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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Mar 19

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896

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Feeder Cattle receipts

0 head

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

Slaughter Cattle receipts

69 head

▼ 81 vs last sale 150▲ 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

685 head

▲ 29 vs last sale 656▲ 685 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate 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 replacement stock cow and pair sale will be in conjunction with the regular Tues sale April 13, 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
Bulls	—	Average	1,733	82.00	1,421	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,419	71.51	1,014	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,174	69.78	819	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,089	63.63	693	3thin

Every lot

21 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
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	133	277.36/cwt	250.00–300.00	369	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	120	333.33/cwt	325.00–350.00	400	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	170	381.18/cwt	375.00–385.00	648	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,733	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,421	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	66.08/cwt	65.50–68.00	674	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	63.63/cwt	63.00–64.00	693	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,205	70.39/cwt	69.00–74.00	848	32
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,245	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	946	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,293	68.49/cwt	68.00–69.00	886	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,390	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,070	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,436	71.54/cwt	69.00–73.50	1,027	16
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,134	1,301.65/cwt	1,225.00–1,375.00	14,761	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,310	991.22/cwt	910.00–1,025.00	12,985	47
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,363	1,078.96/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	14,706	38
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,186	1,444.96/cwt	1,400.00–1,510.00	17,137	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,229	1,075.73/cwt	1,075.00–1,085.00	13,221	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,263	1,089.18/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	13,756	86
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,400	1,352.79/cwt	1,300.00–1,385.00	18,939	67
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,042	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	15,630	3
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,122	1,357.16/cwt	1,325.00–1,375.00	15,227	8

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 Mar 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 0Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 69Last week 150Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 685Last week 656Year ago 0

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,363	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,078.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	—	1,310	910.00–1,025.00	991.22
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	33	—	1,134	1,225.00–1,375.00	1,301.65

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,229	1,075.00–1,085.00	1,075.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	86	—	1,263	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,089.18

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	67	—	1,400	1,300.00–1,385.00	1,352.79
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,186	1,400.00–1,510.00	1,444.96

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)	8	—	1,122	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,357.16

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)	3	—	1,042	1,500.00	1,500.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	170	375.00–385.00	381.18
3	—	120	325.00–350.00	333.33
1	—	200	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	133	250.00–300.00	277.36

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,390	77.00	77.00
16	—	1,436	69.00–73.50	71.54
2	—	1,293	68.00–69.00	68.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,020	65.50–68.00	66.08
1	—	1,245	76.00	76.00
32	—	1,205	69.00–74.00	70.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,089	63.00–64.00	63.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,733	82.00	82.00

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.