Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2021-12-17

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Dec 17
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
278 head
95 vs last sale 373 278 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
2,163 head
467 vs last sale 1,696 431 vs year ago 2,594 · 16.6%
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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 Friday January 14, 2022.*

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
BullsAverage1,78297.341,73511
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,35161.8983647
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,22659.40729107
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09852.5357735

Every lot, as filed

23 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
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,11856.00/cwt56.00–56.006269
CowsLean 85-90%1,04352.49/cwt51.00–53.0054716
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,97571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,4021
CowsBoner 80-85%1,25762.99/cwt60.00–66.0079226
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21856.31/cwt53.50–59.0068654
CowsLean 85-90%1,16849.46/cwt49.00–49.5057810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,28257.27/cwt57.00–59.007348
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,28562.00/cwt61.50–63.5079722
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,21462.12/cwt61.50–63.0075427
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,43863.48/cwt60.00–69.0091316
Bulls1,76196.19/cwt91.00–99.001,6949
Bulls1,878102.49/cwt101.00–104.001,9252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1011,859.97/cwt1,810.00–1,900.0020,47851
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0731,514.77/cwt1,400.00–1,585.0016,253197
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1261,835.30/cwt1,800.00–1,875.0020,665169
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,179741.54/cwt735.00–750.008,74352
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,344912.22/cwt835.00–975.0012,260275
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4111,497.76/cwt1,450.00–1,525.0021,13330
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1781,773.95/cwt1,700.00–1,810.0020,897157
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3471,446.79/cwt1,375.00–1,550.0019,488231
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2961,098.85/cwt1,035.00–1,225.0014,241106
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1941,710.00/cwt1,710.00–1,710.0020,41723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2471,874.48/cwt1,850.00–1,885.0023,37555

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.