Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-11-21

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Nov 21
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
431 head
148 vs last sale 283 200 vs year ago 631 · 31.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
111 head
38 vs last sale 73 92 vs year ago 203 · 45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 5.00 higher. Boner cows of average dressing sold for 3.00 higher and lean cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 13.00 higher. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday November 27, due to the Thanksgiving holiday.

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
BullsLow1,783134.652,40134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,616119.281,92734
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,769114.342,0233thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,388114.341,58735
CowsLean 85-90%High1,065108.041,151321

Every lot, as filed

23 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 1635175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1111
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2683115.00/cwt115.00–115.007852
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035147.12/cwt139.00–162.501,52359
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2959121.62/cwt112.00–135.001,16622
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1860182.13/cwt170.00–192.501,56616
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed931209.66/cwt200.00–217.501,9528
Bulls1,554117.54/cwt96.00–121.001,8276
Bulls1,714129.58/cwt126.00–132.002,22110
Bulls1,898143.17/cwt134.00–155.002,71718
CowsLean 85-90%1,064129.92/cwt120.00–133.001,3824
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,631117.56/cwt116.00–118.001,9179
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,611121.81/cwt121.00–123.001,96224
CowsBoner 80-85%1,390123.31/cwt121.00–136.001,7148
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2411
CowsBoner 80-85%1,386114.01/cwt110.00–119.001,58024
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,116115.62/cwt111.00–118.001,29092
CowsLean 85-90%87478.45/cwt58.00–89.0068650
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,299108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,4094
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39395.52/cwt94.00–97.001,3312
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59574.00/cwt74.00–74.001,1801
CowsLean 85-90%1,099114.17/cwt110.00–118.501,255141
CowsLean 85-90%1,037102.27/cwt90.00–109.001,06130
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,769114.34/cwt113.00–117.002,0233

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.