Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 7, 2024

1,989 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $286.25/cwt -22.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,500/hd at 524 lb · 123 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $259.34/cwt +9.01 vs last sale · ≈ $1,604/hd at 618 lb · 117 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $322.82/cwt +28.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,830/hd at 567 lb · 96 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,989	647
Feeder cattle	1,618	290
Slaughter cattle	181	241
Replacement cattle	190	116

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 10.00 to 30.00 higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 7.00 to 30.00 higher across all weight classes. Breaker and Boner cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher while lean cows sold 1.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday May 14, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–388	378	18	372.00–401.00	$396.04	$1,497	+30.04
412–428	423	17	357.00–371.00	$361.63	$1,530	—
451 fancy	451	20	379.00	$379.00	$1,709	—
456–481 thin fleshed	461	34	361.00–367.00	$365.71	$1,686	—
450–477	462	14	347.00–358.00	$350.19	$1,618	+23.80
510–533	527	8	332.50–337.00	$335.91	$1,770	—
534 fancy	534	46	347.00	$347.00	$1,853	—
558–563 fancy	559	64	326.00–332.50	$329.84	$1,844	—
564–566 thin fleshed	565	13	310.00–317.50	$314.03	$1,774	—
590–598	595	19	303.00–307.50	$305.20	$1,816	+10.90
612–620 thin fleshed	615	42	302.50–305.00	$303.15	$1,864	—
620–630	622	20	280.00–292.00	$281.82	$1,753	—
669–689	677	88	277.50–281.00	$279.58	$1,893	—
710–725 thin fleshed	717	12	250.00–256.00	$254.48	$1,825	—
749	749	31	236.50	$236.50	$1,771	—
795 fancy	795	9	241.00	$241.00	$1,916	—
796–797	797	18	220.00–229.00	$224.00	$1,785	—
808–818	809	35	232.00–232.50	$232.07	$1,877	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355 unweaned	355	6	367.50	$367.50	$1,305	—
432	432	3	342.50	$342.50	$1,480	—
545	545	12	291.00	$291.00	$1,586	—
619	619	11	272.50	$272.50	$1,687	—
693	693	42	247.50	$247.50	$1,715	±0.00
824	824	12	215.00	$215.00	$1,772	—
879	879	7	207.00	$207.00	$1,820	—
933	933	5	201.00	$201.00	$1,875	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	347.50	$347.50	$1,383	—
467	467	10	332.50	$332.50	$1,553	—
485 fancy	485	12	349.00	$349.00	$1,693	—
554 fancy	554	23	331.00	$331.00	$1,834	—
576	576	27	304.00	$304.00	$1,751	—
753	753	3	232.50	$232.50	$1,751	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
257 unweaned	257	3	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
648	648	2	259.00	$259.00	$1,678	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368 fancy	368	6	355.00	$355.00	$1,306	—
372	372	29	341.00	$341.00	$1,269	+9.00
410–424	413	35	321.00–340.00	$333.26	$1,376	+30.26
451 fancy	451	7	316.00	$316.00	$1,425	—
453 thin fleshed	453	2	303.00	$303.00	$1,373	—
483–499	488	44	283.00–291.00	$288.65	$1,409	-8.35
508–539	524	123	280.00–290.00	$286.25	$1,500	-22.75
550–572	557	66	260.00–276.00	$272.35	$1,517	+7.35
602–633 thin fleshed	613	47	259.00–263.00	$260.41	$1,596	—
617 fancy	617	30	270.00	$270.00	$1,666	—
613–643	626	40	247.50–257.00	$250.10	$1,566	-0.23
668–678	672	5	232.00–233.00	$232.60	$1,563	-2.40
669–689 thin fleshed	674	75	251.00–260.00	$256.60	$1,729	—
740–749	748	78	220.00–228.00	$227.24	$1,700	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	2	336.00	$336.00	$833	—
334 unweaned	334	8	323.00	$323.00	$1,079	—
363–388	376	4	313.00–325.00	$319.20	$1,200	—
435	435	11	310.00	$310.00	$1,348	—
498	498	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,382	—
513–538	532	55	265.00–277.50	$275.59	$1,466	-2.91
588	588	6	251.00	$251.00	$1,476	-4.00
607–628	622	10	237.50–245.00	$239.70	$1,491	-0.30
678	678	16	227.00	$227.00	$1,539	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	314.00	$314.00	$1,247	—
462 fancy	462	13	306.00	$306.00	$1,414	—
470	470	12	294.00	$294.00	$1,382	—
525	525	23	280.00	$280.00	$1,470	—
582	582	17	261.00	$261.00	$1,519	—
623	623	2	237.50	$237.50	$1,480	—
748	748	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,571	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
238 unweaned	238	3	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,166	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	372.50	$372.50	$1,389	—
482	482	7	310.00	$310.00	$1,494	—
502	502	6	317.50	$317.50	$1,594	—
674	674	19	243.00	$243.00	$1,638	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1140	926	85-90%	4	91.00–98.00	$94.98	$880	+16.13
1080	1080	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$864	—
830–1333	1138	85-90%	96	102.00–139.00	$124.70	$1,419	-0.01

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1450	1389	80-85%	36	101.00–145.00	$130.05	$1,806	+3.43

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1703–1780	1718	65-75%	8	117.00–137.00	$133.04	$2,286	+13.04

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1513–1650	1542	75-80%	6	121.00–141.00	$130.90	$2,018	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,529	—
1075–2300	1522	23	120.00–154.00	$139.71	$2,126	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–655	651	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	168.00–170.00	$169.51	$1,104
675 thin fleshed	675	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,502
700–865 thin fleshed	812	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	202.50–221.00	$213.26	$1,732
735–1125	899	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	67	170.00–197.00	$190.03	$1,708

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730–1184	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	157.00–167.50	$159.37	$1,546

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–945	937	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	138.00–140.00	$138.65	$1,299

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
921–1160	1023	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,825.00–1,985.00	$1,902.72
1268	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1435	1435	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
990–1045	1018	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,375.00–1,500.00	$1,435.81
1115	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,300.00	$1,300.00
1160	1160	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
1262	1262	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
958	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
890–1018	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,269.58	—
1113	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1100–1270	1228	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	10	1,825.00–1,885.00	$1,868.04	-56.96
1253	1253	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00	+475.00
1362	1362	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—

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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.