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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-11-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-30

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Thu, Nov 30

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Nov 29Nov 30Dec 6 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

354 head

▲ 354 vs last sale 0▲ 70 vs year ago 284 · +24.6%

Replacement Cattle receipts

40 head

▲ 40 vs last sale 0▲ 40 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, there is no comparable trades to make a trend. This was the last Thursday slaughter cow and bull sale. From this point forward, all slaughter cows will sell on the regular Wednesday sales. The next slaughter cow and bull sale will be next Wednesday December 6, 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	1,842	111.59	2,055	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,830	95.00	1,739	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,375	91.15	1,253	83
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,558	87.83	1,369	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,100	84.74	932	213

Every lot

18 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,315	95.40/cwt	93.00–98.00	1,255	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	106.54/cwt	101.00–110.00	1,884	6
Bulls	—	—	1,925	115.07/cwt	112.25–121.50	2,215	18
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,037	77.82/cwt	64.00–83.00	807	81
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,087	97.26/cwt	94.00–101.00	1,057	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,132	86.79/cwt	84.00–90.50	982	78
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	91.26/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,059	46
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,333	96.09/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,281	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,354	93.70/cwt	92.00–94.50	1,269	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,396	89.35/cwt	87.00–91.50	1,247	41
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,397	78.74/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,100	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,553	83.41/cwt	81.00–85.50	1,295	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,555	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,415	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,568	94.77/cwt	92.00–96.00	1,486	4
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,830	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,739	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	873	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,406	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	961	127.18/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,222	16
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,004	115.30/cwt	110.00–119.00	1,158	21

This sale against other markets

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 Commision - La Junta, CO

Thu Nov 30, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 354Last week 0Year ago 284

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	873	161.00	161.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	—	961	123.00–131.00	127.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,004	110.00–119.00	115.30

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,768	101.00–110.00	106.54
18	—	1,925	112.25–121.50	115.07
2	—	1,315	93.00–98.00	95.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,160	91.00–93.00	91.26
81	—	1,037	64.00–83.00	77.82
78	—	1,132	84.00–90.50	86.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,830	95.00	95.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,396	87.00–91.50	89.35
34	—	1,354	92.00–94.50	93.70
3	—	1,397	76.00–84.00	78.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,553	81.00–85.50	83.41
1	—	1,555	91.00	91.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,087	94.00–101.00	97.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	95.00–99.00	96.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,568	92.00–96.00	94.77

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.