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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Oct 31

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 2 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

443 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 460▼ 26 vs year ago 469 · −5.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

63 head

▼ 131 vs last sale 194▼ 204 vs year ago 267 · −76.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 3.00 lower. Boner cows of average dressing sold 1.00 lower while lean cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 5.00 lower. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Thursday November 7, 2024.

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	1,624	138.87	2,255	37
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,828	134.15	2,452	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,349	115.35	1,556	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,602	110.09	1,763	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,103	106.82	1,178	332

Every lot, as filed

16 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	—	—	900	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	945	1
Bulls	—	—	1,290	118.43/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,528	3
Bulls	—	—	1,676	141.76/cwt	131.00–190.00	2,376	33
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	995	90.16/cwt	61.00–109.00	897	117
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,077	131.12/cwt	120.00–160.00	1,412	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	114.83/cwt	109.00–118.50	1,341	201
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,332	120.43/cwt	120.00–121.00	1,604	7
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	115.94/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,563	44
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,386	99.92/cwt	84.00–109.00	1,385	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,583	95.82/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,517	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,607	114.17/cwt	111.00–118.50	1,835	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,828	134.15/cwt	122.50–144.50	2,452	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	658	198.92/cwt	197.50–200.00	1,309	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	989	160.93/cwt	152.50–175.00	1,592	42
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,032	121.09/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,250	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,037	138.93/cwt	130.00–147.00	1,441	10

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.

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La Junta Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

Thu Oct 31, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 443Last week 460Year ago 469

Replacement CattleReceipts 63Last week 194Year ago 267

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	658	197.50–200.00	198.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	42	—	989	152.50–175.00	160.93

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	10	—	1,037	130.00–147.00	138.93

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	3	—	1,032	116.00–126.00	121.09

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,290	113.00–121.00	118.43
33	—	1,676	131.00–190.00	141.76
1	—	900	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	995	61.00–109.00	90.16
201	—	1,168	109.00–118.50	114.83
14	—	1,077	120.00–160.00	131.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,828	122.50–144.50	134.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,332	120.00–121.00	120.43
4	—	1,386	84.00–109.00	99.92
44	—	1,348	107.00–119.00	115.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,607	111.00–118.50	114.17
2	—	1,583	91.00–101.00	95.82

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.