Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-01-25

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Jan 25
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
199 head
▲ 199 vs last sale 0▲ 199 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,157 head
▼ 344 vs last sale 1,501▲ 1,157 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows and cow/calf pairs. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale, prices per head. *Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat Feb 15, 2020.

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
Bulls—Average2,16382.001,7742thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38161.3684723
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17660.4771139
CowsLean 85-90%Low94147.2644512

Every lot

19 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,16382.00/cwt82.00–82.001,7742
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%88641.00/cwt41.00–41.003635
Cows—Lean 85-90%95247.94/cwt46.00–49.004563
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00154.57/cwt54.00–55.005464
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17460.25/cwt55.00–62.0070737
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20964.51/cwt64.00–65.007802
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,33459.47/cwt56.00–61.0079314
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45364.30/cwt64.00–65.009349
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1511,201.49/cwt1,110.00–1,225.0013,82967
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1631,325.16/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0015,412120
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,275841.79/cwt760.00–875.0010,733178
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2921,186.41/cwt1,125.00–1,250.0015,32886
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,3851,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0020,4295
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,451936.86/cwt900.00–955.0013,59461
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1281,411.02/cwt1,375.00–1,475.0015,91624
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,1751,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0018,50617
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,16660.40/cwt57.00–64.0070421
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0031,349.47/cwt1,325.00–1,475.0013,535202
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,0521,541.53/cwt1,525.00–1,550.0016,21734

This sale against other markets

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.