Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2020-12-12

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-12

Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Dec 12

● Final9 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897

← Nov 21Dec 12Jan 23 →

Receipts

971 head

▼ 1,006 vs last sale 1,977▼ 530 vs year ago 1,501 · −35.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand moderate to good for replacement stock cows. Stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. Prices per head. *Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat January 23, 2021.*

Every lot

9 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
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,085	1,357.04/cwt	1,300.00–1,450.00	14,724	69
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,098	821.66/cwt	810.00–875.00	9,022	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,171	1,157.37/cwt	1,100.00–1,275.00	13,553	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,185	886.22/cwt	860.00–960.00	10,502	36
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,198	595.66/cwt	550.00–650.00	7,136	75
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,223	780.39/cwt	725.00–860.00	9,544	54
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,249	707.06/cwt	660.00–775.00	8,831	72
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,263	1,019.12/cwt	950.00–1,075.00	12,871	109
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	52.25/cwt	45.00–60.00	583	130

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 Dec 12, 2020

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

Receipts 971Last week 1,977Year ago 1,501

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	54	—	1,223	725.00–860.00	780.39
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	16	—	1,171	1,100.00–1,275.00	1,157.37
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	69	—	1,085	1,300.00–1,450.00	1,357.04
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	—	1,098	810.00–875.00	821.66
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	36	—	1,185	860.00–960.00	886.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	109	—	1,263	950.00–1,075.00	1,019.12
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	75	—	1,198	550.00–650.00	595.66
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	72	—	1,249	660.00–775.00	707.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	130	—	1,115	45.00–60.00	52.25

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.