Winter Livestock (Tuesday) Market Report, La Junta, CO

La Junta, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, October 13, 2026

3,484 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $390.21/cwt +6.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,431/hd at 623 lb · 246 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $417.09/cwt +20.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,378/hd at 570 lb · 190 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $348.19/cwt +27.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,993/hd at 573 lb · 184 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,484	2,117	2,155
Feeder cattle	2,534	1,720	2,036
Slaughter cattle	597	217	0
Replacement cattle	353	180	119

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 lower. Boner cows of average dressing sold 4.00 lower while lean cows sold 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 lower. The next feeder calf sale will be the special sale on Monday October 19, 2026. The next slaughter cow and replacement sale will be next Tuesday October 20, 2026.

▲ Feeder heifers: Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes
▲ Feeder steers: Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes
▼ Slaughter bulls: Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 lower
▼ Slaughter cows: Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 lower

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–292	282	15	585.00–590.00	$588.11	$1,658	+38.11
314	314	4	600.00	$600.00	$1,884	+85.00
361 fancy	361	10	572.50	$572.50	$2,067	+22.50
356–385	369	16	545.00–550.00	$547.28	$2,019	+22.02
358–384 unweaned	380	59	512.50–530.00	$526.35	$2,000	+11.94
402–448	430	29	500.00–515.00	$505.60	$2,174	+54.78
417–448 unweaned	439	10	475.00–480.00	$478.57	$2,101	+50.55
452 fancy	452	10	487.50	$487.50	$2,204	+5.00
451–490 unweaned	479	22	438.00–447.00	$440.89	$2,112	+8.39
454–494	483	67	462.50–476.00	$468.73	$2,264	+14.86
505–508 fancy	505	35	450.00–459.00	$458.22	$2,314	—
502–527	511	76	430.00–437.00	$434.13	$2,218	-2.00
520–530 unweaned	525	58	420.00–425.00	$421.96	$2,215	-4.16
550–560 fancy	556	48	431.00–439.00	$433.97	$2,413	—
562–581	567	94	414.00–420.00	$415.06	$2,353	+14.63
563–597 unweaned	590	48	401.00–405.00	$404.17	$2,385	+19.44
613 fancy	613	51	408.00	$408.00	$2,501	+3.00
610–643	623	158	382.00–394.00	$388.72	$2,422	+8.46
623–649 unweaned	636	37	369.00–379.00	$372.06	$2,366	+11.19
651–665	655	82	373.00–379.00	$377.50	$2,473	+10.50
655–687 unweaned	668	58	351.00–362.00	$356.92	$2,384	+19.63
727 unweaned	727	10	330.00	$330.00	$2,399	—
724–746	740	42	351.00–359.00	$353.24	$2,614	+30.69
752–763	756	5	333.00–342.50	$336.83	$2,546	+1.83
768 thin fleshed	768	6	351.00	$351.00	$2,696	—
811	811	4	330.00	$330.00	$2,676	—
904–921	910	102	310.00–320.00	$316.54	$2,881	+10.54
973	973	5	307.50	$307.50	$2,992	—
1035	1035	50	301.50	$301.50	$3,121	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385–388 unweaned	387	6	503.00–505.00	$504.00	$1,950	—
431 unweaned	431	9	438.00	$438.00	$1,888	+65.50
418–437	432	8	445.00–460.00	$456.37	$1,972	+43.80
453–465	456	13	412.00–419.00	$417.35	$1,903	—
488 unweaned	488	4	382.50	$382.50	$1,867	—
523	523	4	372.50	$372.50	$1,948	-40.50
556–574	569	14	380.00–387.00	$385.05	$2,191	—
563–593 unweaned	576	18	332.50–356.00	$338.96	$1,952	—
608 unweaned	608	2	337.50	$337.50	$2,052	+8.10
603–637	620	16	356.00–361.00	$358.14	$2,220	—
678–695 unweaned	685	14	333.00–339.00	$336.39	$2,304	—
776–785	780	42	316.00–323.00	$320.15	$2,497	+67.65

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
479 unweaned	479	44	428.00	$428.00	$2,050	—
509 unweaned	509	9	402.00	$402.00	$2,046	—
585 unweaned	585	46	383.00	$383.00	$2,241	+30.00
635	635	2	335.00	$335.00	$2,127	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
263	263	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277–281	279	9	490.00–491.00	$490.45	$1,368	—
331 fancy	331	10	495.00	$495.00	$1,638	+5.00
324–343	332	10	445.00–450.00	$447.07	$1,484	-17.93
336 unweaned	336	7	437.50	$437.50	$1,470	+65.00
366–368	366	13	460.00–462.00	$461.54	$1,689	+8.97
385–395 unweaned	392	6	432.50–445.00	$436.60	$1,711	+10.77
405–424	409	43	430.00–447.50	$442.92	$1,812	+21.46
412–439 unweaned	422	22	411.00–425.00	$418.31	$1,765	+17.31
455–489	476	126	392.50–402.50	$398.50	$1,897	-10.86
489–498 unweaned	496	37	382.50	$382.50	$1,897	+1.50
500–508	505	51	385.00–402.50	$392.87	$1,984	+35.20
500–547 unweaned	525	61	355.00–367.00	$362.99	$1,906	+21.58
548 fancy	548	36	425.00	$425.00	$2,329	—
557 fancy	557	25	376.00	$376.00	$2,094	—
551–585	564	92	342.50–356.00	$351.29	$1,981	+16.29
575–595 unweaned	590	67	326.00–337.00	$333.55	$1,968	+17.03
601–642 unweaned	630	86	325.00–346.00	$334.22	$2,106	+21.72
651–680 unweaned	675	38	290.00–301.00	$297.95	$2,011	—
700–718 unweaned	709	4	275.00–282.00	$278.54	$1,975	—
712 fancy	712	34	345.00	$345.00	$2,456	+19.00
803–833	818	4	317.50–322.50	$319.95	$2,617	+10.95
889	889	11	307.00	$307.00	$2,729	+4.00
937	937	10	272.50	$272.50	$2,553	-2.32
1010	1010	2	277.00	$277.00	$2,798	+11.00
1107	1107	10	237.50	$237.50	$2,629	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	12	437.50	$437.50	$1,654	+65.50
420	420	14	410.00	$410.00	$1,722	—
461	461	5	400.00	$400.00	$1,844	+64.00
488–490 unweaned	490	34	362.50–370.00	$368.24	$1,804	—
553	553	22	360.00	$360.00	$1,991	+59.00
650–675 unweaned	663	4	281.00–286.00	$283.55	$1,880	—
717	717	6	331.00	$331.00	$2,373	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–420 unweaned	416	16	405.00	$405.00	$1,685	—
469–498	487	58	375.00–385.00	$382.58	$1,863	—
468–498 unweaned	488	7	360.00–365.00	$362.09	$1,767	+11.62
838–842	839	9	300.00–308.50	$305.66	$2,564	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	6	381.00	$381.00	$1,657	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
273	273	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,716	—
455	455	4	455.00	$455.00	$2,070	—
633 unweaned	633	2	327.50	$327.50	$2,073	+35.00
1047	1047	5	205.00	$205.00	$2,146	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631 unweaned	631	4	295.00	$295.00	$1,861	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	3	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
880–1295	1077	85-90%	54	100.00–115.00	$108.43	$1,168	-4.89
950–1290	1104	85-90%	63	130.00–139.00	$133.63	$1,475	-0.33
1060–1160	1133	85-90%	6	140.00–143.00	$141.34	$1,601	+7.38
1028–1300	1170	85-90%	24	120.00–129.00	$122.52	$1,433	-7.47
1040–1299	1177	85-90%	291	140.00–154.00	$144.27	$1,698	+0.35

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1400	1330	80-85%	16	131.00–139.00	$137.60	$1,830	-12.40
1300–1423	1360	80-85%	61	142.00–147.00	$145.98	$1,985	-3.74
1325–1415	1369	80-85%	8	120.00–129.00	$125.47	$1,718	-24.25
1310–1430	1381	80-85%	5	108.00–118.00	$113.38	$1,566	-2.62
1385–1490	1441	80-85%	8	140.00–143.00	$141.61	$2,041	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525–1575	1545	75-80%	5	140.00–143.50	$141.43	$2,185	—
1525–1630	1552	75-80%	7	131.00–139.00	$135.44	$2,102	-1.56
1555–1568	1564	75-80%	4	126.00–129.00	$126.75	$1,982	-10.25

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1690–1705	1697	65-75%	3	132.00–140.00	$135.00	$2,291	—
1705	1705	65-75%	1	121.00	$121.00	$2,063	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
128–1680	1151	5	140.00–149.00	$144.41	$1,662	—
1295–2010	1693	18	150.00–163.00	$156.54	$2,650	-3.76
1460–2225	1702	15	168.00–179.00	$173.81	$2,958	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775 thin fleshed	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,724
964–1044 thin fleshed	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	212.50–225.00	$216.70	$2,189
895–1150	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	202.50–207.50	$203.97	$2,070
1024–1057 fancy	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	237.50–247.50	$240.64	$2,522

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
800–1188	1086	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	162.50–195.00	$172.30	$1,871

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1004–1016	1009	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	10	3,300.00–3,325.00	$3,314.93
1054–1130	1062	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,450.00–2,700.00	$2,673.39
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	3,275.00	$3,275.00
1205	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1120–1288	1232	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	2,500.00–2,875.00	$2,761.36
1236	1236	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1267	1267	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,450.00	$2,450.00
1181–1422	1279	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	116	1,900.00–2,150.00	$2,068.80
1220–1418	1369	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	2,150.00–2,300.00	$2,183.43
1570	1570	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
888–1230	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	13	2,250.00–2,500.00	$2,397.14
1080–1109	1103	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	2,300.00–2,450.00	$2,404.73
1138–1410	1234	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	16	1,800.00–1,875.00	$1,817.17
1307–1309	1308	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	15	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1220–1485	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,300.00	$2,277.45

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
955–1055	1005	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,700.00	$1,581.22
1093–1123	1114	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	8	1,525.00–1,675.00	$1,612.24

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875–1165	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,800.00	$2,628.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
1355	1355	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1325–1517	1469	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,800.00–3,400.00	$2,935.30	+60.30
1600	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00	$3,300.00	-350.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1240	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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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.