Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-10-03

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-03

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 3

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Mar 14Oct 3Oct 31 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

25 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 23▲ 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

718 head

▲ 119 vs last sale 599▲ 718 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand moderate 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 sale , bred heifer and pair sale Sat Oct 31, 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,393	55.26	770	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,519	52.66	800	7thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	999	44.79	448	10

Every lot, as filed

17 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 · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	923	39.93/cwt	37.00–42.00	369	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	985	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	502	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,040	46.18/cwt	43.00–47.00	480	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	55.26/cwt	55.00–55.50	770	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,501	52.02/cwt	50.00–53.50	781	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,630	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	921	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,150	1,057.72/cwt	1,010.00–1,110.00	12,164	105
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,187	773.79/cwt	750.00–785.00	9,185	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,199	1,034.84/cwt	1,010.00–1,085.00	12,408	56
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,223	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,230	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,235	882.36/cwt	825.00–910.00	10,897	31
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,274	777.86/cwt	710.00–825.00	9,910	42
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,312	704.87/cwt	635.00–775.00	9,248	44
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,356	883.05/cwt	810.00–975.00	11,974	21
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,428	56.14/cwt	50.50–57.50	802	14
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	931	1,077.61/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	10,033	42
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,113	1,057.26/cwt	1,050.00–1,085.00	11,767	16

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 Oct 3, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 25Last week 23Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 718Last week 599Year ago 0

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	1,274	710.00–825.00	777.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,356	810.00–975.00	883.05
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,223	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	31	—	1,235	825.00–910.00	882.36
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	44	—	1,312	635.00–775.00	704.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	56	—	1,199	1,010.00–1,085.00	1,034.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	105	—	1,150	1,010.00–1,110.00	1,057.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	22	—	1,187	750.00–785.00	773.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,428	50.50–57.50	56.14

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	42	—	931	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,077.61
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,113	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,057.26

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	923	37.00–42.00	39.93
6	—	1,040	43.00–47.00	46.18
1	—	985	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,501	50.00–53.50	52.02
1	—	1,630	56.50	56.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	55.00–55.50	55.26

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.