Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers under 650lbs sold 5.00 to 9.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Feeder steers over 650lbs sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers under 450lbs sold mostly sharply lower while heifers over 450lbs sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows had a higher trend across all weight classes and slaughter bulls saw the same higher trend. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday March 26, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.00/cwt on 144 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −127.09 against this barn's trailing median of $433.09.

Average price

$306.00

144 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,657

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+35.12

vs CO average

+28.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	306.00	1,657	144

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $447.46, low $384.03, median $433.09 across 13 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 sale144 hd

306.00

—

CO average3 barns · 410 hd

270.88

+35.12

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

+28.78

This barn, trailing median13 sales

433.09

−127.09

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	1,781	137.74	2,453	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,549	129.51	2,006	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,378	129.08	1,779	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,177	125.38	1,476	124

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)	1,099	$2,750	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,278	$2,682	18
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,172	$2,325	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	990	$2,240	8
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,269	$1,950	26
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,028	$1,775	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,231	$1,654	24
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,148	$1,425	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	910	$1,025	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,075	$2,800	4thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,100	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,263	$2,754	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,480	$2,700	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,314	$2,575	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,319	$2,433	3thin

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	429	322.68/cwt	321.00–323.00	1,384	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	363.72/cwt	358.00–367.50	1,589	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,278	2,682.43/head	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,682	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	234.34/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,950	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	367.24/cwt	355.00–372.00	1,227	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	699	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	1,779	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	365.69/cwt	365.00–371.00	1,379	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,236	2,067.17/head	2,000.00–2,125.00	2,067	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,580	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,239	2,780.08/head	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,780	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,845	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	293.04/cwt	291.00–297.50	1,849	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,390	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,099	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,408	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	832	210.09/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,748	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,578	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,480	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	369	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,221	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	602	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,896	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,500	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,188	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,297	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	585	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,814	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	892	182.78/cwt	172.00–198.00	1,630	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,172	2,325.00/head	2,325.00–2,325.00	2,325	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,549	129.51/cwt	126.00–132.00	2,006	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,378	129.08/cwt	112.00–137.50	1,779	52
Bulls	—	—	1,595	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,691	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	140.63/cwt	129.00–152.50	2,529	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,178	126.12/cwt	102.00–137.00	1,486	122
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,216	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,680	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	1,619	31
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	717	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,488	5
Steers	Large 1Value Added	350–400	360	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,314	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	785	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,053	134.72/cwt	121.00–141.00	1,419	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	922	158.62/cwt	152.50–166.00	1,462	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	2,240.15/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,240	8
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,075	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,635.12/head	1,475.00–1,710.00	1,635	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	1,791.20/head	1,700.00–1,860.00	1,791	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	293	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,058	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,316	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,346	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,235	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	544	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,665	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,616	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	560	296.26/cwt	290.00–299.00	1,659	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	479	358.18/cwt	355.00–361.00	1,716	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	596	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,788	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,560	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	356	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,107	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,638	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,792	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	253.52/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,666	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	295.85/cwt	295.00–297.50	1,550	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,480	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	345.48/cwt	342.00–350.00	1,603	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	308.49/cwt	301.00–312.50	1,327	42

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 Mar 19, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 902Last week 7,102Year ago 468

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 56Year ago 155

Replacement CattleReceipts 208Last week 22Year ago 708

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	429	321.00–323.00	322.68
82	550–600	560	290.00–299.00	296.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	355.00–372.00	367.24
6	350–400	390	320.00	320.00
42	400–450	430	301.00–312.50	308.49
12	500–550	524	295.00–297.50	295.85
5	550–600	576	274.00	274.00
9	600–650	624	250.00	250.00
56	650–700	657	245.00–257.00	253.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	369	331.00	331.00
31	450–500	479	338.00	338.00
45	500–550	509	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	717	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	470	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	356	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	377	365.00–371.00	365.69
5	400–450	437	358.00–367.50	363.72
94	450–500	464	342.00–350.00	345.48
23	500–550	516	317.50	317.50
27	550–600	596	300.00	300.00
33	600–650	631	291.00–297.50	293.04
17	650–700	699	254.50	254.50
44	700–750	744	248.00	248.00
3	750–800	752	231.00	231.00
30	800–850	832	230.00–235.00	234.34
3	850–900	883	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	602	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	585	310.00	310.00
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	360	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	293	361.00	361.00
2	350–400	373	331.00	331.00
5	400–450	413	326.00	326.00
10	500–550	544	306.00	306.00
3	800–850	818	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	479	355.00–361.00	358.18
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	335	363.00	363.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,220	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,580	2,500.00	2,500.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,239	2,400.00–2,900.00	2,780.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,408	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,500	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,188	2,400.00	2,400.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,297	2,600.00	2,600.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,480	2,700.00	2,700.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	2,800.00	2,800.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,278	2,100.00–2,800.00	2,682.43
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	—	1,236	2,000.00–2,125.00	2,067.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,099	2,750.00	2,750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,480	2,100.00	2,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,172	2,325.00	2,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	990	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,240.15
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	910	1,025.00	1,025.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,028	1,775.00	1,775.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,148	1,425.00	1,425.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,220	1,475.00–1,710.00	1,635.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,313	1,700.00–1,860.00	1,791.20
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	832	206.00–215.00	210.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	892	172.00–198.00	182.78
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,053	121.00–141.00	134.72
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	922	152.50–166.00	158.62
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,090	2,100.00	2,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,075	2,800.00	2,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,549	126.00–132.00	129.51
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,378	112.00–137.50	129.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	90.00	90.00
1	—	1,105	71.00	71.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,178	102.00–137.00	126.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	106.00	106.00
11	—	1,798	129.00–152.50	140.63

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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Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

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Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle