Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-02-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 550lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower while steers over 550lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 12.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Slaughter breaker and boner cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cows of average dressing sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 2.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday February 27, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $281.09/cwt on 1,758 head.

Average price

$281.09

1,758 head · 667 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$501

per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1

$107.57/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.96

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1-2	405	332.00	1,345	3thin
Medium and Large 1	652	286.86	1,871	1,462
Medium and Large 2	580	274.92	1,595	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	750	251.56	1,887	260
Large 1	822	224.43	1,845	14thin

One grade step is worth $107.57/cwt here — about −$501 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 sale1,758 hd

281.09

—

CO average5 barns · 3,245 hd

287.05

−5.96

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	1,643	119.95	1,971	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,385	108.94	1,509	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,558	106.71	1,663	4thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,803	103.00	1,857	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,120	96.78	1,084	67

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,325	$2,175	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,214	$2,031	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,035	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,252	$1,354	18
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,265	$1,285	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,215	$1,260	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,124	$1,125	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,013	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$2,100	1thin
Heifer Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$2,100	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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 1Fancy	—	332	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,381	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	362.75/cwt	361.00–368.00	1,560	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	242.75/cwt	242.75–242.75	1,981	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,438	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	498	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,594	5
Steers	Large 1	—	615	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,636	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	534	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,501	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	388.65/cwt	387.50–392.50	1,446	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	237.60/cwt	236.50–243.00	1,865	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	319.34/cwt	318.00–321.00	1,699	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	866	230.58/cwt	225.00–231.50	1,997	60
Steers	Large 1	—	740	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	1,750	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	403	343.50/cwt	341.00–347.50	1,384	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,371	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,280	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	388.44/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,064	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	347.60/cwt	337.50–352.00	1,689	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	361	418.07/cwt	407.50–419.00	1,509	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,502	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,649	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,824	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	682	265.96/cwt	261.00–268.00	1,814	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	254.51/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,804	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	295	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,158	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	226.11/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,718	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	381	349.20/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,330	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	287.77/cwt	281.00–294.00	1,790	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	271.54/cwt	266.00–273.00	1,724	36
Steers	Large 1-2	—	405	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,345	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	306.36/cwt	300.00–308.00	1,657	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	351.71/cwt	350.00–354.00	1,565	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,088	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	477	357.92/cwt	356.00–360.00	1,707	60
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	240.77/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,774	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	708	265.64/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,881	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	301.91/cwt	285.50–311.00	1,751	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	235.25/cwt	231.00–239.00	1,960	153
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	802	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,977	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	680	274.28/cwt	274.00–275.00	1,865	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	858	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,008	65
Steers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	767	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,772	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	251.15/cwt	247.00–257.50	1,670	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	773	248.50/cwt	248.50–248.50	1,921	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	428	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,616	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	273.98/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,570	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	649	214.33/cwt	209.00–221.00	1,391	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	302.53/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,301	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	280	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	300	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,193	3
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	—	654	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,596	9
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	—	440	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,485	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,558	106.71/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,663	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,803	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,857	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,085	87.93/cwt	84.00–90.00	954	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,040	73.57/cwt	61.00–81.00	765	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,129	96.53/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,090	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,385	108.94/cwt	102.00–114.00	1,509	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,145	104.95/cwt	100.00–115.00	1,202	33
Bulls	—	—	1,638	121.31/cwt	112.00–136.00	1,987	23
Bulls	—	—	1,683	109.49/cwt	109.00–110.50	1,843	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	924	181.40/cwt	172.50–191.00	1,676	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	165.31/cwt	162.50–168.00	1,608	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	855	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,155	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	823	203.74/cwt	202.50–205.00	1,677	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,124	1,125.25/head	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,125	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,269	1,393.13/head	1,225.00–1,460.00	1,393	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,168	1,157.95/head	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,158	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	825	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,733	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,205	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,710	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	2,175.00/head	2,175.00–2,175.00	2,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,214	2,031.06/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,031	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,012.68/head	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,013	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	1,260.00/head	1,260.00–1,260.00	1,260	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,265	1,285.00/head	1,285.00–1,285.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,656	27
Heifers	Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	539	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,498	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	557	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,844	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	218.66/cwt	218.00–221.00	1,583	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	302.66/cwt	292.00–308.00	1,568	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	598	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,483	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,467	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	243.30/cwt	238.00–246.00	1,525	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	313	374.99/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,174	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	336.35/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,285	8
Heifers	Large 1	—	580	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	540	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,431	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	320.60/cwt	317.50–322.00	1,427	23
Heifers	Large 1	—	730	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,599	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,648	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	678	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,532	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	455	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,165	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	238.70/cwt	235.00–244.00	1,571	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	334.47/cwt	332.00–337.50	1,448	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	234.62/cwt	226.00–243.00	1,685	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,335	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	567	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,735	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,062	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	317.62/cwt	311.00–323.00	1,518	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	269.73/cwt	263.00–277.00	1,680	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	281.20/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,645	96

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 Feb 20, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,736Last week 2,990Year ago 854

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 152Year ago 120

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 217Year ago 15

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	332	416.00	416.00
24	—	361	407.50–419.00	418.07
20	—	602	303.00	303.00
19	—	500	342.00	342.00
90	—	557	331.00	331.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	430	361.00–368.00	362.75
65	—	816	242.75	242.75
10	—	372	387.50–392.50	388.65
37	—	785	236.50–243.00	237.60
22	—	532	318.00–321.00	319.34
60	—	866	225.00–231.50	230.58
4	—	320	400.00	400.00
9	—	274	385.00–390.00	388.44
43	—	486	337.50–352.00	347.60
61	—	682	261.00–268.00	265.96
247	—	709	244.00–258.00	254.51
131	—	622	281.00–294.00	287.77
133	—	580	285.50–311.00	301.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	393	366.00	366.00
5	—	498	320.00	320.00
36	—	635	266.00–273.00	271.54
14	—	541	300.00–308.00	306.36
7	—	445	350.00–354.00	351.71
5	—	924	187.50	187.50
26	—	737	239.00–242.00	240.77
153	—	833	231.00–239.00	235.25
5	—	665	247.00–257.50	251.15
5	—	573	272.50–275.00	273.98
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	266.00	266.00
2	—	740	236.50	236.50
4	—	1,088	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	534	281.00	281.00
4	—	394	348.00	348.00
8	—	628	262.50	262.50
3	—	762	202.50	202.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	405	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	477	356.00–360.00	357.92
83	—	708	265.00–266.00	265.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	802	246.50	246.50
98	—	680	274.00–275.00	274.28
65	—	858	234.00	234.00
36	—	773	248.50	248.50
61	—	428	377.50	377.50
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	767	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	403	341.00–347.50	343.50
2	—	295	392.50	392.50
20	—	381	345.00–352.50	349.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	527	285.00	285.00
9	—	724	218.00–221.00	218.66
2	—	598	248.00	248.00
9	—	493	297.50	297.50
32	—	627	238.00–246.00	243.30
23	—	445	317.50–322.00	320.60
2	—	763	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	760	224.00–227.00	226.11
76	—	518	292.00–308.00	302.66
8	—	382	332.50–340.00	336.35
2	—	340	342.50	342.50
25	—	658	235.00–244.00	238.70
50	—	433	332.00–337.50	334.47
57	—	718	226.00–243.00	234.62
2	—	285	372.50	372.50
32	—	478	311.00–323.00	317.62
90	—	623	263.00–277.00	269.73
96	—	585	272.00–282.00	281.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	649	209.00–221.00	214.33
4	—	430	300.00–305.00	302.53
2	—	578	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	280	405.00	405.00
3	—	300	397.50	397.50
27	—	516	321.00	321.00
4	—	455	340.00	340.00
81	—	567	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	654	244.00	244.00
6	—	440	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	539	278.00	278.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	313	372.50–380.00	374.99
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	580	211.00	211.00
5	—	540	265.00	265.00
3	—	730	219.00	219.00
6	—	678	226.00	226.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	101.00–111.00	106.71
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,803	103.00	103.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,085	84.00–90.00	87.93
8	—	1,040	61.00–81.00	73.57
17	—	1,129	93.00–99.00	96.53
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,385	102.00–114.00	108.94
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,145	100.00–115.00	104.95
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,638	112.00–136.00	121.31
3	—	1,683	109.00–110.50	109.49

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	7	—	924	172.50–191.00	181.40
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	973	162.50–168.00	165.31
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	823	202.50–205.00	203.74
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	825	210.00	210.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,205	132.50	132.50
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	2,100.00	2,100.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,155	2,100.00	2,100.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,124	1,050.00–1,150.00	1,125.25
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,168	1,150.00–1,175.00	1,157.95
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,040	1,000.00–1,025.00	1,012.68
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,269	1,225.00–1,460.00	1,393.13
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,215	1,260.00	1,260.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,035	1,400.00	1,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,265	1,285.00	1,285.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	2,175.00	2,175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,214	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,031.06

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Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

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