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

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-15

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Feb 15

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Jan 25Feb 15Mar 14 →

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,194	60.07	717	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,358	59.31	805	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,013	53.25	539	31

Every lot

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. 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 · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	942	49.48/cwt	46.00–51.00	466	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,042	54.79/cwt	53.00–59.00	571	22
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,143	52.30/cwt	51.00–53.00	598	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,182	60.29/cwt	58.00–62.50	713	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,262	63.65/cwt	63.50–65.00	803	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,358	59.31/cwt	56.00–61.00	805	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,138	1,375.36/cwt	1,300.00–1,475.00	15,652	91
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	1,133.61/cwt	1,050.00–1,225.00	13,433	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,272	1,511.35/cwt	1,500.00–1,550.00	19,224	39
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,317	1,356.84/cwt	1,275.00–1,400.00	17,870	77
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,317	881.89/cwt	820.00–1,000.00	11,614	79
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	894	1,276.82/cwt	1,200.00–1,350.00	11,415	34
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,368	62.53/cwt	56.00–65.00	855	15
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,100	1,475.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,475.00	16,225	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,180	1,207.15/cwt	1,125.00–1,225.00	14,244	10

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Sat Feb 15, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 79Last week 199Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 665Last week 1,157Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	39	—	1,272	1,500.00–1,550.00	1,511.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	79	—	1,317	820.00–1,000.00	881.89
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	77	—	1,317	1,275.00–1,400.00	1,356.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	91	—	1,138	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,375.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	47	—	1,185	1,050.00–1,225.00	1,133.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	894	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,276.82

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,368	56.00–65.00	62.53

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,100	1,475.00	1,475.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,180	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,207.15

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,143	51.00–53.00	52.30
9	—	1,262	63.50–65.00	63.65
31	—	1,182	58.00–62.50	60.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,358	56.00–61.00	59.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	942	46.00–51.00	49.48
22	—	1,042	53.00–59.00	54.79

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.