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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2021-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-17

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Dec 17

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896

← Nov 19Dec 17Jan 14 →

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,782	97.34	1,735	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,351	61.89	836	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,226	59.40	729	107
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,098	52.53	577	35

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,761	96.19/cwt	91.00–99.00	1,694	9
Bulls	—	—	1,878	102.49/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,925	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,043	52.49/cwt	51.00–53.00	547	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,118	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	626	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,168	49.46/cwt	49.00–49.50	578	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,214	62.12/cwt	61.50–63.00	754	27
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,218	56.31/cwt	53.50–59.00	686	54
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,257	62.99/cwt	60.00–66.00	792	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,282	57.27/cwt	57.00–59.00	734	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,285	62.00/cwt	61.50–63.50	797	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,438	63.48/cwt	60.00–69.00	913	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,975	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,402	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,101	1,859.97/cwt	1,810.00–1,900.00	20,478	51
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,178	1,773.95/cwt	1,700.00–1,810.00	20,897	157
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,179	741.54/cwt	735.00–750.00	8,743	52
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,194	1,710.00/cwt	1,710.00–1,710.00	20,417	23
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,247	1,874.48/cwt	1,850.00–1,885.00	23,375	55
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,296	1,098.85/cwt	1,035.00–1,225.00	14,241	106
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,344	912.22/cwt	835.00–975.00	12,260	275
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,347	1,446.79/cwt	1,375.00–1,550.00	19,488	231
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,411	1,497.76/cwt	1,450.00–1,525.00	21,133	30
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,073	1,514.77/cwt	1,400.00–1,585.00	16,253	197
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,126	1,835.30/cwt	1,800.00–1,875.00	20,665	169

This sale against other markets

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

Fri Dec 17, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 278Last week 373Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 2,163Last week 1,696Year ago 2,594

Special bred cow and pair sale.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,118	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,043	51.00–53.00	52.49
10	—	1,168	49.00–49.50	49.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	71.00	71.00
16	—	1,438	60.00–69.00	63.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,257	60.00–66.00	62.99
54	—	1,218	53.50–59.00	56.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,282	57.00–59.00	57.27
22	—	1,285	61.50–63.50	62.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,214	61.50–63.00	62.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,761	91.00–99.00	96.19
2	—	1,878	101.00–104.00	102.49

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	51	—	1,101	1,810.00–1,900.00	1,859.97
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	23	—	1,194	1,710.00	1,710.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	55	—	1,247	1,850.00–1,885.00	1,874.48

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	—	1,179	735.00–750.00	741.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	106	—	1,296	1,035.00–1,225.00	1,098.85

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	275	—	1,344	835.00–975.00	912.22
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	—	1,411	1,450.00–1,525.00	1,497.76
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	157	—	1,178	1,700.00–1,810.00	1,773.95
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	231	—	1,347	1,375.00–1,550.00	1,446.79

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	197	—	1,073	1,400.00–1,585.00	1,514.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	169	—	1,126	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,835.30

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.