Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday January 21, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $437.21/cwt on 425 head, up $16.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 12 comparable sales and sits −5.78 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$437.21

▲ 16.55 vs prior sale

425 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$578

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

$112.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.03

vs CO average

−34.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	465.39	2,608	234
Large 1	551	444.84	2,452	33
Medium and Large 1-2	563	415.51	2,340	93
Large 1-2	572	376.18	2,151	25
Large 2	534	370.00	1,976	4thin
Medium and Large 2	575	352.91	2,029	36

One grade step is worth $112.48/cwt here — about $578 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 sale425 hd

437.21

—

CO average5 barns · 2,302 hd

472.23

−35.03

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−34.77

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−5.78

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

109 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	601	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,013	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	313	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,956	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	434.27/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,458	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	283	499.73/cwt	490.00–510.00	1,414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	626.36/cwt	625.00–630.00	2,393	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	361.15/cwt	340.00–367.00	2,008	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	451.69/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,331	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	668	348.42/cwt	343.00–355.00	2,327	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	527.22/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,956	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	410.59/cwt	400.00–422.50	2,558	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	488.84/cwt	485.00–497.50	1,613	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	507.83/cwt	505.00–512.50	2,138	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	481.30/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,065	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,081	254.48/cwt	242.50–257.50	2,751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,119	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	321.61/cwt	312.00–330.00	2,457	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	488.00/cwt	475.00–497.50	2,259	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	328.74/cwt	321.00–337.00	2,337	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	243	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,373	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	437.27/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,199	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	543.46/cwt	542.50–545.00	2,581	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	592.58/cwt	585.00–602.50	2,501	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	651.18/cwt	640.00–655.00	2,422	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	395.11/cwt	382.50–403.00	2,612	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	512.85/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,462	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	355.41/cwt	347.50–359.00	2,239	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	504.72/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,984	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	433.88/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,113	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	411	400.62/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,647	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,907	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	565.64/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,398	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	414.19/cwt	412.50–417.50	2,208	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	614	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,180	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	422.26/cwt	420.00–427.50	2,200	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	413.29/cwt	395.00–417.50	2,385	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	377.74/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,425	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	463	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,968	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	699	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,272	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	460.49/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,943	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	487	359.84/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,752	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	529.38/cwt	527.50–530.00	2,287	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	385.08/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,845	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	361.42/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,872	17
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	389.90/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,086	8
Steers	Large 2Unweaned	450–500	461	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,028	5
Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	500–550	541	342.75/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,854	11
Steers	Large 2Unweaned	500–550	534	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,976	4
Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	450–500	485	357.80/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,735	20
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	450–500	468	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,246	4
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	636	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,242	6
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	328	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,738	10
Steers	Large 1	550–600	554	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,562	20
Steers	Large 1	400–450	404	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,464	9
Steers	Large 1	750–800	762	335.80/cwt	335.00–336.00	2,559	10
Steers	Large 1	650–700	667	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,501	3
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	709	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,304	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	328	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,730	6
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,236	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	524	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,122	4
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	395	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,985	9
Steers	Large 1	500–550	500	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,325	3
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	412.40/cwt	410.00–417.50	1,938	16
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	402.46/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,358	6
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	675	355.83/cwt	355.00–357.00	2,402	12
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,140	3
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	582	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,226	7
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	478	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,079	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,887	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	700–750	713	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,103	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,352	4
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	589	369.73/cwt	367.50–380.00	2,178	17
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	353	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,677	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	298	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	2,190	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	509	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,291	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,239	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	310.54/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,602	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,125	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,671	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	336.71/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,606	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	526.49/cwt	520.00–535.00	1,801	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	666	412.66/cwt	412.50–413.00	2,748	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	458	572.50/cwt	572.50–572.50	2,622	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	334.11/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,392	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	223	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,871	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	337.04/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,713	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,320	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,097	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	464.65/cwt	451.00–472.50	2,653	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	752	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,760	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	481.74/cwt	477.50–485.00	2,457	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	524	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,620	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	575	352.91/cwt	320.00–387.50	2,029	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	615	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,691	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	553	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,682	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,090	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	370	665.00/cwt	665.00–665.00	2,461	4
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	533	373.05/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,988	15
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	448	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,747	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	270	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,512	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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	490.00–510.00	499.73
12	300–350	330	485.00–497.50	488.84
36	350–400	393	500.00–515.00	504.72
8	400–450	429	480.00–485.00	481.30
66	450–500	487	420.00–445.00	433.88
66	500–550	533	412.50–417.50	414.19
4	600–650	601	335.00	335.00
24	650–700	685	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	243	565.00	565.00
18	300–350	342	520.00–535.00	526.49
19	350–400	371	520.00–535.00	527.22
39	400–450	421	505.00–512.50	507.83
27	450–500	463	475.00–497.50	488.00
54	500–550	503	435.00–440.00	437.27
32	550–600	556	340.00–367.00	361.15
23	600–650	630	347.50–359.00	355.41
2	650–700	658	355.00	355.00
37	700–750	711	321.00–337.00	328.74
19	750–800	764	312.00–330.00	321.61
9	800–850	838	305.00–315.00	310.54
2	850–900	880	280.00	280.00
5	900–950	921	290.00	290.00
2	950–1000	988	260.00	260.00
10	1050–1100	1,081	242.50–257.50	254.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	396	470.00	470.00
11	400–450	411	395.00–410.00	400.62
8	450–500	479	380.00–390.00	385.08
17	500–550	518	355.00–365.00	361.42
14	600–650	620	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	422	455.00–465.00	460.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	487	352.50–365.00	359.84
Heifers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	485	350.00–360.00	357.80
11	500–550	541	330.00–355.00	342.75
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	328	530.00	530.00
9	350–400	395	502.50	502.50
2	450–500	478	435.00	435.00
7	550–600	582	382.50	382.50
6	600–650	636	352.50	352.50
9	700–750	709	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	475.00	475.00
6	400–450	448	390.00	390.00
16	450–500	470	410.00–417.50	412.40
3	500–550	535	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	490	385.00	385.00
15	500–550	533	365.00–377.50	373.05
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	713	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	270	560.00	560.00
34	500–550	509	450.00	450.00
37	600–650	610	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	625.00	625.00
7	350–400	382	625.00–630.00	626.36
24	400–450	424	545.00–575.00	565.64
14	450–500	480	510.00–520.00	512.85
9	500–550	516	445.00–455.00	451.69
22	550–600	566	422.50–445.00	434.27
9	600–650	642	370.00–385.00	377.74
33	650–700	668	343.00–355.00	348.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	223	700.00	700.00
4	300–350	326	650.00	650.00
21	350–400	372	640.00–655.00	651.18
52	400–450	422	585.00–602.50	592.58
5	400–450	409	1,550.00	1,550.00
13	450–500	475	542.50–545.00	543.46
19	500–550	510	477.50–485.00	481.74
161	550–600	571	451.00–472.50	464.65
27	600–650	623	400.00–422.50	410.59
108	650–700	661	382.50–403.00	395.11
37	700–750	716	332.50–340.00	334.11
33	750–800	774	330.00–342.00	336.71
13	800–850	805	330.00–340.00	337.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	432	527.50–530.00	529.38
11	450–500	463	425.00	425.00
23	500–550	521	420.00–427.50	422.26
70	550–600	577	395.00–417.50	413.29
8	600–650	614	355.00	355.00
10	650–700	699	325.00	325.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	490	480.00	480.00
8	500–550	535	385.00–395.00	389.90
17	550–600	589	367.50–380.00	369.73
Steers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	461	440.00	440.00
4	500–550	534	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	404	610.00	610.00
3	500–550	500	465.00	465.00
20	550–600	554	462.50	462.50
3	650–700	667	375.00	375.00
10	750–800	762	335.00–336.00	335.80
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	328	527.50	527.50
2	400–450	418	535.00	535.00
5	450–500	480	515.00	515.00
4	500–550	524	405.00	405.00
6	550–600	586	400.00–405.00	402.46
12	650–700	675	355.00–357.00	355.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	735.00	735.00
4	350–400	370	665.00	665.00
8	450–500	458	572.50	572.50
11	500–550	524	500.00	500.00
12	550–600	553	485.00	485.00
16	600–650	615	437.50	437.50
101	650–700	666	412.50–413.00	412.66
56	750–800	752	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
36	550–600	575	320.00–387.50	352.91
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	325	510.00	510.00
2	350–400	353	565.00	565.00
10	400–450	418	500.00	500.00
7	500–550	521	402.50	402.50
6	550–600	563	377.50	377.50
5	600–650	627	370.00	370.00
4	900–950	926	310.00	310.00

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