Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, January 28, 2025

4,483 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $299.19/cwt +6.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,834/hd at 613 lb · 428 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $342.81/cwt +15.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,985/hd at 579 lb · 308 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $348.71/cwt +35.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,838/hd at 527 lb · 255 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,483	1,621	4,195
Feeder cattle	4,129	1,439	3,857
Slaughter cattle	147	119	220
Replacement cattle	207	63	118

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 11.00 to 12.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 5.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cows sold 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 1.00 lower. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday February 4, 2025.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	417.50	$417.50	$1,328	-2.50
357–392	379	36	422.50–438.00	$429.78	$1,629	+12.28
412–434	425	60	401.00–417.50	$415.37	$1,765	+11.34
458–496	478	118	359.00–434.00	$393.89	$1,883	+24.21
510–549	530	189	342.50–382.50	$367.35	$1,947	+23.80
551–599	579	308	317.00–365.00	$342.81	$1,985	+15.38
600–642	623	198	305.00–334.50	$328.66	$2,048	+16.71
653–691	677	245	286.00–323.00	$305.08	$2,065	+15.76
701–742 thin fleshed	730	86	289.50–292.50	$290.97	$2,124	—
705–745	738	48	264.00–283.00	$273.23	$2,016	-9.17
753–796	766	83	267.50–287.25	$276.66	$2,119	+12.10
801 thin fleshed	801	62	282.50	$282.50	$2,263	—
802–821	806	38	253.00–271.00	$266.11	$2,145	—
853–875	856	44	246.00–260.00	$257.61	$2,205	-3.64
944	944	6	245.00	$245.00	$2,313	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	36	411.00	$411.00	$1,636	—
478–481 thin fleshed	480	78	388.00–396.00	$394.57	$1,894	—
483–497	494	24	358.00–361.00	$360.39	$1,780	-1.32
533	533	26	354.00	$354.00	$1,887	—
595	595	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,844	-19.00
600–640	626	76	307.00–320.00	$312.54	$1,957	+13.61
711–745	718	32	262.50–278.00	$275.95	$1,981	+9.45
771–783	775	27	266.00–266.50	$266.35	$2,064	—
868	868	3	261.00	$261.00	$2,265	—
952	952	5	245.00	$245.00	$2,332	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283	283	5	387.50	$387.50	$1,097	—
314–345	327	7	381.00–408.00	$393.20	$1,286	—
440–448	444	4	382.50–385.00	$383.74	$1,704	-4.39
586–595	588	16	301.00–302.00	$301.81	$1,775	—
645	645	15	290.00	$290.00	$1,870	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	12	387.00	$387.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,602	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–326	323	10	372.50–375.00	$373.76	$1,207	—
344 fancy	344	12	400.00	$400.00	$1,376	—
353–398	372	40	292.50–415.00	$371.79	$1,383	+5.06
421 thin fleshed	421	15	398.00	$398.00	$1,676	—
412–443	426	75	332.50–377.00	$360.90	$1,537	+18.52
461 fancy	461	17	386.00	$386.00	$1,779	—
453–493	474	83	334.00–377.50	$364.17	$1,726	+23.80
501–546	527	255	320.00–367.50	$348.71	$1,838	+35.55
550–593	565	213	299.50–331.00	$317.85	$1,796	+28.93
601–648	613	428	260.00–312.00	$299.19	$1,834	+6.90
650–693	666	180	251.00–285.00	$272.46	$1,815	-1.51
703–723	713	98	242.50–263.00	$259.45	$1,850	+9.05
754–795	768	86	244.00–255.00	$252.60	$1,940	+10.60
800–844	831	69	239.00–253.00	$250.44	$2,081	—
872	872	9	231.00	$231.00	$2,014	-4.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	37	391.00	$391.00	$1,384	—
406–445	413	32	337.50–360.00	$340.27	$1,405	—
450–468	454	132	337.00–382.00	$366.98	$1,666	—
517–542	539	49	317.00–356.00	$321.32	$1,732	-1.18
553–580	568	36	300.00–325.00	$313.84	$1,783	—
609–647	635	26	276.00–286.00	$283.05	$1,797	+2.05
652–653	652	31	271.00–277.00	$274.48	$1,790	—
743	743	18	255.00	$255.00	$1,895	—
763–787	777	5	231.00–243.00	$238.29	$1,852	—
840	840	4	241.00	$241.00	$2,024	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	2	362.50	$362.50	$1,098	-2.96
468–494	489	17	306.00–327.50	$310.43	$1,518	+6.43
520–524	523	7	305.00–315.00	$312.16	$1,633	+42.16
578	578	6	289.00	$289.00	$1,670	—
663–685	676	5	240.00–249.00	$243.53	$1,646	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
342	342	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,206	—
486	486	5	300.00	$300.00	$1,458	—
548	548	9	306.00	$306.00	$1,677	—
635	635	2	257.50	$257.50	$1,635	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
248	248	6	317.50	$317.50	$787	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,588	—
742	742	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,762	—
800	800	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,896	—
941	941	6	225.00	$225.00	$2,117	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	305.00	$305.00	$1,793	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810–1005	908	85-90%	2	79.00–88.00	$83.02	$754	-22.98
825–1179	982	85-90%	9	111.00–113.00	$112.07	$1,101	+46.05
730–1195	988	85-90%	13	90.00–113.00	$105.98	$1,047	+39.96
890–1275	1016	85-90%	11	115.00–122.00	$118.09	$1,200	—
1020–1223	1186	85-90%	11	127.00–129.00	$128.69	$1,526	-0.41
1030–1595	1187	85-90%	38	124.00–148.00	$131.65	$1,563	+2.55

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1365	1348	80-85%	2	118.00–119.00	$118.51	$1,598	-10.87
1300–1485	1412	80-85%	22	124.00–141.00	$132.26	$1,868	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1660	1555	75-80%	4	131.00–140.00	$135.17	$2,102	+6.13

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1725–2175	1950	65-75%	2	136.00–141.00	$138.79	$2,706	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1480	1393	2	130.00–132.00	$130.94	$1,824	—
1035–2205	1643	27	141.00–174.00	$156.97	$2,579	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–987 thin fleshed	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	45	215.00–225.00	$221.48	$1,860
900–1084	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	197.50–215.00	$206.12	$2,063

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
710–1018	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	172.50–182.50	$177.61	$1,639

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
776–1245	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	132.00–152.50	$147.55	$1,318

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1007	1007	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,400.00	$2,400.00
940–1130	1019	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	2,050.00–2,600.00	$2,495.02
910–1202	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,350.00–2,800.00	$1,991.09
1237	1237	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1170–1385	1242	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,550.00	$2,345.50
1250–1365	1308	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,025.00	$1,953.30
1232–1346	1315	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,487.22
1140–1508	1324	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	2,125.00–2,300.00	$2,200.34
1329–1340	1331	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	2,575.00–2,625.00	$2,584.32
1346	1346	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1378	1378	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,975.00	$1,975.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00
770	770	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1100–1165	1133	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,625.00	$1,509.27
1298–1525	1449	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,750.00–1,885.00	$1,844.70

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
973	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,150.00	$2,150.00

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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
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

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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.