La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 6, 2024

2,454 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.75/cwt -4.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,665/hd at 672 lb · 230 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $235.63/cwt -0.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,703/hd at 723 lb · 185 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $278.96/cwt +15.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,607/hd at 576 lb · 130 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,454	1,231	1,216
Feeder cattle	2,199	1,018	1,053
Slaughter cattle	88	112	163
Replacement cattle	167	101	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 550lbs sold unevenly steady while steers over 550lbs sold 4.00 to 18.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500lbs sold mostly 6.00 to 7.00 higher while heifers over 500lbs sold unevenly steady. Replacement heifers sold good and averaged a few dollars higher than feeder heifers in the same weight class. Slaughter cows of average dressing and slaughter bulls sold steady on a light test. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale woll be next Wednesday March 13, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341 fancy	341	4	417.00	$417.00	$1,422	—
343	343	2	394.00	$394.00	$1,351	-14.35
361–385 value added	376	47	390.00–402.00	$395.35	$1,487	—
369–383	377	19	382.00–389.00	$385.16	$1,452	+8.16
408–444	427	28	354.00–364.00	$357.82	$1,528	-13.39
462–496 thin fleshed	470	61	340.00–350.00	$346.63	$1,629	—
473–493	482	15	324.00–337.50	$331.06	$1,596	-3.94
482 fancy	482	3	360.00	$360.00	$1,735	—
523–537	535	14	309.00–312.00	$311.58	$1,667	-17.11
561–580 fancy	565	45	321.00	$321.00	$1,814	+18.00
555–588 thin fleshed	576	41	301.00–311.00	$304.58	$1,754	—
560–595	592	35	290.00–299.00	$294.98	$1,746	+3.58
608 fancy	608	6	298.00	$298.00	$1,812	—
627–641	637	52	282.00–292.00	$287.21	$1,830	+13.21
677–694	688	54	260.00–278.50	$272.71	$1,876	+12.71
722–741	731	59	251.00–261.00	$257.35	$1,881	+11.35
760–781	774	47	235.00–247.00	$242.41	$1,876	+14.91
809–810	810	47	237.00–238.00	$237.68	$1,925	+7.69
873–895	885	11	213.00–216.00	$214.92	$1,902	—
1100	1100	12	176.00	$176.00	$1,936	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	3	351.00	$351.00	$1,141	-34.00
425	425	2	348.00	$348.00	$1,479	-1.14
469	469	7	319.00	$319.00	$1,496	-3.06
578	578	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,561	-14.73
843–844	844	14	224.00–225.00	$224.71	$1,897	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	7	312.00	$312.00	$1,326	—
535	535	13	263.00	$263.00	$1,407	—
668	668	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,576	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–338	324	4	360.00–375.00	$367.18	$1,190	—
391	391	5	351.00	$351.00	$1,372	—
456	456	4	301.00	$301.00	$1,373	—
590 value added	590	2	296.00	$296.00	$1,746	—
697	697	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,749	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431–440	434	7	301.00–318.00	$313.07	$1,359	+30.03
626	626	7	257.50	$257.50	$1,612	+7.50
845	845	3	206.00	$206.00	$1,741	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	3	361.00	$361.00	$928	—
309–347	330	20	341.00–351.00	$346.28	$1,143	-3.23
331 thin fleshed	331	16	358.00	$358.00	$1,185	—
359–373 value added	370	22	336.00–346.00	$340.22	$1,259	—
373–393	383	38	322.00–332.00	$325.87	$1,248	+5.72
406–429	412	61	311.00–321.00	$317.87	$1,310	-8.28
466–488	476	45	311.00–317.00	$314.61	$1,498	+19.61
454–499	488	34	291.00–306.00	$301.42	$1,471	+6.42
530–543	540	13	275.00–287.00	$278.88	$1,506	-6.12
551	551	9	259.00	$259.00	$1,427	-1.00
553–571	568	46	286.00–301.00	$288.34	$1,638	+28.34
553–594 thin fleshed	584	75	271.00–282.00	$275.61	$1,610	—
608–637	627	56	246.00–256.00	$250.52	$1,571	-7.01
616–643	633	64	251.00–267.00	$262.20	$1,660	+4.67
667	667	76	263.00	$263.00	$1,754	+16.73
655–694 value added	672	110	243.00–245.00	$243.96	$1,639	—
663–691	680	44	229.00–236.00	$230.89	$1,570	-15.38
700–720	707	64	238.00–246.00	$243.33	$1,720	+7.46
711–749	731	121	224.00–239.00	$231.55	$1,693	-4.32
761	761	9	230.00	$230.00	$1,750	+3.23
811	811	26	215.00	$215.00	$1,744	—
833	833	8	210.00	$210.00	$1,749	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	3	327.00	$327.00	$948	—
335	335	4	328.00	$328.00	$1,099	—
361–391	374	19	301.00	$301.00	$1,126	—
494–495	495	11	276.00–278.00	$276.73	$1,370	+2.77
533–544	539	17	255.00–271.00	$264.15	$1,424	+12.72
580–590	581	21	236.00–257.00	$254.97	$1,481	+3.97
604–625	614	18	231.00–244.00	$240.36	$1,476	—
700	700	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,477	—
790	790	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,667	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	2	321.00	$321.00	$1,027	—
435 thin fleshed	435	2	332.50	$332.50	$1,446	—
473–490	488	17	282.00–289.00	$288.20	$1,406	+9.20
561	561	8	261.00	$261.00	$1,464	+25.64
678	678	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,532	—
752	752	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,542	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	16	299.00	$299.00	$1,223	—
512	512	7	237.00	$237.00	$1,213	—
555	555	2	252.00	$252.00	$1,399	—
693	693	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,393	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
448	448	13	249.00	$249.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
526	526	4	242.00	$242.00	$1,273	—
627–643	636	8	201.00–225.00	$215.28	$1,369	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
732	732	8	220.00	$220.00	$1,610	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	7	242.00	$242.00	$1,525	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,288	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1220	959	85-90%	8	71.00–81.00	$75.92	$728	-12.45
943–1065	974	85-90%	4	92.00–93.00	$92.24	$898	-5.15
845–1280	1102	85-90%	36	101.00–119.00	$111.57	$1,230	—
1050–1275	1153	85-90%	3	86.00–91.00	$87.52	$1,009	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1425	1353	80-85%	5	114.00–122.00	$116.89	$1,582	—
1385	1385	80-85%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,053	—
1430	1430	80-85%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,459	-8.39

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715–1765	1732	65-75%	3	111.00–118.00	$115.62	$2,003	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715	1715	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,921	-17.09
1235–2360	1812	10	116.00–138.50	$129.19	$2,341	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,661
795–850 thin fleshed	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	201.00–221.00	$207.12	$1,713
790–960	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	171.00–195.00	$180.17	$1,706

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1243	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	51	150.00–167.00	$155.90	$1,665

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1127	1007	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	121.00–148.00	$136.52	$1,375

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1031	1031	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,285.00	$1,285.00
1125	1125	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
845	845	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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
1170	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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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.