La Junta Livestock Commision Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, September 23, 2026

1,372 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $423.23/cwt -120.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,750/hd at 413 lb · 108 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $436.94/cwt -97.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,075/hd at 475 lb · 105 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $381.83/cwt -72.67 vs last sale · ≈ $1,911/hd at 501 lb · 81 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,372	5,622	2,273
Feeder cattle	1,227	5,562	2,041
Slaughter cattle	87	—	116
Replacement cattle	58	60	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

As today is the first sale of the 2026-2027 season, there is no trend to compare. The next sale will be next Wednesday September 30, 2026 or as receipts warrant.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	5	590.00	$590.00	$1,682	—
349	349	4	565.00	$565.00	$1,972	-90.00
367	367	5	547.50	$547.50	$2,009	-99.21
432	432	57	545.00	$545.00	$2,354	-32.93
464–480	475	105	435.00–442.50	$436.94	$2,075	-100.26
517	517	50	437.50	$437.50	$2,262	-78.57
558–595	582	12	342.50–350.00	$347.69	$2,024	-113.66
604–645	622	13	332.50–342.50	$338.17	$2,103	-92.35
654–683	662	11	327.50–330.00	$328.20	$2,173	-92.67
725	725	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,284	-54.14
789	789	28	318.00	$318.00	$2,509	-38.03
803	803	4	315.00	$315.00	$2,529	-26.37
888 thin fleshed	888	3	304.00	$304.00	$2,700	—
941	941	13	294.50	$294.50	$2,771	-21.26
975 thin fleshed	975	8	296.50	$296.50	$2,891	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	2	480.00	$480.00	$1,646	—
352–390	374	17	452.50–505.00	$481.91	$1,802	—
406–438	417	6	385.00–435.00	$402.52	$1,679	—
490	490	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,642	—
515–549	529	76	332.50–382.50	$355.77	$1,882	—
595	595	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,621	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
344	344	9	527.50	$527.50	$1,815	—
355	355	2	522.50	$522.50	$1,855	-62.50
418	418	13	505.00	$505.00	$2,111	—
461–473	464	12	402.50–408.00	$403.90	$1,874	-104.04
503–531	528	34	400.00–402.50	$400.28	$2,113	-79.04
595	595	4	317.50	$317.50	$1,889	-106.08
658	658	2	310.00	$310.00	$2,040	-82.39
705	705	2	297.50	$297.50	$2,097	-57.27
810	810	2	292.50	$292.50	$2,369	—
955	955	2	255.00	$255.00	$2,435	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	4	380.00	$380.00	$1,740	—
560	560	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,750	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,142	—
735	735	4	312.50–320.00	$316.25	$2,324	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	5	455.00	$455.00	$1,251	—
314–326	323	17	480.00–482.50	$480.57	$1,552	-76.93
358–368	363	4	415.00–420.00	$417.47	$1,515	-140.05
403–418	413	57	400.00–405.00	$401.52	$1,658	-134.29
414 fancy	414	51	447.50	$447.50	$1,853	-119.01
469	469	21	383.00	$383.00	$1,796	-81.60
500 fancy	500	72	388.00	$388.00	$1,940	-97.00
505	505	9	332.50	$332.50	$1,679	-126.02
568	568	21	302.50–312.50	$306.31	$1,740	-106.05
639	639	4	327.50	$327.50	$2,093	-69.04
659	659	18	302.50	$302.50	$1,993	-66.29
687	687	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,576	+6.21
721	721	5	301.00	$301.00	$2,170	-51.99
751	751	8	290.00	$290.00	$2,178	-40.12
802–838	825	23	262.50–277.50	$269.24	$2,221	-55.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317–338	327	11	455.00–465.00	$459.70	$1,503	—
418–427	424	13	375.00–377.50	$376.16	$1,595	-113.70
450	450	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,598	-48.84
522–536	530	21	310.00–316.00	$312.58	$1,657	-108.16
559	559	9	290.00	$290.00	$1,621	-92.66
613	613	3	282.50	$282.50	$1,732	-79.55
665	665	3	272.00	$272.00	$1,809	—
793	793	2	277.50	$277.50	$2,201	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	26	352.00	$352.00	$1,721	-123.00
502	502	8	302.50	$302.50	$1,519	-134.56

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	9	352.50	$352.50	$1,463	-119.50
537–538	538	11	262.50–275.00	$268.18	$1,443	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	5	335.00	$335.00	$1,487	—
470–475	473	4	322.50–332.50	$327.53	$1,549	—
673	673	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,699	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1280	1069	85-90%	10	120.00–138.00	$128.50	$1,374	—
1085–1245	1173	85-90%	22	151.00–154.00	$153.03	$1,795	—
1170–1570	1258	85-90%	12	141.00–145.00	$142.90	$1,798	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1325	1310	80-85%	9	150.00–155.00	$153.33	$2,009	—
1335–1380	1358	80-85%	2	141.00–146.00	$143.46	$1,948	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1665	1665	75-80%	3	136.00	$136.00	$2,264	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1700	1700	65-75%	1	136.00	$136.00	$2,312	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1735	1610	3	146.00–151.00	$149.34	$2,404	—
1490–1980	1732	6	163.00–170.00	$166.76	$2,888	—
1630–2395	1908	12	173.00–184.00	$178.31	$3,402	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
733–1135	949	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	202.50–252.50	$245.00	$2,325

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1060	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,700.00–2,725.00	$2,712.74
1185	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1210	1210	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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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
1085–1090	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,825.00	$2,463.33	—

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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.