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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2023-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-24

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Fri, Feb 24

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1896

← Jan 20Feb 24Nov 17 →

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,802	107.67	1,940	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,447	91.46	1,323	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	90.97	1,151	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,078	83.40	899	15

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,299	$2,257	115
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,201	$1,871	62
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,386	$1,740	37
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,314	$1,344	180
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,068	$1,175	25
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,066	$2,050	45

Every lot

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. 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	—	—	1,715	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,766	2
Bulls	—	—	1,975	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	2,311	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	84.85/cwt	83.00–85.00	915	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,078	74.00/cwt	73.00–75.00	798	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,157	86.66/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,003	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,280	91.56/cwt	90.50–92.50	1,172	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,426	92.82/cwt	91.00–96.00	1,324	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,530	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,316	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,068	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	25
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,201	1,871.42/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,871	62
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,298	2,198.26/head	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,198	77
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	1,301	2,375.00/head	2,375.00–2,375.00	2,375	38
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,314	1,343.63/head	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,344	180
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,318	1,640.77/head	1,625.00–1,650.00	1,641	19
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,458	1,844.92/head	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,845	18
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,066	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	45

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 Feb 24, 2023

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 58Last week 69Year ago 322

Replacement CattleReceipts 648Last week 894Year ago 1,197

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.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	—	1,301	2,375.00	2,375.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	77	—	1,298	2,150.00–2,250.00	2,198.26
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	62	—	1,201	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,871.42
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	—	1,068	1,175.00	1,175.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	180	—	1,314	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,343.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	—	1,458	1,750.00–1,950.00	1,844.92

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	—	1,318	1,625.00–1,650.00	1,640.77

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	45	—	1,066	2,050.00	2,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,975	117.00	117.00
2	—	1,715	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,157	85.00–89.00	86.66
22	—	1,280	90.50–92.50	91.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,530	86.00	86.00
4	—	1,426	91.00–96.00	92.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,078	83.00–85.00	84.85
2	—	1,078	73.00–75.00	74.00

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.