Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2021-11-19

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Nov 19
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
373 head
304 vs last sale 69 373 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,696 head
1,011 vs last sale 685 574 vs year ago 2,270 · 25.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred 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 cow and pair sale Fri December 17, 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
BullsLow1,81783.701,52116
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,35555.5175246
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27854.40696188
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,06750.3353757

Every lot, as filed

24 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2751,324.21/cwt1,310.00–1,385.0016,88413
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2041,592.58/cwt1,500.00–1,650.0019,1757
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2201,753.37/cwt1,750.00–1,775.0021,39174
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,4041,600.00/cwt1,600.00–1,600.0022,46471
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1681,556.17/cwt1,475.00–1,650.0018,176141
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2341,341.07/cwt1,250.00–1,425.0016,54940
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1841759.15/cwt700.00–775.006,38427
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19881,367.52/cwt1,300.00–1,450.0013,511110
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,450940.06/cwt900.00–1,000.0013,63129
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2951,121.70/cwt1,050.00–1,185.0014,526131
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4181,088.26/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0015,43226
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3211,500.00/cwt1,500.00–1,500.0019,81519
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,326879.71/cwt825.00–960.0011,665200
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2451,240.75/cwt1,200.00–1,325.0015,447238
Bulls1,64180.02/cwt77.00–81.001,3137
Bulls1,94686.00/cwt83.00–88.001,6748
Bulls2,01591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,8341
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,26754.04/cwt52.00–57.00685140
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,30855.48/cwt55.00–59.0072632
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30654.68/cwt52.00–58.0071433
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32457.20/cwt57.00–59.0075715
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,46255.57/cwt54.00–59.0081214
CowsLean 85-90%1,06951.58/cwt50.00–55.5055145
CowsLean 85-90%1,05845.66/cwt44.00–49.0048312

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.