Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-02-12

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Feb 12
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
26 vs last sale 101 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
985 head
31 vs last sale 954 985 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 heifer's and replacement stock cow's. Bred heifer's and stock cows age, 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
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21778.7995926
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48377.841,1549thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01865.196644thin

Every lot, as filed

13 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%1,08570.00/cwt70.00–70.007601
CowsLean 85-90%99663.59/cwt60.00–66.006333
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,48377.84/cwt72.00–79.501,1549
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15371.80/cwt70.00–75.008288
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24681.89/cwt79.50–86.001,02018
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,111775.00/cwt775.00–775.008,61050
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,072936.27/cwt925.00–975.0010,03717
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2751,485.56/cwt1,435.00–1,560.0018,94187
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3161,048.50/cwt1,005.00–1,160.0013,798136
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1211,678.68/cwt1,610.00–1,750.0018,818220
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0261,531.21/cwt1,450.00–1,575.0015,71019
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4201,194.51/cwt1,135.00–1,250.0016,96291
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,3261,475.00/cwt1,475.00–1,475.0019,55959

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.