Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, August 6, 2024

532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $253.00/cwt ≈ $2,001/hd at 791 lb · 62 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.75/cwt ≈ $1,697/hd at 705 lb · 56 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $227.06/cwt ≈ $1,773/hd at 781 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	532	1,089	1,815
Feeder cattle	387	497	1,626
Slaughter cattle	97	214	189
Replacement cattle	48	378	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

No reports available as there has been no sales recently for comparison. Next report will be 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
629	629	12	274.00	$274.00	$1,723	—
658	658	11	271.00	$271.00	$1,783	-2.00
732	732	14	251.00	$251.00	$1,837	—
791	791	62	253.00	$253.00	$2,001	—
844	844	6	237.00	$237.00	$2,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	3	278.00	$278.00	$1,632	-4.00
668	668	3	248.00	$248.00	$1,657	—
784	784	21	233.00	$233.00	$1,827	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	6	275.00	$275.00	$1,617	-20.00
830	830	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,892	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	5	328.00	$328.00	$935	—
487	487	7	273.00	$273.00	$1,330	—
566	566	7	262.50	$262.50	$1,486	-6.07
651–673	661	45	231.00–241.00	$237.64	$1,571	—
704–706	705	56	240.50–241.00	$240.75	$1,697	—
753–792	781	49	223.00–230.00	$227.06	$1,773	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453	453	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,268	—
574	574	5	256.00	$256.00	$1,469	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
468	468	2	266.00	$266.00	$1,245	+18.50

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1295	980	85-90%	17	95.00–129.00	$114.55	$1,123	—
974–1285	1075	85-90%	14	131.00–138.00	$134.46	$1,445	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1299–1414	1346	80-85%	25	133.00–146.00	$136.82	$1,842	—
1330–1400	1365	80-85%	2	126.00–127.00	$126.51	$1,727	-10.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1665	1665	75-80%	1	138.00	$138.00	$2,298	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1995	1525	6	130.00–139.00	$135.23	$2,062	—
1280–2285	1651	25	141.00–165.00	$153.38	$2,532	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
703–860	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	197.50–207.50	$203.00	$1,482
923	923	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,911

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
803	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,204

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1345	1345	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00

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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
1051–1115	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	1,600.00–2,625.00	$2,113.69	—
1160	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
1230	1230	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
852	852	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.