Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 1.00 to 23.00 higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 5.00 to 13.00 higher across all weight classes. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady while lean cows of average dressing sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 16.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday September 18, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $274.88/cwt on 228 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −168.10 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$274.88

228 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,488

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$29.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.40

vs CO average

+6.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	280.47	1,498	155
Medium and Large 1-2	569	266.38	1,515	57
Medium and Large 2	516	251.00	1,295	16thin

One grade step is worth $29.47/cwt here — about $202 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 sale228 hd

274.88

—

CO average2 barns · 411 hd

276.28

−1.40

National average178 barns · 13,815 hd

268.20

+6.68

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−168.10

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	1,630	145.13	2,365	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,583	127.57	2,019	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,374	127.30	1,750	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,131	117.34	1,328	302

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	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,263	$1,976	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,020	$1,875	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,124	$1,745	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,147	$1,571	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,150	$1,410	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$2,100	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	830	$1,625	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	942	$1,559	3thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,518	$2,653	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,018	$1,617	3thin

Every lot, as filed

88 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	Large 1	350–400	363	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	929	2
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	873	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,903	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,178	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	284.04/cwt	277.00–287.00	1,434	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	232.51/cwt	225.00–233.50	2,048	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	289.30/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,383	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	986	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	308.43/cwt	308.00–311.00	1,101	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	241.44/cwt	236.00–245.00	1,963	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	247.94/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,421	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	223.22/cwt	220.00–228.50	2,034	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	274.66/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,596	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	233.42/cwt	231.00–243.00	1,134	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	251.74/cwt	251.00–253.00	1,845	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	248.05/cwt	240.00–253.50	1,543	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,881	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	278.95/cwt	271.00–281.00	1,174	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	288.87/cwt	284.00–290.00	1,268	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	225.01/cwt	223.00–231.00	1,775	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	238.52/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,627	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	268.04/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,667	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	370.93/cwt	369.00–372.00	1,239	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,855	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	990	1,412.88/head	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,413	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	542	252.00/cwt	251.00–256.00	1,366	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	352	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,207	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	220.48/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,790	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	767	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	229.88/cwt	229.00–231.00	1,667	14
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,147	1,571.10/head	1,500.00–1,710.00	1,571	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,124	1,744.82/head	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,745	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	942	1,558.81/head	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	261.40/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,223	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	2,025.00/head	2,025.00–2,025.00	2,025	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	210.61/cwt	210.00–216.00	2,068	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	241.86/cwt	234.00–246.50	1,848	38
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,263	1,975.50/head	1,825.00–2,025.00	1,976	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,538	3,056.10/head	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,056	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	98.09/cwt	88.00–108.00	1,008	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	123.29/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,467	123
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,102	115.82/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,276	153
Bulls	—	—	1,646	151.30/cwt	136.00–161.00	2,490	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,583	127.57/cwt	120.00–134.00	2,019	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,375	128.02/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,760	40
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	328	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	790	6
Steers	Large 1	400–450	439	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,036	15
Bulls	—	—	1,560	118.92/cwt	111.00–129.00	1,855	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,363	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,540	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,420	35
Steers	Large 1	300–350	337	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,014	5
Steers	Large 1	750–800	750	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,845	2
Steers	Large 1	700–750	730	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,818	2
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	415	238.16/cwt	226.00–275.00	988	18
Steers	Large 1	650–700	670	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,702	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	419	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	888	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	1,875.00/head	1,875.00–1,875.00	1,875	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	955	207.09/cwt	201.00–216.00	1,978	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	198	710.00/head	710.00–710.00	710	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	781	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,488	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	269.78/cwt	266.00–271.00	1,449	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,018	145.50/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	940	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,312	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	228.54/cwt	226.00–231.00	1,901	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	516	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,295	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	240.38/cwt	240.00–241.00	1,279	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	281.22/cwt	271.00–286.00	1,060	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,121	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	247.79/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,712	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,498	2,249.92/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	256.07/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,647	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	270.92/cwt	261.00–276.00	1,146	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	265.27/cwt	256.00–267.00	1,536	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	774	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,687	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,675	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	231.85/cwt	229.00–239.00	1,442	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	237.84/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,375	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,045	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,111	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	256.74/cwt	251.50–269.00	1,738	18

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,937Last week 591Year ago 1,521

Slaughter CattleReceipts 387Last week 183Year ago 134

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 66Year ago 28

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	337	301.00	301.00
2	350–400	363	256.00	256.00
15	400–450	439	236.00	236.00
2	650–700	670	254.00	254.00
2	700–750	730	249.00	249.00
2	750–800	750	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	368	320.00	320.00
21	400–450	423	261.00–276.00	270.92
12	450–500	477	275.00	275.00
14	500–550	537	266.00–271.00	269.78
43	550–600	579	256.00–267.00	265.27
13	600–650	643	255.00–257.00	256.07
32	650–700	691	244.00–250.00	247.79
8	700–750	725	231.00	231.00
23	800–850	832	226.00–231.00	228.54
2	1000–1050	1,005	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	334	369.00–372.00	370.93
6	350–400	352	343.00	343.00
12	400–450	439	284.00–290.00	288.87
7	450–500	478	285.00–291.00	289.30
96	500–550	505	277.00–287.00	284.04
59	550–600	581	269.00–280.00	274.66
60	600–650	622	260.00–277.00	268.04
18	650–700	677	251.50–269.00	256.74
44	700–750	733	251.00–253.00	251.74
38	750–800	764	234.00–246.50	241.86
181	800–850	813	236.00–245.00	241.44
165	850–900	881	225.00–233.50	232.51
56	900–950	911	220.00–228.50	223.22
68	950–1000	982	210.00–216.00	210.61
3	1000–1050	1,045	202.00	202.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	425	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	338	231.00	231.00
5	400–450	430	211.00	211.00
16	500–550	516	251.00	251.00
6	600–650	628	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	241.00	241.00
18	400–450	415	226.00–275.00	238.16
13	850–900	873	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	198	710.00	710.00
2	250–300	273	281.00	281.00
2	300–350	315	313.00	313.00
21	350–400	357	308.00–311.00	308.43
40	400–450	421	271.00–281.00	278.95
14	450–500	468	255.00–265.00	261.40
48	500–550	542	251.00–256.00	252.00
33	550–600	573	246.00–253.00	247.94
48	600–650	622	240.00–253.50	248.05
66	650–700	682	233.00–240.00	238.52
14	700–750	725	229.00–231.00	229.88
66	750–800	789	223.00–231.00	225.01
12	800–850	812	218.00–221.00	220.48
16	850–900	855	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	318	292.00	292.00
28	350–400	377	271.00–286.00	281.22
2	400–450	443	253.00	253.00
29	450–500	486	231.00–243.00	233.42
8	500–550	532	240.00–241.00	240.38
10	550–600	578	233.00–239.00	237.84
12	600–650	622	229.00–239.00	231.85
4	650–700	699	228.00	228.00
23	750–800	774	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	360	261.00	261.00
14	400–450	419	212.00	212.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	467	259.00	259.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,085	171.00	171.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	955	201.00–216.00	207.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,018	141.00–151.00	145.50
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	990	1,225.00–1,525.00	1,412.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,075	2,025.00	2,025.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	942	1,525.00–1,625.00	1,558.81
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	830	1,625.00	1,625.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,147	1,500.00–1,710.00	1,571.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,124	1,625.00–1,800.00	1,744.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,263	1,825.00–2,025.00	1,975.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	1,875.00	1,875.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,410.00	1,410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,538	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,056.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	2	—	1,498	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,249.92

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,028	88.00–108.00	98.09
123	—	1,190	120.00–132.00	123.29
153	—	1,102	110.00–119.00	115.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,583	120.00–134.00	127.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,375	122.00–132.00	128.02
2	—	1,363	113.00	113.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,646	136.00–161.00	151.30
4	—	1,560	111.00–129.00	118.92

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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