Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2019-11-02

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2019-11-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-02

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Nov 2

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

16 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 0▲ 16 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

1,072 head

▲ 1,072 vs last sale 0▲ 1,072 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Quality plain to average. Demand moderate for bred cows and cow-calf pairs.

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	—	Low	1,738	77.67	1,350	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,404	51.09	717	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,225	48.00	588	1thin

Every lot

21 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. 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 · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,513	75.35/cwt	75.00–76.00	1,140	3
Bulls	—	—	1,963	79.98/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,570	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows2 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,225	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	588	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,404	51.09/cwt	46.00–54.50	717	8
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,168	48.19/cwt	46.00–50.00	563	14
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,240	55.02/cwt	50.50–58.00	682	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,021	897.50/cwt	875.00–935.00	9,163	48
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,208	767.07/cwt	760.00–810.00	9,266	45
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,213	1,312.75/cwt	1,225.00–1,385.00	15,924	109
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,216	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	10,154	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,220	1,320.07/cwt	1,300.00–1,350.00	16,105	29
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,258	704.17/cwt	610.00–760.00	8,858	84
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,272	813.60/cwt	800.00–835.00	10,349	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,301	1,132.06/cwt	1,050.00–1,185.00	14,728	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,305	759.72/cwt	635.00–860.00	9,914	59
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,307	1,037.72/cwt	950.00–1,125.00	13,563	40
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,312	1,135.11/cwt	1,110.00–1,160.00	14,893	32
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,446	949.77/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	13,734	28
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,468	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	12,625	14
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,203	1,303.96/cwt	1,260.00–1,325.00	15,687	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,275	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	17,850	3

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.

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La Junta Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

Sat Nov 2, 2019

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 1,072Last week 0Year ago 0

Quality plain to average. Demand moderate for bred cows and cow-calf pairs.

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,168	46.00–50.00	48.19
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	—	1,240	50.50–58.00	55.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	—	1,208	760.00–810.00	767.07
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	1,468	860.00	860.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	32	—	1,312	1,110.00–1,160.00	1,135.11
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	23	—	1,301	1,050.00–1,185.00	1,132.06
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	48	—	1,021	875.00–935.00	897.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	1,307	950.00–1,125.00	1,037.72
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,446	925.00–1,025.00	949.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	109	—	1,213	1,225.00–1,385.00	1,312.75
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	29	—	1,220	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,320.07

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,216	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	—	1,272	800.00–835.00	813.60

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	84	—	1,258	610.00–760.00	704.17
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	59	—	1,305	635.00–860.00	759.72

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,203	1,260.00–1,325.00	1,303.96
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,275	1,400.00	1,400.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,513	75.00–76.00	75.35
3	—	1,963	78.00–82.00	79.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,225	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,404	46.00–54.50	51.09

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.