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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-01-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-25

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Jan 25

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Dec 14Jan 25Feb 15 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

199 head

▲ 199 vs last sale 0▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,157 head

▼ 344 vs last sale 1,501▲ 1,157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows and cow/calf pairs. 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 Feb 15, 2020.

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	2,163	82.00	1,774	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,381	61.36	847	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,176	60.47	711	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	941	47.26	445	12

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,163	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,774	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	886	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	363	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	952	47.94/cwt	46.00–49.00	456	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,001	54.57/cwt	54.00–55.00	546	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	60.25/cwt	55.00–62.00	707	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,209	64.51/cwt	64.00–65.00	780	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,334	59.47/cwt	56.00–61.00	793	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	64.30/cwt	64.00–65.00	934	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,151	1,201.49/cwt	1,110.00–1,225.00	13,829	67
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,163	1,325.16/cwt	1,275.00–1,400.00	15,412	120
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	841.79/cwt	760.00–875.00	10,733	178
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,292	1,186.41/cwt	1,125.00–1,250.00	15,328	86
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,385	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	20,429	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,451	936.86/cwt	900.00–955.00	13,594	61
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,128	1,411.02/cwt	1,375.00–1,475.00	15,916	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,175	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	18,506	17
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,166	60.40/cwt	57.00–64.00	704	21
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,003	1,349.47/cwt	1,325.00–1,475.00	13,535	202
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,052	1,541.53/cwt	1,525.00–1,550.00	16,217	34

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 →

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

Sat Jan 25, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 199Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,157Last week 1,501Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	952	46.00–49.00	47.94
5	—	886	41.00	41.00
4	—	1,001	54.00–55.00	54.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,334	56.00–61.00	59.47
9	—	1,453	64.00–65.00	64.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,174	55.00–62.00	60.25
2	—	1,209	64.00–65.00	64.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,163	82.00	82.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	120	—	1,163	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,325.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	86	—	1,292	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,186.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	178	—	1,275	760.00–875.00	841.79

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	67	—	1,151	1,110.00–1,225.00	1,201.49

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,385	1,475.00	1,475.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	61	—	1,451	900.00–955.00	936.86

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	—	1,128	1,375.00–1,475.00	1,411.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,175	1,575.00	1,575.00

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	21	—	1,166	57.00–64.00	60.40

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	202	—	1,003	1,325.00–1,475.00	1,349.47

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,052	1,525.00–1,550.00	1,541.53

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.