Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-01-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 1.00 to 12.00 higher across all weight classes with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 8.00 higher across all weight classes with instances of 12.00 higher. Slaughter cows of average dressing sold unevenly steady across all weight classes and slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 lower on a light test. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday January 23, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $261.14/cwt on 2,097 head.

Average price

$261.14

2,097 head · 690 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,801

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$47

per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$39.65/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.79

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	501	290.50	1,454	217
Medium and Large 1-2	613	259.04	1,588	126
Medium and Large 1	722	257.82	1,861	1,712
Medium and Large 2	599	250.85	1,501	42

One grade step is worth $39.65/cwt here — about −$47 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,097 hd

261.14

—

CO average4 barns · 5,580 hd

270.93

−9.79

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	—	Average	1,762	108.79	1,917	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,593	92.73	1,477	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,355	90.64	1,228	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,066	84.82	904	112

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,195	$1,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	980	$800	1thin

Every lot, as filed

101 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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	—	842	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,836	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	234.28/cwt	221.00–239.00	1,813	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	404	312.97/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,264	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	300.17/cwt	300.00–301.00	1,612	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	209.47/cwt	203.00–211.00	1,806	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	281.58/cwt	271.00–285.00	1,630	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	496	318.58/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,580	7
Steers	Large 1	—	540	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,523	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	447	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	292.27/cwt	290.00–294.00	1,762	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	725	232.14/cwt	223.00–239.00	1,683	77
Steers	Large 1	—	444	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,372	63
Steers	Large 1	—	485	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,436	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	274.43/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,712	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	405	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,490	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	264.62/cwt	262.50–266.00	1,413	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,708	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	256.10/cwt	252.00–260.00	1,752	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	707	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,775	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	592	291.15/cwt	291.00–292.00	1,724	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	572	253.62/cwt	253.00–254.00	1,451	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	710	216.47/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,537	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	616	243.48/cwt	242.00–246.00	1,500	46
Steers	Large 1Fancy	—	629	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,579	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	993	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,946	16
Steers	Large 1	—	359	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,149	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	393	371.92/cwt	371.00–377.50	1,462	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	275.90/cwt	271.00–282.50	1,482	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	244.40/cwt	230.00–248.50	1,637	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	282	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	246.39/cwt	241.00–253.00	1,528	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	305.24/cwt	302.50–310.00	1,450	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,773	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	916	213.25/cwt	213.25–213.25	1,953	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	286.83/cwt	286.00–287.50	1,351	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	694	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,839	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	319.39/cwt	314.00–322.00	1,629	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	829	224.25/cwt	224.25–224.25	1,859	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	621	283.37/cwt	280.00–287.00	1,760	172
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	229.25/cwt	229.25–229.25	1,566	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	453	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,508	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	712	239.88/cwt	230.00–244.00	1,708	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	963	215.22/cwt	213.00–216.50	2,073	287
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	236.02/cwt	230.00–238.00	1,220	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	961	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	433	292.29/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,266	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	301	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	966	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	517	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,541	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,422	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	79.51/cwt	79.00–80.00	1,092	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,108	92.79/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,028	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,307	94.88/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,240	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,389	88.44/cwt	86.00–89.00	1,228	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	87.85/cwt	82.00–90.00	944	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	54.72/cwt	50.00–58.00	514	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	75.53/cwt	60.00–82.00	786	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,593	92.73/cwt	91.00–95.00	1,477	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,345	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,385	1
Bulls	—	—	1,617	105.74/cwt	100.00–109.50	1,710	7
Bulls	—	—	2,015	114.14/cwt	113.00–115.00	2,300	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	161.56/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,688	23
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	686	173.51/cwt	162.50–181.00	1,190	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	136.15/cwt	130.00–142.50	1,025	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	695	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	834	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,082	142.82/cwt	122.50–159.00	1,545	55
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	980	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,553	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,101	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	228.67/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,429	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	202.65/cwt	202.25–203.00	1,540	249
Heifers	Large 1	—	566	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,251	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	273.86/cwt	265.00–278.00	1,306	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	472	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,595	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	299	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,175	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,214	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,138	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	457	282.51/cwt	280.00–287.50	1,291	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	572	254.27/cwt	254.00–255.00	1,454	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	525	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,365	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	328	306.29/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,005	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	295.43/cwt	292.50–296.00	984	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	263.15/cwt	260.00–267.50	1,124	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	456	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,213	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	226.34/cwt	221.00–228.50	1,326	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	248.13/cwt	241.00–254.00	1,305	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	260	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	686	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,441	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,419	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	281.28/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,181	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	204.62/cwt	203.00–204.75	1,471	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	587	237.35/cwt	231.00–249.00	1,393	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	188.27/cwt	186.50–188.50	1,709	196
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	820	196.91/cwt	196.50–197.50	1,615	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,015	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	877	191.25/cwt	191.25–191.25	1,677	100

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 →

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Jan 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,075Last week 4,196Year ago 4,361

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 182Year ago 378

Replacement CattleReceipts 99Last week 68Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	842	218.00	218.00
84	—	774	221.00–239.00	234.28
63	—	537	300.00–301.00	300.17
70	—	862	203.00–211.00	209.47
87	—	579	271.00–285.00	281.58
7	—	496	315.00–320.00	318.58
6	—	447	332.00	332.00
77	—	725	223.00–239.00	232.14
60	—	624	260.00–277.00	274.43
73	—	684	252.00–260.00	256.10
16	—	993	196.00	196.00
27	—	393	371.00–377.50	371.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	404	310.00–316.00	312.97
3	—	390	349.00	349.00
5	—	787	217.00	217.00
23	—	537	271.00–282.50	275.90
49	—	670	230.00–248.50	244.40
2	—	282	327.50	327.50
22	—	620	241.00–253.00	246.39
13	—	475	302.50–310.00	305.24
5	—	996	178.00	178.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	540	282.00	282.00
63	—	444	309.00	309.00
10	—	485	296.00	296.00
27	—	359	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	603	290.00–294.00	292.27
16	—	405	368.00	368.00
28	—	707	251.00	251.00
91	—	592	291.00–292.00	291.15
50	—	472	338.00	338.00
9	—	299	393.00	393.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	534	262.50–266.00	264.62
9	—	471	286.00–287.50	286.83
22	—	683	229.25	229.25
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	629	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	916	213.25	213.25
34	—	694	265.00	265.00
55	—	510	314.00–322.00	319.39
59	—	829	224.25	224.25
172	—	621	280.00–287.00	283.37
10	—	453	333.00	333.00
47	—	712	230.00–244.00	239.88
287	—	963	213.00–216.50	215.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	572	253.00–254.00	253.62
27	—	710	215.00–217.00	216.47
46	—	616	242.00–246.00	243.48
6	—	457	280.00–287.50	282.51
6	—	328	305.00–307.50	306.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	517	230.00–238.00	236.02
2	—	340	282.50	282.50
6	—	476	255.00	255.00
6	—	700	191.00	191.00
17	—	427	260.00–267.50	263.15
23	—	586	221.00–228.50	226.34
5	—	802	182.50	182.50
3	—	667	216.00	216.00
13	—	642	221.00	221.00
10	—	369	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	433	291.00–297.00	292.29
17	—	301	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	661	235.00	235.00
39	—	381	289.00	289.00
101	—	625	220.00–234.00	228.67
249	—	760	202.25–203.00	202.65
47	—	477	265.00–278.00	273.86
12	—	333	292.50–296.00	295.43
110	—	526	241.00–254.00	248.13
2	—	260	272.50	272.50
2	—	245	280.00	280.00
10	—	420	276.00–285.00	281.28
68	—	719	203.00–204.75	204.62
79	—	587	231.00–249.00	237.35
196	—	908	186.50–188.50	188.27
174	—	820	196.50–197.50	196.91
100	—	877	191.25	191.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	566	221.00	221.00
81	—	456	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	375	246.00	246.00
3	—	527	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	572	254.00–255.00	254.27
32	—	525	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	517	298.00	298.00
8	—	431	330.00	330.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,373	79.00–80.00	79.51
7	—	1,307	94.00–97.00	94.88
9	—	1,389	86.00–89.00	88.44
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,108	91.00–95.00	92.79
85	—	1,075	82.00–90.00	87.85
2	—	940	50.00–58.00	54.72
23	—	1,040	60.00–82.00	75.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,593	91.00–95.00	92.73
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	103.00	103.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,617	100.00–109.50	105.74
4	—	2,015	113.00–115.00	114.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,045	160.00–180.00	161.56
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	686	162.50–181.00	173.51
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	753	130.00–142.50	136.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	55	—	1,082	122.50–159.00	142.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	695	120.00	120.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,195	1,000.00	1,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	800.00	800.00

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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