Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2022-09-13

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Sep 13
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
524 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 486▲ 524 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
78 head
▼ 190 vs last sale 268▲ 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
10 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 140▲ 10 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available this week as the last covered auction was June 14, 2022. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.09/cwt on 191 head.
Average price
$185.09
191 head · 605 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,119
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−2.45
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605185.091,119191
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale191 hd
185.09
—
CO average4 barns · 1,237 hd
187.55
−2.45
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
Bulls—Average1,82796.811,76818
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,52085.521,30018
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29079.601,02720
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,12671.2280222

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,217$1,7057
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,200$1,5753thin

Every lot

32 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1346223.00/cwt223.00–223.007723
Steers—Medium and Large 1385214.99/cwt212.50–217.5082811
Steers—Medium and Large 1419208.00/cwt208.00–208.008725
Steers—Medium and Large 1456205.00/cwt205.00–205.0093512
Steers—Medium and Large 1517188.07/cwt185.00–190.0097225
Steers—Medium and Large 1553187.11/cwt180.00–188.501,03556
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned607183.23/cwt180.00–184.001,11222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned666175.82/cwt175.00–176.001,17117
Steers—Medium and Large 1764177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,35612
Steers—Medium and Large 1889160.32/cwt160.00–163.001,42528
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386193.22/cwt189.00–195.007469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1426182.49/cwt181.00–183.0077726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478171.00/cwt171.00–171.008173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481167.07/cwt165.00–169.0080414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523172.67/cwt169.00–175.0090328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578170.73/cwt169.00–173.0098720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned625169.01/cwt165.00–173.501,05615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned667168.94/cwt166.00–171.001,12710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1751166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,24717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1801160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,28236
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,79194.90/cwt91.00–97.001,70014
Bulls——1,951103.48/cwt101.00–108.002,0194
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00080.01/cwt78.00–82.008002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08466.09/cwt62.00–69.007169
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18473.82/cwt70.00–76.0087411
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27782.27/cwt78.00–84.001,0519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29376.15/cwt74.00–78.0098510
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2421
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38082.23/cwt80.00–83.001,1354
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56086.46/cwt86.00–89.001,34914
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2001,575.00/head1,575.00–1,575.001,5753
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2171,704.81/head1,600.00–1,750.001,7057

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.