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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-31

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 31

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Oct 3Oct 31Nov 21 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

100 head

▲ 100 vs last sale 0▲ 84 vs year ago 16 · +525.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,157 head

▲ 1,157 vs last sale 0▲ 85 vs year ago 1,072 · +7.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale:

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 and pair sale Sat Nov 21, 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	1,766	74.42	1,314	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,600	54.53	872	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,189	51.20	609	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,051	43.03	452	21

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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,705	71.17/cwt	66.00–74.00	1,213	3
Bulls	—	—	1,826	77.67/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,418	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,018	37.43/cwt	31.00–43.00	381	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	46.48/cwt	46.00–47.00	498	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	51.20/cwt	47.00–56.50	609	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,600	54.53/cwt	49.00–57.00	872	15
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	10,558	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,153	913.54/cwt	825.00–975.00	10,533	32
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,165	1,214.23/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	14,146	21
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,211	663.41/cwt	610.00–710.00	8,034	130
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,213	1,120.77/cwt	1,060.00–1,185.00	13,595	133
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,242	921.96/cwt	860.00–975.00	11,451	40
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,273	771.03/cwt	725.00–885.00	9,815	113
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,308	961.37/cwt	900.00–1,025.00	12,575	185
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,179	51.17/cwt	48.00–61.00	603	72
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,005	1,077.89/cwt	1,025.00–1,110.00	10,833	20
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,013	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	11,396	2

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 31, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 0Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,157Last week 0Year ago 1,072

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 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,165	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,214.23

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	133	—	1,213	1,060.00–1,185.00	1,120.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	113	—	1,273	725.00–885.00	771.03
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	185	—	1,308	900.00–1,025.00	961.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	32	—	1,153	825.00–975.00	913.54

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	130	—	1,211	610.00–710.00	663.41
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	40	—	1,242	860.00–975.00	921.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,030	1,025.00	1,025.00

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	72	—	1,179	48.00–61.00	51.17

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)	20	—	1,005	1,025.00–1,110.00	1,077.89
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,013	1,125.00	1,125.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,189	47.00–56.50	51.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,600	49.00–57.00	54.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,071	46.00–47.00	46.48
8	—	1,018	31.00–43.00	37.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,826	77.00–78.00	77.67
3	—	1,705	66.00–74.00	71.17

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.