Winter Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock (Special)

Sale of Tuesday, February 18, 2025

2,132 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $341.30/cwt ≈ $1,935/hd at 567 lb · 136 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $313.33/cwt ≈ $1,946/hd at 621 lb · 114 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $396.90/cwt ≈ $1,893/hd at 477 lb · 105 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	2,132	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
283	283	14	424.00	$424.00	$1,200
350–397	368	16	412.50–432.50	$422.76	$1,556
387 fancy	387	46	455.00	$455.00	$1,761
415–433	423	44	402.50–437.50	$423.39	$1,791
459–492	477	105	376.00–401.00	$396.90	$1,893
553–599	567	136	320.00–348.00	$341.30	$1,935
601–640	621	114	285.00–316.00	$313.33	$1,946
665–684	680	21	280.00–296.00	$293.02	$1,993
740–741	741	28	266.00–268.00	$266.93	$1,978
759	759	19	264.00	$264.00	$2,004
845	845	6	251.00	$251.00	$2,121

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
264	264	7	401.00	$401.00	$1,059
379	379	13	381.00	$381.00	$1,444
477	477	17	315.00	$315.00	$1,503
627	627	27	266.00	$266.00	$1,668
661	661	4	250.00	$250.00	$1,652

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
302	302	15	440.00	$440.00	$1,329
410	410	17	433.00	$433.00	$1,775
602	602	4	283.00	$283.00	$1,704

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
295	295	3	405.00	$405.00	$1,195
397	397	3	372.50	$372.50	$1,479
413	413	5	372.50	$372.50	$1,538
570	570	4	297.50	$297.50	$1,696

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $
213	213	3	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
261–283	270	7	385.00–402.50	$394.65	$1,066
306 fancy	306	22	415.00	$415.00	$1,270
346	346	23	370.00–371.00	$370.13	$1,281
370 fancy	370	79	411.00	$411.00	$1,521
374	374	15	389.00	$389.00	$1,455
426–441	438	24	356.00–366.00	$358.33	$1,569
467	467	28	365.00	$365.00	$1,705
523–534	530	21	330.00	$330.00	$1,749
553–595	590	39	290.00–311.00	$292.25	$1,724
655	655	16	275.00	$275.00	$1,801
706–728	715	79	244.00–258.00	$254.10	$1,817

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
470	470	7	332.50	$332.50	$1,563
502	502	30	282.00	$282.00	$1,416
635	635	13	250.00	$250.00	$1,588

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
302–336	317	9	356.00–367.50	$362.32	$1,149
353–370	363	16	352.50–369.00	$362.83	$1,317
455–495	482	19	319.00–332.50	$325.99	$1,571
618	618	3	257.50	$257.50	$1,591

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
231	231	8	402.50	$402.50	$930
404	404	12	329.00	$329.00	$1,329
607	607	8	277.00	$277.00	$1,681
655	655	9	260.00	$260.00	$1,703
805	805	3	223.00	$223.00	$1,795

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
347	347	4	302.50	$302.50	$1,050

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
573	573	3	282.50	$282.50	$1,619
646	646	5	263.00	$263.00	$1,699
702	702	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,702

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1065	983	85-90%	3	95.00–106.00	$99.98	$983
905–1135	1050	85-90%	8	111.00–121.00	$116.40	$1,222
1068	1068	85-90%	1	83.00	$83.00	$886
1155–1180	1163	85-90%	3	116.00–125.00	$121.96	$1,418
855–1297	1164	85-90%	62	126.00–146.00	$137.11	$1,596

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1335	1335	80-85%	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,442
1305–1470	1356	80-85%	20	135.00–144.00	$139.76	$1,895

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1546–1555	1548	75-80%	5	143.00–144.00	$143.80	$2,226

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1683–1710	1692	3	144.00–148.00	$145.35	$2,459

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1008–2180	1598	28	132.00–187.00	$164.10	$2,622
1600	1600	1	129.00	$129.00	$2,064

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–790 thin fleshed	766	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	215.00–225.00	$219.96	$1,685
710–1125	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	180.00–207.50	$192.12	$1,746

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
785–1280	989	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	127.00–146.00	$136.46	$1,350

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–990	896	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	156.00–175.00	$161.18	$1,444

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–1180	1011	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	1,950.00–2,125.00	$2,046.54
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,725.00	$2,725.00
836–1229	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	2,125.00–2,900.00	$2,731.23
1040–1248	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	3,100.00–3,400.00	$3,369.73
993–1745	1088	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	2,350.00–2,775.00	$2,696.44
1197 fancy	1197	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	3,010.00	$3,010.00
1125–1480	1245	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	87	2,000.00–2,450.00	$2,249.00
1032–1399	1248	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	99	1,925.00–2,500.00	$2,290.84
1208–1350	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,755.00–1,975.00	$1,833.86
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1230–1345	1268	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,853.02
985–1344	1288	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	48	2,075.00–2,650.00	$2,519.27
1010–1492	1294	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	86	1,975.00–2,725.00	$2,403.92
1235–1455	1308	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,075.00	$2,075.00
1285–1375	1330	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,625.00–1,775.00	$1,702.54
1220–1505	1353	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	2,325.00–2,800.00	$2,615.37
1253–1386 fancy	1357	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	3,000.00–3,275.00	$3,245.35
1261–1470	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,975.00–2,125.00	$2,053.42
1258–1522	1396	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	2,000.00–2,550.00	$2,429.16
1405–1458 fancy	1445	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800–1060	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00
930	930	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
990	990	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
997	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,975.00	$1,975.00
997	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1207–1250	1218	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,610.00–1,725.00	$1,639.51
1215–1235	1225	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,575.00–1,850.00	$1,711.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
915	915	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
873–1002	922	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	2,625.00–2,925.00	$2,764.53
855–1140	941	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,025.00–2,350.00	$2,244.74
905–995	956	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	1,775.00–2,025.00	$1,893.30
941–1119 fancy	964	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	3,000.00–3,385.00	$3,319.42
854–1195	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	2,350.00–2,900.00	$2,641.24
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1097 fancy	1097	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–865	786	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,350.00–1,800.00	$1,549.65
735–875	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,525.00	$1,456.52
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 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 $
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00
1295	1295	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,775.00	$2,775.00
1380	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

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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.