cwt	345.00–347.00	1,941	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	356	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,506	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	263.65/cwt	251.00–269.00	1,925	90
Steers	Large 1	400–450	410	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,554	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	416	414.87/cwt	414.00–416.00	1,726	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,713	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	607	270.22/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,640	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	318.55/cwt	318.00–323.00	1,962	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	342.04/cwt	338.00–348.00	1,779	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	264.94/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,836	64
Steers	Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,575	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	739	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,017	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	460	314.78/cwt	314.00–317.00	1,448	18
Heifers	Large 1Replacement	450–500	499	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,477	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	257	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,208	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	314	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	1,375	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	522	304.25/cwt	302.00–310.00	1,588	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	383	340.09/cwt	333.00–347.00	1,303	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	246.72/cwt	238.00–249.00	1,547	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	233.28/cwt	226.00–234.00	1,901	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	1,966	16
Steers	Large 1	450–500	472	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,770	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	409.63/cwt	405.00–413.00	1,372	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	589	325.80/cwt	317.00–335.00	1,919	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,619	6
Steers	Large 1	600–650	621	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,900	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,758	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,011	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,981	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	674	282.27/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,902	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	369	414.97/cwt	414.00–417.00	1,531	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	357.48/cwt	349.00–365.00	1,698	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	250.20/cwt	245.00–256.00	1,902	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	478	382.75/cwt	375.00–388.00	1,830	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	328	423.44/cwt	421.00–429.00	1,389	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	530	358.84/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,902	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	432	397.48/cwt	391.00–406.00	1,717	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	340.23/cwt	339.00–342.00	1,436	5
Steers	Large 1	300–350	302	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,229	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	313.72/cwt	308.00–320.00	1,173	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,233	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	329	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,283	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,634	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,636	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,783	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	82.55/cwt	81.00–84.00	844	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	905	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	824	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,866	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,415	126.52/cwt	115.00–135.00	1,790	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,117	121.10/cwt	103.00–132.00	1,353	25
Bulls	—	—	1,728	133.96/cwt	112.00–151.00	2,315	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	903	205.83/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,859	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	959	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	771	228.78/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,764	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	980	177.95/cwt	132.00–191.00	1,744	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	163.07/cwt	160.00–169.00	1,647	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,029	141.39/cwt	121.00–149.00	1,455	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	402	338.66/cwt	336.00–339.00	1,361	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	529	317.17/cwt	316.00–318.00	1,678	27
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	395	315.68/cwt	314.00–318.00	1,247	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	294.25/cwt	288.00–299.00	1,565	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	383	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,383	2
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	200–250	240	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	355.25/cwt	342.00–361.00	1,165	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	249.77/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,701	22
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	533	290.59/cwt	277.00–292.00	1,549	20
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	346	352.02/cwt	349.00–355.00	1,218	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	766	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,444	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	255.04/cwt	253.00–258.00	1,464	25
Heifers	Large 1-2	300–350	326	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,043	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	404.54/cwt	391.00–416.00	1,893	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	659	297.30/cwt	293.00–298.00	1,959	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	626	275.99/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,728	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	550	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,551	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,343	9
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	445	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,326	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	304.51/cwt	301.00–305.00	1,568	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	312	377.57/cwt	370.00–382.50	1,178	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	716	243.46/cwt	241.00–248.00	1,743	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	672	245.63/cwt	245.00–248.00	1,651	56
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	494	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,487	102
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	602	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,553	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	450–500	498	312.11/cwt	295.00–317.00	1,554	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	562	291.58/cwt	266.00–307.00	1,639	46
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	548	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	227.25/cwt	226.00–229.00	1,527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	298.89/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,444	136
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	658	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	287.35/cwt	280.00–291.00	1,463	9
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	595	257.50/cwt	257.00–262.00	1,532	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	272.83/cwt	264.00–277.00	1,563	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	304.34/cwt	302.00–306.00	1,330	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	316.63/cwt	314.00–322.00	1,400	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	230.24/cwt	229.00–230.50	1,672	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,063	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	581	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,389	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	254.44/cwt	251.00–263.00	1,608	63

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,366Last week 545Year ago 4,655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 72Last week 181Year ago 237

Replacement CattleReceipts 102Last week 151Year ago 10

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	430.00	430.00
31	300–350	335	405.00–413.00	409.63
4	350–400	398	401.00	401.00
20	400–450	428	368.00–386.00	379.65
75	450–500	475	349.00–365.00	357.48
43	500–550	520	338.00–348.00	342.04
6	550–600	582	302.00	302.00
147	600–650	636	298.00–308.00	304.47
64	650–700	693	260.00–273.00	264.94
90	700–750	730	251.00–269.00	263.65
99	750–800	760	245.00–256.00	250.20
34	800–850	815	226.00–234.00	233.28
27	850–900	890	214.00–222.00	219.04
11	900–950	917	216.00	216.00
2	950–1000	968	190.00	190.00
4	1050–1100	1,053	191.00	191.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	373	305.00	305.00
7	400–450	434	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	375	420.00	420.00
18	550–600	558	342.00	342.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	407.00	407.00
3	400–450	410	379.00	379.00
65	450–500	472	375.00	375.00
6	500–550	525	343.00	343.00
4	600–650	621	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	257	470.00	470.00
8	300–350	314	438.00	438.00
7	350–400	356	423.00	423.00
18	400–450	416	414.00–416.00	414.87
73	450–500	468	391.00–416.00	404.54
16	500–550	520	378.00	378.00
32	550–600	560	345.00–347.00	346.63
18	600–650	616	318.00–323.00	318.55
147	650–700	659	293.00–298.00	297.30
20	700–750	739	273.00	273.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	422	339.00–342.00	340.23
6	500–550	547	296.00	296.00
2	750–800	775	221.00	221.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	400–450	432	391.00–406.00	397.48
79	500–550	530	355.00–366.00	358.84
59	550–600	589	317.00–335.00	325.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	300–350	328	421.00–429.00	423.44
40	350–400	369	414.00–417.00	414.97
78	450–500	478	375.00–388.00	382.75
119	650–700	674	276.00–285.00	282.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	312	370.00–382.50	377.57
50	350–400	383	333.00–347.00	340.09
32	600–650	607	266.00–271.00	270.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	460	314.00–317.00	314.78
40	500–550	515	301.00–305.00	304.51
2	550–600	550	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	499	296.00	296.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	498	295.00–317.00	312.11
7	500–550	522	302.00–310.00	304.25
46	550–600	562	266.00–307.00	291.58
56	600–650	626	268.00–280.00	275.99
56	650–700	672	245.00–248.00	245.63
26	700–750	716	241.00–248.00	243.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	437	302.00–306.00	304.34
9	450–500	492	273.00	273.00
9	500–550	509	280.00–291.00	287.35
25	550–600	574	253.00–258.00	255.04
20	600–650	627	238.00–249.00	246.72
5	650–700	672	226.00–229.00	227.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	278	382.50	382.50
52	300–350	328	342.00–361.00	355.25
16	350–400	374	308.00–320.00	313.72
78	400–450	442	314.00–322.00	316.63
136	450–500	483	295.00–306.00	298.89
48	500–550	532	288.00–299.00	294.25
55	550–600	573	264.00–277.00	272.83
63	600–650	632	251.00–263.00	254.44
22	650–700	681	241.00–253.00	249.77
83	700–750	726	229.00–230.50	230.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	251.00	251.00
2	400–450	428	288.00	288.00
14	500–550	529	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	329	390.00	390.00
2	350–400	383	361.00	361.00
35	400–450	402	336.00–339.00	338.66
27	500–550	529	316.00–318.00	317.17
6	550–600	554	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	346	349.00–355.00	352.02
12	350–400	395	314.00–318.00	315.68
6	400–450	445	298.00	298.00
102	450–500	494	301.00	301.00
20	500–550	533	277.00–292.00	290.59
19	550–600	595	257.00–262.00	257.50
5	600–650	602	258.00	258.00
6	650–700	658	249.00	249.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	240	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	320.00	320.00
10	500–550	548	259.00	259.00
9	550–600	581	239.00	239.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	287.00	287.00
2	600–650	630	283.00	283.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,023	81.00–84.00	82.55
1	—	905	91.00	91.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,595	117.00	117.00
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,415	115.00–135.00	126.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,117	103.00–132.00	121.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,728	112.00–151.00	133.96

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	903	201.00–217.00	205.83
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	—	771	221.00–230.00	228.78
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	980	132.00–191.00	177.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,010	160.00–169.00	163.07
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,029	121.00–149.00	141.39
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,180	2,600.00	2,600.00
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	959	2,900.00	2,900.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	895	1,225.00	1,225.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

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