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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2020-12-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-18

Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Dec 18

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896

← Nov 20Dec 18Jan 8 →

Receipts

2,594 head

▲ 324 vs last sale 2,270▲ 2,594 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows and cow-calf pairs. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. prices per head. *Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Friday Jan 8, 2021.*

Every lot

11 lots · USDA AMS · Winter 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 Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,134	1,116.81/cwt	1,025.00–1,150.00	12,665	26
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,212	1,312.68/cwt	1,275.00–1,375.00	15,910	172
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,243	1,489.84/cwt	1,450.00–1,535.00	18,519	109
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	786.92/cwt	700.00–860.00	10,191	372
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,374	1,199.98/cwt	1,100.00–1,250.00	16,488	188
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,374	970.10/cwt	960.00–985.00	13,329	16
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,385	967.68/cwt	950.00–975.00	13,402	28
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,130	1,446.68/cwt	1,400.00–1,475.00	16,347	20
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,070	1,309.98/cwt	1,210.00–1,385.00	14,017	658
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,191	1,410.00/cwt	1,410.00–1,410.00	16,793	16
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,273	54.42/cwt	46.50–59.00	693	83

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

Fri Dec 18, 2020

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

Receipts 2,594Last week 2,270Year ago 0

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)	16	—	1,374	960.00–985.00	970.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	172	—	1,212	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,312.68
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	26	—	1,134	1,025.00–1,150.00	1,116.81
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	188	—	1,374	1,100.00–1,250.00	1,199.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	—	1,385	950.00–975.00	967.68
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	372	—	1,295	700.00–860.00	786.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	109	—	1,243	1,450.00–1,535.00	1,489.84

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,130	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,446.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	658	—	1,070	1,210.00–1,385.00	1,309.98

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	—	1,191	1,410.00	1,410.00

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	83	—	1,273	46.50–59.00	54.42

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.