Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2023-02-24

Winter - La Junta

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Feb 24
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896
Slaughter Cattle receipts
58 head
11 vs last sale 69 264 vs year ago 322 · 82.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
648 head
246 vs last sale 894 549 vs year ago 1,197 · 45.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Demand 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
BullsHigh1,802107.671,9403thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44791.461,3235thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26590.971,15125
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07883.4089915

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)1,299$2,257115
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,201$1,87162
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,386$1,74037
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,314$1,344180
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,068$1,17525
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)1,066$2,05045

Every lot, as filed

16 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 1Fancy1,3012,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,37538
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2982,198.26/head2,150.00–2,250.002,19877
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2011,871.42/head1,800.00–1,950.001,87162
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0681,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,17525
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3141,343.63/head1,275.00–1,425.001,344180
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4581,844.92/head1,750.00–1,950.001,84518
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3181,640.77/head1,625.00–1,650.001,64119
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,0662,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,05045
Bulls1,975117.00/cwt117.00–117.002,3111
Bulls1,715103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7662
CowsBoner 80-85%1,15786.66/cwt85.00–89.001,0033
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28091.56/cwt90.50–92.501,17222
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53086.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3161
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42692.82/cwt91.00–96.001,3244
CowsLean 85-90%1,07884.85/cwt83.00–85.0091513
CowsLean 85-90%1,07874.00/cwt73.00–75.007982

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.