Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2023-11-09

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-09

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Nov 9

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Nov 2Nov 9Nov 11 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

431 head

▲ 149 vs last sale 282▲ 431 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

89 head

▼ 178 vs last sale 267▲ 89 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, trade activity and demand was moderate. Average dress slaughter cows sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Average dress slaughter bulls sold 7.00 lower. The next replacement cow sale will be this Saturday November 11, 2023 and the next slaughter cow and bull sale will be next Thursday November16, 2023.

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	1,738	99.94	1,737	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,525	89.99	1,373	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,334	87.89	1,173	110
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,081	83.74	905	236
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,807	80.53	1,455	3thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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	—	—	1,347	84.13/cwt	69.00–91.00	1,133	5
Bulls	—	—	1,712	99.30/cwt	93.00–105.00	1,700	11
Bulls	—	—	2,019	110.69/cwt	107.00–115.00	2,235	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,017	98.53/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,002	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,028	75.29/cwt	56.00–83.00	774	106
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,071	120.05/cwt	111.00–132.00	1,286	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	89.25/cwt	84.00–96.00	1,009	120
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,300	79.68/cwt	61.00–84.50	1,036	28
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,325	88.49/cwt	85.00–92.00	1,172	59
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,380	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,546	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,401	95.63/cwt	95.50–97.00	1,340	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,517	90.96/cwt	86.00–92.50	1,380	30
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,745	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,588	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,780	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	1,086	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,838	75.30/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,384	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	860	121.68/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,046	15
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	864	142.57/cwt	131.00–146.00	1,232	47
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	915	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,350	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	943	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,641	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	957	105.65/cwt	101.00–112.00	1,011	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

Thu Nov 9, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 431Last week 282Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 89Last week 267Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	957	101.00–112.00	105.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	—	864	131.00–146.00	142.57

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	860	121.00–130.00	121.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	915	147.50	147.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	943	174.00	174.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,712	93.00–105.00	99.30
8	—	2,019	107.00–115.00	110.69
5	—	1,347	69.00–91.00	84.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,745	91.00	91.00
2	—	1,838	70.00–81.00	75.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,071	111.00–132.00	120.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,380	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,401	95.50–97.00	95.63
59	—	1,325	85.00–92.00	88.49
28	—	1,300	61.00–84.50	79.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	61.00	61.00
30	—	1,517	86.00–92.50	90.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,131	84.00–96.00	89.25
6	—	1,017	97.00–102.00	98.53
106	—	1,028	56.00–83.00	75.29

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.