Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-11-19

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Nov 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
218 head
168 vs last sale 50 32 vs year ago 250 · 12.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,024 head
380 vs last sale 644 616 vs year ago 1,640 · 37.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat Dec 3, 2022.

Special stock cow, bred heifer 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.

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
BullsAverage1,62394.161,5287thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55371.001,1039thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,21266.9181172
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,08963.3669042

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,259$1,49388
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,140$1,10841
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,312$1,08790
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,062$1,06343
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,360$98712
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,255$88076
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,023$1,62168

Every lot, as filed

24 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,16361.00/cwt61.00–61.007095
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25674.02/cwt73.50–75.009305
CowsLean 85-90%95157.45/cwt56.00–61.005465
CowsLean 85-90%1,08562.89/cwt61.00–64.0068212
CowsLean 85-90%1,12265.53/cwt65.00–66.0073511
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66063.00/cwt63.00–63.001,0461
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,54072.00/cwt71.00–74.001,1098
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24168.24/cwt66.00–72.0084713
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,11564.16/cwt63.00–64.5071514
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,22764.00/cwt64.00–64.007855
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,20366.71/cwt65.00–69.0080344
BullsReturn to Feed1,53295.12/cwt93.00–99.001,4573
Bulls1,44088.58/cwt87.00–90.001,2762
Bulls1,94398.29/cwt96.00–100.001,9102
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0231,620.82/head1,510.00–1,650.001,62168
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2691,065.14/head1,050.00–1,085.001,06557
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3861,125.37/head1,110.00–1,200.001,12533
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,255880.30/head835.00–910.0088076
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0621,063.08/head1,050.00–1,085.001,06343
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2461,046.04/head1,010.00–1,060.001,04612
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0961,132.99/head1,110.00–1,160.001,13329
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,360986.88/head975.00–1,000.0098712
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1091,349.92/head1,325.00–1,375.001,35027
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3251,556.22/head1,450.00–1,600.001,55661

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.