Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday February 18, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $430.28/cwt on 123 head, up $1.53 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 12 comparable sales and sits −12.70 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$430.28

▲ 1.53 vs prior sale

123 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,418

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$618

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

$93.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.13

vs CO average

−48.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	450.63	2,531	70
Medium and Large 1-2	565	415.68	2,348	37
Large 1	583	400.00	2,332	2thin
Large 1-2	571	386.08	2,205	7thin
Medium and Large 2	536	356.80	1,912	7thin

One grade step is worth $93.83/cwt here — about $618 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 sale123 hd

430.28

—

CO average3 barns · 488 hd

466.41

−36.13

National average184 barns · 16,706 hd

478.39

−48.11

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−12.70

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,791	188.98	3,384	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,378	179.08	2,469	36
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,709	176.00	3,008	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,561	175.56	2,741	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,119	171.80	1,923	47

Every lot, as filed

103 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	512	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	561	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,665	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	691	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,792	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	383.90/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,824	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	473	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	533	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,866	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,481	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,279	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	381.84/cwt	380.00–385.00	2,432	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,515	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,100	246.57/cwt	238.50–254.00	2,712	21
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,551	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	365.47/cwt	352.00–372.00	2,715	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	618.92/cwt	612.50–620.00	2,358	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	438.09/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,550	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,657	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	392	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,058	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	426.34/cwt	420.00–432.50	2,656	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	346.53/cwt	342.50–348.00	2,803	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,833	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,226	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	411.92/cwt	405.00–417.50	2,344	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,171	210.29/cwt	197.50–217.50	2,462	11
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,332	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,143	8
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	840	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,457	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	356.80/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,912	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	478	423.28/cwt	415.00–432.50	2,023	19
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	856	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,461	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	725	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,603	6
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	485	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,134	2
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	655	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,080	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,984	5
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,356	8
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	386.08/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,205	7
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	367	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,899	6
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,889	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	603	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,291	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	741	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,371	6
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,997	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	153.10/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,681	11
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,709	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,008	5
Bulls	—	—	1,587	181.64/cwt	177.00–186.00	2,883	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,377	180.06/cwt	174.00–184.00	2,479	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,648	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,144	182.83/cwt	180.00–185.00	2,092	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,390	171.23/cwt	169.00–173.00	2,380	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,556	176.47/cwt	173.00–180.00	2,746	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	168.28/cwt	167.00–169.00	1,647	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	177.34/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,061	19
Bulls	—	—	1,949	197.76/cwt	192.00–202.00	3,854	13
Bulls	—	—	1,373	153.92/cwt	133.00–169.00	2,113	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	472.16/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,200	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	387.82/cwt	387.50–390.00	2,024	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	400.63/cwt	397.50–402.50	2,576	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,360	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	267.49/cwt	265.00–270.00	2,608	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	399	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,815	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,426	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	479	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,964	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	377.52/cwt	372.50–382.50	2,163	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,733	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	367	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,899	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	740	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,257	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,426	19
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,901	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	585.24/cwt	580.00–590.00	2,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,103	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	448.64/cwt	437.50–455.00	2,360	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	629	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,123	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	526.00/cwt	520.00–530.00	2,193	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,245	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	1,849	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,455	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	460.97/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	2,111	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,578	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	540.11/cwt	535.00–545.00	2,576	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	451.03/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,066	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	369	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,061	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	391.78/cwt	388.00–395.00	2,398	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,653	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	381.53/cwt	375.00–389.00	2,690	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	418.76/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,399	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,790	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	308.59/cwt	298.00–313.00	2,574	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	626	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	442.00/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,303	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,323	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	424	430.30/cwt	427.50–432.50	1,824	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	423.13/cwt	415.00–427.50	2,251	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,337	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	537	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,537	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,918	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	713	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,424	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	671	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,231	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	391.35/cwt	389.00–397.50	2,297	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	484	435.88/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,110	17

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 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,275Last week 1,152Year ago 633

Slaughter CattleReceipts 144Last week 0Year ago 67

Replacement CattleReceipts 40Last week 36Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	512	530.00	530.00
5	550–600	561	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	475	375.00–395.00	383.90
7	500–550	536	355.00–357.50	356.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	705.00	705.00
4	300–350	335	630.00	630.00
14	350–400	381	612.50–620.00	618.92
4	400–450	419	1,825.00	1,825.00
6	400–450	401	555.00	555.00
29	450–500	477	535.00–545.00	540.11
2	500–550	503	500.00	500.00
21	550–600	582	432.50–455.00	438.09
58	600–650	623	420.00–432.50	426.34
5	650–700	656	405.00	405.00
63	700–750	743	352.00–372.00	365.47
6	750–800	758	350.00	350.00
48	800–850	809	342.50–348.00	346.53
3	850–900	865	327.50	327.50
5	950–1000	964	317.50	317.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	583	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	603	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	517.50	517.50
5	400–450	415	417.50	417.50
19	450–500	478	415.00–432.50	423.28
5	500–550	528	410.00	410.00
4	550–600	573	372.50–382.50	377.52
8	600–650	643	397.50–402.50	400.63
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	725	359.00	359.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	517.50	517.50
7	550–600	571	382.50–395.00	386.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	379	580.00–590.00	585.24
9	450–500	466	470.00–475.00	472.16
11	500–550	526	437.50–455.00	448.64
17	550–600	599	405.00	405.00
8	700–750	725	290.00	290.00
9	800–850	843	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	384	605.00	605.00
10	400–450	417	520.00–530.00	526.00
19	450–500	478	507.50	507.50
5	500–550	537	472.50	472.50
27	550–600	573	412.50–427.50	418.76
10	600–650	626	415.00	415.00
4	700–750	703	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	525.00	525.00
3	600–650	605	410.00	410.00
34	650–700	691	404.00	404.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	385.00	385.00
3	500–550	533	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	368	502.50	502.50
11	400–450	415	455.00–465.00	460.97
28	450–500	458	445.00–452.50	451.03
10	500–550	521	440.00–442.50	442.00
20	550–600	569	405.00–417.50	411.92
20	600–650	612	388.00–395.00	391.78
19	650–700	659	372.50	372.50
28	700–750	705	375.00–389.00	381.53
5	750–800	779	331.00	331.00
10	800–850	834	298.00–313.00	308.59
9	850–900	879	332.00	332.00
10	950–1000	979	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	493	402.50	402.50
8	600–650	608	352.50	352.50
8	650–700	693	340.00	340.00
6	700–750	741	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	840	292.50	292.50
5	850–900	856	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	521	362.50	362.50
3	600–650	605	330.00	330.00
6	650–700	655	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	399	455.00	455.00
12	450–500	479	410.00	410.00
16	500–550	522	387.50–390.00	387.82
4	600–650	629	337.50	337.50
2	700–750	740	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	780	302.50	302.50
6	950–1000	975	265.00–270.00	267.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	485.00	485.00
12	400–450	424	427.50–432.50	430.30
17	450–500	484	435.00–437.50	435.88
20	500–550	532	415.00–427.50	423.13
31	550–600	587	389.00–397.50	391.35
5	600–650	615	365.00	365.00
2	700–750	713	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	580.00	580.00
8	500–550	526	485.00	485.00
8	600–650	637	380.00–385.00	381.84
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	440.00	440.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	671	332.50	332.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,100	238.50–254.00	246.57
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,171	197.50–217.50	210.29
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,006	189.00	189.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,098	150.00–161.00	153.10
6	—	979	167.00–169.00	168.28
19	—	1,162	170.00–180.00	177.34
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,709	176.00	176.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,377	174.00–184.00	180.06
4	—	1,390	169.00–173.00	171.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	161.00	161.00
16	—	1,556	173.00–180.00	176.47
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,144	180.00–185.00	182.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,587	177.00–186.00	181.64
13	—	1,949	192.00–202.00	197.76
2	—	1,373	133.00–169.00	153.92

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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