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
BullsAverage2,16382.001,7742thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,38161.3684723
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17660.4771139
CowsLean 85-90%Low94147.2644512

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%95247.94/cwt46.00–49.004563
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1631,325.16/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0015,412120
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2921,186.41/cwt1,125.00–1,250.0015,32886
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,275841.79/cwt760.00–875.0010,733178
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1281,411.02/cwt1,375.00–1,475.0015,91624
CowsLean 85-90%88641.00/cwt41.00–41.003635
CowsLean 85-90%1,00154.57/cwt54.00–55.005464
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,16660.40/cwt57.00–64.0070421
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0031,349.47/cwt1,325.00–1,475.0013,535202
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1511,201.49/cwt1,110.00–1,225.0013,82967
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,33459.47/cwt56.00–61.0079314
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45364.30/cwt64.00–65.009349
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17460.25/cwt55.00–62.0070737
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20964.51/cwt64.00–65.007802
Bulls2,16382.00/cwt82.00–82.001,7742
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0521,541.53/cwt1,525.00–1,550.0016,21734
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,3851,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0020,4295
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,451936.86/cwt900.00–955.0013,59461
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1751,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0018,50617

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.