Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-10-03

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 3
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
2 vs last sale 23 25 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
718 head
119 vs last sale 599 718 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand moderate for bred heifers, replacement stock cows. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested, and pregnancy checked prior to the sale, prices per head. *Next special stock cow sale , bred heifer and pair sale Sat Oct 31, 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%Average1,39355.267702thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,51952.668007thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low99944.7944810

Every lot, as filed

17 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 11,274777.86/cwt710.00–825.009,91042
CowsLean 85-90%92339.93/cwt37.00–42.003693
CowsLean 85-90%1,04046.18/cwt43.00–47.004806
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50152.02/cwt50.00–53.507816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39355.26/cwt55.00–55.507702
CowsLean 85-90%98551.00/cwt51.00–51.005021
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63056.50/cwt56.50–56.509211
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,42856.14/cwt50.50–57.5080214
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,356883.05/cwt810.00–975.0011,97421
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2231,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0012,2302
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,235882.36/cwt825.00–910.0010,89731
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,312704.87/cwt635.00–775.009,24844
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,187773.79/cwt750.00–785.009,18522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1991,034.84/cwt1,010.00–1,085.0012,40856
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1501,057.72/cwt1,010.00–1,110.0012,164105
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19311,077.61/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0010,03342
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1131,057.26/cwt1,050.00–1,085.0011,76716

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.