Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-09-25

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Sep 25
● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,326 head
184 vs last sale 1,142 162 vs year ago 1,488 · 10.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
56 vs last sale 109 45 vs year ago 210 · 21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
74 head
53 vs last sale 127 41 vs year ago 33 · +124.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold 8.00 to 24.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 12.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 4.00 higher. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 lower and lean slaughter cows of average dressing sold 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 9.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday October 2, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $267.39/cwt on 153 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits 175.59 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.
Average price
$267.39
153 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,455
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$284
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$42.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.93
vs CO average
6.90 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1531277.211,47194
Large 1529265.001,4028thin
Medium and Large 1-2573250.261,43549
Large 1-2505235.001,1872thin
One grade step is worth $42.21/cwt here — about $284 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales
499466434401median 442.9812/1701/2102/1103/0403/25
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 sale153 hd
267.39
CO average3 barns · 486 hd
279.32
−11.93
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
−6.90
This barn, trailing median12 sales
442.98
−175.59
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,557140.012,18012
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,552117.011,8163thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,340114.941,54116
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08899.601,084128

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,335$2,4751thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,335$1,9251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)969$1,9004thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,041$1,6367
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$1,5742thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,233$1,4052thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,154$1,3834thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,047$1,2753thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,055$1,2503thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)790$1,3013thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)822$1,27611
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,023$2,1132thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,243$1,8252thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)775$1,6751thin

Every lot, as filed

101 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300267252.50/cwt252.50–252.506745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900883205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,8104
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900888223.16/cwt217.00–224.001,98256
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850837211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,7663
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450438244.80/cwt239.00–246.001,07243
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450438246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,0772
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy450–500470311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,46236
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750746237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,76818
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450–500477273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,30242
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600567238.21/cwt231.00–241.001,35125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350342282.57/cwt282.00–283.009669
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400388305.09/cwt300.00–316.001,1849
SteersLarge 1500–550529265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4028
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850821231.44/cwt231.00–232.001,90047
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800775227.12/cwt221.00–232.001,76021
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615233.64/cwt221.00–239.001,43726
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500493246.73/cwt241.00–258.001,2166
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600558274.66/cwt265.00–277.501,53334
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000974222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,1629
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550512266.09/cwt264.00–275.001,36232
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900874213.24/cwt211.00–215.001,8647
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500466240.36/cwt231.00–243.001,12033
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500487293.02/cwt289.00–297.001,42725
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350328324.43/cwt321.00–330.001,06412
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300269276.00/cwt276.00–276.007425
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950945216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,0413
SteersLarge 1-2500–550505235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1872
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250217886.55/head775.00–985.008874
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450417299.78/cwt299.00–300.001,25019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400382251.00/cwt251.00–251.009593
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,023206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,1073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600578251.40/cwt241.00–259.001,45342
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500482271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,30616
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700688241.81/cwt236.00–249.001,66445
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750707228.23/cwt220.00–234.001,61413
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750–800765240.95/cwt237.00–243.001,84333
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed700–750719238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,7119
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500–550519293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,52128
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350315278.76/cwt275.00–300.0087813
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622250.81/cwt249.00–253.001,56045
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450400261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,0444
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650629217.49/cwt211.00–222.001,3685
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546243.44/cwt240.00–246.001,3297
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800783196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,5354
BullsLarge 1600–650635216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3723
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650629233.21/cwt230.00–241.001,46710
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700694207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4374
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550503240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,2073
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400353294.00/cwt294.00–294.001,0382
BullsMedium and Large 1-2800–850823185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5232
CowsLean 85-90%1,03491.40/cwt51.00–105.0094574
CowsBoner 80-85%1,400102.00/cwt101.00–103.001,4282
CowsBoner 80-85%1,357121.80/cwt120.00–126.001,6535
CowsBoner 80-85%1,318114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,5039
CowsLean 85-90%1,044129.31/cwt120.00–142.001,3507
CowsLean 85-90%1,180108.09/cwt106.00–118.001,27547
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,552117.01/cwt116.00–119.001,8163
Bulls1,213123.63/cwt122.00–126.001,5002
Bulls1,626143.29/cwt135.00–158.002,33010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0501,185.00/head1,185.00–1,185.001,1851
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0301,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2745675.00/head675.00–675.006751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-27151,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0541,694.06/head1,625.00–1,725.001,6945
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0532,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1253
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18231,350.07/head1,200.00–1,525.001,3509
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3351,925.00/head1,925.00–1,925.001,9251
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2818940.41/head910.00–975.009402
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2631,574.46/head1,475.00–1,650.001,5742
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0471,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2753
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1541,382.96/head1,225.00–1,425.001,3834
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2101,537.35/head1,525.00–1,550.001,5372
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,052146.53/cwt145.00–157.501,5418
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2985131.69/cwt124.00–137.001,2978
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed844200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6883
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400359281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,0096
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300280301.00/cwt301.00–301.008433
HeifersMedium and Large 2850–900876186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,62920
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550529249.34/cwt240.00–255.001,31916
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800766217.10/cwt216.00–219.001,66311
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377291.92/cwt287.00–297.001,10110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550535229.67/cwt221.00–232.001,22938
HeifersLarge 1450–500473231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,0932
HeifersLarge 1600–650645226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,4583
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650628211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,3252
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350322299.55/cwt298.00–303.0096510
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750726216.34/cwt213.00–217.001,57112
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700662227.81/cwt225.00–237.001,50817
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy350–400370317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,1734
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320258.00/cwt258.00–258.008263
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500478261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,2483
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700685215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4733
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426250.96/cwt249.00–260.001,06919
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476258.97/cwt256.00–260.001,23319
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4552,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0232,113.39/head1,875.00–2,375.002,1132
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 17751,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4151,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0081,491.38/head1,425.00–1,550.001,4912
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3352,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4751
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 17901,300.50/head1,260.00–1,375.001,3013

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.