La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, March 26, 2025

4,603 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $303.13/cwt +25.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,899/hd at 626 lb · 239 head

light 6-weight L 1 heifers $299.41/cwt +28.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,862/hd at 622 lb · 218 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $397.43/cwt +24.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,692/hd at 426 lb · 210 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	4,603	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–289	277	11	505.00–520.00	$511.77	$1,418	+31.71
326–333 thin fleshed	327	11	485.00–495.00	$493.15	$1,613	—
334–339	337	13	460.00–475.00	$465.72	$1,569	+30.72
342 fancy	342	15	540.00	$540.00	$1,847	—
353–395 fancy	383	81	485.00–495.00	$489.13	$1,873	—
380–398	387	12	450.00–475.00	$462.52	$1,790	—
404–428 fancy	409	43	490.00–500.00	$494.96	$2,024	—
408–434 thin fleshed	422	28	470.00–485.00	$478.01	$2,017	—
416–449	434	33	435.00–450.00	$447.47	$1,942	+23.90
451 fancy	451	4	480.00	$480.00	$2,165	—
461–492 thin fleshed	478	105	420.00–445.00	$434.42	$2,077	—
453–499	486	67	392.50–417.50	$399.40	$1,941	+4.03
504 fancy	504	18	415.00	$415.00	$2,092	—
500–526 thin fleshed	517	128	390.00–400.00	$397.77	$2,056	—
517–545	536	62	360.00–387.50	$382.23	$2,049	+13.51
552–573 thin fleshed	567	69	372.50–390.00	$375.38	$2,128	—
556–599	582	125	342.00–368.00	$354.26	$2,062	+2.32
604–625 thin fleshed	617	89	345.00–350.00	$347.23	$2,142	—
617–646	640	60	322.50–332.50	$330.85	$2,117	+12.15
650–669	658	19	292.50–306.00	$298.25	$1,962	+18.75
653–682 thin fleshed	673	61	312.00–330.00	$317.32	$2,136	+2.32
679 fancy	679	4	342.50	$342.50	$2,326	—
701–739 thin fleshed	713	116	305.00–313.00	$308.93	$2,203	+13.93
706–743	733	25	277.50–299.00	$295.00	$2,162	+9.86
752–783	768	43	281.00–285.00	$284.00	$2,181	—
818	818	8	268.00	$268.00	$2,192	+14.99
903	903	2	242.50	$242.50	$2,190	+9.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273 fancy	273	6	525.00	$525.00	$1,433	—
348	348	12	500.00	$500.00	$1,740	—
434	434	13	435.00	$435.00	$1,888	—
484	484	82	410.00	$410.00	$1,984	—
488 fancy	488	9	465.00	$465.00	$2,269	—
512–531	530	48	370.00	$370.00	$1,961	—
588–592	589	38	335.00–348.00	$338.76	$1,995	—
608–640	624	65	317.50–330.00	$322.76	$2,014	—
650–677	654	68	307.50–327.50	$323.02	$2,113	—
715–748	722	138	277.50–295.00	$292.04	$2,109	—
767–770	767	111	286.00–287.00	$286.90	$2,201	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	4	387.50	$387.50	$1,763	—
555–594	572	10	332.50	$332.50	$1,902	+21.50
608–640	631	55	290.00–317.50	$302.45	$1,908	+13.45
692	692	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,938	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	3	392.50	$392.50	$1,641	—
472–491	485	15	370.00–385.00	$374.87	$1,818	—
532–538	536	22	315.00–355.00	$346.40	$1,857	+16.40
655	655	6	261.00	$261.00	$1,710	—
725–737	730	13	246.00–261.00	$255.17	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
233	233	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–284	277	11	445.00	$445.00	$1,233	+30.00
300–334	316	12	425.00–440.00	$436.44	$1,379	+11.44
353–365 thin fleshed	363	18	425.00–435.00	$427.48	$1,552	—
373–399	390	10	410.00–420.00	$413.88	$1,614	+0.93
401–405 fancy	403	37	420.00–440.00	$428.06	$1,725	—
404–432 thin fleshed	417	71	395.00–407.50	$402.42	$1,678	—
415–447	440	102	372.50–390.00	$382.85	$1,685	+10.35
451–468 fancy	457	43	395.00–400.00	$396.07	$1,810	—
453–463 thin fleshed	459	26	375.00–385.00	$378.83	$1,739	—
471–499	484	54	350.00–370.00	$364.65	$1,765	+0.49
502–535 thin fleshed	518	126	340.00–350.00	$343.80	$1,781	—
503–540	529	45	327.50–335.00	$333.45	$1,764	+1.27
555–562 thin fleshed	558	62	342.00–345.00	$342.57	$1,912	—
555–583	562	38	327.50–335.00	$332.91	$1,871	—
604–641 thin fleshed	624	83	298.00–305.00	$300.62	$1,876	—
600–628 fancy	625	84	310.00–320.00	$318.10	$1,988	—
605–645	631	72	280.00–293.50	$288.55	$1,821	+10.54
660–683 thin fleshed	664	11	312.50–315.00	$314.53	$2,088	+34.74
656–695	669	109	271.00–294.00	$288.90	$1,933	+30.23
709 thin fleshed	709	41	291.00	$291.00	$2,063	—
725–742	731	77	271.00–274.50	$273.17	$1,997	+15.44
752–777	762	61	264.00–272.00	$270.02	$2,058	+23.01
801–811	808	25	250.00–265.00	$257.29	$2,079	+15.06

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,112	—
394	394	8	422.50	$422.50	$1,665	—
413–428	420	22	402.50–407.50	$405.12	$1,702	+85.12
460–487	480	150	365.00–390.00	$381.33	$1,830	—
508	508	17	340.00	$340.00	$1,727	—
565–589	576	68	315.00–332.50	$320.41	$1,846	+40.41
607–619 thin fleshed	611	77	300.00–310.00	$302.97	$1,851	—
603–636 fancy	613	38	322.00–325.00	$324.10	$1,987	—
629–645	633	103	280.00–290.00	$287.63	$1,821	+16.63
653–672	663	193	280.50–281.50	$281.04	$1,863	—
702–740	739	127	260.00–275.00	$260.56	$1,926	—
819	819	12	262.50	$262.50	$2,150	—
880	880	4	251.00	$251.00	$2,209	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318–343	336	49	385.00–422.50	$408.63	$1,373	—
367–373	371	39	380.00–405.00	$397.06	$1,473	—
413	413	6	310.00	$310.00	$1,280	—
490	490	11	347.50	$347.50	$1,703	+17.76
511–547	524	92	289.00–318.00	$313.20	$1,641	+26.22
554–593	573	31	292.50–312.50	$307.32	$1,761	+21.43

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,324	—
365	365	2	382.50	$382.50	$1,396	—
488–492	489	11	332.50–340.00	$337.94	$1,653	—
509–543	527	45	277.00–315.00	$294.84	$1,554	—
598	598	6	284.00	$284.00	$1,698	—
678	678	3	269.00	$269.00	$1,824	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
188	188	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
208	208	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	+75.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	5	440.00	$440.00	$1,892	—
489	489	4	390.00	$390.00	$1,907	—
515–523	521	11	380.00–385.00	$381.35	$1,987	+36.35
577 thin fleshed	577	3	352.50	$352.50	$2,034	—
596	596	4	327.50	$327.50	$1,952	—
708	708	2	287.50	$287.50	$2,036	+18.97
915	915	2	221.00	$221.00	$2,022	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$792	—
950–1070	974	85-90%	5	123.00–126.00	$123.66	$1,204	—
825–1230	1008	85-90%	11	101.00–129.00	$111.13	$1,120	—
845–1295	1060	85-90%	75	141.00–153.00	$146.97	$1,558	—
685–1205	1068	85-90%	16	130.00–140.00	$137.15	$1,465	—
1060–1173	1133	85-90%	8	136.00–140.00	$139.01	$1,575	+16.10

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1498	1349	80-85%	24	145.00–151.00	$148.54	$2,004	+1.63

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1688	1580	75-80%	7	141.00–151.00	$147.40	$2,329	+3.55

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1800	1395	5	124.00–144.00	$132.63	$1,850	—
1115–1820	1428	9	146.00–169.00	$159.81	$2,282	—
1435–2300	1930	9	171.00–186.00	$180.56	$3,485	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–883 thin fleshed	799	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	231.00–237.50	$235.21	$1,879
828–996	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	46	200.00–222.00	$208.25	$1,995

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
820–1080	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	158.00–175.00	$170.17	$1,744

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–1040	924	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	180.00–192.50	$189.65	$1,752

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,475.00	$2,475.00
1520	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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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
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—

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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.