La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 2, 2024

1,988 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $309.49/cwt +30.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,651/hd at 533 lb · 179 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $229.98/cwt +1.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,672/hd at 727 lb · 127 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $284.02/cwt +33.21 vs last sale · ≈ $1,737/hd at 612 lb · 116 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,988	1,565	2,059
Feeder cattle	1,683	1,326	1,773
Slaughter cattle	250	165	257
Replacement cattle	55	74	29

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 2.00 to 14.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 650lbs sold 5.00 to 15.00 lower while heifers over 650lbs sold mostly 4.00 to 14.00 higher. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 lower. Boner cows of average dressing sold 3.00 higher and lean cows sold 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 higher. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday October 9, 2024. The next slaughter cow sale will be next Thursday October 10, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 fancy	305	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,068	—
309–325	314	7	321.00–326.00	$322.48	$1,013	-1.95
368–392	379	13	300.00–312.00	$306.93	$1,163	+1.84
416–443	431	32	310.00–313.00	$311.23	$1,341	+11.45
446 fancy	446	26	331.00	$331.00	$1,476	—
465–483	474	29	301.00–315.00	$307.03	$1,455	+14.01
500–541	531	72	290.00–300.00	$298.34	$1,584	+32.25
535 thin fleshed	535	107	317.00	$317.00	$1,696	+24.00
560 thin fleshed	560	2	278.00	$278.00	$1,557	—
556–593	579	27	261.00–266.00	$263.54	$1,526	-11.12
610 thin fleshed	610	93	290.50	$290.50	$1,772	—
609–628	618	23	253.00–262.00	$257.83	$1,593	+7.02
663–687	678	38	240.00–258.00	$247.87	$1,681	+6.06
708–748	723	28	240.00–252.00	$246.46	$1,782	+18.23
770–787	783	24	241.00–246.00	$242.02	$1,895	+14.90
817–822	821	12	228.00–239.00	$230.74	$1,894	-0.70
861–872	867	14	221.00–231.00	$227.16	$1,969	+13.92
906–924	916	21	211.00–221.50	$217.05	$1,988	+1.05
989	989	7	204.00	$204.00	$2,018	-18.00
1025	1025	2	207.00	$207.00	$2,122	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–391	390	11	294.00–297.00	$296.19	$1,155	+45.19
400–434	425	20	302.00–306.00	$304.93	$1,296	+43.93
455–483	466	34	281.00–298.00	$285.14	$1,329	+14.14
508–536	526	18	286.00–291.00	$288.14	$1,516	+44.70
560–597	591	28	241.00–256.00	$250.54	$1,481	-0.86
660–699	682	32	226.00–236.00	$229.19	$1,563	—
745	745	2	226.00	$226.00	$1,684	—
764	764	8	200.00	$200.00	$1,528	+4.00
813–818	816	4	180.00–191.00	$185.52	$1,514	—
867–888	879	19	186.00–216.00	$192.11	$1,689	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	5	231.00	$231.00	$785	—
399	399	4	261.00	$261.00	$1,041	—
410–414	413	19	261.00–276.00	$263.35	$1,088	+17.35
468	468	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,170	+3.27
505–547	536	29	236.00–276.00	$257.92	$1,382	—
613–645	629	10	236.00	$236.00	$1,484	—
720–728	724	6	201.00–210.00	$205.52	$1,488	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,329	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
258	258	2	750.00	$750.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	4	291.00–301.00	$295.95	$793	-5.05
338	338	2	281.00	$281.00	$950	-18.55
348 fancy	348	4	301.00	$301.00	$1,047	—
363 fancy	363	3	291.00	$291.00	$1,056	-26.00
374–393	381	13	271.00–281.00	$277.84	$1,059	-14.08
410–435	432	38	266.00–279.00	$270.66	$1,169	+19.70
450–494	478	45	251.00–264.00	$253.94	$1,214	-5.03
506 thin fleshed	506	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,341	—
505–540	516	26	240.00–251.00	$244.08	$1,259	-5.26
551–595	571	33	226.00–239.00	$233.17	$1,331	-5.04
608–630	620	19	226.00–231.00	$229.13	$1,421	-4.51
654–690	663	30	226.00–234.00	$231.62	$1,536	+3.81
703–748	727	127	221.00–232.50	$229.98	$1,672	+13.64
786	786	4	221.00	$221.00	$1,737	+3.90
802–839	833	25	201.00–211.00	$203.44	$1,695	-7.56
870	870	12	226.00	$226.00	$1,966	+2.84
1036	1036	11	209.00	$209.00	$2,165	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	2	225.00	$225.00	$704	-57.57
379–393	386	8	256.00–265.00	$260.42	$1,005	-20.58
439–449	445	19	242.00–255.00	$250.68	$1,116	+5.88
457–487	482	37	241.00–242.00	$241.18	$1,162	+0.82
503–530	514	21	231.00–236.00	$232.46	$1,195	+2.79
601	601	6	190.00	$190.00	$1,142	-21.00
650–658	655	5	206.00–214.00	$209.18	$1,370	-5.82
710	710	4	196.00	$196.00	$1,392	—
771	771	10	160.00	$160.00	$1,234	—
805–845	825	4	186.00–191.00	$188.56	$1,556	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–380	374	8	235.00–240.00	$236.90	$886	—
443	443	2	225.00	$225.00	$997	—
455–458	456	12	211.00–220.00	$218.49	$996	—
522	522	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,122	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
502	502	5	231.00	$231.00	$1,160	—
762	762	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,532	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	3	314.00	$314.00	$948	—
408	408	2	273.00	$273.00	$1,114	—
523–525	524	15	255.00–264.00	$260.21	$1,364	+20.21
707	707	5	188.00	$188.00	$1,329	—
760	760	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,672	—
817	817	3	197.00	$197.00	$1,609	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,298	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
788–920	832	85-90%	3	157.50–160.00	$159.08	$1,324	—
705–1215	1042	85-90%	13	120.00–131.00	$121.26	$1,264	-8.05
720–1290	1044	85-90%	61	70.00–105.00	$96.99	$1,013	-32.32
930–1298	1167	85-90%	107	106.00–118.00	$110.61	$1,291	+2.52

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1490	1383	80-85%	26	111.00–119.00	$116.68	$1,614	-5.12
1325–1480	1401	80-85%	4	120.00–128.00	$122.77	$1,720	+20.77
1390–1465	1428	80-85%	2	81.00–98.00	$89.72	$1,281	-12.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1518	1516	75-80%	7	111.00–116.00	$115.00	$1,743	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1755	1755	65-75%	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,036	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,520	—
895–2435	1687	11	133.00–151.00	$142.43	$2,403	—
1760	1760	1	126.00	$126.00	$2,218	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–1060	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	182.00–201.00	$193.53	$1,709

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–910	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	161.00–175.00	$167.13	$1,467

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,058

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1097	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1120	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1000–1265	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,635.00–1,700.00	$1,671.30
1143	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	2,175.00	$2,175.00
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,785.00	$1,785.00
1380–1470	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,775.00–1,875.00	$1,823.42
1315–1488	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,625.00	$1,555.65

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
1208–1310	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,175.00–1,310.00	$1,245.23

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–822	822	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,325.00–1,625.00	$1,550.14
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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.