Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers also sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday January 14, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $420.65/cwt on 56 head, down $3.49 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −22.33 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$420.65

▼ 3.49 vs prior sale

56 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,342

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$47.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−45.41

vs CO average

−45.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	532	432.50	2,301	6thin
Medium and Large 1	554	425.75	2,359	42
Medium and Large 1-2	589	385.00	2,268	8thin

One grade step is worth $47.50/cwt here — about $33 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $415.25, median $442.98 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale56 hd

420.65

—

CO average3 barns · 669 hd

466.06

−45.41

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−45.68

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−22.33

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

Every lot, as filed

64 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	300–350	333	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	426.22/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,412	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	541	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,462	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	595	328.30/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,953	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,747	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	448.22/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,748	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,787	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	239.37/cwt	237.50–240.00	2,188	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	629.20/cwt	625.00–645.00	2,083	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	375.63/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,351	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	627.50/cwt	627.50–627.50	2,435	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,209	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,210	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	240.80/cwt	240.00–242.50	2,434	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	737	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,561	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	411.96/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,319	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	763	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,442	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,446	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	952	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,190	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	992	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,554	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	481	378.58/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,821	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	493.34/cwt	477.50–497.50	2,111	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	393	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,680	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,195	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,937	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	443.18/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,092	19
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	312	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,420	6
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	477	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,968	11
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,591	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	552	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,208	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	532	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,968	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,197	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,622	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,226	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	982	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,995	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	379.52/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,042	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,364	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	413.75/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,516	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	853	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,047	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,389	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	382.92/cwt	382.50–383.00	2,604	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,134	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	701	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,713	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,159	214.18/cwt	212.50–217.50	2,482	28
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	954	195.31/cwt	187.50–205.00	1,863	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	434.47/cwt	432.50–440.00	1,925	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,517	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	235	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,726	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,430	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	589	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,268	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	824	231.81/cwt	230.00–232.50	1,910	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	273.74/cwt	272.50–275.00	2,299	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	355.05/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,081	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	427	451.14/cwt	447.50–460.00	1,926	22
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	423	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,798	6
Steers	Large 1	500–550	512	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,381	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,109	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	5

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 Jan 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,143Last week 2,167Year ago 836

Replacement CattleReceipts 100Last week 57Year ago 90

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	620.00	620.00
3	500–550	512	465.00	465.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	331	625.00–645.00	629.20
2	350–400	388	627.50	627.50
8	400–450	422	527.50	527.50
2	450–500	455	525.00	525.00
7	500–550	541	455.00	455.00
14	550–600	566	421.00–435.00	426.22
10	600–650	608	412.50–415.00	413.75
33	650–700	680	382.50–383.00	382.92
14	700–750	701	387.00	387.00
2	800–850	815	290.00	290.00
3	850–900	868	290.00	290.00
3	950–1000	982	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	428	477.50–497.50	493.34
2	450–500	453	485.00	485.00
6	500–550	520	425.00	425.00
15	550–600	563	410.00–417.50	411.96
13	600–650	626	370.00–386.00	375.63
2	650–700	665	330.00	330.00
3	700–750	737	347.50	347.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	427	447.50–460.00	451.14
19	450–500	472	440.00–450.00	443.18
3	550–600	552	400.00	400.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	477	412.50	412.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per head · actual wt
2	200–250	235	1,800.00	1,800.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	589	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	390	445.00–450.00	448.22
5	400–450	418	427.50	427.50
22	450–500	481	372.50–382.50	378.58
4	500–550	505	367.50	367.50
15	550–600	595	325.00–335.00	328.30
2	600–650	615	317.50	317.50
3	650–700	672	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	338	480.00	480.00
3	350–400	365	480.00	480.00
19	400–450	443	432.50–440.00	434.47
5	450–500	453	427.50	427.50
10	500–550	538	375.00–385.00	379.52
9	550–600	586	350.00–357.50	355.05
3	600–650	623	342.50	342.50
15	700–750	707	312.50	312.50
2	750–800	793	260.00	260.00
6	800–850	840	272.50–275.00	273.74
5	850–900	853	240.00	240.00
12	900–950	914	237.50–240.00	239.37
3	950–1000	992	257.50	257.50
16	1000–1050	1,011	240.00–242.50	240.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	824	230.00–232.50	231.81
3	950–1000	952	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	427.50	427.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	455.00	455.00
2	500–550	505	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	423	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	532	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	570	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	415.00	415.00
2	750–800	763	320.00	320.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	537	452.50	452.50
5	550–600	585	405.00	405.00
3	750–800	752	362.50	362.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	790	183.00	183.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	—	1,159	212.50–217.50	214.18
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	954	187.50–205.00	195.31

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