Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report, La Junta, CO

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 12, 2023

1,728 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $254.04/cwt ≈ $1,971/hd at 776 lb · 154 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.74/cwt +50.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,777/hd at 738 lb · 94 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $234.54/cwt ≈ $1,808/hd at 771 lb · 93 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,728	1,815	612
Feeder cattle	1,477	1,626	524
Slaughter cattle	180	189	78
Replacement cattle	71	—	10

Market comments — USDA reporter

No trend is available as this is the first reported sale at this barn since early spring. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will occur 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
232	232	2	311.00	$311.00	$722	—
322	322	4	292.50	$292.50	$942	-3.50
440	440	6	287.00	$287.00	$1,263	+23.87
450–491	479	66	285.00–296.00	$293.12	$1,404	+40.93
521	521	6	293.00	$293.00	$1,527	—
563	563	4	283.00	$283.00	$1,593	+29.99
605–638	610	21	270.00–275.00	$270.75	$1,652	+36.42
656	656	10	267.00	$267.00	$1,752	+41.57
734	734	20	264.75	$264.75	$1,943	+60.04
757–798	776	154	252.00–256.25	$254.04	$1,971	—
874	874	58	243.50	$243.50	$2,128	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	282.50	$282.50	$975	—
405	405	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,094	—
481	481	6	268.00	$268.00	$1,289	+20.50
513	513	6	279.00	$279.00	$1,431	+30.85
566	566	6	260.00	$260.00	$1,472	—
612–635	627	10	248.00–258.00	$251.98	$1,580	—
680–695	685	17	259.00–262.00	$260.07	$1,781	—
707–718	713	28	243.00–255.00	$251.12	$1,790	—
774–787	776	34	245.00–246.00	$245.12	$1,902	—
840–849	848	25	234.00–240.00	$234.95	$1,992	—
858–868	861	32	231.00–237.00	$235.30	$2,026	—
933	933	21	232.00	$232.00	$2,165	—
953–985	967	76	226.50–231.00	$228.40	$2,209	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	6	256.00	$256.00	$1,234	—
532–545	538	13	255.00–261.00	$259.62	$1,397	—
559–595	574	13	241.00–247.00	$242.63	$1,393	—
616	616	3	241.00	$241.00	$1,485	—
667	667	7	236.00	$236.00	$1,574	—
823–846	835	6	223.00–224.00	$223.51	$1,866	—
870–897	888	3	218.00–219.00	$218.67	$1,942	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482	482	6	248.00	$248.00	$1,195	—
569	569	5	256.00	$256.00	$1,457	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	7	276.00	$276.00	$1,129	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267	267	10	290.00	$290.00	$774	-9.00
377–380	378	11	278.00–279.00	$278.82	$1,054	+34.42
422–428	426	29	265.00–271.00	$269.31	$1,147	—
495	495	16	262.00	$262.00	$1,297	—
516–548	530	26	253.00–261.00	$258.10	$1,368	+16.84
567–593	580	10	255.00–258.00	$256.47	$1,488	+24.47
600	600	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,524	+40.48
703–742	738	94	238.00–248.00	$240.74	$1,777	+50.18
751–787	771	93	233.00–236.75	$234.54	$1,808	—
817	817	60	234.60	$234.60	$1,917	+52.10
874–893	891	64	226.00–238.00	$231.49	$2,063	—
912	912	41	238.00	$238.00	$2,171	+61.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–395	378	4	260.00–271.00	$265.25	$1,003	—
404–418	410	10	255.00–261.00	$257.45	$1,056	—
470–499	484	23	247.50–255.00	$251.14	$1,216	+20.73
513	513	5	241.00	$241.00	$1,236	—
586	586	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,471	—
644–647	645	12	242.50–245.00	$242.92	$1,567	—
675–683	681	23	245.00–246.00	$245.78	$1,674	—
752–765	761	9	220.00–230.00	$225.32	$1,715	—
805–848	824	15	220.00–227.00	$224.11	$1,847	—
870	870	34	218.00	$218.00	$1,897	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363–398	373	18	240.00–256.00	$247.63	$924	—
556	556	4	231.00	$231.00	$1,284	—
725–743	740	7	221.00–229.00	$227.88	$1,686	—
970–994	990	6	181.00–182.50	$181.24	$1,794	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	4	223.00	$223.00	$1,044	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	3	222.50	$222.50	$1,297	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	3	300.00	$300.00	$864	—
392	392	2	272.50	$272.50	$1,068	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	80-85%	3	97.00	$97.00	$1,314	—
1395	1395	80-85%	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,604	—
1214–1583	1401	80-85%	57	102.00–114.00	$109.70	$1,537	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1170	1059	85-90%	9	84.00–99.00	$93.30	$988	—
1078–1260	1164	85-90%	20	101.00–110.00	$103.20	$1,201	+11.20

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1507–1810	1585	75-80%	11	112.00–117.00	$115.76	$1,835	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
983	983	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,435	—
1175	1175	6	131.00	$131.00	$1,539	—
1160–2195	1573	17	97.00–109.00	$106.34	$1,673	—
1075–2200	1722	22	109.00–120.00	$114.24	$1,967	—
1980–2285	2083	3	124.00–126.50	$124.79	$2,599	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1220	1220	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1223	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1434	1434	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,525.00	$1,525.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1330–1372	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,750.00–1,825.00	$1,779.44

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
933	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,550.00	$1,550.00
950–1360	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,482.01

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
928	928	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1126	1126	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—
1207	1207	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1540	1540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	5	162.00	$162.00	$795	—

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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.