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Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-14

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Oct 14

● Final95 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 7Oct 14Oct 21 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,757 head

▲ 375 vs last sale 1,382▼ 846 vs year ago 2,603 · −32.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

3 head

▼ 144 vs last sale 147▲ 3 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade and demand was good. Feeder steers under 600 sold sharply lower on a light test. Feeder steers over 600 sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. This is the first week of the split sales for the season. The slaughter cow and replacement cow sale will be tomorrow, Thursday October 15, 2026. The next feeder calf and yearling sale will be next Wednesday October 21, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $397.03/cwt on 214 head, down $16.46 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 9 comparable sales and sits −16.46 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$397.03

▼ 16.46 vs prior sale

214 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,148

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$331

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$79.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.45

vs CO average

−35.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	414.19	2,213	144
Medium and Large 1-2	553	369.66	2,046	54
Large 1	562	335.00	1,882	16thin

One grade step is worth $79.19/cwt here — about $331 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 sale214 hd

397.03

—

CO average4 barns · 909 hd

416.49

−19.45

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−35.26

This barn, trailing median9 sales

413.50

−16.46

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $383.69, median $413.50 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

95 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers45 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	218	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,264	2
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	222	610.78/cwt	605.00–617.50	1,356	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	273	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,583	3
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	275	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	1,671	6
Steers	250–300	Large 1-2Unweaned	292	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,562	3
Steers	300–350	Large 1	302	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,661	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	304	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,870	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	333	523.28/cwt	522.50–525.00	1,743	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	337	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,870	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	524.95/cwt	515.00–527.50	1,948	17
Steers	350–400	Large 1-2Unweaned	375	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,697	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	387	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,761	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	396	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,921	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	451.77/cwt	447.50–452.50	1,893	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	423	489.63/cwt	485.00–492.50	2,071	12
Steers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	425	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,753	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	435	419.70/cwt	412.50–427.50	1,826	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	436	466.57/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,034	61
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,992	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	469	415.87/cwt	415.00–417.50	1,950	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,186	22
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	470	368.14/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,730	9
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	476	416.50/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,983	13
Steers	450–500	Large 1	483	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,234	35
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	444.18/cwt	440.00–452.50	2,159	44
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	494	375.67/cwt	372.50–377.50	1,856	11
Steers	450–500	Large 2Unweaned	496	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,587	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	422.14/cwt	417.50–427.50	2,208	72
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	405.72/cwt	402.50–410.00	2,146	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	530	349.93/cwt	345.00–352.50	1,855	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	546	382.20/cwt	380.00–382.50	2,087	24
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	548	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,918	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,324	24
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	565	331.54/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,873	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	388.87/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,213	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	366.10/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,120	18
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	375.25/cwt	374.00–376.00	2,334	85
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	626	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,019	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	349.47/cwt	345.00–357.50	2,230	41
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	337.73/cwt	332.50–342.50	2,266	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	682	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,234	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	350.08/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,545	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	746	298.98/cwt	295.00–305.00	2,230	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	335.33/cwt	335.00–337.50	2,589	31
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	915	312.67/cwt	312.50–313.00	2,861	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	242	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,216	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,378	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,628	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	325	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,487	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	411.76/cwt	410.00–412.50	1,379	13
Heifers	300–350	Large 1Unweaned	347	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,492	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	382	420.86/cwt	410.00–432.50	1,608	38
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,274	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	452.10/cwt	442.50–455.00	1,750	57
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	387	405.49/cwt	402.50–412.50	1,569	13
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2Unweaned	398	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,403	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	406	427.51/cwt	422.50–435.00	1,736	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	419	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,686	7
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	420	364.88/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,532	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	430	376.92/cwt	375.00–382.50	1,621	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	457	386.28/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,765	4
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	458	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,809	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	405.29/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,868	67
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	474	305.21/cwt	300.00–312.50	1,447	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	346.76/cwt	341.00–355.00	1,651	7
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	479	332.03/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,590	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	364.77/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,765	50
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	508	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,791	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,881	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	333.10/cwt	330.00–341.00	1,759	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	322.24/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,724	22
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	540	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,782	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	325.37/cwt	320.00–332.50	1,868	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	580	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,653	4
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	590	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,903	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	595	316.01/cwt	312.00–317.50	1,880	22
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,809	3
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	317.87/cwt	315.00–319.00	1,949	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	632	282.64/cwt	278.00–295.00	1,786	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	636	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,220	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,139	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	693	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,030	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	713	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,157	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,351	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	755	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,076	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,447	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,422	10
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,516	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,025	250.25/cwt	248.00–252.50	2,565	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,847	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	728	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,257	2
Bulls	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,150	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,553	4
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	883	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,788	2
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,015	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,436	1

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 →

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,757Last week 1,382Year ago 2,603

Replacement CattleReceipts 3Last week 147Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	242	502.50	502.50
6	300–350	325	457.50	457.50
38	350–400	382	410.00–432.50	420.86
7	400–450	419	402.50	402.50
4	450–500	457	382.50–390.00	386.28
34	500–550	528	330.00–341.00	333.10
22	550–600	595	312.00–317.50	316.01
4	650–700	693	293.00	293.00
2	700–750	713	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	260	530.00	530.00
5	300–350	324	502.50	502.50
57	350–400	387	442.50–455.00	452.10
27	400–450	406	422.50–435.00	427.51
67	450–500	461	400.00–410.00	405.29
22	500–550	519	362.50	362.50
42	550–600	574	320.00–332.50	325.37
50	600–650	613	315.00–319.00	317.87
5	650–700	679	315.00	315.00
3	700–750	718	327.50	327.50
5	750–800	767	319.00	319.00
10	800–850	828	292.50	292.50
4	850–900	860	292.50	292.50
4	1000–1050	1,025	248.00–252.50	250.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	430.00	430.00
13	350–400	387	402.50–412.50	405.49
4	400–450	420	362.50–367.50	364.88
5	450–500	479	330.00–335.00	332.03
2	500–550	540	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	458	395.00	395.00
3	500–550	508	352.50	352.50
3	550–600	590	322.50	322.50
2	600–650	605	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	398	352.50	352.50
12	450–500	474	300.00–312.50	305.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	430	375.00–382.50	376.92
7	450–500	476	341.00–355.00	346.76
4	550–600	580	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	636	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	335	410.00–412.50	411.76
50	450–500	484	360.00–372.50	364.77
22	500–550	535	320.00–327.50	322.24
3	550–600	598	302.50	302.50
7	600–650	632	278.00–295.00	282.64
2	750–800	755	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	218	580.00	580.00
3	250–300	273	580.00	580.00
6	300–350	337	555.00	555.00
5	350–400	396	485.00	485.00
22	400–450	419	447.50–452.50	451.77
9	450–500	458	435.00	435.00
37	500–550	529	402.50–410.00	405.72
41	600–650	638	345.00–357.50	349.47
5	650–700	682	327.50	327.50
5	700–750	746	295.00–305.00	298.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	222	605.00–617.50	610.78
6	250–300	275	607.50	607.50
7	300–350	304	615.00	615.00
17	350–400	371	515.00–527.50	524.95
61	400–450	436	455.00–470.00	466.57
44	450–500	486	440.00–452.50	444.18
72	500–550	523	417.50–427.50	422.14
11	550–600	569	387.50–390.00	388.87
85	600–650	622	374.00–376.00	375.25
14	650–700	671	332.50–342.50	337.73
4	700–750	727	345.00–355.00	350.08
31	750–800	772	335.00–337.50	335.33
6	900–950	915	312.50–313.00	312.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	550.00	550.00
35	450–500	483	462.50	462.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	292	535.00	535.00
5	350–400	375	452.50	452.50
9	450–500	470	355.00–385.00	368.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	425	412.50	412.50
13	450–500	476	415.00–420.00	416.50
3	500–550	548	350.00	350.00
13	550–600	565	325.00–337.50	331.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	496	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	423	485.00–492.50	489.63
22	450–500	470	465.00	465.00
24	550–600	560	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	522.50–525.00	523.28
3	350–400	387	455.00	455.00
17	400–450	435	412.50–427.50	419.70
11	450–500	494	372.50–377.50	375.67
12	500–550	530	345.00–352.50	349.93
13	600–650	626	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	469	415.00–417.50	415.87
24	500–550	546	380.00–382.50	382.20
18	550–600	579	362.50–372.50	366.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	445	415.00	415.00
2	700–750	728	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,150	222.00	222.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	240.00	240.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	883	202.50	202.50

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.