Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-03-14

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Mar 14
● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
56 vs last sale 79 23 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
599 head
66 vs last sale 665 599 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale.

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 will be in conjunction with the regular Wednesday sale April 8, 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
BullsLow1,44174.741,0774thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51161.519293thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24156.6970416

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 11,2171,304.03/cwt1,250.00–1,400.0015,870115
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3461,188.95/cwt1,175.00–1,200.0016,00331
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,238898.75/cwt850.00–1,025.0011,12773
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 19191,472.30/cwt1,400.00–1,500.0013,53012
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0681,381.87/cwt1,325.00–1,450.0014,75817
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1081,036.99/cwt1,010.00–1,075.0011,49035
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0581,176.96/cwt1,150.00–1,200.0012,45229
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,180710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,3787
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40060.27/cwt60.00–60.508442
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73364.00/cwt64.00–64.001,1091
CowsBoner 80-85%1,26859.35/cwt58.00–61.007538
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24451.05/cwt50.00–55.006356
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12563.00/cwt63.00–63.007092
Bulls1,44174.74/cwt73.00–76.001,0774
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1801,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0018,2905

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.