La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 17, 2024

2,574 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $253.49/cwt +28.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,696/hd at 669 lb · 153 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $335.33/cwt +2.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,779/hd at 530 lb · 146 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $277.22/cwt +1.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,571/hd at 567 lb · 135 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,574	1,511	1,318
Feeder cattle	2,340	879	1,163
Slaughter cattle	121	145	155
Replacement cattle	113	487	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 10.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Lean slaughter cows of average dressing sold 6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday April 24, 2024

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	4	382.50	$382.50	$1,148	—
355–376	363	12	370.00–373.00	$371.47	$1,348	-18.53
417–447	430	23	356.00–372.00	$363.23	$1,562	+1.62
451–491 thin fleshed	476	64	343.00–350.00	$346.97	$1,652	—
487–490	489	7	323.00–330.00	$327.01	$1,599	-16.78
511–538 fancy	524	63	338.00–348.00	$343.92	$1,802	—
505–540	526	24	319.00–325.00	$322.72	$1,698	+1.81
514–547 value added	539	59	329.00–337.00	$331.28	$1,786	-11.51
556 fancy	556	4	338.00	$338.00	$1,879	—
553–577 value added	570	36	317.00–322.50	$317.45	$1,809	—
556–598	584	77	294.00–311.00	$303.26	$1,771	-13.74
610–641 thin fleshed	632	44	291.00–297.00	$292.93	$1,851	—
642	642	41	277.00	$277.00	$1,778	-25.23
671–682	678	93	270.00–283.50	$281.36	$1,908	+20.36
705–721 thin fleshed	710	21	259.00–262.00	$261.47	$1,856	—
735	735	5	245.00	$245.00	$1,801	—
759 fancy	759	16	259.00	$259.00	$1,966	—
778–792	791	49	231.00–241.00	$231.60	$1,832	—
857	857	3	214.00	$214.00	$1,834	+4.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	5	352.00	$352.00	$1,225	—
353–396	379	14	343.00–356.00	$352.26	$1,335	—
432–439	434	22	341.00–349.00	$344.28	$1,494	+9.28
597	597	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,701	—
644	644	14	271.00	$271.00	$1,745	+4.58
653	653	2	241.00	$241.00	$1,574	-1.00
887	887	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,818	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	258.00	$258.00	$1,625	—
787–795	790	5	206.00–208.00	$207.20	$1,637	—
818	818	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,677	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510 fancy	510	6	330.00	$330.00	$1,683	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–343	339	13	337.00–340.00	$338.40	$1,147	+3.40
360–397	386	32	330.00–339.00	$333.14	$1,286	+16.14
429–430	430	19	322.00–325.00	$323.90	$1,393	+8.92
454–469 value added	463	25	303.00–305.00	$304.37	$1,409	—
453–499	486	67	291.00–298.00	$294.39	$1,431	-1.61
507 fancy	507	12	309.00	$309.00	$1,567	—
514–518 value added	516	41	300.00–301.00	$300.59	$1,551	—
504–541	523	54	286.00–298.00	$293.05	$1,533	-14.95
555–573 value added	560	10	281.00–282.00	$281.69	$1,577	—
557–589	561	78	268.00–276.00	$274.07	$1,538	+14.69
574 fancy	574	27	290.00	$290.00	$1,665	+8.76
583	583	20	270.00	$270.00	$1,574	+10.62
603	603	9	264.00	$264.00	$1,592	—
611 fancy	611	20	291.00	$291.00	$1,778	—
613	613	15	281.00	$281.00	$1,723	—
651 fancy	651	7	250.00	$250.00	$1,628	—
651–679	663	61	235.00–243.00	$237.84	$1,577	+12.84
675	675	85	265.00	$265.00	$1,789	+40.00
705–740	715	68	243.00–250.00	$248.29	$1,775	+17.29
716–725	723	46	221.00–226.00	$224.56	$1,624	-6.44
742 fancy	742	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,788	—
755	755	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,669	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–443	431	18	294.00–311.00	$305.21	$1,315	—
488	488	3	287.00	$287.00	$1,401	+12.03
501–548	529	34	271.00–281.00	$274.66	$1,453	+7.66
589–598	591	17	242.00–251.00	$249.39	$1,474	—
615–635	625	22	240.00–250.00	$244.22	$1,526	+2.22
652	652	5	225.00	$225.00	$1,467	-14.00
722	722	3	216.00	$216.00	$1,560	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–418	415	19	241.00–271.00	$248.71	$1,032	—
528	528	2	268.00	$268.00	$1,415	+17.00
568–598	581	7	231.00–236.00	$233.21	$1,355	—
635	635	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,435	+2.21
768	768	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,459	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,414	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578 fancy	578	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,676	—
663	663	3	259.00	$259.00	$1,717	—
995	995	2	198.00	$198.00	$1,970	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	2	259.00	$259.00	$1,549	—
911	911	4	184.00	$184.00	$1,676	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1085	904	85-90%	7	71.00–81.00	$75.00	$678	-23.00
990–1105	1032	85-90%	7	91.00–99.00	$94.88	$979	—
820–1290	1086	85-90%	44	101.00–140.00	$116.98	$1,270	-6.23

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1301–1490	1366	80-85%	21	110.00–131.00	$120.28	$1,643	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230–1920	1575	65-75%	2	111.00–114.00	$112.17	$1,767	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1653	1653	75-80%	2	128.00	$128.00	$2,116	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–2220	1647	30	121.00–161.00	$141.73	$2,334	+0.89

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–840 thin fleshed	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	208.00–231.00	$217.38	$1,637
750–1063	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	65	170.00–199.00	$180.60	$1,622

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1200	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	131.00–146.00	$138.55	$1,449

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–990	869	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	150.00–169.00	$160.73	$1,397

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1303	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1453	1453	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
940	940	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—
1245–1440	1343	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,510.00–1,525.00	$1,516.96	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00	+107.84

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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.