Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-11-14

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Nov 14
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
283 head
283 vs last sale 0 348 vs year ago 631 · 55.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
73 head
73 vs last sale 0 130 vs year ago 203 · 64.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to low. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 5.00 lower. Lean cows of average dressing sold 3.00 lower and bulls sold 8.00 lower. The next slaughter cow and bull sale will be next Thursday November 21, 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
BullsHigh1,659134.142,2257thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,980115.002,2771thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,367109.471,49731
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,554108.471,6866thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,101104.841,154218

Every lot, as filed

13 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,06999.65/cwt71.00–109.001,065141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,55599.42/cwt96.00–103.001,5462
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,554113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,7564
CowsBoner 80-85%1,379106.75/cwt105.00–108.001,47212
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,980115.00/cwt115.00–115.002,2771
CowsLean 85-90%1,059135.40/cwt121.00–150.001,4345
CowsLean 85-90%1,167112.89/cwt110.00–118.001,31772
CowsBoner 80-85%1,360111.19/cwt110.50–116.001,51219
Bulls1,675137.00/cwt132.00–141.002,2956
Bulls1,560117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8251
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,061124.51/cwt120.00–136.001,3218
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,044151.60/cwt148.00–155.001,58320
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1969168.54/cwt161.00–180.001,63341

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.