Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2021-12-18

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Dec 18
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
50 vs last sale 250 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,902 head
262 vs last sale 1,640 1,902 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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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 tested prior to the sale. prices per head.

* Next special bred cow and pair sale Sat Jan 22, 2022.*

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%Average1,43163.129034thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23360.6474836
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02350.8652023

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
CowsLean 85-90%95545.91/cwt42.00–47.004387
CowsLean 85-90%1,05753.19/cwt50.00–58.0056213
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44263.50/cwt63.00–64.009162
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24062.38/cwt60.50–68.007747
CowsBoner 80-85%1,23757.03/cwt55.00–59.5070515
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,42062.74/cwt62.00–63.508912
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,22563.64/cwt60.00–68.0078014
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,03752.29/cwt51.00–55.005423
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19981,421.18/cwt1,400.00–1,435.0014,18377
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1311,110.00/cwt1,110.00–1,110.0012,55411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,228765.13/cwt710.00–775.009,39655
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1401,488.73/cwt1,425.00–1,525.0016,97279
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1041,157.97/cwt1,100.00–1,275.0012,78419
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2791,079.78/cwt1,075.00–1,085.0013,81067
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,228710.00/cwt710.00–710.008,71915
Bred CowsLarge 11,3051,260.00/cwt1,260.00–1,260.0016,44337
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,305839.71/cwt800.00–910.0010,958124
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0015,5255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3291,116.20/cwt1,075.00–1,185.0014,83496
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,115933.08/cwt860.00–985.0010,404102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2521,737.20/cwt1,700.00–1,750.0021,75046
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2231,699.75/cwt1,650.00–1,725.0020,788248
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2741,467.63/cwt1,425.00–1,500.0018,6988
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2301,411.06/cwt1,360.00–1,600.0017,35697
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,266968.54/cwt910.00–985.0012,26254

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.