Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 750lbs sold mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder steers over 750lbs sold 4.00 lower on a light test. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady. Boner cows and lean cows sold 1.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 3.00 higher. Young and 5 year old bred cows that are heavy bred sold noticeably higher. Heavy bred heifers also sold strong. The next replacement cow sale will be March 18, 2025 in conjunction with the feeder calf and slaughter cow sale. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday February, 25, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $340.05/cwt on 140 head.

Average price

$340.05

140 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,928

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$239

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$43.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.42

vs CO average

−1.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	567	341.30	1,935	136
Medium and Large 1-2	570	297.50	1,696	4thin

One grade step is worth $43.80/cwt here — about $239 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale140 hd

340.05

—

CO average3 barns · 407 hd

341.47

−1.42

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−1.16

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,598	162.89	2,603	29
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,692	145.35	2,459	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,548	143.80	2,226	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,355	138.25	1,873	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,144	132.22	1,512	77

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,079	$3,347	58
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,251	$3,011	32
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,048	$2,731	38
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,313	$2,717	35
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,331	$2,628	74
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,017	$2,504	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,294	$2,404	86
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,390	$2,404	56
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,238	$2,262	102
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,242	$2,241	88
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,260	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,308	$2,075	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,011	$2,047	7
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,268	$1,853	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,276	$1,837	16
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,255	$1,834	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,330	$1,703	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	930	$1,525	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	935	$2,967	88
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,003	$2,621	36
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,001	$2,548	24
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,025	$1,950	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	956	$1,893	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,295	$2,775	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,380	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,240	$2,075	1thin

Every lot, as filed

109 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,088	2,696.44/head	2,350.00–2,775.00	2,696	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,357	3,245.35/head	3,000.00–3,275.00	3,245	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,455	15
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	470	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,563	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,591	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	362.83/cwt	352.50–369.00	1,317	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	325.99/cwt	319.00–332.50	1,571	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,521	79
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	805	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,795	3
Heifers	Large 1	200–250	231	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	930	8
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	404	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,329	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,705	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	292.25/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,724	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	370.13/cwt	370.00–371.00	1,281	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,801	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	394.65/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,066	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,195	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,749	21
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	607	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,681	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	387	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,761	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	362.32/cwt	356.00–367.50	1,149	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	254.10/cwt	244.00–258.00	1,817	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	358.33/cwt	356.00–366.00	1,569	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	347	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,050	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	293.02/cwt	280.00–296.00	1,993	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,538	5
Steers	Large 1-2	650–700	661	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,653	4
Steers	Large 1	300–350	302	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,329	15
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	477	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,503	17
Steers	Large 1-2	350–400	379	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,444	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	423.39/cwt	402.50–437.50	1,791	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	313.33/cwt	285.00–316.00	1,946	114
Steers	Large 1	400–450	410	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	1,775	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,479	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	422.76/cwt	412.50–432.50	1,556	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	341.30/cwt	320.00–348.00	1,935	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	1,200	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,121	6
Steers	Large 1-2	600–650	627	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,668	27
Steers	Large 1	600–650	602	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,704	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	266.93/cwt	266.00–268.00	1,978	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	396.90/cwt	376.00–401.00	1,893	105
Steers	Large 1-2	250–300	264	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,059	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,696	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,004	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	306	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,270	22
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	9
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	502	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,416	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,619	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,699	5
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,692	145.35/cwt	144.00–148.00	2,459	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,442	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	137.11/cwt	126.00–146.00	1,596	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,050	116.40/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,222	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	886	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	99.98/cwt	95.00–106.00	983	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,548	143.80/cwt	143.00–144.00	2,226	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,356	139.76/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,895	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,163	121.96/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,418	3
Bulls	—	—	1,598	164.10/cwt	132.00–187.00	2,622	28
Bulls	—	—	1,600	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,064	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	3,369.73/head	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,370	57
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,248	2,290.84/head	1,925.00–2,500.00	2,291	99
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	915	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,445	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,197	3,010.00/head	3,010.00–3,010.00	3,010	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,268	1,853.02/head	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,853	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	1,833.86/head	1,755.00–1,975.00	1,834	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,294	2,403.92/head	1,975.00–2,725.00	2,404	86
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	2,731.23/head	2,125.00–2,900.00	2,731	38
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	1,549.65/head	1,350.00–1,800.00	1,550	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,396	2,429.16/head	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,429	54
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,375	2,053.42/head	1,975.00–2,125.00	2,053	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,218	1,639.51/head	1,610.00–1,725.00	1,640	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,295	2,775.00/head	2,775.00–2,775.00	2,775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	2,725.00/head	2,725.00–2,725.00	2,725	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	956	1,893.30/head	1,775.00–2,025.00	1,893	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	964	3,319.42/head	3,000.00–3,385.00	3,319	43
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	1,097	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	766	219.96/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,685	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	989	136.46/cwt	127.00–146.00	1,350	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	2,764.53/head	2,625.00–2,925.00	2,765	40
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	941	2,244.74/head	2,025.00–2,350.00	2,245	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	2,641.24/head	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,641	35
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	896	161.18/cwt	156.00–175.00	1,444	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,353	2,615.37/head	2,325.00–2,800.00	2,615	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,225	1,711.38/head	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,711	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,288	2,519.27/head	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,519	48
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	909	192.12/cwt	180.00–207.50	1,746	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,330	1,702.54/head	1,625.00–1,775.00	1,703	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,308	2,075.00/head	2,075.00–2,075.00	2,075	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	1,456.52/head	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,457	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	2,249.00/head	2,000.00–2,450.00	2,249	87
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	2,046.54/head	1,950.00–2,125.00	2,047	7

How this sale compares

Colorado weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Colorado auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Winter Livestock Stock Cow and Pair Special - La Junta, CO

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USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,228Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 138Last week 151Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 824Last week 1,604Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,240	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,380	2,200.00	2,200.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,295	2,775.00	2,775.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,088	2,350.00–2,775.00	2,696.44
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	57	—	1,080	3,100.00–3,400.00	3,369.73
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,260	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	99	—	1,248	1,925.00–2,500.00	2,290.84
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,268	1,800.00–1,950.00	1,853.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,255	1,755.00–1,975.00	1,833.86
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	86	—	1,294	1,975.00–2,725.00	2,403.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	38	—	1,048	2,125.00–2,900.00	2,731.23
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	54	—	1,396	2,000.00–2,550.00	2,429.16
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	—	1,375	1,975.00–2,125.00	2,053.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,025	2,725.00	2,725.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	—	1,353	2,325.00–2,800.00	2,615.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	48	—	1,288	2,075.00–2,650.00	2,519.27
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,330	1,625.00–1,775.00	1,702.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,308	2,075.00	2,075.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	87	—	1,245	2,000.00–2,450.00	2,249.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,011	1,950.00–2,125.00	2,046.54
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,357	3,000.00–3,275.00	3,245.35
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	—	1,445	2,900.00	2,900.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,197	3,010.00	3,010.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	915	1,325.00	1,325.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	895	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	1,800.00	1,800.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	990	1,575.00	1,575.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,218	1,610.00–1,725.00	1,639.51
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,225	1,575.00–1,850.00	1,711.38
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	997	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	930	1,525.00	1,525.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,035	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	997	1,975.00	1,975.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	786	1,350.00–1,800.00	1,549.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	920	1,925.00	1,925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	805	1,375.00–1,525.00	1,456.52
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	956	1,775.00–2,025.00	1,893.30
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	40	—	922	2,625.00–2,925.00	2,764.53
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,025	1,950.00	1,950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	941	2,025.00–2,350.00	2,244.74
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	35	—	1,005	2,350.00–2,900.00	2,641.24
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	43	—	964	3,000.00–3,385.00	3,319.42
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,097	3,050.00	3,050.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	766	215.00–225.00	219.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	989	127.00–146.00	136.46
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	896	156.00–175.00	161.18
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	—	909	180.00–207.50	192.12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	270	385.00–402.50	394.65
23	300–350	346	370.00–371.00	370.13
15	350–400	374	389.00	389.00
24	400–450	438	356.00–366.00	358.33
28	450–500	467	365.00	365.00
21	500–550	530	330.00	330.00
39	550–600	590	290.00–311.00	292.25
16	650–700	655	275.00	275.00
79	700–750	715	244.00–258.00	254.10
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	332.50	332.50
30	500–550	502	282.00	282.00
13	600–650	635	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	317	356.00–367.50	362.32
16	350–400	363	352.50–369.00	362.83
19	450–500	482	319.00–332.50	325.99
3	600–650	618	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	306	415.00	415.00
79	350–400	370	411.00	411.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	231	402.50	402.50
12	400–450	404	329.00	329.00
8	600–650	607	277.00	277.00
9	650–700	655	260.00	260.00
3	800–850	805	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	347	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	405.00	405.00
3	350–400	397	372.50	372.50
5	400–450	413	372.50	372.50
4	550–600	570	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	350–400	387	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
3	200–250	213	1,000.00	1,000.00
14	250–300	283	424.00	424.00
16	350–400	368	412.50–432.50	422.76
44	400–450	423	402.50–437.50	423.39
105	450–500	477	376.00–401.00	396.90
136	550–600	567	320.00–348.00	341.30
114	600–650	621	285.00–316.00	313.33
21	650–700	680	280.00–296.00	293.02
28	700–750	741	266.00–268.00	266.93
19	750–800	759	264.00	264.00
6	800–850	845	251.00	251.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	264	401.00	401.00
13	350–400	379	381.00	381.00
17	450–500	477	315.00	315.00
27	600–650	627	266.00	266.00
4	650–700	661	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	302	440.00	440.00
17	400–450	410	433.00	433.00
4	600–650	602	283.00	283.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	573	282.50	282.50
5	600–650	646	263.00	263.00
2	700–750	702	242.50	242.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,692	144.00–148.00	145.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,335	108.00	108.00
20	—	1,356	135.00–144.00	139.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,164	126.00–146.00	137.11
8	—	1,050	111.00–121.00	116.40
1	—	1,068	83.00	83.00
3	—	983	95.00–106.00	99.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,548	143.00–144.00	143.80
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,163	116.00–125.00	121.96
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,598	132.00–187.00	164.10
1	—	1,600	129.00	129.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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