La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 10, 2024

1,511 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $275.45/cwt +2.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,557/hd at 565 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $347.07/cwt ≈ $1,672/hd at 482 lb · 29 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $326.36/cwt +13.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,217/hd at 373 lb · 27 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,511	932	1,802
Feeder cattle	879	710	980
Slaughter cattle	145	145	225
Replacement cattle	487	77	597

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady with instances of sharply higher on a light test across all weight classes. Lean slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 8.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday April 17, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	5	403.00	$403.00	$1,378	—
352–362 fancy	356	8	410.00–420.00	$413.82	$1,473	—
394	394	5	390.00	$390.00	$1,537	+14.54
409 fancy	409	10	385.00	$385.00	$1,575	—
405–435	423	17	357.00–365.00	$361.61	$1,530	—
461–499	480	20	335.00–347.00	$343.79	$1,650	—
458–494 value added	486	9	352.00–355.00	$354.37	$1,722	—
515–538	527	4	317.00–325.00	$320.91	$1,691	+5.91
510–548 thin fleshed	529	16	330.00–334.00	$332.72	$1,760	-13.53
533–537 value added	535	5	340.00–347.00	$342.79	$1,834	—
570	570	9	317.00	$317.00	$1,807	+8.00
607–616	613	8	300.00–306.00	$302.23	$1,853	+1.23
650–683 value added	679	18	286.00–287.00	$286.89	$1,948	—
695	695	2	261.00	$261.00	$1,814	-1.61
892	892	10	210.00	$210.00	$1,873	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,457	-10.13
646–649	648	14	263.00–271.00	$266.42	$1,726	—
685	685	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,658	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435 fancy	435	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,566	—
524	524	8	301.00	$301.00	$1,577	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,526	-1.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	4	335.00	$335.00	$1,099	—
356 fancy	356	8	335.00	$335.00	$1,193	—
363	363	2	317.00	$317.00	$1,151	+4.27
379–385 value added	382	17	320.50–326.00	$323.39	$1,235	—
408–414	410	7	310.00–317.00	$314.98	$1,291	—
405–426 value added	419	6	320.00–321.00	$320.68	$1,344	—
473	473	2	296.00	$296.00	$1,400	-4.61
505	505	8	308.00	$308.00	$1,555	+23.73
550–582	561	9	258.00–262.00	$259.38	$1,455	-4.62
563–568 fancy	567	25	281.00–282.00	$281.24	$1,595	—
683	683	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,537	—
717	717	6	231.00	$231.00	$1,656	—
739	739	6	239.00	$239.00	$1,766	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478–495	481	18	270.00–276.00	$274.97	$1,323	-4.92
519	519	6	267.00	$267.00	$1,386	—
640	640	2	242.00	$242.00	$1,549	—
667	667	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,594	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374 fancy	374	5	305.00	$305.00	$1,141	—
540	540	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,458	—
553–593	573	4	247.00	$247.00	$1,415	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	9	241.00	$241.00	$1,306	—
568	568	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
653	653	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—
710	710	2	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
760–795	778	4	1,775.00–1,800.00	$1,787.22	—
800	800	2	1,810.00	$1,810.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	2	251.00	$251.00	$1,355	+20.00
640–648	646	8	211.00–228.00	$223.79	$1,446	+11.79

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	85-90%	1	81.00	$81.00	$628	+4.78
810–850	830	85-90%	2	87.00–92.00	$89.44	$742	—
933	933	85-90%	6	98.00	$98.00	$914	—
755–1290	1078	85-90%	79	104.00–138.00	$123.21	$1,328	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1480	1428	80-85%	7	124.50–140.00	$131.13	$1,873	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1585	1575	75-80%	2	128.00	$128.00	$2,016	-2.49

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1795	1795	65-75%	1	141.00	$141.00	$2,531	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–2335	1633	19	114.00–170.00	$140.84	$2,300	-0.44

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695	695	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,251
755–879 thin fleshed	871	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	39	197.00–201.00	$197.83	$1,723
710–1000	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	171.00–184.00	$179.16	$1,577

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1125	1034	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	151.00–168.00	$157.60	$1,630

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	137.50	$137.50	$914
730–1135	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	137.00–148.00	$141.14	$1,376

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1008	1008	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1003–1157	1076	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	2,150.00–2,425.00	$2,356.25
1045–1580	1144	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	1,975.00–2,275.00	$2,148.74
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1114–1358 fancy	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,625.00	$2,625.00
1080–1353 fancy	1275	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	2,375.00–2,475.00	$2,450.80
1108–1465	1309	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	1,975.00–2,200.00	$2,138.75
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1059	1059	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,575.00	$1,575.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
940–1200	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,425.00–1,675.00	$1,478.78
1143	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1215–1217	1217	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,510.00–1,625.00	$1,596.29
995–1265	1231	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	1,625.00–1,825.00	$1,774.03
1180–1315	1248	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,725.00	$1,713.18

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00
1010	1010	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1125	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
921–1023	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,825.00–2,025.00	$1,905.47
893–1059 fancy	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	2,425.00–2,475.00	$2,445.14
780–1058	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,825.00–2,125.00	$2,056.74

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–925	831	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,550.00–1,725.00	$1,668.13
798–933	866	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,525.00–1,775.00	$1,659.75

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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
936–1180	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	24	2,550.00–2,875.00	$2,710.14	—
1064–1232	1148	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	2,575.00–2,650.00	$2,615.24	—
1070–1198	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,975.00–2,225.00	$2,187.11	—
1190–1215	1196	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,025.00–2,050.00	$2,031.35	—
1213–1246	1231	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	9	2,275.00–2,350.00	$2,317.16	+807.16
1261	1261	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	17	2,125.00	$2,125.00	—
880–1517	1293	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	24	2,125.00–2,575.00	$2,466.12	—
1330	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00	—
1330–1470	1358	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,125.00–2,500.00	$2,206.19	—
1180–1474	1414	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	1,925.00–2,110.00	$2,097.36	—
1289–1585	1417	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	16	2,050.00–2,550.00	$2,233.10	—
1480	1480	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,525.00	$2,525.00	—
1700	1700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
965–1180	1073	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	1,575.00–1,850.00	$1,698.72	—
1140	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1172–1309	1258	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	8	1,810.00–1,825.00	$1,815.24	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—

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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.