Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-10-30

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Oct 30
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
169 vs last sale 25 94 vs year ago 100 · +94.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,450 head
1,159 vs last sale 291 293 vs year ago 1,157 · +25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows, Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. prices per head. * Next special bred cow and pair sale Sat Nov 20, 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%Low1,49164.3095929
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20957.0669049
CowsLean 85-90%Low96345.28436105

Every lot, as filed

25 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39456.62/cwt55.00–58.007893
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16855.11/cwt51.00–59.006449
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15161.53/cwt60.00–64.007084
CowsLean 85-90%91145.00/cwt44.00–48.0041033
CowsLean 85-90%99951.72/cwt50.00–53.005177
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39365.12/cwt63.50–67.009073
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,13053.03/cwt51.00–55.0059930
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed74831.78/cwt31.00–32.0023822
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,51765.19/cwt60.00–68.5098923
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,17954.79/cwt54.00–55.5064626
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,34562.95/cwt58.00–67.0084710
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,05647.46/cwt47.00–48.0050113
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,309866.50/cwt810.00–950.0011,342233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1561,095.94/cwt1,010.00–1,175.0012,66983
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,287980.72/cwt935.00–1,025.0012,62232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2331,075.35/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0013,25918
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0601,075.14/cwt1,050.00–1,125.0011,3966
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0481,214.02/cwt1,175.00–1,275.0012,72318
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2901,197.04/cwt1,125.00–1,300.0015,442122
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2381,456.41/cwt1,375.00–1,535.0018,030191
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0841,274.40/cwt1,210.00–1,300.0013,81425
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,277928.54/cwt925.00–935.0011,85721
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4381,435.00/cwt1,435.00–1,435.0020,63529
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19731,334.69/cwt1,260.00–1,385.0012,98723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,127710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,00244

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.