Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, April 8, 2025

1,103 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $246.00/cwt -20.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,175/hd at 884 lb · 36 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $360.50/cwt -1.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,875/hd at 520 lb · 32 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $365.68/cwt -16.27 vs last sale · ≈ $1,693/hd at 463 lb · 25 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	1,103	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
352	352	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,566	—
416	416	4	400.00	$400.00	$1,664	-43.56
484–498	489	18	379.00–387.50	$382.36	$1,870	-31.85
503–511	508	8	370.00	$370.00	$1,880	-3.36
565–594	590	23	338.00–350.00	$339.50	$2,003	-16.95
729	729	17	284.50	$284.50	$2,074	-5.30
755	755	3	286.00	$286.00	$2,159	+32.82
804	804	7	260.00	$260.00	$2,090	-14.08
884	884	36	246.00	$246.00	$2,175	-20.48

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	4	387.50	$387.50	$1,469	—
433–449	444	20	376.00–386.00	$383.08	$1,701	—
474	474	9	362.50	$362.50	$1,718	-27.70
594	594	6	301.00	$301.00	$1,788	-21.06
600–605	603	4	292.00–297.50	$294.74	$1,777	-23.26
721	721	21	271.50	$271.50	$1,958	—
895	895	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,969	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	420.00	$420.00	$1,420	—
555	555	11	356.00	$356.00	$1,976	—
672	672	6	298.00	$298.00	$2,003	—
895	895	5	252.50	$252.50	$2,260	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416	416	9	386.00	$386.00	$1,606	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
364	364	4	395.00	$395.00	$1,438	-17.79
406–424	417	11	357.50–360.00	$358.38	$1,494	-28.83
457–474	463	25	360.00–369.00	$365.68	$1,693	-8.48
520	520	32	360.50	$360.50	$1,875	+16.57
554	554	5	327.50	$327.50	$1,814	-2.60
600–604	601	23	294.00–314.00	$300.12	$1,804	-4.71
739–748	741	10	255.00–260.00	$258.99	$1,919	-15.36
781	781	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,952	-11.52
862	862	5	240.00	$240.00	$2,069	+7.50
951	951	8	225.00	$225.00	$2,140	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	3	379.00	$379.00	$1,391	-13.85
412	412	6	340.00	$340.00	$1,401	-15.00
481	481	12	345.00	$345.00	$1,659	—
513–540	530	18	320.00–332.50	$327.79	$1,737	+30.29
558	558	2	307.50	$307.50	$1,716	+2.63
641	641	4	287.00	$287.00	$1,840	+10.91
808	808	2	242.50	$242.50	$1,959	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–431	427	16	322.50–332.50	$329.97	$1,409	—
522	522	6	325.00	$325.00	$1,696	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	342.50	$342.50	$1,363	—
474	474	7	322.50	$322.50	$1,529	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	8	270.00	$270.00	$1,804	-14.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
237	237	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1075	1025	85-90%	2	98.00–99.00	$98.48	$1,009	—
930–1185	1095	85-90%	4	121.00–136.00	$130.62	$1,430	—
945–1205	1098	85-90%	3	100.00–118.00	$111.10	$1,220	—
1075–1215	1159	85-90%	10	144.00–148.00	$146.09	$1,693	+16.26
955–1262	1174	85-90%	11	140.00–149.00	$143.84	$1,689	+14.01
1105–1206	1195	85-90%	9	137.00–139.00	$138.79	$1,659	-0.47

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1495	1343	80-85%	25	142.00–149.00	$145.28	$1,951	—
1325–1443	1400	80-85%	7	137.00–139.00	$138.58	$1,940	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,601	—
1500–1640	1595	75-80%	6	142.00–143.00	$142.84	$2,278	-3.20

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1931	1631	11	149.00–169.00	$162.61	$2,652	—
1585–2205	1820	10	170.00–195.00	$178.52	$3,249	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850–870 thin fleshed	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	221.00–235.00	$229.41	$1,984
815–1105	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	192.50–212.50	$201.07	$2,021

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
974–1110	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	170.00–187.50	$183.19	$1,960

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1030–1335	1106	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	151.00–168.00	$158.13	$1,749

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1140	1064	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	2,600.00–2,750.00	$2,712.36
1113–1150	1122	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,050.00	$2,012.81
1163	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	19	2,575.00	$2,575.00
1169	1169	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1052–1375	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	2,550.00–3,000.00	$2,828.13
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
1286	1286	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	27	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1307	1307	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1335	1335	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,375.00	$2,375.00
1218–1465	1342	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,311.69
1269–1553	1419	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	18	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,621.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
955–1115	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1085	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1128	1128	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1080–1162	1136	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,650.00–1,975.00	$1,878.94
1025–1285	1182	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	1,725.00–1,900.00	$1,831.51
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1255–1388	1355	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,100.00–2,350.00	$2,292.10

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
819–916	871	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	32	2,350.00–2,400.00	$2,377.95
715–1105	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	95	2,475.00–2,950.00	$2,865.01

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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
978	978	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,500.00	$3,500.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1230–1410	1321	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	3,100.00–3,300.00	$3,234.90	+734.43
1243–1350	1340	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	22	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,774.71	+274.24
1356 fancy	1356	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,950.00	$3,950.00	—
1240–1650	1391	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	3,450.00–3,750.00	$3,584.79	—
1398 fancy	1398	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,800.00	$3,800.00	—
1423	1423	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1298–1514	1435	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	3,200.00–3,300.00	$3,235.60	—
1320–1476	1451	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	15	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,071.83	—
1475	1475	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,700.00	$3,700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
980	980	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
1067 fancy	1067	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
1140	1140	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—
1005–1485	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,711.94	—
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—
1390–1447	1427	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,650.00–2,700.00	$2,675.35	—
1673	1673	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	12	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955–1090	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,100.00–3,450.00	$3,282.35	—
960–1263	1076	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	91	3,700.00–3,950.00	$3,815.05	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740–930	866	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,400.00–2,800.00	$2,660.85	—
1028	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—

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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.