Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2021-03-19

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Mar 19
● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Feeder Cattle receipts
0 head
0 vs last sale 0 0 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
81 vs last sale 150 69 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
685 head
29 vs last sale 656 685 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special stock cow and pair sale.

Demand moderate for bred heifers , replacement stock cows and cow-calf pairs. Bred heifers and stock cows aged blood tested and pregnancy checked prior to the sale. Prices per head. *Next special replacement stock cow and pair sale will be in conjunction with the regular Tues sale April 13, 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
BullsAverage1,73382.001,4212thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,41971.511,01419
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,17469.7881940
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,08963.636933thin

Every lot, as filed

21 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 11,3631,078.96/cwt1,050.00–1,100.0014,70638
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,310991.22/cwt910.00–1,025.0012,98547
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2291,075.73/cwt1,075.00–1,085.0013,22128
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4001,352.79/cwt1,300.00–1,385.0018,93967
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1341,301.65/cwt1,225.00–1,375.0014,76133
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1221,357.16/cwt1,325.00–1,375.0015,2278
BullsMedium and Large 1170381.18/cwt375.00–385.006483
BullsMedium and Large 1120333.33/cwt325.00–350.004003
BullsMedium and Large 1200410.00/cwt410.00–410.008201
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0421,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0015,6303
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,39077.00/cwt77.00–77.001,0701
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02066.08/cwt65.50–68.006747
HeifersMedium and Large 1133277.36/cwt250.00–300.003692
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2631,089.18/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0013,75686
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1861,444.96/cwt1,400.00–1,510.0017,13715
CowsBoner 80-85%1,24576.00/cwt76.00–76.009461
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20570.39/cwt69.00–74.0084832
CowsLean 85-90%1,08963.63/cwt63.00–64.006933
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43671.54/cwt69.00–73.501,02716
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,29368.49/cwt68.00–69.008862
Bulls1,73382.00/cwt82.00–82.001,4212

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.