Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-12-03

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Dec 3
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
168 vs last sale 218 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
622 head
402 vs last sale 1,024 622 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Next special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale Sat Dec 17, 2022.

Special stock cow, bred heifer and pair sale.

Demand moderate to good for bred heifers and 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,58770.111,1135thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,19464.1976634
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05859.196267thin

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 (2-4 yrs)1,155$1,42043
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,130$1,1928
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,149$1,16942
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,270$1,12668
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,101$1,12042
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,277$875122
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)946$1,37830

Every lot, as filed

22 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 1Fancy1,2361,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5255
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1441,406.11/head1,325.00–1,485.001,40638
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2531,285.95/head1,275.00–1,310.001,28613
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0681,130.27/head1,110.00–1,185.001,13022
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1301,191.62/head1,160.00–1,210.001,1928
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1011,120.34/head1,025.00–1,175.001,12042
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2931,212.56/head1,200.00–1,310.001,21327
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,306898.61/head810.00–960.00899106
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2551,068.54/head1,000.00–1,160.001,06941
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,084717.53/head710.00–720.0071816
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0051,550.00/head1,550.00–1,550.001,5508
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19241,315.86/head1,225.00–1,360.001,31622
Bred CowsMedium 1-21,2111,075.00/head1,075.00–1,075.001,0757
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30869.50/cwt66.00–71.009093
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,31667.86/cwt67.00–68.008937
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,10361.36/cwt60.00–64.0067711
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,14562.00/cwt62.00–62.007101
CowsLean 85-90%1,05557.26/cwt55.00–61.006045
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17963.39/cwt60.00–65.0074713
CowsLean 85-90%98566.00/cwt66.00–66.006501
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46863.99/cwt63.00–65.009392
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66774.19/cwt71.50–77.001,2373

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.