Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, February 4, 2025

2,234 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $268.85/cwt -3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,823/hd at 678 lb · 180 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $291.90/cwt -13.18 vs last sale · ≈ $2,005/hd at 687 lb · 161 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $313.05/cwt -4.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,803/hd at 576 lb · 123 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,234	4,483	2,431
Feeder cattle	2,027	4,129	2,157
Slaughter cattle	78	147	105
Replacement cattle	129	207	169

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady. Boner cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cos sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 2.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday February 11, 2025.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–284	281	8	410.00–432.50	$424.19	$1,192	—
333	333	4	420.00	$420.00	$1,399	+2.50
358	358	2	426.00	$426.00	$1,525	-3.78
448	448	20	397.00	$397.00	$1,779	-18.37
458–498	478	111	363.00–396.00	$377.36	$1,804	-16.53
502–543	526	33	341.00–350.00	$346.54	$1,823	-20.81
560–586	583	25	329.00–338.00	$330.54	$1,927	-12.27
615–643	628	96	300.00–322.50	$312.18	$1,960	-16.48
654–699	687	161	286.00–300.00	$291.90	$2,005	-13.18
735–747	744	12	273.00–285.00	$275.96	$2,053	+2.73
750–790	785	83	263.00–275.00	$267.38	$2,099	-9.28
808–840	810	40	248.00–261.00	$260.33	$2,109	-5.78
868–872	869	78	250.00–256.00	$254.46	$2,211	-3.15

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–396	378	12	350.00–389.00	$371.97	$1,406	—
428–435	431	18	375.00–390.00	$385.51	$1,662	+1.77
455–498	472	24	341.00–358.00	$345.38	$1,630	—
507–548	525	42	318.00–332.50	$323.08	$1,696	—
579–594	589	60	287.50–309.00	$302.38	$1,781	+0.57
630	630	13	296.00	$296.00	$1,865	+6.00
668–673	669	19	281.00	$281.00	$1,880	—
751–796	780	30	247.50–259.00	$253.40	$1,977	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,584	—
465	465	8	347.50	$347.50	$1,616	—
783–797	792	16	249.00–256.50	$253.72	$2,009	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	3	359.00	$359.00	$1,698	-1.39
545	545	10	312.00	$312.00	$1,700	-42.00
662	662	13	296.00	$296.00	$1,960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
488	488	16	298.00	$298.00	$1,454	—
595	595	4	266.00	$266.00	$1,583	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,485	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–399	380	21	357.50–375.00	$361.49	$1,374	-10.30
407–448	429	56	347.50–370.00	$362.70	$1,556	+1.80
451–486	475	67	332.00–342.00	$336.97	$1,601	-27.20
500–548	524	86	322.50–340.00	$333.31	$1,747	-15.40
557–591	576	123	307.00–325.00	$313.05	$1,803	-4.80
612–646	624	100	265.00–291.00	$278.62	$1,739	-20.57
654–688	678	180	251.00–274.00	$268.85	$1,823	-3.61
707–740	712	20	252.00–264.00	$262.13	$1,866	+2.68
751–756	754	15	246.50–258.00	$251.08	$1,893	-1.52

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	392.50	$392.50	$1,452	+1.50
413	413	11	342.00	$342.00	$1,412	+1.73
470–480	479	32	327.00–327.50	$327.03	$1,566	-39.95
529	529	11	292.50	$292.50	$1,547	-28.82
564–599	589	27	285.00–312.00	$292.67	$1,724	-21.17
643	643	6	264.00	$264.00	$1,698	-19.05
660–669	666	37	261.00–264.50	$262.22	$1,746	-12.26
708	708	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,664	-20.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
314	314	6	352.50	$352.50	$1,107	-10.00
365	365	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,141	—
452–496	481	11	300.00–322.50	$313.05	$1,506	+2.62
500–541	516	42	287.50–306.00	$302.07	$1,559	-10.09
580–597	586	22	278.00–293.00	$287.08	$1,682	-1.92
632	632	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,612	—
686–695	691	11	221.00–242.50	$232.87	$1,609	-10.66
703–745	732	11	231.00–236.00	$234.50	$1,717	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	6	264.00	$264.00	$1,426	-42.00
588	588	4	272.00	$272.00	$1,599	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	287.50	$287.50	$1,322	—
558	558	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,423	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	3	257.50	$257.50	$1,501	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	7	342.00	$342.00	$1,686	—
515	515	7	354.00	$354.00	$1,823	—
718	718	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,741	+5.00
832	832	3	222.50	$222.50	$1,851	-14.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
501	501	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,603	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	85-90%	1	51.00	$51.00	$439	—
900–1105	1008	85-90%	3	113.00–119.00	$116.12	$1,170	-1.97
1085–1125	1105	85-90%	2	93.00–94.00	$93.51	$1,033	—
1050–1248	1153	85-90%	32	127.00–135.00	$131.68	$1,518	+2.99

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1300	1300	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,560	—
1300–1483	1384	80-85%	16	124.00–138.00	$132.70	$1,837	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1652	1604	75-80%	6	127.00–138.00	$133.56	$2,142	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–2210	1828	12	143.00–178.00	$164.65	$3,010	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–1025 thin fleshed	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	210.00–230.00	$219.00	$1,890
813–1055	944	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	170.00–207.50	$196.57	$1,856

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940–1155	1024	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	150.00–165.00	$158.19	$1,620

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
960–1285	1147	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	138.00–145.00	$142.11	$1,630

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1143	1143	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00
1195–1365	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,875.00–2,250.00	$2,050.05
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1305	1305	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1052–1423	1349	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	1,925.00–2,200.00	$1,964.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1113	1113	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

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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
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1245	1245	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00	—
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.