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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-01-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-22

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Jan 22

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Dec 18Jan 22Feb 12 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

101 head

▼ 99 vs last sale 200▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

954 head

▼ 948 vs last sale 1,902▼ 241 vs year ago 1,195 · −20.2%

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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 cow's. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy tested prior to the sale. Prices per head.

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	1,830	96.00	1,757	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,574	67.83	1,067	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,127	64.60	728	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	871	44.83	390	35

Every lot, as filed

19 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	—	—	1,830	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,757	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	780	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	367	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	847	40.17/cwt	38.00–42.00	340	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	937	55.80/cwt	51.00–59.00	523	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,127	64.60/cwt	63.00–69.00	728	15
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	66.06/cwt	64.00–67.00	980	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,710	70.48/cwt	70.00–71.00	1,205	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows11 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,095	936.67/cwt	860.00–985.00	10,257	56
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,147	1,200.15/cwt	1,110.00–1,275.00	13,766	75
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,168	746.28/cwt	710.00–760.00	8,717	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,220	1,470.73/cwt	1,400.00–1,525.00	17,943	107
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,585	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,256	1,021.20/cwt	1,010.00–1,050.00	12,826	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,277	1,471.19/cwt	1,425.00–1,525.00	18,787	15
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,279	913.74/cwt	810.00–975.00	11,687	111
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,281	1,710.00/cwt	1,710.00–1,710.00	21,905	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,315	1,440.00/cwt	1,385.00–1,500.00	18,936	57
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,403	1,304.92/cwt	1,250.00–1,350.00	18,308	28
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,020	1,405.29/cwt	1,310.00–1,475.00	14,334	49

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 Jan 22, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 200Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 954Last week 1,902Year ago 1,195

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers and replacement stock cow's. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy tested prior to the sale. Prices per head.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	937	51.00–59.00	55.80
24	—	847	38.00–42.00	40.17
1	—	780	47.00	47.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,710	70.00–71.00	70.48
3	—	1,483	64.00–67.00	66.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,127	63.00–69.00	64.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,830	96.00	96.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	1,235	1,100.00	1,100.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,168	710.00–760.00	746.28
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	20	—	1,256	1,010.00–1,050.00	1,021.20

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	28	—	1,403	1,250.00–1,350.00	1,304.92
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	111	—	1,279	810.00–975.00	913.74
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,315	1,385.00–1,500.00	1,440.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	107	—	1,220	1,400.00–1,525.00	1,470.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	56	—	1,095	860.00–985.00	936.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	—	1,277	1,425.00–1,525.00	1,471.19
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	75	—	1,147	1,110.00–1,275.00	1,200.15

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,281	1,710.00	1,710.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	49	—	1,020	1,310.00–1,475.00	1,405.29

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.