La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, November 27, 2024

1,419 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $329.54/cwt -32.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,216/hd at 369 lb · 90 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $297.76/cwt +6.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,694/hd at 569 lb · 78 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $409.08/cwt -34.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,436/hd at 351 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,419	—	—

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold mostly 6.00 to 10.00 lower across all weight classes with instances of sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold mostly 11.00 to 12.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 higher. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 higher and lean cows sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 8.00 lower. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday December 4, 2024 and the next slaughter cow sale will be next Thursday December 5, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	12	410.00	$410.00	$1,316	-71.70
350–353	351	64	405.00–415.00	$409.08	$1,436	-34.55
400–447	411	56	350.00–380.00	$365.68	$1,503	-38.89
468–483	475	25	328.00–339.00	$333.63	$1,585	-40.15
511–548	537	26	311.00–319.00	$315.61	$1,695	-10.04
552–585	569	78	285.00–307.00	$297.76	$1,694	+6.14
620–640	635	18	270.00–276.00	$273.11	$1,734	-6.61
758–791	780	12	229.00	$229.00	$1,786	—
811	811	13	230.00	$230.00	$1,865	—
935	935	7	214.00	$214.00	$2,001	-22.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,065	-15.00
440–447	445	15	350.00–355.00	$351.32	$1,563	-19.95
450–492	471	6	311.00–314.00	$312.57	$1,472	-13.46
548	548	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,589	-10.00
621	621	5	260.00	$260.00	$1,615	+4.87
653–688	674	5	245.00–250.00	$248.06	$1,672	-4.94
793	793	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,673	—
935	935	3	180.00	$180.00	$1,683	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,270	—
465–492	477	13	250.00–280.00	$265.73	$1,268	—
540	540	4	266.00	$266.00	$1,436	—
688	688	15	231.00	$231.00	$1,589	+10.33

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	10	292.50	$292.50	$1,126	-32.50
460–475	466	12	258.00–275.00	$267.78	$1,248	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	15	355.00	$355.00	$1,420	-54.15

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	4	355.00	$355.00	$863	—
718	718	6	231.00	$231.00	$1,659	-2.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–348	316	14	329.00–340.00	$332.20	$1,050	-36.11
357–385	369	90	325.00–335.00	$329.54	$1,216	-32.80
406 fancy	406	14	380.00	$380.00	$1,543	+35.00
408	408	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,285	+12.33
560	560	39	240.00	$240.00	$1,344	-12.80
651	651	7	231.00	$231.00	$1,504	-11.25
853	853	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,868	—
954	954	17	200.00	$200.00	$1,908	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	8	330.00	$330.00	$818	—
302–315	305	10	332.00–340.00	$333.65	$1,018	-25.12
363–392	373	9	291.00–315.00	$306.58	$1,144	-19.25
443	443	4	282.00	$282.00	$1,249	—
454–467	458	56	260.00–273.00	$270.01	$1,237	—
524–528	526	26	240.00–251.00	$247.04	$1,299	+3.85
561–593	573	13	230.00–234.00	$231.78	$1,328	-4.58
607–615	609	14	227.00–235.00	$233.27	$1,421	-2.57

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353–387	373	12	211.00–276.00	$265.76	$991	—
423	423	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,100	—
463–485	468	14	248.00–256.00	$253.64	$1,187	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–398	379	11	243.00–245.00	$244.05	$925	-60.95

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
457	457	3	252.00	$252.00	$1,152	—
558	558	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,228	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	2	330.00	$330.00	$1,040	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1270	908	85-90%	12	61.00–88.00	$81.10	$736	—
860–1335	1016	85-90%	65	91.00–109.00	$104.87	$1,065	—
988–1153	1085	85-90%	29	120.00–126.00	$120.84	$1,311	—
970–1249	1136	85-90%	240	111.00–119.50	$115.64	$1,314	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	80-85%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,026	—
1375–1440	1401	80-85%	4	114.00–118.00	$115.50	$1,618	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500	1500	75-80%	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,770	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	96.00	$96.00	$826	—
1070–1455	1234	4	113.00–126.00	$120.14	$1,483	—
1465	1465	1	137.00	$137.00	$2,007	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–705 thin fleshed	693	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	217.00–222.00	$219.45	$1,521
715–797 thin fleshed	727	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	208.00–227.00	$210.34	$1,529
745–1063	881	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	89	170.00–197.50	$184.68	$1,627

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1124	946	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	90	150.00–166.00	$157.12	$1,486

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695	695	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	141.00	$141.00	$980
800–1295	1036	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	48	120.00–148.00	$135.88	$1,408

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
783	783	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	710.00	$710.00

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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.