Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-10-31

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Oct 31
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
443 head
17 vs last sale 460 26 vs year ago 469 · 5.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
63 head
131 vs last sale 194 204 vs year ago 267 · 76.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 3.00 lower. Boner cows of average dressing sold 1.00 lower while lean cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 5.00 lower. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Thursday November 7, 2024.

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
BullsAverage1,624138.872,25537
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,828134.152,4522thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,349115.351,55655
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,602110.091,7639thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,103106.821,178332

Every lot, as filed

16 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1658198.92/cwt197.50–200.001,3095
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1989160.93/cwt152.50–175.001,59242
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,037138.93/cwt130.00–147.001,44110
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,032121.09/cwt116.00–126.001,2503
Bulls1,290118.43/cwt113.00–121.001,5283
Bulls1,676141.76/cwt131.00–190.002,37633
Bulls900105.00/cwt105.00–105.009451
CowsLean 85-90%99590.16/cwt61.00–109.00897117
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,828134.15/cwt122.50–144.502,4522
CowsBoner 80-85%1,332120.43/cwt120.00–121.001,6047
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,607114.17/cwt111.00–118.501,8357
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,58395.82/cwt91.00–101.001,5172
CowsLean 85-90%1,168114.83/cwt109.00–118.501,341201
CowsLean 85-90%1,077131.12/cwt120.00–160.001,41214
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38699.92/cwt84.00–109.001,3854
CowsBoner 80-85%1,348115.94/cwt107.00–119.001,56344

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.