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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-12

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Feb 12

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Jan 22Feb 12Mar 12 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

75 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 101▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

985 head

▲ 31 vs last sale 954▲ 985 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifer's and replacement stock cow's. Bred heifer's and stock cows age, 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,217	78.79	959	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,483	77.84	1,154	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,018	65.19	664	4thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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 · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	996	63.59/cwt	60.00–66.00	633	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	760	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	71.80/cwt	70.00–75.00	828	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,246	81.89/cwt	79.50–86.00	1,020	18
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,483	77.84/cwt	72.00–79.50	1,154	9
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,072	936.27/cwt	925.00–975.00	10,037	17
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	1,111	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,610	50
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,121	1,678.68/cwt	1,610.00–1,750.00	18,818	220
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	1,485.56/cwt	1,435.00–1,560.00	18,941	87
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,316	1,048.50/cwt	1,005.00–1,160.00	13,798	136
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,326	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	19,559	59
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,420	1,194.51/cwt	1,135.00–1,250.00	16,962	91
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,026	1,531.21/cwt	1,450.00–1,575.00	15,710	19

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 Feb 12, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 101Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 985Last week 954Year ago 0

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifer's and replacement stock cow's. Bred heifer's and stock cows age, 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
1	—	1,085	70.00	70.00
3	—	996	60.00–66.00	63.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,483	72.00–79.50	77.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,153	70.00–75.00	71.80
18	—	1,246	79.50–86.00	81.89

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	—	1,111	775.00	775.00

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)	17	—	1,072	925.00–975.00	936.27
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	87	—	1,275	1,435.00–1,560.00	1,485.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	136	—	1,316	1,005.00–1,160.00	1,048.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	91	—	1,420	1,135.00–1,250.00	1,194.51

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)	220	—	1,121	1,610.00–1,750.00	1,678.68
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,326	1,475.00	1,475.00

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)	19	—	1,026	1,450.00–1,575.00	1,531.21

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.