Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-11-20

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Nov 20
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
250 head
56 vs last sale 194 250 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,640 head
190 vs last sale 1,450 337 vs year ago 1,977 · 17.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred 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 cow and pair sale Sat Dec 18, 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
BullsAverage1,85183.431,5446thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50063.3695034
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18353.6363435
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,04146.8148766

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1971,503.77/cwt1,410.00–1,560.0018,000366
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2001,306.87/cwt1,210.00–1,385.0015,682165
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,406886.05/cwt850.00–975.0012,45843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1111,169.01/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0012,988123
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,113697.65/cwt660.00–725.007,76549
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2811,282.19/cwt1,250.00–1,350.0016,42527
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1391,108.03/cwt1,025.00–1,175.0012,62044
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,282807.11/cwt735.00–875.0010,347176
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0621,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0016,99215
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0481,513.42/cwt1,400.00–1,550.0015,861108
Bulls1,85183.43/cwt82.50–84.851,5446
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,12351.80/cwt50.00–54.0058211
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,49666.42/cwt63.00–67.5099419
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,35858.61/cwt56.00–61.007962
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,08751.60/cwt50.00–54.005613
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,02645.39/cwt41.00–50.0046639
CowsLean 85-90%82732.00/cwt31.00–35.002654
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21859.10/cwt57.00–61.007202
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67664.70/cwt61.00–67.001,0846
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40155.25/cwt53.00–58.007747
CowsLean 85-90%1,11752.59/cwt51.00–54.5058717
CowsLean 85-90%1,04347.57/cwt46.00–49.004963
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21054.04/cwt51.00–56.0065422

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.