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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-11-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-21

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Nov 21

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

431 head

▲ 148 vs last sale 283▼ 200 vs year ago 631 · −31.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

111 head

▲ 38 vs last sale 73▼ 92 vs year ago 203 · −45.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 5.00 higher. Boner cows of average dressing sold for 3.00 higher and lean cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 13.00 higher. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday November 27, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

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	—	Low	1,783	134.65	2,401	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,616	119.28	1,927	34
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,769	114.34	2,023	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,388	114.34	1,587	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,065	108.04	1,151	321

Every lot, as filed

23 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	—	—	1,554	117.54/cwt	96.00–121.00	1,827	6
Bulls	—	—	1,714	129.58/cwt	126.00–132.00	2,221	10
Bulls	—	—	1,898	143.17/cwt	134.00–155.00	2,717	18
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	874	78.45/cwt	58.00–89.00	686	50
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	102.27/cwt	90.00–109.00	1,061	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	129.92/cwt	120.00–133.00	1,382	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,099	114.17/cwt	110.00–118.50	1,255	141
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,116	115.62/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,290	92
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,299	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	1,409	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,386	114.01/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,580	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,390	123.31/cwt	121.00–136.00	1,714	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,393	95.52/cwt	94.00–97.00	1,331	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,410	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,241	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,595	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,180	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,611	121.81/cwt	121.00–123.00	1,962	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,631	117.56/cwt	116.00–118.00	1,917	9
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,769	114.34/cwt	113.00–117.00	2,023	3
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	635	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,111	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	683	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	785	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	860	182.13/cwt	170.00–192.50	1,566	16
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	931	209.66/cwt	200.00–217.50	1,952	8
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	959	121.62/cwt	112.00–135.00	1,166	22
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	147.12/cwt	139.00–162.50	1,523	59

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 21, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 431Last week 283Year ago 631

Replacement CattleReceipts 111Last week 73Year ago 203

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	1	—	635	175.00	175.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	860	170.00–192.50	182.13

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	683	115.00	115.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	959	112.00–135.00	121.62

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	59	—	1,035	139.00–162.50	147.12

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	931	200.00–217.50	209.66

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,554	96.00–121.00	117.54
10	—	1,714	126.00–132.00	129.58
18	—	1,898	134.00–155.00	143.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,064	120.00–133.00	129.92
50	—	874	58.00–89.00	78.45
141	—	1,099	110.00–118.50	114.17
30	—	1,037	90.00–109.00	102.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,631	116.00–118.00	117.56
24	—	1,611	121.00–123.00	121.81
1	—	1,595	74.00	74.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,390	121.00–136.00	123.31
1	—	1,410	88.00	88.00
24	—	1,386	110.00–119.00	114.01
2	—	1,393	94.00–97.00	95.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,116	111.00–118.00	115.62
4	—	1,299	108.50	108.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,769	113.00–117.00	114.34

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.