Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-01-22

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Jan 22
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
101 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 200▲ 101 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
954 head
▼ 948 vs last sale 1,902▼ 241 vs year ago 1,195 · −20.2%
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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 cow's. Bred heifers and stock cows aged, blood tested and pregnancy tested prior to the sale. Prices per head.

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
Bulls—Average1,83096.001,7572thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,57467.831,0675thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,12764.6072815
CowsLean 85-90%Average87144.8339035

Every lot, as filed

19 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%—93755.80/cwt51.00–59.0052310
CowsLean 85-90%—84740.17/cwt38.00–42.0034024
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71070.48/cwt70.00–71.001,2052
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,48366.06/cwt64.00–67.009803
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12764.60/cwt63.00–69.0072815
CowsLean 85-90%—78047.00/cwt47.00–47.003671
Bulls——1,83096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,7572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2351,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.0013,5857
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,4031,304.92/cwt1,250.00–1,350.0018,30828
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,168746.28/cwt710.00–760.008,71710
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,279913.74/cwt810.00–975.0011,687111
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2561,021.20/cwt1,010.00–1,050.0012,82620
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,0201,405.29/cwt1,310.00–1,475.0014,33449
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,3151,440.00/cwt1,385.00–1,500.0018,93657
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2201,470.73/cwt1,400.00–1,525.0017,943107
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,095936.67/cwt860.00–985.0010,25756
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy—1,2811,710.00/cwt1,710.00–1,710.0021,90517
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,2771,471.19/cwt1,425.00–1,525.0018,78715
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1—1,1471,200.15/cwt1,110.00–1,275.0013,76675

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.