La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, April 16, 2025

1,978 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $334.75/cwt ≈ $2,255/hd at 674 lb · 110 head

light 6-weight L 1-2 steers $300.33/cwt ≈ $1,928/hd at 642 lb · 100 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $382.67/cwt ≈ $2,016/hd at 527 lb · 92 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,978	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	3	535.00	$535.00	$1,321	—
284	284	4	480.00	$480.00	$1,363	+30.00
313–333 value added	324	7	460.00–465.00	$462.07	$1,497	—
336–340	337	6	445.00–455.00	$451.64	$1,522	+36.64
354–368	360	7	425.00–435.00	$430.62	$1,550	+0.62
403–442	427	44	412.50–425.00	$417.82	$1,784	+16.82
420–443 fancy	431	32	430.00–435.00	$432.59	$1,864	—
458–480	470	61	397.00–410.00	$403.36	$1,896	+8.36
500–517 value added	514	23	390.00–395.00	$391.52	$2,012	—
500–548	531	69	372.50–385.00	$379.72	$2,016	—
550 fancy	550	4	390.00	$390.00	$2,145	—
558–597	572	28	350.00–362.50	$355.82	$2,035	+1.95
615–620	615	57	341.00–357.00	$356.43	$2,192	—
660	660	16	359.00	$359.00	$2,369	+51.00
707–710 thin fleshed	708	13	282.50–289.00	$287.50	$2,036	—
723–745	740	45	270.00–276.00	$275.58	$2,039	+4.32
751	751	48	302.50	$302.50	$2,272	—
865–870	869	27	250.00–252.50	$250.46	$2,176	+1.46
909	909	6	235.00	$235.00	$2,136	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	392.50	$392.50	$1,499	—
447	447	40	375.00	$375.00	$1,676	—
495	495	16	360.00	$360.00	$1,782	—
500–545	529	66	322.50–346.00	$338.01	$1,788	—
589	589	4	342.50	$342.50	$2,017	—
635–642	642	100	287.50–301.00	$300.33	$1,928	—
662–681	672	13	282.50–290.00	$286.59	$1,926	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	12	437.50	$437.50	$1,684	—
455	455	4	420.00	$420.00	$1,911	—
555–579	575	28	352.50–365.00	$362.84	$2,086	—
602–613	604	12	312.50–315.00	$312.92	$1,890	—
702–744	712	52	269.00–271.00	$270.80	$1,928	—
748 thin fleshed	748	18	286.00	$286.00	$2,139	—
860	860	3	262.50	$262.50	$2,258	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–393	374	4	410.00–415.00	$412.37	$1,542	—
431–438	433	6	395.00–405.00	$398.37	$1,725	—
523–548	544	34	340.00–367.50	$349.20	$1,900	—
556–573	560	13	326.00–336.00	$328.36	$1,839	-1.64
625–646	630	32	304.00–322.50	$316.84	$1,996	+31.84
704	704	5	254.00	$254.00	$1,788	—
782	782	11	263.00	$263.00	$2,057	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551	551	11	315.00	$315.00	$1,736	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	8	281.00	$281.00	$1,495	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252	252	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,121	+10.00
258–273 value added	264	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,254	—
313–320 value added	315	9	445.00–455.00	$452.74	$1,426	—
329–337	332	12	430.00–440.00	$435.77	$1,447	+28.52
367 fancy	367	26	430.00	$430.00	$1,578	—
360–395	383	32	400.00–415.00	$403.42	$1,545	+7.42
401–440 value added	410	14	390.00–397.50	$394.90	$1,619	—
437–444	441	10	375.00–380.00	$377.48	$1,665	—
453–463 value added	458	18	370.00–375.00	$371.11	$1,700	—
458–494	488	24	355.00–365.00	$356.56	$1,740	+14.06
539–549	545	23	337.50–342.50	$340.35	$1,855	+8.98
555 fancy	555	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,859	—
573–586	583	25	317.50–327.50	$325.54	$1,898	—
608	608	14	305.00	$305.00	$1,854	—
615–620	616	22	302.00–307.50	$306.74	$1,890	—
671	671	16	298.00	$298.00	$2,000	—
674	674	94	341.00	$341.00	$2,298	—
715–726	722	9	262.50–272.50	$269.20	$1,944	+6.20
778	778	44	297.00	$297.00	$2,311	+35.00
765–793	782	12	252.50–267.00	$258.66	$2,023	-3.34
870	870	2	241.00	$241.00	$2,097	-9.87

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	14	415.00	$415.00	$1,527	—
410–437	435	28	365.00–377.00	$376.19	$1,636	—
453–478	475	18	345.00–362.50	$346.85	$1,648	+4.35
537–548	542	51	320.00–325.00	$323.57	$1,754	—
581	581	5	297.50	$297.50	$1,728	—
637	637	13	291.00	$291.00	$1,854	—
670	670	41	287.00	$287.00	$1,923	—
725–733	727	14	257.00–257.50	$257.11	$1,869	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378–393	384	5	382.50–395.00	$389.88	$1,497	+22.38
403–423	416	11	355.00–367.50	$363.09	$1,510	—
479–498	486	49	330.00–345.00	$336.47	$1,635	—
514–547	528	33	292.50–317.50	$307.37	$1,623	—
568–597	595	37	297.50–307.50	$304.36	$1,811	—
643	643	3	272.50	$272.50	$1,752	—
655	655	4	277.50	$277.50	$1,818	—
715	715	3	252.50	$252.50	$1,805	—
837	837	15	236.00	$236.00	$1,975	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,513	—
593	593	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,720	—
653	653	10	270.00	$270.00	$1,763	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	4	315.00	$315.00	$1,537	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	2	427.50	$427.50	$1,787	—
543	543	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,928	—
550	550	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,952	+7.50
612	612	3	317.50	$317.50	$1,943	—
766	766	7	275.00	$275.00	$2,106	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553	553	2	301.00	$301.00	$1,665	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1150	915	85-90%	3	101.00–111.00	$106.81	$977	—
1030	1030	85-90%	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,349	-2.27
1035–1150	1087	85-90%	9	142.00–156.00	$147.14	$1,599	—
705–1290	1124	85-90%	27	142.00–155.00	$147.73	$1,660	+2.22
920–1250	1141	85-90%	8	136.00–141.00	$139.55	$1,592	-5.96
1095–1193	1145	85-90%	5	138.00–141.00	$138.57	$1,587	-6.94

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1390	1341	80-85%	4	136.00–142.00	$139.99	$1,877	—
1340–1470	1377	80-85%	15	146.00–151.00	$148.24	$2,041	+2.41
1450	1450	80-85%	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,900	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1722	1722	7	154.00	$154.00	$2,652	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1590	1548	75-80%	2	148.00–151.00	$149.46	$2,314	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1605	1368	7	121.00–147.50	$133.44	$1,825	-0.28
1180–1605	1438	3	156.00–167.00	$160.50	$2,308	—
1030–2105	1685	4	171.00–181.00	$176.09	$2,967	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–975 thin fleshed	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	222.50–231.00	$229.78	$2,125
795–1108	1049	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	200.00–220.00	$210.79	$2,211

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1250	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	182.50–195.00	$186.69	$2,063

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1310	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	151.00–161.00	$157.05	$1,877

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,625.00	$2,625.00
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1460	1460	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1100	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,525.00	$2,513.58

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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
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,575.00	$2,575.00	—
985–1470	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,525.00–2,825.00	$2,704.63	—
1414	1414	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,825.00	$2,825.00	—

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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.