La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 24, 2025

1,976 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $411.92/cwt +10.06 vs last sale · ≈ $2,393/hd at 581 lb · 151 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $438.61/cwt -15.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,283/hd at 521 lb · 108 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $331.12/cwt ≈ $3,175/hd at 959 lb · 71 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,976	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	4	685.00	$685.00	$1,884	+80.00
300–335	318	4	600.00–615.00	$607.91	$1,933	+30.84
351	351	13	575.00–595.00	$588.85	$2,067	+44.09
401–402	402	31	520.00–522.50	$521.61	$2,097	+40.56
455–477	468	10	465.00–480.00	$474.17	$2,219	+37.35
468–489 fancy	480	7	490.00–495.00	$492.09	$2,362	—
511–542	517	82	425.00–435.00	$431.28	$2,230	-22.62
505–549 thin fleshed	532	26	452.50–467.00	$461.71	$2,456	—
551 fancy	551	4	440.00	$440.00	$2,424	—
570 thin fleshed	570	4	427.50	$427.50	$2,437	—
556–593	582	143	408.00–415.00	$410.70	$2,390	+8.84
603–636	629	34	400.00–427.50	$417.48	$2,626	+23.90
650–689	672	39	377.50–388.00	$383.90	$2,580	+11.92
689 thin fleshed	689	8	398.00	$398.00	$2,742	—
705–741	725	36	360.00–370.00	$366.64	$2,658	-2.24
733 thin fleshed	733	3	380.00	$380.00	$2,785	—
754–772	766	20	370.00–372.50	$371.64	$2,847	+20.09
802 value added	802	5	370.00	$370.00	$2,967	—
826–830	830	62	349.00–360.00	$358.76	$2,978	+21.06
858–874 thin fleshed	869	27	345.00–347.50	$346.68	$3,013	—
864–889	882	30	327.50–332.50	$329.65	$2,908	-7.85
905	905	2	317.50	$317.50	$2,873	+12.50
959–962	959	71	322.50–331.50	$331.12	$3,175	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	6	535.00	$535.00	$1,739	—
383–386	384	31	525.00–535.00	$526.95	$2,023	—
403–443	434	14	460.00–465.00	$460.99	$2,001	—
463	463	32	415.00	$415.00	$1,921	-35.00
583–596	592	7	395.00–400.00	$398.59	$2,360	—
601–611	605	14	402.50–420.00	$410.07	$2,481	—
710–721	716	23	355.00–360.00	$357.63	$2,561	—
768–794	785	58	363.00–371.00	$365.70	$2,871	—
830–832	831	9	330.00–337.50	$335.00	$2,784	-10.00
894	894	24	325.00	$325.00	$2,906	-7.50
944–948	945	18	317.50–322.50	$321.39	$3,037	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	4	585.00	$585.00	$1,638	—
305–330	312	7	585.00–590.00	$588.60	$1,836	—
375	375	2	525.00	$525.00	$1,969	+13.65
413–444	436	31	470.00–495.00	$486.85	$2,123	+31.85
466–497	485	67	420.00–440.00	$433.56	$2,103	—
520–535	529	21	405.00–410.00	$405.72	$2,146	-16.32
553–587	573	5	395.00–400.00	$396.93	$2,274	—
608–632	625	12	372.50–390.00	$381.93	$2,387	—
673	673	8	352.50	$352.50	$2,372	—
741	741	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,556	—
764–798	770	12	345.00	$345.00	$2,656	—
868	868	5	315.00	$315.00	$2,734	+25.31

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269	269	6	355.00	$355.00	$955	—
359–394	376	13	420.00–480.00	$437.78	$1,646	—
424–438	427	13	430.00	$430.00	$1,836	—
512	512	3	395.00	$395.00	$2,022	—
603	603	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,201	—
735	735	7	317.50	$317.50	$2,334	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
779–795	791	15	345.00	$345.00	$2,729	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220	220	4	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268 fancy	268	3	585.00	$585.00	$1,568	—
290	290	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,566	-20.00
343	343	8	505.00	$505.00	$1,732	+1.25
349 fancy	349	4	540.00	$540.00	$1,885	—
353–370 fancy	361	6	470.00–485.00	$476.69	$1,721	-3.31
389–394	391	12	435.00–455.00	$448.28	$1,753	-0.13
410 fancy	410	10	480.00	$480.00	$1,968	—
401–436	422	19	460.00–465.00	$461.63	$1,948	+11.63
458–489	469	27	400.00–415.00	$406.57	$1,907	-19.64
534 fancy	534	5	450.00	$450.00	$2,403	—
533–539	538	63	400.00–427.50	$405.62	$2,182	+23.12
551–579	560	19	390.00–410.00	$396.38	$2,220	+12.60
577 fancy	577	3	435.00	$435.00	$2,510	—
608–625 thin fleshed	612	8	372.50–397.50	$391.12	$2,394	—
600–625	615	12	325.00–345.00	$340.12	$2,092	-27.38
653–689 thin fleshed	660	31	350.00–363.00	$360.35	$2,378	—
660–699	680	25	332.50–347.50	$342.76	$2,331	-4.86
720	720	45	353.00–355.00	$353.49	$2,545	+11.04
769	769	7	338.00	$338.00	$2,599	+11.27
815–839	830	33	325.00–335.00	$331.28	$2,750	—
928	928	2	267.50	$267.50	$2,482	-33.50
980–986	985	16	242.50–252.50	$250.16	$2,464	—
992 fancy	992	5	270.00	$270.00	$2,678	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	4	480.00	$480.00	$1,536	—
359–398	370	17	430.00–445.00	$434.74	$1,609	—
432	432	10	450.00	$450.00	$1,944	—
581	581	14	392.50	$392.50	$2,280	—
640	640	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,016	—
650–679	661	16	350.00–352.00	$351.23	$2,322	+5.23
815–836	831	8	325.00–328.00	$327.26	$2,720	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	495.00	$495.00	$1,624	+17.84
366	366	4	415.00	$415.00	$1,519	—
412–425	421	9	420.00–425.00	$423.37	$1,782	—
487–492	490	18	385.00–395.00	$390.03	$1,911	-12.48
510–524	519	6	375.00–390.00	$385.09	$1,999	—
554–585	561	9	370.00–390.00	$382.07	$2,143	+39.57
735	735	5	325.00	$325.00	$2,389	+35.00
813–846	839	9	295.00–300.00	$296.08	$2,484	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
334–343	338	7	475.00–480.00	$477.18	$1,613	—
415	415	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,660	—
475–477	477	14	360.00–377.50	$363.74	$1,735	—
546	546	11	337.50	$337.50	$1,843	—
581–598	589	13	355.00–360.00	$357.66	$2,107	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	6	435.00	$435.00	$1,370	—
423	423	25	425.00	$425.00	$1,798	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	575.00	$575.00	$1,984	—
398	398	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,831	—
463	463	7	420.00	$420.00	$1,945	±0.00
635–641	640	14	357.50–370.00	$359.27	$2,299	—
655	655	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,194	—
757	757	3	312.50	$312.50	$2,366	—
993	993	3	282.50	$282.50	$2,805	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	3	435.00	$435.00	$1,923	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1275	1081	85-90%	8	170.00–176.00	$172.31	$1,863	—
1050–1115	1087	85-90%	3	160.00–168.00	$164.99	$1,793	—
935–1270	1105	85-90%	18	130.00–158.00	$147.78	$1,633	-25.83
1070–1195	1112	85-90%	3	169.00	$169.00	$1,879	+25.10
850–1250	1119	85-90%	6	103.00–116.00	$109.57	$1,226	-34.33
1035–1208	1150	85-90%	3	170.00–182.50	$173.75	$1,998	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	80-85%	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,537	-49.02
1335–1498	1419	80-85%	5	172.00–173.00	$172.42	$2,447	+71.42
1345–1465	1423	80-85%	8	146.00–156.00	$150.51	$2,142	+49.51
1443	1443	80-85%	4	173.00	$173.00	$2,496	+1.00
1428–1473	1451	80-85%	4	166.00–168.00	$167.02	$2,423	—
1465	1465	80-85%	4	169.00	$169.00	$2,476	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1518–1590	1542	75-80%	3	173.00–183.00	$176.44	$2,721	—
1540–1628	1595	75-80%	4	163.00–168.00	$166.52	$2,656	—
1616	1616	75-80%	10	166.00	$166.00	$2,683	—
1740	1740	75-80%	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,749	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1370	1173	3	122.00–155.00	$133.05	$1,561	—
1315–1900	1626	7	180.00–189.00	$184.41	$2,999	—
1295–2065	1738	13	191.00–201.00	$194.13	$3,374	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1225	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	187.50–270.00	$228.17	$2,362

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–1610	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,600.00–2,925.00	$2,783.34
1038–1595	1149	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	2,650.00–2,675.00	$2,656.94
1080–1212	1159	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	3,025.00–3,225.00	$3,150.47
1018–1430	1234	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,825.00–2,900.00	$2,836.25
1238	1238	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	3,025.00	$3,025.00
980–1335	1241	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,652.53
1264 fancy	1264	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	3,525.00	$3,525.00
1280–1320	1291	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,525.00–2,600.00	$2,544.17
1314 fancy	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,175.00	$3,175.00
1210–1383	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	2,325.00–2,725.00	$2,597.26
1385	1385	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00
825–875	858	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,125.00	$1,125.00
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
865–1030	948	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,825.00–1,975.00	$1,893.47
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00
1065–1430	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,350.00	$2,298.07

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
908	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,400.00	$2,400.00
970–990	977	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	3,000.00–3,125.00	$3,042.24
1005–1165	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,825.00–2,950.00	$2,882.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
835–1240	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,525.00–2,650.00	$2,622.97
1450	1450	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,725.00	$2,725.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–985	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,050.00–2,075.00	$2,064.28

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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
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00	—
1305–1360	1333	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,825.00–3,950.00	$3,888.79	—
1690	1690	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,850.00	$3,850.00	—

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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.