Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, September 24, 2024

3,269 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $307.22/cwt +20.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,322/hd at 430 lb · 216 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $244.70/cwt -18.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,516/hd at 619 lb · 169 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $264.34/cwt +2.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,655/hd at 626 lb · 165 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,269	1,226	1,752
Feeder cattle	2,976	1,022	1,490
Slaughter cattle	235	85	198
Replacement cattle	58	119	64

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 34.00 higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 3.00 to 29.00 across all weight classes. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher while lean cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday October 1, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–296	294	14	388.00–399.50	$389.59	$1,145	—
306–317	315	69	314.00–322.50	$315.44	$994	—
369 fancy	369	34	381.00	$381.00	$1,406	—
389	389	23	341.00–357.00	$350.74	$1,364	+14.74
400–439	435	131	355.00–364.00	$355.69	$1,547	+33.85
460–474	469	95	317.50–324.00	$322.34	$1,512	+27.69
527 thin fleshed	527	67	312.50	$312.50	$1,647	—
519–548	542	74	290.00–292.00	$291.61	$1,581	+12.84
554 thin fleshed	554	24	285.00	$285.00	$1,579	—
559–572	566	18	270.00–272.00	$270.82	$1,533	+8.85
604–649	626	165	259.00–268.00	$264.34	$1,655	+2.05
652–696	687	100	257.00–260.00	$257.55	$1,769	+6.82
709 thin fleshed	709	44	250.00	$250.00	$1,772	—
723–740	736	14	231.00–235.00	$234.16	$1,723	-8.84
773–798	788	49	235.00–247.00	$245.33	$1,933	—
816	816	10	246.50	$246.50	$2,011	+9.82
898	898	2	226.00	$226.00	$2,029	—
924 thin fleshed	924	35	232.00	$232.00	$2,144	—
945	945	2	212.50	$212.50	$2,008	—
1037	1037	7	210.00	$210.00	$2,178	-13.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	17	241.00	$241.00	$771	—
350	350	27	310.00	$310.00	$1,085	—
406–418	411	23	335.00–347.50	$342.52	$1,408	—
458–491	476	63	294.00–311.00	$307.70	$1,465	—
506–534	528	56	272.00–287.00	$281.69	$1,487	+17.96
552–593	569	39	260.00–267.00	$263.08	$1,497	—
623–638	631	8	246.00–252.50	$249.63	$1,575	+17.13
653	653	4	249.00	$249.00	$1,626	—
726	726	4	213.00	$213.00	$1,546	—
815	815	2	222.50	$222.50	$1,813	—
911	911	4	199.00	$199.00	$1,813	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	6	213.00	$213.00	$675	—
367–391	389	43	231.00–287.50	$281.03	$1,093	—
405–449	429	55	211.00–317.00	$268.36	$1,151	—
463–496	489	54	250.00–279.00	$266.51	$1,303	—
531–548	540	42	248.00–271.00	$264.08	$1,426	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
235	235	1	900.00	$900.00	—
267–295	274	4	1,010.00–1,050.00	$1,020.77	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230	230	3	760.00	$760.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–305 fancy	304	12	321.00–322.00	$321.67	$978	—
330–347	343	45	301.00–309.00	$303.12	$1,040	-4.38
355–388	377	14	290.00–300.00	$293.00	$1,105	-7.47
394 fancy	394	14	307.50	$307.50	$1,212	—
428 fancy	428	143	311.00	$311.00	$1,331	—
425–443	435	73	289.00–302.50	$299.83	$1,304	+12.83
454–499	468	60	283.00–295.00	$289.25	$1,354	+24.17
500–516	506	79	274.00–286.00	$280.76	$1,421	+28.38
552–560	553	58	264.00–265.50	$265.40	$1,468	+24.18
603–609 thin fleshed	609	77	250.00–252.00	$251.92	$1,534	—
605–643	628	92	230.00–240.50	$238.66	$1,499	-24.34
650–693	660	116	226.00–240.00	$233.51	$1,541	+2.83
706–721	716	26	241.00–241.50	$241.35	$1,728	+22.15
757–797	775	41	226.00–238.50	$234.12	$1,814	+4.62
819–849	831	46	223.00–230.50	$228.17	$1,896	+6.07
884	884	60	223.00	$223.00	$1,971	+12.00
913–927	919	33	189.00–203.00	$195.52	$1,797	—
973	973	6	198.00	$198.00	$1,927	+7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303–330	321	63	202.50–271.00	$263.90	$847	—
407–447	443	104	222.50–271.00	$238.41	$1,056	—
493–495	494	8	227.50–261.00	$244.22	$1,206	—
527–529	528	12	249.00–250.00	$249.42	$1,317	—
590	590	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,245	—
618–623	620	10	205.00–215.00	$209.02	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–346	336	23	287.50–290.00	$288.40	$969	—
382	382	7	261.00	$261.00	$997	—
422–433	424	19	281.00–288.00	$286.50	$1,215	—
456–495	490	80	271.00–278.00	$277.25	$1,359	—
503–519	513	22	257.00–261.00	$259.69	$1,332	—
568–598	584	14	234.00–244.00	$240.85	$1,407	+23.85
763–772	770	9	186.00–201.00	$189.30	$1,458	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
217–220	217	10	750.00–810.00	$756.07	—
252–266	262	22	725.00–775.00	$740.33	-109.67
263 fancy	263	2	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
242–245	243	9	585.00–600.00	$593.29	—
290	290	13	610.00	$610.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,172	+11.00
744	744	4	207.50	$207.50	$1,544	+6.50
880	880	11	195.00	$195.00	$1,716	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1280	1173	85-90%	102	61.00–109.00	$104.72	$1,228	-7.25
1160–1253	1200	85-90%	6	120.00–142.00	$134.46	$1,614	—
1125–1291	1211	85-90%	39	110.00–117.00	$113.50	$1,374	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1311–1410	1328	80-85%	10	120.00–124.00	$123.47	$1,640	—
1310–1410	1365	80-85%	3	103.00–108.00	$105.39	$1,439	-7.13
1325–1490	1410	80-85%	25	111.00–119.00	$114.60	$1,616	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1502	1502	75-80%	3	106.00	$106.00	$1,592	—
1555	1555	75-80%	1	132.00	$132.00	$2,053	+11.75
1530–1663	1601	75-80%	6	114.00–119.00	$115.82	$1,854	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1805	1805	65-75%	1	118.00	$118.00	$2,130	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,596	—
1100–2075	1712	27	131.00–151.00	$140.68	$2,408	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–1142	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	162.50–195.00	$170.68	$1,691

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–1040	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	147.00–147.50	$147.22	$1,366

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,325.00	$2,325.00
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	2,400.00	$2,400.00
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1295	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1375	1375	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,975.00	$1,975.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185	1185	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,310.00	$1,310.00
1310	1310	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1330	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,960.00	$1,960.00

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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
1448	1448	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

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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.