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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-02-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-12

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Feb 12

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896

← Jan 8Feb 12Mar 19 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

150 head

▲ 150 vs last sale 0▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

656 head

▼ 553 vs last sale 1,209▼ 543 vs year ago 1,199 · −45.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers and replacement stock cows. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. Prices per head. *Next special bred heifer, stock cow and pair sale Fri March 19, 2021.*

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,413	73.67	1,041	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,139	70.85	807	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,025	62.94	645	8thin

Every lot

17 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
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	992	59.69/cwt	57.00–62.00	592	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,057	67.83/cwt	66.00–70.00	717	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	68.35/cwt	68.00–69.00	738	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,180	77.35/cwt	77.00–78.00	913	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	72.21/cwt	70.00–76.00	855	48
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,345	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	928	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,417	73.94/cwt	71.00–76.00	1,048	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,083	1,116.70/cwt	1,050.00–1,175.00	12,094	22
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,211	1,306.74/cwt	1,235.00–1,375.00	15,825	55
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	1,019.62/cwt	935.00–1,060.00	12,592	52
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,245	876.78/cwt	800.00–960.00	10,916	91
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,284	1,139.88/cwt	1,075.00–1,225.00	14,636	127
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,327	1,050.07/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	13,934	60
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,421	1,278.49/cwt	1,275.00–1,285.00	18,167	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,428	1,036.02/cwt	1,000.00–1,050.00	14,794	23
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	975	1,324.22/cwt	1,200.00–1,385.00	12,911	147
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,037	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	14,518	5

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 →

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

Fri Feb 12, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 656Last week 1,209Year ago 1,199

Special stock cow and pair sale.

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	91	—	1,245	800.00–960.00	876.78
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	127	—	1,284	1,075.00–1,225.00	1,139.88
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	60	—	1,327	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050.07
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	1,211	1,235.00–1,375.00	1,306.74
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,428	1,000.00–1,050.00	1,036.02

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	23	—	1,421	1,275.00–1,285.00	1,278.49

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	52	—	1,235	935.00–1,060.00	1,019.62
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,083	1,050.00–1,175.00	1,116.70

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,037	1,400.00	1,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	147	—	975	1,200.00–1,385.00	1,324.22

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,184	70.00–76.00	72.21
3	—	1,180	77.00–78.00	77.35
28	—	1,057	66.00–70.00	67.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,345	69.00	69.00
17	—	1,417	71.00–76.00	73.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	992	57.00–62.00	59.69
3	—	1,080	68.00–69.00	68.35

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.