Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2022-12-17

La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Sat, Dec 17
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1897
Slaughter Cattle receipts
350 head
300 vs last sale 50 150 vs year ago 200 · +75.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
886 head
264 vs last sale 622 1,016 vs year ago 1,902 · 53.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Note: Next special stock cow, bred heifers and pair sale Sat Jan 21, 2022.

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
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,39072.901,01321
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27968.9988254
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,05759.7263121

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,303$1,82518
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,197$1,488160
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,304$1,48865
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,100$1,21349
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,287$1,21059
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,094$1,09480
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,380$1,002101
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)950$1,73651
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)1,035$1,72513
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)960$1,12110

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%1,12863.70/cwt62.00–65.0071911
CowsLean 85-90%97855.34/cwt51.00–58.0054110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42567.00/cwt67.00–67.009551
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38873.20/cwt70.00–76.001,01620
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22669.01/cwt67.00–73.0084629
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20561.00/cwt61.00–61.007351
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19375.48/cwt75.00–76.009002
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,35968.74/cwt67.00–70.0093422
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0351,725.00/head1,725.00–1,725.001,72513
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1001,213.23/head1,000.00–1,285.001,21349
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0941,094.38/head1,000.00–1,185.001,09480
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1781,523.61/head1,425.00–1,575.001,524148
Bred CowsMedium 11,4261,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,05012
Bred CowsMedium 11,3231,252.11/head1,150.00–1,310.001,25238
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19631,785.00/head1,785.00–1,785.001,78539
Bred HeifersMedium 19061,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,57512
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2151,089.11/head1,060.00–1,100.001,08920
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3401,223.02/head1,110.00–1,300.001,22334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3811,028.51/head1,000.00–1,100.001,02954
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19601,121.24/head1,010.00–1,175.001,12110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2181,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6005
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,3031,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,82518
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2781,819.44/head1,800.00–1,875.001,81927
Bred CowsMedium 11,379985.40/head975.00–1,000.0098522
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,378960.00/head960.00–960.0096025

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.