Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers under 650 sold mostly sharply lower. Steers over 650 sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 sold sharply higher while heifers over 500 sold mostly 7.00 to 10.00 lower. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday 28, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.25/cwt on 240 head, down $21.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 12 comparable sales and sits −27.73 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$415.25

▼ 21.95 vs prior sale

240 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,289

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$462

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

$78.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.74

vs CO average

−50.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	439.28	2,402	122
Large 1	542	415.70	2,254	42
Medium and Large 1-2	572	380.71	2,176	58
Medium and Large 2	533	375.00	1,999	2thin
Large 1-2	537	361.10	1,940	16thin

One grade step is worth $78.18/cwt here — about $462 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale240 hd

415.25

—

CO average4 barns · 1,372 hd

450.99

−35.74

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−50.08

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−27.73

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

122 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	553	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,032	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	346	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,197	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	620	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,000	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	335.44/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,892	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	490	422.68/cwt	420.00–424.00	2,071	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	508.64/cwt	505.00–517.50	2,401	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	363	627.37/cwt	617.50–630.00	2,277	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	363.41/cwt	360.00–375.00	2,217	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	413	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,962	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	440.51/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,070	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	358.73/cwt	357.50–360.00	2,411	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,259	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	644.76/cwt	640.00–650.00	2,031	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	403.56/cwt	400.00–410.00	2,353	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	557.26/cwt	552.50–560.00	2,112	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	521	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,045	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,597	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,086	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	309.73/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,140	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,065	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,150	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	578.18/cwt	570.00–585.00	2,376	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	422.21/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,394	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	642.17/cwt	640.00–660.00	2,357	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	305.92/cwt	305.00–307.50	2,628	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	549.32/cwt	540.00–555.00	1,747	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,703	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	525.98/cwt	522.50–530.00	1,788	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	166.59/cwt	163.00–174.00	2,044	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	387.26/cwt	372.50–400.00	1,994	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	364	524.32/cwt	517.50–527.50	1,909	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	489	442.86/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,166	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,202	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	564	341.19/cwt	337.50–345.00	1,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	536	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,903	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	421	430.63/cwt	425.00–437.50	1,813	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	683	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,083	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	280.51/cwt	277.50–282.50	2,261	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,945	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,808	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,060	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	459.38/cwt	452.50–470.00	2,127	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	640	348.93/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,233	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	533	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,999	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	568	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,732	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	653	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,943	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	759	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,068	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	383.75/cwt	375.00–392.50	2,195	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	442	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,055	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	364.14/cwt	357.50–367.50	2,076	9
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,884	16
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,692	4
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,034	3
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,880	3
Heifers	Large 2Unweaned	450–500	499	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,771	6
Steers	Large 1Fancy	700–750	703	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,608	80
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	559	383.07/cwt	377.50–395.00	2,141	15
Steers	Large 1	600–650	623	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,321	19
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	373	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,977	6
Bulls	Large 1	550–600	595	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,993	2
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	467	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,230	18
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	625	339.93/cwt	337.50–345.00	2,125	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	345.67/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,029	8
Steers	Large 1	500–550	539	444.43/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,395	13
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	700	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,188	3
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	423.98/cwt	417.50–425.00	2,234	14
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	664	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,304	85
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,039	9
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	370.76/cwt	355.00–395.00	1,939	10
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	342	595.64/cwt	590.00–605.00	2,037	18
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	602	352.12/cwt	347.50–357.50	2,120	13
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	576	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,088	8
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	397	604.09/cwt	602.50–607.50	2,398	33
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	614	315.30/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,936	7
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	661	328.57/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,172	7
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	407	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,954	17
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	519.91/cwt	515.00–527.50	2,251	33
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	451.70/cwt	450.00–455.00	2,114	15
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,715	13
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	431	448.56/cwt	442.50–460.00	1,933	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	488	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,525	2
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	389	462.48/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,799	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	650–700	655	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,047	2
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,935	6
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	393.16/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,812	11
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	332	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,494	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	344.79/cwt	342.50–347.50	2,176	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	349.15/cwt	347.50–352.50	2,650	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,532	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,633	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	278.49/cwt	275.00–280.00	2,587	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	423.88/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,149	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,203	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,012	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	450.42/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,333	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	527.49/cwt	520.00–535.00	2,490	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,614	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,158	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	945	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,717	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	385.38/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,443	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	351.44/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,035	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	340.90/cwt	337.00–350.00	2,468	31
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	996	208.69/cwt	200.00–212.50	2,079	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	515	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,524	30
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,262	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,587	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,482	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	986	233.58/cwt	222.50–237.50	2,303	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,457	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	298	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,640	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	633	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,627	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,955	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	327.93/cwt	322.50–340.00	2,689	23

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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Replacement CattleReceipts 38Last week 0Year ago 76

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	443	465.00	465.00
3	550–600	553	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	315	640.00–650.00	644.76
3	350–400	382	565.00	565.00
2	500–550	500	430.00	430.00
2	550–600	553	405.00	405.00
5	600–650	625	352.50	352.50
7	700–750	718	315.00	315.00
7	900–950	945	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	564	337.50–345.00	341.19
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	750–800	763	270.00	270.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	595	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	346	635.00	635.00
15	350–400	363	617.50–630.00	627.37
2	400–450	430	555.00	555.00
10	450–500	472	505.00–517.50	508.64
6	500–550	521	392.50	392.50
35	550–600	583	400.00–410.00	403.56
13	600–650	610	360.00–375.00	363.41
4	650–700	672	357.50–360.00	358.73
3	700–750	703	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	340	650.00	650.00
18	350–400	367	640.00–660.00	642.17
41	400–450	411	570.00–585.00	578.18
28	450–500	472	520.00–535.00	527.49
23	500–550	518	445.00–457.50	450.42
24	550–600	567	415.00–425.00	422.21
15	600–650	634	382.50–397.50	385.38
8	650–700	662	382.50	382.50
31	700–750	724	337.00–350.00	340.90
15	750–800	759	347.50–352.50	349.15
23	800–850	820	322.50–340.00	327.93
4	850–900	886	340.00	340.00
2	900–950	908	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	463	452.50–470.00	459.38
49	550–600	572	375.00–392.50	383.75
3	650–700	688	320.00	320.00
3	750–800	785	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	442	465.00	465.00
39	450–500	489	440.00–447.50	442.86
9	550–600	570	357.50–367.50	364.14
37	600–650	640	345.00–355.00	348.93
3	650–700	683	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	533	375.00	375.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	389	455.00–470.00	462.48
3	400–450	447	455.00	455.00
11	450–500	461	385.00–405.00	393.16
10	500–550	523	355.00–395.00	370.76
6	550–600	561	345.00	345.00
7	650–700	661	327.50–330.00	328.57
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
80	700–750	703	371.00	371.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	342	590.00–605.00	595.64
33	350–400	397	602.50–607.50	604.09
33	400–450	433	515.00–527.50	519.91
9	450–500	453	450.00	450.00
14	500–550	527	417.50–425.00	423.98
15	550–600	559	377.50–395.00	383.07
13	600–650	602	347.50–357.50	352.12
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	539	442.50–455.00	444.43
19	600–650	623	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	462	560.00	560.00
30	500–550	515	490.00	490.00
4	550–600	550	480.00	480.00
4	600–650	633	415.00	415.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	495	395.00	395.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	340	522.50–530.00	525.98
30	350–400	364	517.50–527.50	524.32
27	400–450	413	475.00	475.00
15	450–500	470	440.00–442.50	440.51
11	500–550	515	372.50–400.00	387.26
10	550–600	564	332.50–337.50	335.44
6	600–650	620	322.50	322.50
9	650–700	691	300.00–312.50	309.73
3	700–750	712	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	440.00	440.00
12	400–450	421	425.00–437.50	430.63
18	450–500	490	420.00–424.00	422.68
6	500–550	536	355.00	355.00
2	550–600	568	305.00	305.00
7	650–700	653	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	540.00–555.00	549.32
5	300–350	330	1,475.00	1,475.00
8	350–400	379	552.50–560.00	557.26
7	400–450	409	510.00	510.00
18	500–550	507	420.00–430.00	423.88
26	550–600	579	347.50–355.00	351.44
32	600–650	631	342.50–347.50	344.79
38	650–700	650	347.50	347.50
3	700–750	720	320.00	320.00
5	750–800	788	315.00	315.00
6	800–850	818	317.50	317.50
11	850–900	859	305.00–307.50	305.92
10	900–950	929	275.00–280.00	278.49
2	950–1000	968	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	393	460.00	460.00
6	400–450	437	445.00	445.00
4	750–800	759	272.50	272.50
5	800–850	806	277.50–282.50	280.51
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	450.00	450.00
4	350–400	378	447.50	447.50
9	400–450	431	442.50–460.00	448.56
16	450–500	480	392.50	392.50
3	500–550	537	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	499	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	530.00	530.00
18	450–500	467	477.50	477.50
8	550–600	576	362.50	362.50
6	600–650	625	337.50–345.00	339.93
85	650–700	664	347.00	347.00
3	700–750	700	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	333	515.00	515.00
17	400–450	407	480.00	480.00
15	450–500	468	450.00–455.00	451.70
8	550–600	587	340.00–347.50	345.67
7	600–650	614	310.00–322.50	315.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	298	640.00	640.00
2	450–500	488	517.50	517.50
41	650–700	657	374.00	374.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	655	312.50	312.50

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	3	—	1,227	163.00–174.00	166.59
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	996	200.00–212.50	208.69
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	—	986	222.50–237.50	233.58

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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