Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2022-03-29

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Mar 29
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
593 head
109 vs last sale 702 436 vs year ago 1,029 · 42.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
153 head
119 vs last sale 34 45 vs year ago 198 · 22.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
2 vs last sale 38 194 vs year ago 234 · 82.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared with last Tuesday: Feeder steer's and heifer's with quality and condition in a light test mostly steady. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.22/cwt on 165 head.
Average price
$156.22
165 head · 643 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$13.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.24
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2492167.1282234
Medium and Large 1682153.391,046131
One grade step is worth $13.73/cwt here — about −$224 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale165 hd
156.22
CO average3 barns · 272 hd
153.99
+2.24
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsHigh1,950105.292,05413
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,43389.741,28646
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23485.391,05453
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,01876.967848thin

Every lot, as filed

33 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1727147.91/cwt147.50–148.501,07529
HeifersMedium and Large 1465191.00/cwt191.00–191.008884
HeifersMedium and Large 1598165.00/cwt165.00–165.009873
HeifersMedium and Large 1623159.84/cwt158.00–162.0099631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2522151.04/cwt150.00–152.0078810
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432180.13/cwt175.00–183.0077814
SteersMedium and Large 1715171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2475191.00/cwt191.00–191.009078
SteersMedium and Large 1538192.24/cwt190.00–196.001,03413
SteersMedium and Large 1614185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,13637
HeifersMedium and Large 1767144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,10410
HeifersMedium and Large 1688152.56/cwt149.50–153.501,05043
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2488179.00/cwt179.00–179.008745
SteersMedium and Large 1411208.00/cwt208.00–208.008554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2613173.67/cwt171.00–175.001,06514
SteersMedium and Large 1879140.80/cwt140.00–142.001,2385
HeifersMedium and Large 1516165.00/cwt165.00–165.008514
HeifersMedium and Large 1850133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,1317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2601151.00/cwt151.00–151.009085
SteersMedium and Large 1571182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,04214
SteersMedium and Large 1469206.02/cwt204.00–208.0096617
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1Fancy1,0672,757.62/cwt2,700.00–2,800.0029,42430
Bulls2,355114.00/cwt114.00–114.002,6851
Bulls1,78499.58/cwt96.00–102.001,7774
Bulls1,983107.06/cwt105.00–110.002,1238
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,20586.94/cwt86.00–87.001,04814
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,40085.23/cwt83.00–87.001,1938
CowsLean 85-90%1,06581.80/cwt78.00–84.008713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,41289.83/cwt88.00–92.501,26828
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,51993.08/cwt93.00–94.001,41410
CowsLean 85-90%99074.06/cwt73.00–76.007335
CowsBoner 80-85%1,19582.33/cwt80.00–85.0098414
CowsBoner 80-85%1,27286.24/cwt85.00–87.001,09725

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.