Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-03-13

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Mar 13
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
25 head
25 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 23 · +8.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
291 head
904 vs last sale 1,195 308 vs year ago 599 · 51.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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 Wednesday sale April 14, 2021.*

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,63066.001,0761thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,16661.6471916
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01546.504728thin

Every lot, as filed

20 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsLean 85-90%1,18657.00/cwt57.00–57.006764
CowsLean 85-90%84436.00/cwt36.00–36.003044
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15961.88/cwt61.00–62.0071715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27058.00/cwt58.00–58.007371
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63066.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0761
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2821,198.54/cwt1,125.00–1,260.0015,36515
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,150973.56/cwt950.00–985.0011,19620
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,054660.00/cwt660.00–660.006,9568
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19951,320.79/cwt1,210.00–1,400.0013,14210
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2111,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0016,95420
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1501,585.00/cwt1,585.00–1,585.0018,2286
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,252787.32/cwt760.00–825.009,8577
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3191,033.60/cwt925.00–1,085.0013,63322
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,08555.95/cwt52.50–61.006075
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2551,245.41/cwt1,235.00–1,260.0015,63028
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,159699.78/cwt685.00–710.008,1109
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,063835.00/cwt835.00–835.008,8769
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1481,339.53/cwt1,250.00–1,375.0015,37816
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1871,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,65111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,304785.00/cwt785.00–785.0010,2366

How this sale compares

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.