Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Average dress slaughter cows sold 18.00 to 19.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 10.00 lower. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparable trades from last week for an accurate market comparison. The next available report will be Thursday, October 26, 2023.

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,664	99.45	1,655	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,870	107.50	2,010	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,269	83.47	1,059	91
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,060	71.92	762	170

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,216	$1,775	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,211	$1,574	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,152	$1,477	8
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,296	$1,372	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,129	$1,368	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,300	$1,226	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,024	$1,125	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,133	$1,090	19
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	908	$813	2thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	979	$1,680	5
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	(<2 yrs)	982	$1,433	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,353	$1,925	2thin

Every lot, as filed

30 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,300	1,225.67/head	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,226	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,443	1,410.15/head	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,410	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,228	1,489.41/head	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,489	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	930	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	1,477.00/head	1,425.00–1,525.00	1,477	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	960	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,699	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	123.91/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,188	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	938	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,562.50/head	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,563	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	966	105.33/cwt	96.00–111.00	1,017	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,163	98.36/cwt	97.00–100.00	1,144	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	908	812.74/head	800.00–825.00	813	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,216	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,296	1,371.73/head	1,310.00–1,400.00	1,372	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,211	1,573.81/head	1,410.00–1,600.00	1,574	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,024	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	1,004.11/head	900.00–1,085.00	1,004	15
Bulls	—	—	1,781	111.42/cwt	101.00–117.50	1,984	14
Bulls	—	—	1,893	119.04/cwt	118.00–120.00	2,253	2
Bulls	—	—	1,474	80.65/cwt	56.00–98.00	1,189	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	94.79/cwt	91.00–100.50	1,296	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,277	69.25/cwt	66.00–72.00	884	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	81.91/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,024	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,870	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	2,010	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,015	61.78/cwt	51.00–66.00	627	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,081	87.22/cwt	84.00–97.00	943	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	73.67/cwt	67.00–83.00	798	85

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.

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

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

Thu Oct 19, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 50Year ago 50

Replacement CattleReceipts 316Last week 877Year ago 554

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,353	1,925.00	1,925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,300	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,225.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,443	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,410.15
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	1,475.00–1,500.00	1,489.41
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,152	1,425.00–1,525.00	1,477.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,216	1,775.00	1,775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,296	1,310.00–1,400.00	1,371.73
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,211	1,410.00–1,600.00	1,573.81
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	930	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	908	800.00–825.00	812.74
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,024	1,125.00	1,125.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	—	1,050	900.00–1,085.00	1,004.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	177.00	177.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	959	121.00–130.00	123.91
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	966	96.00–111.00	105.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,163	97.00–100.00	98.36
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	938	1,800.00	1,800.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,040	1,500.00	1,500.00
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,035	1,500.00–1,625.00	1,562.50
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	875	1,175.00	1,175.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,781	101.00–117.50	111.42
2	—	1,893	118.00–120.00	119.04
11	—	1,474	56.00–98.00	80.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,367	91.00–100.50	94.79
3	—	1,277	66.00–72.00	69.25
74	—	1,250	75.00–89.00	81.91
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,870	107.50	107.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,015	51.00–66.00	61.78
28	—	1,081	84.00–97.00	87.22
85	—	1,083	67.00–83.00	73.67

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.

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