Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-11-20

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-20

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Nov 20

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Oct 30Nov 20Dec 18 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

250 head

▲ 56 vs last sale 194▲ 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,640 head

▲ 190 vs last sale 1,450▼ 337 vs year ago 1,977 · −17.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers and 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 Dec 18, 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,851	83.43	1,544	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,500	63.36	950	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,183	53.63	634	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	46.81	487	66

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,851	83.43/cwt	82.50–84.85	1,544	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	827	32.00/cwt	31.00–35.00	265	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,026	45.39/cwt	41.00–50.00	466	39
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	47.57/cwt	46.00–49.00	496	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,087	51.60/cwt	50.00–54.00	561	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,117	52.59/cwt	51.00–54.50	587	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,123	51.80/cwt	50.00–54.00	582	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,210	54.04/cwt	51.00–56.00	654	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	59.10/cwt	57.00–61.00	720	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,358	58.61/cwt	56.00–61.00	796	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,401	55.25/cwt	53.00–58.00	774	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,496	66.42/cwt	63.00–67.50	994	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,676	64.70/cwt	61.00–67.00	1,084	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,111	1,169.01/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	12,988	123
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	697.65/cwt	660.00–725.00	7,765	49
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,139	1,108.03/cwt	1,025.00–1,175.00	12,620	44
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,197	1,503.77/cwt	1,410.00–1,560.00	18,000	366
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,200	1,306.87/cwt	1,210.00–1,385.00	15,682	165
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,281	1,282.19/cwt	1,250.00–1,350.00	16,425	27
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,282	807.11/cwt	735.00–875.00	10,347	176
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,406	886.05/cwt	850.00–975.00	12,458	43
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,048	1,513.42/cwt	1,400.00–1,550.00	15,861	108
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,062	1,600.00/cwt	1,600.00–1,600.00	16,992	15

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 Nov 20, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 250Last week 194Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,640Last week 1,450Year ago 1,977

Special bred 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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	366	—	1,197	1,410.00–1,560.00	1,503.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	—	1,406	850.00–975.00	886.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	123	—	1,111	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,169.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,281	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,282.19
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	176	—	1,282	735.00–875.00	807.11

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	165	—	1,200	1,210.00–1,385.00	1,306.87
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	49	—	1,113	660.00–725.00	697.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	44	—	1,139	1,025.00–1,175.00	1,108.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,062	1,600.00	1,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	108	—	1,048	1,400.00–1,550.00	1,513.42

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,851	82.50–84.85	83.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,123	50.00–54.00	51.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,496	63.00–67.50	66.42
2	—	1,358	56.00–61.00	58.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,087	50.00–54.00	51.60
39	—	1,026	41.00–50.00	45.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	827	31.00–35.00	32.00
17	—	1,117	51.00–54.50	52.59
3	—	1,043	46.00–49.00	47.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,218	57.00–61.00	59.10
22	—	1,210	51.00–56.00	54.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,676	61.00–67.00	64.70
7	—	1,401	53.00–58.00	55.25

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.