Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 15, 2024

3,582 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $258.86/cwt +3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,600/hd at 618 lb · 181 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $251.57/cwt -0.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,343/hd at 534 lb · 168 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $269.02/cwt -9.64 vs last sale · ≈ $1,560/hd at 580 lb · 168 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,582	2,236	1,373
Feeder cattle	2,658	1,751	911
Slaughter cattle	650	323	384
Replacement cattle	274	162	78

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 13.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 12.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 lower and boner cows sold 2.00 lower. Lean cows sold 1.00 higher while bulls sold 5.00 lower. The next feeder calf sale will be Monday October 21, 2024 with butcher cows and pairs selling Tuesday October 22, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	3	397.50	$397.50	$1,073	—
316–349	338	20	387.50–397.00	$394.16	$1,332	+17.16
366 fancy	366	3	389.00	$389.00	$1,424	+16.00
358–388	373	28	361.00–371.00	$363.72	$1,357	+31.36
410–424	414	45	330.00–342.50	$339.63	$1,406	-31.87
467 fancy	467	5	336.00	$336.00	$1,569	±0.00
457–483	470	59	319.00–325.00	$320.74	$1,507	+6.11
505–522	509	58	297.00–307.00	$301.78	$1,536	+17.01
555–599	580	168	266.00–278.00	$269.02	$1,560	-9.64
601–637	618	181	253.50–266.00	$258.86	$1,600	+3.14
650–697	684	144	240.00–251.00	$246.90	$1,689	-13.41
700–733	719	79	246.00–254.75	$250.15	$1,799	+13.20
753–798	775	145	241.00–252.50	$246.84	$1,913	+2.21
800–826	809	134	235.00–249.50	$246.95	$1,998	+2.43
890	890	57	235.50	$235.50	$2,096	-11.82
906–913	908	88	233.75–235.50	$234.31	$2,128	+8.31
958 thin fleshed	958	23	234.50	$234.50	$2,247	—
993–999	997	9	209.00–210.00	$209.67	$2,090	—
1115	1115	12	202.00	$202.00	$2,252	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380–397	388	12	340.00–345.00	$343.34	$1,332	+33.34
430–443	434	10	312.00–327.50	$322.75	$1,401	-2.52
457–490	484	51	292.50–311.00	$307.86	$1,490	+3.74
518–523	521	16	286.00–296.00	$291.02	$1,516	+13.68
560–599	584	59	252.50–262.00	$259.17	$1,514	-5.09
615–645	636	8	249.00–250.00	$249.24	$1,585	+4.36
702–727	712	42	231.00–242.50	$239.11	$1,702	—
782–789	787	39	226.75–235.00	$229.48	$1,806	—
955	955	5	194.00	$194.00	$1,853	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	5	310.00	$310.00	$1,206	—
421	421	4	301.00	$301.00	$1,267	+0.35
499	499	26	281.00	$281.00	$1,402	-11.27
530–540	536	34	259.00–280.00	$270.91	$1,452	—
552	552	7	248.00	$248.00	$1,369	—
623–626	624	17	237.50–239.00	$238.65	$1,489	—
808	808	6	161.00	$161.00	$1,301	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
608–649	628	10	240.00–245.00	$242.79	$1,525	—
777	777	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,841	—
822	822	7	244.00	$244.00	$2,006	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
245	245	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	+225.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–318	312	8	352.50–370.00	$359.18	$1,121	+57.82
351–383	373	21	311.00–319.00	$315.03	$1,175	-10.20
400–441	418	29	300.00–317.00	$309.68	$1,294	+19.21
450–494	462	65	275.00–287.00	$282.71	$1,306	+7.76
500–530	523	36	274.00–281.00	$276.05	$1,444	+6.03
557–577	563	35	250.00–262.00	$254.73	$1,434	+11.35
610–645	628	108	230.00–242.00	$236.79	$1,487	+0.89
652–690	662	28	231.00–242.50	$236.85	$1,568	-1.67
704–749	718	22	227.50–239.75	$235.69	$1,692	-4.31
760–792	786	49	220.50–227.50	$225.53	$1,773	+2.49
800–811	803	13	219.00–222.50	$221.41	$1,778	+21.41
895	895	16	226.50	$226.50	$2,027	+24.00
928	928	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,949	—
954	954	19	210.00	$210.00	$2,003	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,131	—
398	398	2	303.00	$303.00	$1,206	+5.46
405–434	429	14	261.00–281.00	$266.95	$1,145	-14.49
454–494	480	67	256.00–270.00	$264.38	$1,269	—
509–549	534	168	241.00–269.00	$251.57	$1,343	-0.14
556–598	588	77	238.00–247.00	$239.54	$1,408	—
615	615	6	226.00	$226.00	$1,390	—
683–693	690	10	220.00–228.00	$222.98	$1,539	-5.02
753–780	762	9	212.00–212.50	$212.17	$1,617	—
852	852	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,747	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
532	532	3	247.50	$247.50	$1,317	-20.50
620–634	626	12	230.00–240.00	$235.78	$1,476	+4.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	6	235.00	$235.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
226–235	228	4	850.00–900.00	$862.87	+98.63

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	6	355.00	$355.00	$1,147	—
638	638	4	239.00	$239.00	$1,525	—
846	846	9	210.00	$210.00	$1,777	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
248	248	3	925.00	$925.00	—
270	270	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1298	1122	85-90%	147	71.00–109.00	$105.39	$1,182	—
960–1235	1132	85-90%	39	111.00–150.00	$133.58	$1,512	—
878–1295	1161	85-90%	311	110.00–119.00	$114.52	$1,330	-18.65

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300–1475	1355	80-85%	29	120.00–128.00	$123.43	$1,672	+7.66
1323–1495	1394	80-85%	51	110.00–117.00	$114.64	$1,598	+11.68
1375–1450	1403	80-85%	4	101.00–109.00	$105.52	$1,480	-17.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1516–1630	1552	75-80%	9	121.00–127.00	$123.13	$1,911	—
1635–1660	1655	75-80%	5	117.00–119.00	$117.40	$1,943	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1735	1735	65-75%	1	123.00	$123.00	$2,134	—
1740	1740	65-75%	1	115.00	$115.00	$2,001	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1990	1421	16	114.00–134.00	$128.78	$1,830	—
1380–2190	1836	20	135.00–159.00	$148.95	$2,735	+2.33

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
923 thin fleshed	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	201.00	$201.00	$1,855
921–1033	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	170.00–180.00	$174.34	$1,709

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980–1095	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	142.00–150.00	$146.61	$1,525

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1196	1109	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	2,050.00–2,250.00	$2,149.61
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
925–1364	1169	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,324.32
1076–1437	1234	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	1,650.00–1,900.00	$1,781.99
1258	1258	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1280–1306	1286	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	2,275.00–2,350.00	$2,293.38
1305	1305	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1305	1305	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	29	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1307–1500	1322	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	35	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,572.23
1392	1392	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1104	1104	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1018–1224	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	1,150.00–1,485.00	$1,378.53
1130–1175	1153	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	1,350.00–1,700.00	$1,608.82
1073–1392	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,447.23
1195–1435	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,750.00–1,950.00	$1,840.87

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
913	913	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	875.00	$875.00

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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
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1440	1440	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—
1570	1570	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	+550.00

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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.