Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 450 sold mostly 7.00 to 9.00 lower while steers over 450 sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 700 sold mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Heifers over 700 sold 6.00 to 8.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday February 11, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $428.75/cwt on 70 head, down $20.01 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −14.23 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$428.75

▼ 20.01 vs prior sale

70 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,371

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$272

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$80.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−32.51

vs CO average

−54.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	553	457.50	2,529	16thin
Medium and Large 1	560	442.42	2,476	31
Medium and Large 1-2	539	391.54	2,111	21
Large 1-2	598	377.50	2,257	2thin

One grade step is worth $80.00/cwt here — about $272 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 sale70 hd

428.75

—

CO average3 barns · 538 hd

461.26

−32.51

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−54.28

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−14.23

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

66 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 1	800–850	827	293.27/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,425	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	303	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,848	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	553.45/cwt	545.00–555.00	2,385	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	635.18/cwt	630.00–645.00	2,083	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,906	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	435.86/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,519	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,254	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	410.60/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,369	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	461.64/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,479	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	374	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,272	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	313	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,768	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	563	342.92/cwt	342.50–345.00	1,931	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	399	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,925	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,840	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,934	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	500	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,725	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,465	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	506	406.54/cwt	405.00–407.50	2,057	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	367.16/cwt	362.50–375.00	2,177	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	689	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,205	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,294	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,266	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	365.23/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,735	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	695	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,189	7
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,537	8
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	497.39/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,198	4
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	555	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,303	2
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	648	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,317	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	598	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,257	2
Steers	Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,646	9
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	605	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,148	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,175	2
Steers	Large 1	450–500	462	539.89/cwt	537.50–545.00	2,494	18
Steers	Large 1	700–750	715	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,485	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,412	5
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	405	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	500	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	343	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,247	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	601	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,344	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	582	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,328	13
Steers	Large 1	650–700	684	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,668	58
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,120	232.10/cwt	225.00–237.50	2,600	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	995	259.51/cwt	245.00–267.50	2,582	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	409.71/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,569	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,300	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	387.66/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,621	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,242	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	673	412.00/cwt	412.00–412.00	2,773	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	359.69/cwt	353.00–361.00	2,791	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,581	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,642	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	362.76/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,601	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	348.28/cwt	343.00–348.50	2,898	73
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,985	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	348.85/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,365	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	387.13/cwt	382.50–390.00	2,191	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	323.55/cwt	321.00–325.00	2,368	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	480	526.35/cwt	522.50–535.00	2,526	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	363	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,323	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	367.82/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,269	9

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 Feb 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,152Last week 1,630Year ago 1,561

Replacement CattleReceipts 36Last week 23Year ago 49

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	276	590.00	590.00
7	300–350	313	565.00	565.00
5	350–400	367	510.00	510.00
7	400–450	403	480.00	480.00
23	550–600	566	382.50–390.00	387.13
9	600–650	617	365.00–370.00	367.82
35	650–700	678	345.00–352.50	348.85
11	700–750	732	321.00–325.00	323.55
8	800–850	827	290.00–298.00	293.27
2	850–900	890	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	399	482.50	482.50
5	450–500	450	417.50	417.50
4	500–550	500	345.00	345.00
12	550–600	563	342.50–345.00	342.92
5	650–700	667	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	735	305.00	305.00
2	750–800	795	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	475	362.50–367.50	365.23
7	650–700	695	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	484	317.50	317.50
2	650–700	685	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	405	460.00	460.00
2	600–650	605	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	452.50	452.50
13	550–600	582	400.00	400.00
13	600–650	601	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	303	610.00	610.00
7	350–400	374	607.50	607.50
22	450–500	480	522.50–535.00	526.35
11	550–600	577	405.00–417.50	410.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	328	630.00–645.00	635.18
19	350–400	374	615.00	615.00
40	400–450	431	545.00–555.00	553.45
5	450–500	476	555.00	555.00
6	500–550	537	460.00–465.00	461.64
10	550–600	578	430.00–445.00	435.86
37	600–650	627	400.00–417.50	409.71
15	650–700	676	385.00–390.00	387.66
20	700–750	717	355.00–365.00	362.76
78	750–800	776	353.00–361.00	359.69
73	800–850	832	343.00–348.50	348.28
11	850–900	870	334.00	334.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	428	430.00	430.00
3	450–500	478	480.00	480.00
13	500–550	506	405.00–407.50	406.54
8	550–600	593	362.50–375.00	367.16
4	650–700	689	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	795	312.50	312.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	442	490.00–505.00	497.39
5	500–550	539	447.50	447.50
2	550–600	555	415.00	415.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	598	377.50	377.50
3	600–650	648	357.50	357.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	560	472.50	472.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	462	537.50–545.00	539.89
58	650–700	684	390.00	390.00
2	700–750	715	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	655.00	655.00
13	350–400	363	640.00	640.00
4	500–550	500	517.50	517.50
19	650–700	673	412.00	412.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	505.00	505.00
2	800–850	825	297.50	297.50

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	—	1,160	212.50	212.50
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,120	225.00–237.50	232.10
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	995	245.00–267.50	259.51

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