Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2021-02-12

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Feb 12
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
150 vs last sale 0 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
656 head
553 vs last sale 1,209 543 vs year ago 1,199 · 45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow 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. *Next special bred heifer, stock cow and pair sale Fri March 19, 2021.*

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%Low1,41373.671,04118
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13970.8580779
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,02562.946458thin

Every lot, as filed

17 lots · USDA AMS · Winter 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 11,245876.78/cwt800.00–960.0010,91691
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,4211,278.49/cwt1,275.00–1,285.0018,16723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2841,139.88/cwt1,075.00–1,225.0014,636127
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3271,050.07/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0013,93460
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0371,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0014,5185
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19751,324.22/cwt1,200.00–1,385.0012,911147
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18472.21/cwt70.00–76.0085548
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18077.35/cwt77.00–78.009133
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34569.00/cwt69.00–69.009281
CowsLean 85-90%99259.69/cwt57.00–62.005925
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05767.83/cwt66.00–70.0071728
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2111,306.74/cwt1,235.00–1,375.0015,82555
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4281,036.02/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0014,79423
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2351,019.62/cwt935.00–1,060.0012,59252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0831,116.70/cwt1,050.00–1,175.0012,09422
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41773.94/cwt71.00–76.001,04817
CowsLean 85-90%1,08068.35/cwt68.00–69.007383

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.