Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2019-12-14

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-12-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-14

Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Dec 14

● Final5 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

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Receipts

1,501 head

▲ 429 vs last sale 1,072▲ 1,501 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale, prices per head *Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat January 25, 2020.*

Every lot, as filed

5 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,142	47.04/cwt	43.00–52.50	537	53
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	1,169.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	11,269	169
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,172	1,119.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,200.00	13,115	181
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,248	730.13/cwt	710.00–810.00	9,112	159
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,310	938.73/cwt	875.00–1,010.00	12,297	113

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.

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La Junta Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

Sat Dec 14, 2019

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

Receipts 1,501Last week 1,072Year ago 0

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
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	53	—	1,142	43.00–52.50	47.04

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	169	—	964	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,169.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	181	—	1,172	1,025.00–1,200.00	1,119.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	113	—	1,310	875.00–1,010.00	938.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	159	—	1,248	710.00–810.00	730.13

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.