Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-10-31

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 31
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
100 vs last sale 0 84 vs year ago 16 · +525.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,157 head
1,157 vs last sale 0 85 vs year ago 1,072 · +7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale:

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 and pair sale Sat Nov 21, 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
BullsAverage1,76674.421,3146thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60054.5387215
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18951.2060916
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05143.0345221

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 1Fancy1,1651,214.23/cwt1,200.00–1,250.0014,14621
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2131,120.77/cwt1,060.00–1,185.0013,595133
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,211663.41/cwt610.00–710.008,034130
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,242921.96/cwt860.00–975.0011,45140
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0301,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,5585
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,273771.03/cwt725.00–885.009,815113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18951.20/cwt47.00–56.5060916
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,60054.53/cwt49.00–57.0087215
CowsLean 85-90%1,07146.48/cwt46.00–47.0049813
CowsLean 85-90%1,01837.43/cwt31.00–43.003818
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,308961.37/cwt900.00–1,025.0012,575185
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,17951.17/cwt48.00–61.0060372
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0051,077.89/cwt1,025.00–1,110.0010,83320
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0131,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,3962
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,153913.54/cwt825.00–975.0010,53332
Bulls1,82677.67/cwt77.00–78.001,4183
Bulls1,70571.17/cwt66.00–74.001,2133

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.