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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-10-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-30

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 30

● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

194 head

▲ 169 vs last sale 25▲ 94 vs year ago 100 · +94.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,450 head

▲ 1,159 vs last sale 291▲ 293 vs year ago 1,157 · +25.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

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 bred cow and pair sale Sat Nov 20, 2021.*

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	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,491	64.30	959	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,209	57.06	690	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	963	45.28	436	105

Every lot, as filed

25 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 · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	748	31.78/cwt	31.00–32.00	238	22
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	911	45.00/cwt	44.00–48.00	410	33
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	999	51.72/cwt	50.00–53.00	517	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,056	47.46/cwt	47.00–48.00	501	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,130	53.03/cwt	51.00–55.00	599	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,151	61.53/cwt	60.00–64.00	708	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,168	55.11/cwt	51.00–59.00	644	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,179	54.79/cwt	54.00–55.50	646	26
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,345	62.95/cwt	58.00–67.00	847	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,393	65.12/cwt	63.50–67.00	907	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,394	56.62/cwt	55.00–58.00	789	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,517	65.19/cwt	60.00–68.50	989	23
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,048	1,214.02/cwt	1,175.00–1,275.00	12,723	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,084	1,274.40/cwt	1,210.00–1,300.00	13,814	25
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,127	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,002	44
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,156	1,095.94/cwt	1,010.00–1,175.00	12,669	83
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,233	1,075.35/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,259	18
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,238	1,456.41/cwt	1,375.00–1,535.00	18,030	191
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,277	928.54/cwt	925.00–935.00	11,857	21
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,287	980.72/cwt	935.00–1,025.00	12,622	32
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,290	1,197.04/cwt	1,125.00–1,300.00	15,442	122
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,309	866.50/cwt	810.00–950.00	11,342	233
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,438	1,435.00/cwt	1,435.00–1,435.00	20,635	29
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	1,334.69/cwt	1,260.00–1,385.00	12,987	23
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,060	1,075.14/cwt	1,050.00–1,125.00	11,396	6

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 Oct 30, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 194Last week 25Year ago 100

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,450Last week 291Year ago 1,157

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,394	55.00–58.00	56.62
3	—	1,393	63.50–67.00	65.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,168	51.00–59.00	55.11
4	—	1,151	60.00–64.00	61.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	911	44.00–48.00	45.00
7	—	999	50.00–53.00	51.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,130	51.00–55.00	53.03
22	—	748	31.00–32.00	31.78
13	—	1,056	47.00–48.00	47.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,517	60.00–68.50	65.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,179	54.00–55.50	54.79
10	—	1,345	58.00–67.00	62.95

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)	233	—	1,309	810.00–950.00	866.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	83	—	1,156	1,010.00–1,175.00	1,095.94
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	—	1,287	935.00–1,025.00	980.72
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	122	—	1,290	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,197.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	191	—	1,238	1,375.00–1,535.00	1,456.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,084	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,274.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	29	—	1,438	1,435.00	1,435.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,233	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,075.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	18	—	1,048	1,175.00–1,275.00	1,214.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	21	—	1,277	925.00–935.00	928.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	—	1,127	710.00	710.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,060	1,050.00–1,125.00	1,075.14
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	973	1,260.00–1,385.00	1,334.69

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.