La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, February 19, 2025

1,532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $259.39/cwt +2.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,995/hd at 769 lb · 210 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $250.83/cwt ≈ $1,791/hd at 714 lb · 121 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $261.28/cwt ≈ $1,889/hd at 723 lb · 117 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,532	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294–295	294	12	420.00–435.00	$429.99	$1,264	-20.01
365–388	380	6	425.00	$425.00	$1,615	+16.67
467–488	473	63	385.00–392.00	$389.78	$1,844	+43.82
503–540	524	27	340.00–360.00	$350.19	$1,835	-19.81
552–560	556	6	332.50–345.00	$338.71	$1,883	-13.79
610–631	630	49	302.50–314.00	$313.32	$1,974	+21.60
653–698	668	9	266.00–286.00	$279.03	$1,864	+4.13
702–732	723	117	255.00–268.00	$261.28	$1,889	—
759–790	769	210	251.00–262.00	$259.39	$1,995	+2.39
1018	1018	6	213.00	$213.00	$2,168	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288–295	293	6	400.00–420.00	$413.44	$1,211	—
492	492	12	380.00	$380.00	$1,870	+17.50
527 thin fleshed	527	7	372.50	$372.50	$1,963	—
523–549	535	9	330.00–336.00	$333.26	$1,783	—
607–648	615	34	281.00–287.50	$286.09	$1,759	—
660–684	673	16	257.00–286.00	$270.34	$1,819	—
721	721	20	264.00	$264.00	$1,903	—
793	793	2	254.00	$254.00	$2,014	—
810–841	814	105	239.00–241.00	$240.72	$1,959	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,709	+4.68
585–593	589	20	300.00–317.50	$312.98	$1,843	—
630–648	632	25	270.00–286.00	$284.03	$1,795	—
656	656	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,673	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,279	—
529	529	5	277.50	$277.50	$1,468	-39.50
701	701	3	244.00	$244.00	$1,710	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230	230	5	1,060.00	$1,060.00	+285.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	6	395.00	$395.00	$928	—
303	303	24	390.00	$390.00	$1,182	+3.28
418–438	427	27	330.00–352.50	$341.71	$1,459	-25.94
456	456	7	350.00	$350.00	$1,596	—
516	516	23	332.50	$332.50	$1,716	—
631	631	6	269.00	$269.00	$1,697	+1.00
691	691	7	252.00	$252.00	$1,741	-15.20
702–749	714	121	231.00–259.00	$250.83	$1,791	—
759–763	762	28	237.00	$237.00	$1,806	+2.39
864	864	13	229.00	$229.00	$1,979	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–447	434	12	330.00–350.00	$340.16	$1,476	—
465	465	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,581	—
505	505	4	297.50	$297.50	$1,502	—
555	555	3	267.50	$267.50	$1,485	—
631	631	12	272.00	$272.00	$1,716	—
691	691	33	236.00	$236.00	$1,631	—
723	723	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,706	—
776	776	73	233.75	$233.75	$1,814	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393	393	4	355.00	$355.00	$1,395	+4.83
505–548	519	22	268.00–297.00	$277.98	$1,443	-8.01
553–558	556	9	247.00–251.00	$249.23	$1,386	—
602–638	629	18	241.00–251.00	$243.48	$1,531	—
660–697	682	18	224.00–246.00	$230.97	$1,575	—
723	723	4	211.00	$211.00	$1,526	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–543	527	29	249.00–287.00	$270.78	$1,427	+13.28
555	555	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,282	—
619	619	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,399	—
676	676	6	201.00	$201.00	$1,359	-30.00
763	763	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,534	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	3	800.00	$800.00	-25.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,599	—
478	478	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,864	+50.00
538–543	540	14	322.00–350.00	$337.94	$1,825	—
700	700	4	258.00	$258.00	$1,806	—
819	819	8	232.00	$232.00	$1,900	—
888	888	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,954	—
1105	1105	2	199.00	$199.00	$2,199	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	4	226.00	$226.00	$1,571	—
888	888	7	220.00	$220.00	$1,954	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–920	793	85-90%	3	61.00–81.00	$70.29	$557	—
758–1113	852	85-90%	23	93.00–106.00	$97.46	$830	-23.54
1065–1280	1137	85-90%	3	111.00–122.00	$114.44	$1,301	—
840–1277	1143	85-90%	43	125.00–149.00	$140.54	$1,606	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1338–1460	1379	80-85%	4	126.00–146.00	$135.70	$1,871	-8.41

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
968–2520	1413	28	140.00–183.00	$158.82	$2,244	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–1070 thin fleshed	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	214.00–229.00	$221.37	$1,988
805–1164	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	188.00–201.00	$191.71	$1,881

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,276

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	$946

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–1235	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,725.00–1,775.00	$1,760.13
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1219	1219	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,225.00	$2,225.00
1428	1428	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,985.00	$1,985.00
1483	1483	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,225.00	$2,225.00
1483	1483	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,225.00	$2,225.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
684	684	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,210.00	$1,210.00
980	980	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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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
772–794	785	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,025.00–2,400.00	$2,241.86	—

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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.