Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, November 26, 2024

1,820 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $324.72/cwt ≈ $1,692/hd at 521 lb · 92 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $298.66/cwt ≈ $1,717/hd at 575 lb · 87 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $277.94/cwt ≈ $1,768/hd at 636 lb · 80 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,820	1,345	2,058
Feeder cattle	1,091	593	1,478
Slaughter cattle	504	604	502
Replacement cattle	225	148	78

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 8.00 lower across all weight classes with instances of sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 7.00 lower across all weight classes with instances of sharply lower. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 1.00 lower. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 3.00 higher and lean cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday December 3, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
357–373	365	12	401.00–402.50	$401.77	$1,466	-15.73
415	415	23	381.00	$381.00	$1,581	—
451–494	469	55	327.50–348.00	$336.93	$1,580	-4.07
515–538	521	92	301.00–327.00	$324.72	$1,692	—
550–599	575	87	282.00–317.00	$298.66	$1,717	—
627–647	636	80	275.00–281.50	$277.94	$1,768	—
718	718	3	251.00	$251.00	$1,802	-12.50
758	758	3	233.00	$233.00	$1,766	-5.00
807–817	808	18	226.00–242.00	$240.20	$1,941	+16.20
971	971	4	210.00	$210.00	$2,039	-7.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	411.00	$411.00	$1,089	—
340	340	11	401.00–405.00	$403.18	$1,371	—
372–392	388	10	380.00–385.00	$384.04	$1,490	—
400–413	409	28	362.50–377.50	$366.62	$1,499	—
478	478	5	317.50	$317.50	$1,518	—
530–544	535	12	295.00–299.00	$297.64	$1,592	—
590–593	592	7	257.00–279.00	$272.74	$1,615	+5.81
605–645	632	12	259.00–271.00	$265.26	$1,676	—
665–697	683	15	234.00–251.00	$243.86	$1,666	—
710–744	727	23	242.50–246.00	$243.52	$1,770	—
775	775	7	222.00	$222.00	$1,720	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	8	395.00	$395.00	$1,422	—
505	505	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,553	—
569	569	7	282.50	$282.50	$1,607	—
654–673	659	16	243.00–259.00	$253.92	$1,673	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,384	—
410–437	415	11	311.00–355.00	$340.65	$1,414	—
545	545	4	197.50	$197.50	$1,076	—
735	735	4	219.00	$219.00	$1,610	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–437	423	52	300.00–309.00	$306.72	$1,297	—
468–496	484	48	285.00–297.00	$291.07	$1,409	—
503–546	529	45	262.50–276.00	$265.92	$1,407	+1.95
551–593	573	24	240.00–262.50	$250.54	$1,436	-4.46
586 thin fleshed	586	3	277.00	$277.00	$1,623	—
612–647	634	39	242.00–250.00	$245.34	$1,555	+10.34
717	717	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,685	-7.88
813	813	3	221.00	$221.00	$1,797	-11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	2	330.00	$330.00	$868	—
308–348	337	27	311.00–327.00	$320.09	$1,079	—
358–398	383	50	305.00–318.00	$311.67	$1,194	—
403–438	423	14	287.50–297.00	$291.65	$1,234	—
473–493	485	19	274.00–283.00	$278.07	$1,349	—
596	596	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,401	—
609–641	629	18	236.00–239.00	$236.86	$1,490	-0.14
717	717	2	212.50	$212.50	$1,524	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	3	284.00	$284.00	$1,491	—
590	590	21	245.00	$245.00	$1,446	—
611	611	11	238.00	$238.00	$1,454	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533	533	8	247.00	$247.00	$1,317	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	2	231.00	$231.00	$1,009	-49.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–476	472	5	332.50–333.00	$332.80	$1,571	—
563	563	3	289.00	$289.00	$1,627	+34.00
602	602	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,463	—
740	740	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,628	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	2	248.00	$248.00	$1,401	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1160	976	85-90%	21	55.00–87.00	$77.31	$755	—
927–1192	1078	85-90%	16	92.00–107.00	$101.35	$1,093	—
930–1500	1107	85-90%	81	90.00–109.00	$102.14	$1,131	-1.99
1080–1286	1126	85-90%	18	123.00–132.50	$124.13	$1,398	+21.74
1014–1248	1130	85-90%	94	110.00–117.00	$114.53	$1,294	+12.14
965–1295	1173	85-90%	102	110.00–119.00	$114.51	$1,343	+0.89

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1319	1319	80-85%	10	118.00	$118.00	$1,556	—
1365	1365	80-85%	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,665	+9.85
1370	1370	80-85%	1	72.00	$72.00	$986	-40.15
1300–1459	1401	80-85%	51	110.00–119.00	$114.99	$1,611	—
1345–1485	1418	80-85%	16	91.00–109.00	$103.62	$1,469	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1625	1543	75-80%	8	90.00–109.00	$103.73	$1,601	-2.06
1530–1620	1592	75-80%	7	110.00–115.00	$111.52	$1,775	-9.48

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1756	1756	65-75%	5	111.00	$111.00	$1,949	+3.50
1840	1840	65-75%	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,969	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1420–1665	1578	3	106.00–115.00	$111.25	$1,756	—
1385–1940	1666	23	120.00–134.00	$127.77	$2,129	-13.89
1120–2540	1748	28	135.00–170.00	$142.11	$2,484	+11.53

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630	630	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,077
740 thin fleshed	740	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,628
725–1058 thin fleshed	857	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	63	200.00–223.00	$216.08	$1,852
630–925	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	170.00–192.50	$189.08	$1,641

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1145	978	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	150.00–165.00	$159.26	$1,558

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–1068	943	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	124.00–149.00	$141.36	$1,333

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00
1108	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,725.00	$1,725.00
1149	1149	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1183	1183	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,825.00	$1,825.00
1023–1338	1266	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	1,625.00–1,900.00	$1,849.51
1048–1480	1291	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	1,525.00–1,800.00	$1,709.54
1373	1373	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,610.00	$1,610.00
1400–1430	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,625.00–1,875.00	$1,709.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1323	1323	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,825.00	$1,825.00	—
1460	1460	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,650.00	$2,650.00	+450.00
1512	1512	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	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.