Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 9, 2024

4,446 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $206.48/cwt ≈ $1,582/hd at 766 lb · 253 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $253.14/cwt ≈ $1,688/hd at 667 lb · 230 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $227.22/cwt ≈ $1,741/hd at 766 lb · 208 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,446	1,721	7,273
Feeder cattle	4,196	1,400	6,847
Slaughter cattle	182	266	426
Replacement cattle	68	55	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 450lbs sold 10.00 higher while steers over 450lbs sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold mostly 2.00 to 11.00 higher across all weight classes. Preconditioned calves on a vaccination program and weaned 30 days or more had strong undertones across all weight classes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady on a light test. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday January 16, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–291	287	20	350.00–355.00	$350.70	$1,007	—
325	325	3	339.00	$339.00	$1,102	—
338 thin fleshed	338	8	356.00	$356.00	$1,203	—
354 fancy	354	36	392.50	$392.50	$1,389	—
370–374	372	19	362.50–375.00	$372.38	$1,385	—
420 thin fleshed	420	118	342.00	$342.00	$1,436	—
407–441	433	43	320.00–331.00	$329.11	$1,425	+9.11
453–475	464	23	313.00–318.00	$316.13	$1,467	-6.87
503–516	512	17	290.00–292.50	$290.72	$1,488	-6.92
554–584	571	125	260.00–279.00	$266.07	$1,519	-3.93
623 thin fleshed	623	9	271.00	$271.00	$1,688	—
604–646	630	111	241.00–264.00	$257.08	$1,620	—
658 thin fleshed	658	77	264.50	$264.50	$1,740	—
658–678	671	153	239.00–255.00	$247.43	$1,660	—
705–736	721	59	221.00–229.00	$225.01	$1,622	—
705–737 thin fleshed	727	82	230.00–231.00	$230.90	$1,679	—
750–795	766	208	219.50–228.25	$227.22	$1,741	—
808–841	816	86	205.00–212.00	$209.89	$1,713	—
824–841 thin fleshed	837	95	221.00–224.00	$223.32	$1,869	—
850–893	868	55	201.00–212.00	$208.15	$1,807	—
871 thin fleshed	871	102	216.50	$216.50	$1,886	—
900–941	915	19	198.50–201.00	$199.45	$1,825	+1.45

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–355	352	21	340.00–352.00	$347.90	$1,225	—
418–423	420	9	312.50–319.00	$314.68	$1,322	—
458–483	473	27	301.00–311.00	$304.76	$1,442	-1.86
515–524 thin fleshed	521	6	283.00–286.00	$283.99	$1,480	—
511–549	541	54	266.00–279.00	$271.02	$1,466	-1.71
559–599	577	24	252.50–256.00	$253.22	$1,461	+1.02
642–647	645	9	231.00–232.00	$231.67	$1,494	—
651–692	675	49	226.00–232.00	$228.31	$1,541	-5.12
724–749	729	34	214.50–218.50	$216.19	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	282.50	$282.50	$856	—
435	435	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,262	-19.00
458–486	471	87	261.00–298.00	$275.40	$1,297	-18.60
524–545	537	26	226.00–262.00	$251.09	$1,348	+11.09
745	745	7	195.00	$195.00	$1,453	-10.00
766	766	5	182.50	$182.50	$1,398	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,352	—
595	595	8	240.00	$240.00	$1,428	—
680–690	687	9	216.00–221.00	$219.35	$1,507	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	10	298.00	$298.00	$903	—
363–384	380	118	281.00–287.00	$285.38	$1,084	—
422–441	431	123	265.00–275.00	$268.67	$1,158	—
438–443 thin fleshed	442	68	281.00–289.00	$288.07	$1,273	—
455–473	461	37	262.00–268.00	$265.84	$1,226	+10.84
504–516	509	36	240.00–245.00	$242.00	$1,232	-5.65
579–587	585	62	234.00–241.00	$237.60	$1,390	+2.82
615 thin fleshed	615	22	238.00	$238.00	$1,464	—
600–641	620	175	220.00–228.00	$225.09	$1,396	—
659 thin fleshed	659	40	234.00	$234.00	$1,542	—
667–689	681	160	220.00–224.00	$222.50	$1,515	+6.50
706–736	722	58	203.00–207.00	$204.60	$1,477	+1.93
737 thin fleshed	737	7	211.00	$211.00	$1,555	—
751–783	766	253	202.00–211.00	$206.48	$1,582	—
813	813	5	195.00	$195.00	$1,585	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377–384	382	39	267.00–272.00	$269.55	$1,030	—
424–449	440	37	251.00–257.50	$254.44	$1,120	—
461–495	489	160	237.00–252.50	$244.90	$1,198	+4.90
507–541	524	95	231.00–239.00	$236.06	$1,237	+4.27
556–599	583	145	219.00–229.00	$223.87	$1,305	-4.13
642–646	644	34	215.00–219.00	$216.83	$1,396	-0.17
650–680	670	58	210.00–216.00	$213.79	$1,432	+8.79
773–798	795	30	194.00–199.00	$198.17	$1,575	—
895	895	3	176.00	$176.00	$1,575	-1.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
306–318	310	6	250.00–269.00	$262.50	$814	—
375–390	381	8	251.00–256.00	$254.08	$968	-4.09
413–438	428	52	215.00–244.00	$221.52	$948	-36.60
450–497	478	5	220.00–233.00	$228.11	$1,090	-5.89
517–543	526	46	223.50–232.50	$224.23	$1,179	-4.77
633	633	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,203	-18.51
665–697	687	18	201.00–206.00	$202.36	$1,390	—
862	862	5	152.50	$152.50	$1,315	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
633	633	14	225.00	$225.00	$1,424	+19.00
742	742	43	205.00	$205.00	$1,521	—
845	845	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,521	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
422	422	7	289.00	$289.00	$1,220	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,262	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1255	971	85-90%	36	54.00–79.00	$70.87	$688	—
985–1250	1145	85-90%	40	83.00–89.00	$85.26	$976	—
1108–1260	1205	85-90%	36	90.00–95.00	$93.26	$1,124	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1307–1310	1308	80-85%	3	77.00–85.00	$82.33	$1,077	+1.71
1302–1485	1355	80-85%	31	87.00–90.50	$89.43	$1,212	+0.87
1388–1483	1414	80-85%	14	91.00–92.50	$91.11	$1,288	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580	1580	75-80%	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,375	-4.30

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1700	1700	65-75%	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,598	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1485	1485	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,470	—
1340–2170	1755	2	119.00–126.00	$121.67	$2,135	—
1635–2300	1879	5	106.00–109.50	$108.46	$2,038	-9.24

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
813–1040	879	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	160.00–182.50	$169.38	$1,489

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
906–1110	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	140.00–155.00	$148.55	$1,456

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040–1175	1063	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	135.00–137.50	$135.46	$1,440

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1280	1280	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1373	1373	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,210.00	$1,210.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
1034	1034	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	835.00	$835.00
1087	1087	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	950.00	$950.00
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1052	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1340	1340	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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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
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,635.00	$1,635.00	—

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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.