Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2023-01-20

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Jan 20
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
69 head
281 vs last sale 350 253 vs year ago 322 · 78.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
894 head
1,909 vs last sale 2,803 303 vs year ago 1,197 · 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.

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
BullsAverage1,865101.001,8841thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44974.831,08416
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,25571.7890112
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13169.7778916

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,215$2,03723
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,454$1,72319
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,405$1,36024
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,096$1,2628
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,489$1,17679
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,331$1,031148
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,230$92512
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,074$1,732103
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,059$1,727119
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)(<2 yrs)899$1,21010

Every lot, as filed

20 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20766.77/cwt65.00–68.008063
CowsLean 85-90%1,13169.77/cwt67.00–71.0078916
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,44974.83/cwt73.00–78.001,08416
CowsBoner 80-85%1,66079.00/cwt79.00–79.001,3111
CowsBoner 80-85%1,22372.76/cwt70.00–75.008908
Bulls1,865101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,8841
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4541,722.78/head1,650.00–1,775.001,72319
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4051,359.59/head1,300.00–1,475.001,36024
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0751,723.20/head1,650.00–1,750.001,72394
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 18991,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,21010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed1,199911.96/head850.00–975.0091233
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed1,194933.24/head925.00–935.0093329
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,1461,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,87510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0961,261.84/head1,250.00–1,275.001,2628
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2152,037.49/head1,900.00–2,200.002,03723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,230925.00/head925.00–925.0092512
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0511,713.88/head1,635.00–1,750.001,714109
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0661,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8259
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4891,176.47/head1,100.00–1,275.001,17679
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4281,110.18/head1,085.00–1,175.001,11086

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.