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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2022-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-19

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Nov 19

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Nov 5Nov 19Dec 3 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

218 head

▲ 168 vs last sale 50▼ 32 vs year ago 250 · −12.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,024 head

▲ 380 vs last sale 644▼ 616 vs year ago 1,640 · −37.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat Dec 3, 2022.

Special stock cow, bred heifer 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.

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	1,623	94.16	1,528	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,553	71.00	1,103	9thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,212	66.91	811	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,089	63.36	690	42

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,259	$1,493	88
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,140	$1,108	41
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,312	$1,087	90
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,062	$1,063	43
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,360	$987	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,255	$880	76
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,023	$1,621	68

Every lot, as filed

24 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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,440	88.58/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,276	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,532	95.12/cwt	93.00–99.00	1,457	3
Bulls	—	—	1,943	98.29/cwt	96.00–100.00	1,910	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	951	57.45/cwt	56.00–61.00	546	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,085	62.89/cwt	61.00–64.00	682	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,115	64.16/cwt	63.00–64.50	715	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,122	65.53/cwt	65.00–66.00	735	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,163	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	709	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,203	66.71/cwt	65.00–69.00	803	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,227	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	785	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,241	68.24/cwt	66.00–72.00	847	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,256	74.02/cwt	73.50–75.00	930	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,540	72.00/cwt	71.00–74.00	1,109	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,660	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	1,046	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,023	1,620.82/head	1,510.00–1,650.00	1,621	68
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,062	1,063.08/head	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,063	43
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,096	1,132.99/head	1,110.00–1,160.00	1,133	29
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,109	1,349.92/head	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,350	27
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,246	1,046.04/head	1,010.00–1,060.00	1,046	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,255	880.30/head	835.00–910.00	880	76
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,269	1,065.14/head	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,065	57
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,325	1,556.22/head	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,556	61
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,360	986.88/head	975.00–1,000.00	987	12
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,386	1,125.37/head	1,110.00–1,200.00	1,125	33

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 19, 2022

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 218Last week 50Year ago 250

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,024Last week 644Year ago 1,640

Note: Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat Dec 3, 2022.

Special stock cow, bred heifer 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.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,163	61.00	61.00
5	—	1,256	73.50–75.00	74.02
13	—	1,241	66.00–72.00	68.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	951	56.00–61.00	57.45
12	—	1,085	61.00–64.00	62.89
11	—	1,122	65.00–66.00	65.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,660	63.00	63.00
8	—	1,540	71.00–74.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,115	63.00–64.50	64.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,227	64.00	64.00
44	—	1,203	65.00–69.00	66.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,532	93.00–99.00	95.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,440	87.00–90.00	88.58
2	—	1,943	96.00–100.00	98.29

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	68	—	1,023	1,510.00–1,650.00	1,620.82

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	57	—	1,269	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,065.14
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	—	1,246	1,010.00–1,060.00	1,046.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	—	1,109	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,349.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	33	—	1,386	1,110.00–1,200.00	1,125.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	76	—	1,255	835.00–910.00	880.30
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	43	—	1,062	1,050.00–1,085.00	1,063.08
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	—	1,096	1,110.00–1,160.00	1,132.99
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	1,360	975.00–1,000.00	986.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	61	—	1,325	1,450.00–1,600.00	1,556.22

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.