Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-02-15

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Feb 15
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
120 vs last sale 199 79 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
665 head
492 vs last sale 1,157 665 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade and demand moderate to good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows and cow-calf pairs. Bred heifers and stock aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale, prices per head. *Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale March 14, 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,19460.0771745
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,35859.318053thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,01353.2553931

Every lot, as filed

15 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2721,511.35/cwt1,500.00–1,550.0019,22439
CowsBoner 80-85%1,14352.30/cwt51.00–53.005985
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26263.65/cwt63.50–65.008039
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18260.29/cwt58.00–62.5071331
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,35859.31/cwt56.00–61.008053
CowsLean 85-90%94249.48/cwt46.00–51.004669
CowsLean 85-90%1,04254.79/cwt53.00–59.0057122
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18941,276.82/cwt1,200.00–1,350.0011,41534
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,36862.53/cwt56.00–65.0085515
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1001,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0016,2254
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1801,207.15/cwt1,125.00–1,225.0014,24410
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,317881.89/cwt820.00–1,000.0011,61479
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3171,356.84/cwt1,275.00–1,400.0017,87077
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1381,375.36/cwt1,300.00–1,475.0015,65291
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1851,133.61/cwt1,050.00–1,225.0013,43347

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.