Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2022-11-18

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Nov 18
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
245 head
245 vs last sale 0 128 vs year ago 373 · 34.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
1,194 head
1,194 vs last sale 0 502 vs year ago 1,696 · 29.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Next special stock cow, bred heifer, and pair sale Friday December 16, 2022.

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand good for bred heifers, replacement stock cows and pairs. 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
BullsAverage1,77491.171,6175thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,57769.721,09936
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,27865.4783786
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,12360.3767863

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 Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,306$1,668102
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,224$1,63886
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,381$1,55451
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,323$990163
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)960$1,61049
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,024$1,514165
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)995$1,49254
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,281$2,03051

Every lot, as filed

32 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%1,05855.85/cwt51.00–58.0059114
CowsBoner 80-85%1,18562.65/cwt61.00–65.007423
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32067.22/cwt66.00–69.0088742
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,23162.77/cwt61.00–65.0077334
CowsLean 85-90%1,15261.22/cwt60.00–65.007059
CowsLean 85-90%1,10566.00/cwt66.00–66.007291
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52966.84/cwt64.00–69.001,02211
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59870.99/cwt69.00–73.001,13425
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33574.00/cwt74.00–74.009881
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,28668.45/cwt67.00–71.008806
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,12660.07/cwt58.00–61.0067618
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,15163.00/cwt63.00–63.0072521
Bulls1,78595.00/cwt95.00–95.001,6961
Bulls1,820103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,8751
BullsReturn to Feed1,75585.95/cwt85.00–88.001,5083
Bred HeifersMedium 18201,288.14/head1,250.00–1,300.001,28828
Bred CowsMedium 11,3061,240.50/head1,235.00–1,250.001,24119
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2521,372.01/head1,325.00–1,400.001,37232
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,3101,931.92/head1,900.00–2,000.001,93217
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,2511,975.00/head1,975.00–1,975.001,97513
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0191,530.40/head1,450.00–1,600.001,53038
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 19601,610.00/head1,610.00–1,610.001,61049
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1631,688.34/head1,600.00–1,850.001,68850
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4751,140.39/head1,010.00–1,200.001,14061
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3811,553.62/head1,500.00–1,600.001,55451
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0661,559.69/head1,450.00–1,610.001,560137
Bred HeifersMedium 19381,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,40016
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy1,2752,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3491,764.74/head1,700.00–1,850.001,76557
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,232899.29/head825.00–985.00899102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,758.04/head1,700.00–1,800.001,75810
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2942,090.72/head2,000.00–2,100.002,09140

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.