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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-14

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Mar 14

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

23 head

▼ 56 vs last sale 79▲ 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

599 head

▼ 66 vs last sale 665▲ 599 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale.

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 will be in conjunction with the regular Wednesday sale April 8, 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	—	Low	1,441	74.74	1,077	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,511	61.51	929	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,241	56.69	704	16

Every lot, as filed

15 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	—	—	1,441	74.74/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,077	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,125	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	709	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,244	51.05/cwt	50.00–55.00	635	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,268	59.35/cwt	58.00–61.00	753	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,400	60.27/cwt	60.00–60.50	844	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,733	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	1,109	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,058	1,176.96/cwt	1,150.00–1,200.00	12,452	29
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,180	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,378	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,217	1,304.03/cwt	1,250.00–1,400.00	15,870	115
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,238	898.75/cwt	850.00–1,025.00	11,127	73
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,346	1,188.95/cwt	1,175.00–1,200.00	16,003	31
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	919	1,472.30/cwt	1,400.00–1,500.00	13,530	12
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,068	1,381.87/cwt	1,325.00–1,450.00	14,758	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,108	1,036.99/cwt	1,010.00–1,075.00	11,490	35
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,180	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	18,290	5

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 Mar 14, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 23Last week 79Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 599Last week 665Year ago 0

Special stock cow and pair sale.

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)	115	—	1,217	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,304.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,346	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,188.95
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	—	1,238	850.00–1,025.00	898.75

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)	29	—	1,058	1,150.00–1,200.00	1,176.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,180	710.00	710.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	919	1,400.00–1,500.00	1,472.30

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	17	—	1,068	1,325.00–1,450.00	1,381.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	35	—	1,108	1,010.00–1,075.00	1,036.99

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	5	—	1,180	1,550.00	1,550.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,400	60.00–60.50	60.27
1	—	1,733	64.00	64.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,268	58.00–61.00	59.35
6	—	1,244	50.00–55.00	51.05
2	—	1,125	63.00	63.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,441	73.00–76.00	74.74

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.