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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2024-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-12

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Dec 12

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Dec 5Dec 12Dec 14 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

384 head

▼ 205 vs last sale 589▲ 259 vs year ago 125 · +207.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

101 head

▲ 23 vs last sale 78▼ 1,099 vs year ago 1,200 · −91.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 higher. Boner cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cows sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 higher. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Thursday December 19, 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	1,612	140.77	2,270	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	122.69	1,976	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,386	119.70	1,659	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,003	105.99	1,063	281

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	—	—	1,208	111.56/cwt	103.00–117.00	1,348	5
Bulls	—	—	1,437	127.48/cwt	121.00–133.00	1,832	5
Bulls	—	—	1,757	151.40/cwt	136.00–167.00	2,660	20
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	661	66.38/cwt	51.00–89.00	439	61
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	943	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,028	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,011	102.55/cwt	91.00–109.00	1,037	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,092	117.85/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,287	54
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,120	117.21/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,313	80
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,127	123.92/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,397	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,327	117.13/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,554	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,335	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,388	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,395	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,158	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	123.07/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,748	27
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	117.81/cwt	115.00–119.00	1,832	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,659	126.96/cwt	126.00–131.00	2,106	8
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	172.45/cwt	155.00–190.00	1,055	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	620	225.26/cwt	217.50–232.50	1,397	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	834	191.71/cwt	185.00–197.50	1,599	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	945	158.86/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,501	50
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,015	133.50/cwt	117.50–140.00	1,355	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.

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

Thu Dec 12, 2024

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 384Last week 589Year ago 125

Replacement CattleReceipts 101Last week 78Year ago 1,200

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	13	—	620	217.50–232.50	225.26
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	—	834	185.00–197.50	191.71

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	19	—	1,015	117.50–140.00	133.50

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	50	—	945	150.00–170.00	158.86
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	612	155.00–190.00	172.45

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,437	121.00–133.00	127.48
20	—	1,757	136.00–167.00	151.40
5	—	1,208	103.00–117.00	111.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,092	115.00–119.00	117.85
3	—	943	109.00	109.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,555	115.00–119.00	117.81
8	—	1,659	126.00–131.00	126.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,420	120.00–126.00	123.07
1	—	1,335	104.00	104.00
1	—	1,395	83.00	83.00
15	—	1,327	115.00–119.00	117.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,011	91.00–109.00	102.55
61	—	661	51.00–89.00	66.38
80	—	1,120	110.00–119.00	117.21
54	—	1,127	120.00–138.00	123.92

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.