Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-10-31

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 31
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 100 vs last sale 0▲ 84 vs year ago 16 · +525.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,157 head
▲ 1,157 vs last sale 0▲ 85 vs year ago 1,072 · +7.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale:

Demand moderate for bred heifers, replacement stock cows. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. Prices per head. * Next special stock cow and pair sale Sat Nov 21, 2020.*

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
Bulls—Average1,76674.421,3146thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,60054.5387215
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18951.2060916
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05143.0345221

Every lot

17 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70571.17/cwt66.00–74.001,2133
Bulls——1,82677.67/cwt77.00–78.001,4183
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01837.43/cwt31.00–43.003818
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07146.48/cwt46.00–47.0049813
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18951.20/cwt47.00–56.5060916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60054.53/cwt49.00–57.0087215
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0301,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0010,5585
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,153913.54/cwt825.00–975.0010,53332
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,1651,214.23/cwt1,200.00–1,250.0014,14621
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,211663.41/cwt610.00–710.008,034130
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2131,120.77/cwt1,060.00–1,185.0013,595133
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,242921.96/cwt860.00–975.0011,45140
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,273771.03/cwt725.00–885.009,815113
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,308961.37/cwt900.00–1,025.0012,575185
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,17951.17/cwt48.00–61.0060372
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0051,077.89/cwt1,025.00–1,110.0010,83320
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0131,125.00/cwt1,125.00–1,125.0011,3962

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.