La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 22, 2023

1,991 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $246.55/cwt -2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,072/hd at 435 lb · 70 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $240.89/cwt ≈ $1,294/hd at 537 lb · 54 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $256.00/cwt +4.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,418/hd at 554 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,991	3,933	2,129
Feeder cattle	1,570	3,933	1,543
Slaughter cattle	254	—	586
Replacement cattle	167	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers were too thinly tested for an accurate trend. The next feeder calf sale is next Wednesday November 29, 2023 and the next slaughter cow sale is next Thursday November 30, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–290	279	14	291.00–301.00	$293.05	$818	-25.95
314–345	329	44	255.00–318.00	$303.45	$998	-4.51
366–391	370	41	301.00–317.00	$314.70	$1,164	—
435	435	3	281.00	$281.00	$1,222	-8.42
465–484	476	17	268.00–272.00	$270.73	$1,289	-8.62
503–527	515	4	265.00–271.00	$267.93	$1,380	+7.84
558	558	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,311	-3.23
621	621	5	217.00	$217.00	$1,348	-11.46
651–694	667	36	201.00–221.00	$212.39	$1,417	+4.31
713–727	723	7	194.00–201.00	$199.03	$1,439	-3.02
758–785	763	10	196.00	$196.00	$1,495	—
905	905	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,538	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422–433	424	14	300.00–308.00	$301.17	$1,277	+0.40
469–480	475	34	292.00	$292.00	$1,387	-3.22
503–534	524	9	286.00	$286.00	$1,499	+4.61
551–571	554	54	256.00	$256.00	$1,418	+4.18
601–640	612	50	230.00–238.00	$234.60	$1,436	-11.16
880	880	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,602	+1.00
953	953	10	180.00	$180.00	$1,715	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	41	321.00	$321.00	$1,390	+2.31
453	453	2	307.00	$307.00	$1,391	+0.08
811–820	814	8	190.00–193.00	$191.13	$1,556	—
869	869	11	198.00	$198.00	$1,721	+3.00
950	950	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,834	+9.31
1005	1005	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,899	—
1128	1128	6	171.00	$171.00	$1,929	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514–525	519	7	241.00–246.00	$243.83	$1,265	—
595	595	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,285	—
729–735	730	15	190.00–191.00	$190.87	$1,393	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	4	231.00	$231.00	$725	—
408–433	421	8	251.00–263.00	$256.82	$1,081	+25.82

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–280	269	5	250.00–251.00	$250.38	$674	—
317–343	333	17	246.00–260.00	$250.40	$834	-12.10
351–393	372	34	240.00–258.00	$251.26	$935	-12.69
401–445	435	70	221.00–251.00	$246.55	$1,072	-2.34
470	470	8	235.00	$235.00	$1,104	+7.14
537–543	539	7	214.00–221.00	$218.98	$1,180	+0.56
573–587	582	23	211.00–216.00	$215.56	$1,255	+5.58
630–642	640	21	196.00–200.00	$196.85	$1,260	-11.84
668–693	679	26	169.00–198.00	$191.66	$1,301	-3.75
705–729	712	23	187.00–196.00	$192.18	$1,368	+2.17
761–798	782	14	150.00–171.00	$162.24	$1,269	—
836–847	840	9	141.00–168.00	$150.08	$1,261	-11.43
864–883	875	19	145.00–170.00	$156.11	$1,366	-14.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252–278	263	13	255.00–259.00	$257.09	$676	—
454	454	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,103	—
537	537	54	236.00–242.00	$240.89	$1,294	—
557	557	8	222.00	$222.00	$1,237	—
628	628	16	214.00	$214.00	$1,344	-7.00
745	745	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,490	—
755–783	775	7	181.00–185.00	$183.89	$1,425	-2.11
810–836	821	42	170.00–177.00	$173.17	$1,422	—
885–888	887	4	173.00–179.00	$176.01	$1,561	-4.99
908–929	919	13	170.00–175.00	$172.72	$1,587	-3.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	3	291.00	$291.00	$966	-3.35
421	421	7	281.00	$281.00	$1,183	+15.58
750	750	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,508	±0.00
835	835	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,545	—
1033	1033	9	176.00	$176.00	$1,818	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
392	392	10	311.00	$311.00	$1,219	+37.00
430	430	2	226.00	$226.00	$972	—
870	870	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,401	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	5	216.00	$216.00	$1,017	—
620	620	3	186.00	$186.00	$1,153	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–1240	1026	85-90%	79	61.00–84.00	$76.86	$789	—
760–1247	1104	85-90%	94	85.00–91.00	$88.30	$975	—
1155–1200	1170	85-90%	3	94.00–96.00	$94.68	$1,108	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1257–1278	1269	80-85%	7	90.00–91.00	$90.42	$1,147	—
1305–1450	1395	80-85%	14	92.50–96.00	$93.82	$1,309	—
1320–1490	1434	80-85%	21	73.00–87.00	$80.08	$1,148	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1670	1670	75-80%	2	86.00	$86.00	$1,436	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1777	1543	14	90.00–97.00	$92.64	$1,429	—
1730–2250	1925	3	101.00–103.00	$101.62	$1,956	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–923	898	(<2 yrs)	Open	22	134.00–151.00	$143.50	$1,289
950–1168	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	56	130.00–152.00	$138.31	$1,436

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	$971
1015–1293	1221	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	91.00–123.00	$104.25	$1,273

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–910	867	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	161.00–166.00	$162.75	$1,411
1118	1118	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	170.00	$170.00	$1,901

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130	1130	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1188	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,110.00	$1,110.00
1130–1244	1207	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,025.00–1,235.00	$1,164.37
1220	1220	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,160.00	$1,160.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,335.00	$1,335.00
1385–1525	1430	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,360.00–1,510.00	$1,419.12

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
903–929	923	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,475.00–1,650.00	$1,607.17
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–933	920	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,025.00–1,125.00	$1,092.58

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1640	1640	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1265	1265	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.