Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2024-12-12

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Dec 12
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
384 head
205 vs last sale 589 259 vs year ago 125 · +207.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
101 head
23 vs last sale 78 1,099 vs year ago 1,200 · 91.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 higher. Boner cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cows sold 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 higher. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Thursday December 19, 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
BullsAverage1,612140.772,27030
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,610122.691,97615
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,386119.701,65944
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,003105.991,063281

Every lot, as filed

20 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 1620225.26/cwt217.50–232.501,39713
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,015133.50/cwt117.50–140.001,35519
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1834191.71/cwt185.00–197.501,59913
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2945158.86/cwt150.00–170.001,50150
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2612172.45/cwt155.00–190.001,0553
Bulls1,437127.48/cwt121.00–133.001,8325
Bulls1,757151.40/cwt136.00–167.002,66020
Bulls1,208111.56/cwt103.00–117.001,3485
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,092117.85/cwt115.00–119.001,28754
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed943109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,0283
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,555117.81/cwt115.00–119.001,8327
CowsBoner 80-85%1,420123.07/cwt120.00–126.001,74827
CowsBoner 80-85%1,335104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,3881
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,1581
CowsLean 85-90%1,011102.55/cwt91.00–109.001,03729
CowsBoner 80-85%1,327117.13/cwt115.00–119.001,55415
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,659126.96/cwt126.00–131.002,1068
CowsLean 85-90%66166.38/cwt51.00–89.0043961
CowsLean 85-90%1,120117.21/cwt110.00–119.001,31380
CowsLean 85-90%1,127123.92/cwt120.00–138.001,39754

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.