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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-12

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

● Final14 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Feb 12Mar 12Nov 5 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

50 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 75▲ 25 vs year ago 25 · +100.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

554 head

▼ 431 vs last sale 985▲ 263 vs year ago 291 · +90.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate for bred heifer's, and replacement stock cow's and pair's. Bred heifer's and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. price's 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	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,541	84.09	1,296	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	82.20	996	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	917	77.41	710	3thin

Every lot, as filed

14 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%	917	77.41/cwt	76.00–80.00	710	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,200	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	948	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,220	84.34/cwt	84.00–85.00	1,029	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,467	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,203	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,624	86.42/cwt	85.50–89.00	1,403	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,268	1,425.66/cwt	1,360.00–1,485.00	18,077	18
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,041	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	12,336	10
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,121	1,038.33/cwt	1,010.00–1,060.00	11,640	20
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,246	1,247.23/cwt	1,210.00–1,300.00	15,540	39
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,300	1,423.25/cwt	1,275.00–1,500.00	18,502	131
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,340	1,188.94/cwt	1,110.00–1,260.00	15,932	42
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,383	1,340.44/cwt	1,250.00–1,410.00	18,538	87
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	937	1,214.19/cwt	1,210.00–1,235.00	11,377	7
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,053	1,420.51/cwt	1,400.00–1,435.00	14,958	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 Mar 12, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 75Year ago 25

Replacement CattleReceipts 554Last week 985Year ago 291

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate for bred heifer's, and replacement stock cow's and pair's. Bred heifer's and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. price's per head.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,268	1,360.00–1,485.00	1,425.66

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	131	—	1,300	1,275.00–1,500.00	1,423.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	—	1,121	1,010.00–1,060.00	1,038.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	39	—	1,246	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,247.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	42	—	1,340	1,110.00–1,260.00	1,188.94
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	87	—	1,383	1,250.00–1,410.00	1,340.44

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	—	1,041	1,185.00	1,185.00

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	—	1,053	1,400.00–1,435.00	1,420.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	—	937	1,210.00–1,235.00	1,214.19

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,200	79.00	79.00
3	—	1,220	84.00–85.00	84.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,467	82.00	82.00
9	—	1,624	85.50–89.00	86.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	917	76.00–80.00	77.41

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.