La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 13, 2023

1,683 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest La Junta Livestock Commision report →

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $234.99/cwt +41.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,816/hd at 773 lb · 77 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $239.25/cwt ≈ $2,180/hd at 911 lb · 76 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $247.75/cwt ≈ $2,074/hd at 837 lb · 69 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,683	1,342	784
Feeder cattle	1,521	871	566
Slaughter cattle	134	150	218
Replacement cattle	28	321	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison is available as this is the first reported auction in several months. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will occur as receipts warrant.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	315.00	$315.00	$835	—
300–335	331	18	301.00–303.00	$301.20	$997	—
415–440	417	13	271.00–278.00	$277.38	$1,157	—
463	463	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,283	+36.00
487	487	15	251.00	$251.00	$1,222	+10.00
505–545	515	25	271.00–274.00	$273.10	$1,406	—
570–594	588	22	263.00–269.00	$267.37	$1,572	+56.37
600–645	617	51	256.00–267.00	$261.97	$1,616	—
746–749	747	12	251.00	$251.00	$1,875	—
765–795	789	26	246.00–248.50	$248.03	$1,957	—
824	824	32	239.50–240.00	$239.64	$1,975	—
875–887	883	14	222.00–227.00	$225.29	$1,989	—
919	919	5	221.00	$221.00	$2,031	—
955–977	962	37	221.00–225.00	$221.71	$2,133	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	13	349.00	$349.00	$1,082	—
353 fancy	353	9	352.50	$352.50	$1,244	—
379	379	6	307.00	$307.00	$1,164	—
404–422	415	22	287.00–291.00	$288.41	$1,197	—
465	465	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,307	—
518	518	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,435	+25.93
837	837	69	247.75	$247.75	$2,074	—
859–872	869	47	242.50–243.00	$242.63	$2,108	—
911	911	76	239.25	$239.25	$2,180	—
1029	1029	8	201.00	$201.00	$2,068	—
1176	1176	8	192.00	$192.00	$2,258	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
264–296	280	22	291.00–300.00	$295.40	$827	—
302–335	310	5	281.00–291.00	$286.96	$890	—
440	440	5	275.00	$275.00	$1,210	—
480–490	486	6	261.00–265.00	$261.83	$1,272	—
523–535	533	13	262.00–265.00	$264.55	$1,410	—
551–573	557	23	256.00–261.00	$257.79	$1,436	—
610–623	622	9	251.00–252.00	$251.11	$1,562	—
696	696	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,705	—
802	802	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,772	—
993	993	2	204.00	$204.00	$2,026	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–611	610	17	189.00–226.00	$193.28	$1,179	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	2	257.00	$257.00	$1,318	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
244	244	10	287.00	$287.00	$700	—
276	276	10	290.00	$290.00	$800	—
300–345	326	11	271.00–276.00	$271.92	$886	—
365–390	369	12	265.00–271.00	$270.39	$998	—
400–439	429	11	251.00–262.00	$253.06	$1,086	+51.03
479	479	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,198	—
518–544	535	16	238.00–244.00	$239.65	$1,282	—
563	563	11	211.00	$211.00	$1,188	—
571–578	573	24	238.00–239.00	$238.71	$1,368	—
733	733	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,693	—
794–795	795	13	211.00–226.00	$221.39	$1,760	—
801–840	820	26	223.00–229.00	$226.08	$1,854	—
850–898	876	52	219.00–225.00	$222.31	$1,947	—
919–940	930	17	195.00–213.00	$204.32	$1,900	—
973–995	979	4	190.00–195.00	$193.73	$1,897	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309	309	9	301.00	$301.00	$930	—
520–542	539	15	255.00–257.00	$255.26	$1,376	+47.26
550	550	11	253.00	$253.00	$1,392	+45.60
653–694	658	31	244.00–250.00	$249.18	$1,640	—
742	742	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,759	+47.00
753–786	773	77	234.00–239.00	$234.99	$1,816	+41.49
828	828	10	231.00	$231.00	$1,913	+40.00
1133	1133	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	5	284.00	$284.00	$696	—
299	299	5	271.00	$271.00	$810	—
329	329	8	211.00	$211.00	$694	—
310–345	334	16	259.00–266.00	$261.03	$872	—
353	353	6	252.00	$252.00	$890	—
419–441	429	28	227.00–238.00	$232.25	$996	—
467–485	472	6	238.00–241.00	$240.32	$1,134	—
479–490	482	15	218.00–221.00	$218.81	$1,055	—
500	500	8	226.00	$226.00	$1,130	—
566	566	7	223.00	$223.00	$1,262	—
644	644	12	221.00	$221.00	$1,423	—
657–668	663	13	230.00–235.00	$232.71	$1,543	—
729	729	8	181.00	$181.00	$1,319	+1.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	5	218.00	$218.00	$990	—
798	798	8	201.00	$201.00	$1,604	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	11	171.00	$171.00	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–780	732	85-90%	5	61.00–70.00	$64.78	$474	—
690–1310	968	85-90%	28	71.00–94.00	$85.95	$832	-3.14
920–1130	1030	85-90%	30	95.00–111.00	$100.49	$1,035	+19.82

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025–1560	1232	80-85%	12	101.00–112.00	$106.77	$1,315	+3.28
1115–1360	1254	80-85%	6	113.00–116.00	$114.16	$1,432	—
1290–1340	1315	80-85%	2	84.00–90.00	$87.06	$1,145	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1598–1745	1627	75-80%	5	112.00–117.00	$114.75	$1,867	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–995	868	4	140.00–155.00	$149.14	$1,295	—
1135–1510	1254	4	91.00–115.00	$107.46	$1,348	—
1140–1865	1492	13	120.00–129.00	$124.02	$1,850	—
1185–1965	1692	9	130.00–138.50	$132.97	$2,250	+31.97

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1042–1220	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,425.00–1,525.00	$1,496.93
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,625.00	$1,625.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1140	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,075.00–1,275.00	$1,210.71

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1173–1285	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	1,825.00–1,925.00	$1,860.39	—
1460	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	121.00	$121.00	$399	—
582	582	3	121.00	$121.00	$704	—
635	635	6	111.00	$111.00	$705	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	6	141.00	$141.00	$890	—
747	747	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,053	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.