Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2026-10-21

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Oct 21

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

2,207 head

▲ 450 vs last sale 1,757▼ 792 vs year ago 2,999 · −26.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold mostly lower to sharply lower across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 550 sold mostly sharply higher. Heifers over 550 sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday October 28, 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 $393.00/cwt on 372 head, down $4.03 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −20.50 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$393.00

▼ 4.03 vs prior sale

372 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,197

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$143

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$36.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.22

vs CO average

−46.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	513	399.00	2,046	15thin
Medium and Large 1	564	398.50	2,249	294
Medium and Large 1-2	546	366.21	2,001	58
Large 1-2	525	362.50	1,903	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.50/cwt here — about $143 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 sale372 hd

393.00

—

CO average5 barns · 1,616 hd

422.21

−29.22

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−46.27

This barn, trailing median9 sales

413.50

−20.50

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

106 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 · Steers51 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Large 1Unweaned	275	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,396	2
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	284	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,484	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	314	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,633	5
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,829	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	333	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	1,623	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	500.08/cwt	499.00–502.50	1,675	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	447.47/cwt	432.50–472.50	1,580	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	358	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,826	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	484.73/cwt	480.00–492.50	1,861	42
Steers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	389	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,867	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	390	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,784	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,906	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	475.41/cwt	470.00–487.50	2,030	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	433	435.80/cwt	435.00–437.50	1,887	13
Steers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	437	457.13/cwt	455.00–462.50	1,998	50
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	460	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,197	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,898	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	441.34/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,035	75
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,833	6
Steers	450–500	Large 1	470	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,998	3
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	486	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,980	5
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	490	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,850	2
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	508	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,007	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	408.59/cwt	402.50–412.50	2,108	31
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	525	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,903	5
Steers	500–550	Large 1	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	531	353.11/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,875	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	432.03/cwt	427.00–442.50	2,298	51
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	542	379.49/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,057	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	411.58/cwt	401.50–422.50	2,367	99
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	369.13/cwt	364.00–381.00	2,152	113
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	346.02/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,038	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	590	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,903	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	352.81/cwt	342.50–358.00	2,170	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	313.62/cwt	312.50–315.00	1,954	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	325.68/cwt	320.00–337.50	2,068	40
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	665	343.83/cwt	342.50–344.00	2,286	18
Steers	650–700	Large 1	668	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,221	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	682	327.43/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,233	37
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	686	311.44/cwt	307.50–315.00	2,136	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	293.69/cwt	285.00–301.00	2,126	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,419	2
Steers	750–800	Large 1	777	304.44/cwt	302.50–307.50	2,365	10
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,398	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,895	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	833	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,645	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,740	4
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	303.98/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,964	6
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	985	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,832	4
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,009	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	3,017	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,265	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	279	462.06/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,289	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	327	419.48/cwt	417.50–422.50	1,372	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	446.40/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,504	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	436.41/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,567	22
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	373	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,539	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,254	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	419.36/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,598	11
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2Unweaned	388	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,465	2
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	397	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,548	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	402	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,648	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,538	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,691	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	396.45/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,653	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	422	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,952	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	428	355.51/cwt	352.50–360.00	1,522	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	437	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,704	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	463	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,412	2
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	373.77/cwt	364.00–382.50	1,760	56
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	473	426.63/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,018	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	394.63/cwt	392.50–402.50	1,874	23
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	478	359.49/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,718	19
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	488	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,659	2
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	491	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,527	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	503	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,899	12
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	505	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,566	2
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	519	354.21/cwt	342.50–357.00	1,838	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	337.23/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,777	79
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	321.06/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,695	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	529	360.86/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,909	47
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	551	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,791	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	316.21/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,821	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	333.75/cwt	327.50–342.50	1,929	86
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	290.21/cwt	282.50–291.00	1,706	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	589	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,268	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	620	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,000	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	298.20/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,852	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	280.58/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,768	7
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	655	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,785	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	657	290.62/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,909	16
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	308.22/cwt	302.50–317.00	2,047	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	276.31/cwt	272.50–282.50	2,031	9
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	282.22/cwt	282.00–282.50	2,156	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	823	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,119	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,325	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,621	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,504	2
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	968	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,638	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,648	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,894	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	511	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,980	7
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,071	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	632	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,975	3
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,096	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	768	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,611	2

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 →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Oct 21, 2026

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

Receipts 2,207Last week 1,757Year ago 2,999

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	333	487.50	487.50
4	350–400	390	457.50	457.50
13	400–450	433	435.00–437.50	435.80
16	500–550	531	340.00–355.00	353.11
2	550–600	590	322.50	322.50
9	600–650	623	312.50–315.00	313.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	335	499.00–502.50	500.08
16	350–400	353	432.50–472.50	447.47
6	400–450	426	447.50	447.50
6	450–500	467	392.50	392.50
33	500–550	542	377.50–380.00	379.49
7	550–600	589	340.00–352.50	346.02
2	800–850	815	232.50	232.50
4	950–1000	985	287.50	287.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	460	477.50	477.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	275	507.50	507.50
5	350–400	389	480.00	480.00
3	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
5	450–500	486	407.50	407.50
11	500–550	508	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	470	425.00	425.00
4	500–550	526	410.00	410.00
3	650–700	668	332.50	332.50
10	750–800	777	302.50–307.50	304.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	377.50	377.50
5	500–550	525	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	284	522.50	522.50
2	300–350	328	557.50	557.50
8	350–400	358	510.00	510.00
20	400–450	427	470.00–487.50	475.41
75	450–500	461	430.00–445.00	441.34
51	500–550	532	427.00–442.50	432.03
99	550–600	575	401.50–422.50	411.58
67	600–650	615	342.50–358.00	352.81
37	650–700	682	320.00–331.00	327.43
12	700–750	724	285.00–301.00	293.69
4	800–850	813	295.00	295.00
4	850–900	884	310.00	310.00
6	950–1000	975	303.00–305.00	303.98
7	1000–1050	1,009	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	665	342.50–344.00	343.83
2	750–800	750	322.50	322.50
2	800–850	833	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	520.00	520.00
42	350–400	384	480.00–492.50	484.73
50	400–450	437	455.00–462.50	457.13
3	450–500	460	412.50	412.50
31	500–550	516	402.50–412.50	408.59
113	550–600	583	364.00–381.00	369.13
40	600–650	635	320.00–337.50	325.68
17	650–700	686	307.50–315.00	311.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	352.50–360.00	355.51
2	450–500	463	305.00	305.00
2	650–700	655	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	377	332.50	332.50
30	400–450	408	377.00	377.00
9	500–550	528	320.00–322.50	321.06
31	550–600	588	282.50–291.00	290.21
5	800–850	823	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	422	462.50	462.50
15	450–500	473	422.50–430.00	426.63
12	500–550	503	377.50	377.50
50	550–600	589	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	373	412.50	412.50
16	400–450	437	390.00	390.00
2	450–500	488	340.00	340.00
2	500–550	505	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	397	390.00	390.00
7	450–500	491	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	388	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	402	410.00	410.00
19	450–500	478	352.50–367.50	359.49
10	500–550	519	342.50–357.00	354.21
4	550–600	551	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	253	500.00	500.00
15	300–350	337	435.00–455.00	446.40
22	350–400	359	430.00–445.00	436.41
16	400–450	410	412.50	412.50
23	450–500	475	392.50–402.50	394.63
47	500–550	529	355.00–367.50	360.86
86	550–600	578	327.50–342.50	333.75
55	600–650	621	295.00–305.00	298.20
5	650–700	664	302.50–317.00	308.22
9	700–750	735	272.50–282.50	276.31
11	750–800	764	282.00–282.50	282.22
3	800–850	838	277.50	277.50
12	850–900	896	292.50	292.50
2	900–950	945	265.00	265.00
4	950–1000	968	272.50	272.50
3	1000–1050	1,007	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	279	450.00–470.00	462.06
8	300–350	327	417.50–422.50	419.48
11	350–400	381	415.00–425.00	419.36
11	400–450	417	392.50–400.00	396.45
56	450–500	471	364.00–382.50	373.77
79	500–550	527	330.00–345.00	337.23
17	550–600	576	310.00–322.50	316.21
7	600–650	630	280.00–281.00	280.58
16	650–700	657	287.50–292.50	290.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	620	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	470.00	470.00
2	600–650	623	332.50	332.50
3	650–700	650	322.50	322.50
2	750–800	768	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	511	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	632	312.50	312.50

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.