Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2023-11-30

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Nov 30
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Slaughter Cattle receipts
354 head
354 vs last sale 0 70 vs year ago 284 · +24.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
40 vs last sale 0 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there is no comparable trades to make a trend. This was the last Thursday slaughter cow and bull sale. From this point forward, all slaughter cows will sell on the regular Wednesday sales. The next slaughter cow and bull sale will be next Wednesday December 6, 2023.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,842111.592,05526
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,83095.001,7391thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37591.151,25383
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55887.831,36912
CowsLean 85-90%High1,10084.74932213

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1873161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,4063
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2961127.18/cwt123.00–131.001,22216
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,004115.30/cwt110.00–119.001,15821
Bulls1,768106.54/cwt101.00–110.001,8846
Bulls1,925115.07/cwt112.25–121.502,21518
Bulls1,31595.40/cwt93.00–98.001,2552
CowsLean 85-90%1,16091.26/cwt91.00–93.001,05946
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,83095.00/cwt95.00–95.001,7391
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39689.35/cwt87.00–91.501,24741
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55383.41/cwt81.00–85.501,2957
CowsLean 85-90%1,03777.82/cwt64.00–83.0080781
CowsLean 85-90%1,13286.79/cwt84.00–90.5098278
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,08797.26/cwt94.00–101.001,0578
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,33396.09/cwt95.00–99.001,2815
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,56894.77/cwt92.00–96.001,4864
CowsBoner 80-85%1,35493.70/cwt92.00–94.501,26934
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39778.74/cwt76.00–84.001,1003
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4151

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.