Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 17, 2023

1,373 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $245.97/cwt +16.68 vs last sale · ≈ $2,055/hd at 836 lb · 180 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $231.44/cwt ≈ $2,182/hd at 943 lb · 57 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $317.81/cwt +12.71 vs last sale · ≈ $1,382/hd at 435 lb · 41 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,373	2,071	1,016
Feeder cattle	911	1,741	602
Slaughter cattle	384	287	414
Replacement cattle	78	43	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to yesterday, trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 550 lbs sold 1.00 to 8.00 lower on a light test with no comparable trades on steers over 550 lbs. Feeder heifers were too thinly tested to trend. Compared to last Tuesday, average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower; average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower. The next available report will be Monday, October 23, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–447	435	41	317.00–321.00	$317.81	$1,382	+12.71
454–494	484	38	307.00–321.00	$310.14	$1,501	+1.55
510–530	520	2	267.50–275.00	$271.32	$1,411	-18.10
526	526	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,539	+3.08
608	608	21	266.50	$266.50	$1,620	+10.61
730	730	10	247.00	$247.00	$1,803	-3.41
782	782	2	232.00	$232.00	$1,814	-10.72
810–816	814	36	235.50–236.50	$235.83	$1,920	+6.54
840–845	841	144	248.50	$248.50	$2,090	+19.21
905–944	943	57	222.50–231.75	$231.44	$2,182	—
955–980	978	14	220.00–231.75	$230.93	$2,258	+2.12
1005–1020	1013	2	197.50–202.50	$199.98	$2,026	-27.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
346	346	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,029	+10.00
543	543	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,439	+23.14
585–588	588	11	249.00–251.00	$249.18	$1,465	+4.41
630	630	1	232.50	$232.50	$1,465	-7.67
603–649	645	38	243.00–253.00	$252.26	$1,627	+12.09
664	664	26	246.00	$246.00	$1,633	—
685	685	1	234.00	$234.00	$1,603	—
775–778	778	12	232.00	$232.00	$1,805	+4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–583	575	39	265.50	$265.50	$1,527	+11.54
899	899	32	230.00	$230.00	$2,068	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
542	542	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,260	—
630	630	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,367	—
695	695	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,581	—
760–761	761	17	228.50–232.00	$229.12	$1,744	—
917	917	12	212.50	$212.50	$1,949	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	6	251.00	$251.00	$1,418	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
245	245	2	510.00	$510.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,638	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	235.00	$235.00	$834	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
250	250	1	610.00	$610.00	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,736	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,376	-9.95
629	629	14	242.00	$242.00	$1,522	+4.55
665	665	2	238.00	$238.00	$1,583	-1.35
734	734	18	236.00	$236.00	$1,732	+3.00
760	760	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,687	-12.00
782	782	4	227.50	$227.50	$1,779	-6.50
850	850	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,934	+4.50
930–935	933	2	220.00–225.00	$222.51	$2,076	+12.51
968–990	971	8	219.00–225.00	$219.76	$2,134	-3.49
1019–1020	1019	7	215.00–222.50	$216.07	$2,202	+3.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	12	240.00	$240.00	$1,320	—
645	645	13	237.00	$237.00	$1,529	+7.46

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,438	—
780	780	4	223.00	$223.00	$1,739	—
814	814	12	226.00	$226.00	$1,840	—
965	965	2	218.00	$218.00	$2,104	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	262.50	$262.50	$769	—
375	375	1	256.00	$256.00	$960	-1.17
473	473	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,135	+18.26
615	615	3	231.00	$231.00	$1,421	—
665	665	1	227.50	$227.50	$1,513	—
710–730	723	3	225.00–227.50	$226.68	$1,639	—
806–810	807	4	207.50–218.00	$215.37	$1,738	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	400.00	$400.00	—
265–283	280	7	585.00–800.00	$614.02	+114.02

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
260–275	265	3	500.00–525.00	$511.64	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	217.50	$217.50	$946	—

Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
270	270	1	225.00	$225.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,064	—
480	480	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,296	—
513	513	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,308	—
570–595	578	3	238.00–243.00	$241.29	$1,395	—
650	650	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,482	—
705–720	713	2	222.50–223.00	$222.75	$1,588	—
807	807	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,735	—
908–925	912	4	185.00–210.00	$203.66	$1,857	—
990	990	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,005	+54.50
1080	1080	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,944	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	261.00	$261.00	$927	—
425	425	1	242.50	$242.50	$1,031	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,449	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,391	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165	165	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–1210	975	85-90%	22	37.50–74.00	$67.83	$661	—
965–1355	1126	85-90%	54	76.00–84.00	$81.24	$915	-7.67
1067–1385	1220	85-90%	67	85.00–94.00	$89.70	$1,094	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1515	1241	80-85%	27	79.00–90.00	$86.08	$1,068	—
1225–1632	1387	80-85%	115	90.00–106.00	$96.44	$1,338	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1430	1430	75-80%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,244	-0.75
1280–2085	1568	75-80%	31	97.00–106.00	$103.11	$1,617	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030	1030	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,931	—
1095–2305	1540	9	61.00–103.00	$91.73	$1,413	—
1210–2315	1720	33	105.00–117.00	$111.02	$1,910	-2.43
1935	1935	1	119.00	$119.00	$2,303	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–1160	1038	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	130.00–155.00	$146.35	$1,519
1275–1325	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	104.00–135.00	$119.20	$1,550

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960–1090	1025	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	198.00–207.50	$202.45	$2,075

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1030	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1156	1156	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1222–1360	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,350.00–1,525.00	$1,486.91
1220–1295	1258	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,650.00	$1,431.71
1230–1310	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00–1,310.00	$1,184.09
1282	1282	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,550.00	$1,550.00
1298–1360	1314	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,260.00–1,350.00	$1,283.30
1399	1399	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1229–1292	1266	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	12	1,085.00–1,110.00	$1,099.89

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1216	1216	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1351	1351	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
2510	2510	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020	1020	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1365	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
1565	1565	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	162.00	$162.00	$770	—
945	945	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,221	—

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Dairy Steers

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	3	45.00	$45.00	$318	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—

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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.