Winter Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special Market Report

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

Sale of Tuesday, April 29, 2025

1,416 head sold ·Official USDA report

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $322.50/cwt +4.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,112/hd at 655 lb · 57 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $282.10/cwt ≈ $1,986/hd at 704 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $330.96/cwt -16.02 vs last sale · ≈ $1,711/hd at 517 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,416	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
349	349	7	460.00	$460.00	$1,605	—
356	356	5	450.00	$450.00	$1,602	+5.59
408	408	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,734	+4.33
547	547	18	359.00	$359.00	$1,964	+1.95
550–558	555	17	354.00–358.00	$355.40	$1,972	+10.40
655	655	57	322.50	$322.50	$2,112	+4.50
720	720	5	309.00	$309.00	$2,225	-8.50
810	810	4	290.00	$290.00	$2,349	—
855	855	5	280.00	$280.00	$2,394	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
619	619	5	326.00	$326.00	$2,018	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
861	861	5	247.00	$247.00	$2,127	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
269	269	10	442.50	$442.50	$1,190	—
396	396	7	397.50	$397.50	$1,574	-0.07
452	452	8	360.00	$360.00	$1,627	-22.52
513–522	517	20	325.00–335.00	$330.96	$1,711	-16.02
577	577	7	314.00	$314.00	$1,812	+6.85
640	640	9	301.00	$301.00	$1,926	+0.67
673	673	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,985	+28.68
690	690	3	279.00	$279.00	$1,925	+12.68
700–723	704	27	274.00–284.00	$282.10	$1,986	—
785	785	4	257.50	$257.50	$2,021	-0.39
833	833	3	253.00	$253.00	$2,107	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
219–240	225	7	1,050.00–1,150.00	$1,080.48	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,754	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328	328	2	465.00	$465.00	$1,525	—
491	491	8	376.00	$376.00	$1,846	—
641	641	4	282.50	$282.50	$1,811	—
778–798	794	9	242.50–247.00	$243.48	$1,933	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
837–1263	960	85-90%	16	131.00–139.00	$133.88	$1,285	+13.64
823–1295	1050	85-90%	31	115.00–139.00	$130.24	$1,368	—
978–1285	1069	85-90%	54	150.00–159.00	$154.98	$1,657	+43.15
978–1159	1109	85-90%	29	156.00–157.00	$156.76	$1,738	+9.27
875–1190	1117	85-90%	7	115.00–128.00	$123.60	$1,381	-23.89
860–1260	1127	85-90%	10	141.00–147.00	$142.98	$1,611	-1.28
1020–1295	1194	85-90%	46	140.00–149.00	$145.32	$1,735	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1323	1323	80-85%	6	149.00	$149.00	$1,971	+28.00
1300–1478	1358	80-85%	22	141.00–149.00	$145.64	$1,978	+5.27
1301–1490	1359	80-85%	41	150.00–159.00	$151.92	$2,065	+11.55
1360	1360	80-85%	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,591	-23.37
1320–1485	1363	80-85%	8	129.00–139.00	$133.68	$1,822	-6.69

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1505	1500	75-80%	2	144.00–152.00	$147.99	$2,220	—
1509–1610	1531	75-80%	9	135.00–141.00	$139.23	$2,132	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1750	1663	17	147.00–158.00	$148.92	$2,477	—
1505–2270	1797	16	173.00–188.00	$179.37	$3,223	—
1475–2357	1816	8	165.00–171.00	$166.27	$3,019	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
831–978 thin fleshed	919	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	50	210.00–235.00	$224.54	$2,064
750–1095	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	190.00–205.00	$197.72	$1,898

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
740–1245	1066	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	172.50–193.00	$186.21	$1,985

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890–1230	1092	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	156.00–175.00	$163.53	$1,786

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1071	1071	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1065–1585	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	46	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,526.56
1173	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1116–1232	1191	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,700.00–1,950.00	$1,803.67
1081–1645	1196	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,623.72
1095–1413	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,050.00–2,200.00	$2,122.28
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1133–1425	1259	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	36	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,428.59
1278	1278	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1179–1506	1330	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	2,250.00–2,375.00	$2,309.67
1173–1550	1359	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,181.27
1405	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	3,000.00	$3,000.00
1460	1460	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
893–1100	923	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,500.00–1,650.00	$1,525.55
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1165–1195	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,788.29
1174–1275	1194	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,650.00–1,700.00	$1,660.68
1330	1330	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,075.00	$2,075.00
1440	1440	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,125.00	$2,125.00
944–1218	1036	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,015.19
1142	1142	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1280	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

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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
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
1068	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	3,500.00	$3,500.00	+1,200.00
1115–1250	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	3,300.00–3,600.00	$3,562.05	—
1035–1310	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,040.94	—
1165–1478	1262	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	32	3,300.00–3,650.00	$3,496.95	+696.95
1065–1380	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	54	3,200.00–3,500.00	$3,279.00	+479.00
1189–1394	1339	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	111	2,800.00–3,100.00	$2,925.78	-274.22
1350	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	-939.14
1333–1442	1372	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	21	2,850.00–3,100.00	$2,980.68	+419.44
1408 fancy	1408	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1329–1536	1430	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	33	3,800.00–4,100.00	$4,005.85	+1,905.85
1332–1505 fancy	1461	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	35	4,050.00–4,100.00	$4,088.27	—
1368–1553 fancy	1525	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	26	4,100.00–4,300.00	$4,127.61	—
1605	1605	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	—
1400–1773	1655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	3,150.00–3,500.00	$3,342.92	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1025–1330	1216	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,700.00–3,000.00	$2,912.69	—
1185–1239	1225	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	31	2,900.00–3,175.00	$3,119.79	—
1028–1377	1245	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	2,300.00–2,700.00	$2,559.70	—
1248	1248	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1210–1600	1303	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,054.42	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1215	1090	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1123–1272	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
945–1050	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	3,250.00–3,600.00	$3,571.10	—
900–1135	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	50	3,400.00–3,875.00	$3,790.44	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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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.