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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-28

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Oct 28

● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 21Oct 28latest

Receipts

2,363 head

▲ 156 vs last sale 2,207▲ 50 vs year ago 2,313 · +2.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 600 sold 3.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600 sold unevenly steady. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 4, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $402.89/cwt on 418 head, up $9.89 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 9 comparable sales and sits −10.60 against this barn's trailing median of $413.50.

Average price

$402.89

▲ 9.89 vs prior sale

418 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$362

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

$68.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.21

vs CO average

−32.26 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	416.71	2,280	278
Large 1	543	400.35	2,173	63
Medium and Large 1-2	571	357.25	2,039	59
Large 1-2	551	347.93	1,918	18thin

One grade step is worth $68.79/cwt here — about $362 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale418 hd

402.89

—

CO average4 barns · 1,430 hd

428.10

−25.21

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

−32.26

This barn, trailing median9 sales

413.50

−10.60

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $383.69, median $413.50 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot, as filed

119 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	554.64/cwt	550.00–567.50	1,553	15
Steers	300–350	Large 1	318	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,670	8
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2Unweaned	325	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,544	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	345	602.50/cwt	602.50–602.50	2,079	18
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,149	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	366	547.73/cwt	545.00–552.50	2,005	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	527.79/cwt	522.50–532.50	2,000	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,954	3
Steers	350–400	Large 1	393	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,053	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,112	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	422	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,910	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	424	531.48/cwt	527.50–537.50	2,253	89
Steers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	424	456.55/cwt	442.50–465.00	1,936	11
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	475.15/cwt	473.00–490.00	2,048	16
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	433	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,851	2
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	452	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,752	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	453	475.02/cwt	473.00–485.00	2,152	12
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	456	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,550	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	468	441.57/cwt	440.00–442.50	2,067	22
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	468	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,966	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	459.72/cwt	457.50–460.00	2,170	26
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,330	46
Steers	500–550	Large 1	507	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,142	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	425.89/cwt	417.50–435.00	2,219	32
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	530	404.17/cwt	402.50–405.00	2,142	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	535	389.78/cwt	380.00–393.00	2,085	19
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2Unweaned	535	364.39/cwt	362.00–371.00	1,949	12
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	543	401.05/cwt	401.00–402.50	2,178	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	555	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,353	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	410.74/cwt	405.00–416.00	2,308	129
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	572	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,088	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	573	366.10/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,098	37
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2Unweaned	584	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,840	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	346.19/cwt	333.00–352.50	2,032	35
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	594	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,847	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	320.40/cwt	320.00–322.50	1,948	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	622	366.41/cwt	364.00–371.00	2,279	15
Steers	600–650	Large 1	630	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,095	3
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	351.78/cwt	341.00–359.00	2,223	69
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	633	311.49/cwt	311.00–312.50	1,972	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	657	379.57/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,494	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	346.18/cwt	342.00–352.50	2,288	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	695	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,217	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	714	379.20/cwt	377.50–380.00	2,707	16
Steers	700–750	Large 1	727	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,232	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	352.46/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,591	14
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	743	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,452	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	772	356.94/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,756	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	310.72/cwt	308.00–312.50	2,433	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,755	38
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,843	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,886	93
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,055	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,875	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers54 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,274	3
Heifers	300–350	Large 1	309	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,499	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	312	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,349	14
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	313	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,455	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	333	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,765	17
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,744	16
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	361	372.44/cwt	355.00–382.00	1,345	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	365	487.00/cwt	487.00–487.00	1,778	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	379	403.67/cwt	402.50–405.00	1,530	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	380	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,767	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	435.24/cwt	430.00–437.50	1,658	13
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	383	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,542	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	446.71/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,733	92
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	391	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,701	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	397	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,354	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	412	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,833	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	413	431.86/cwt	420.00–437.50	1,784	45
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	412.98/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,735	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	423	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,544	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	424	385.59/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,635	7
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	426	373.90/cwt	372.50–375.00	1,593	16
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	463	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,593	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	470	336.68/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,582	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	472	394.93/cwt	392.50–397.50	1,864	52
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	482	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,699	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	487	360.47/cwt	350.00–372.50	1,755	93
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	520	382.46/cwt	376.00–385.00	1,989	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	340.93/cwt	336.00–347.50	1,817	50
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	534	315.77/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,686	9
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	538	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,789	2
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	539	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,684	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	559	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,711	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	332.20/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,867	18
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	565	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,992	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	318.70/cwt	312.50–322.50	1,852	30
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	599	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,683	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	613	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,130	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,052	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,953	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,796	4
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	667	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,868	18
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	673	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,086	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	311.78/cwt	307.00–317.50	2,139	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	710	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,059	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	711	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,364	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	305.59/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,209	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	754	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,998	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	293.16/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,281	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,494	14
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	816	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,305	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fancy	830	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,635	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	860	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	2,387	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	945	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,410	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	253.33/cwt	252.50–255.00	2,485	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,829	4
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	340	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,751	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	1,924	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	418	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,320	9
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,094	4
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	501	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,280	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	335.76/cwt	320.00–337.50	1,927	20
Bulls	550–600	Large 1	578	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,196	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	601	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,254	6
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,318	3
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	715	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,449	4
Bulls	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,133	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,776	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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Receipts 2,363Last week 2,207Year ago 2,313

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	555	424.00	424.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	280	550.00–567.50	554.64
14	300–350	348	617.50	617.50
19	350–400	379	522.50–532.50	527.79
3	400–450	410	515.00	515.00
26	450–500	472	457.50–460.00	459.72
32	500–550	521	417.50–435.00	425.89
129	550–600	562	405.00–416.00	410.74
69	600–650	632	341.00–359.00	351.78
19	650–700	661	342.00–352.50	346.18
14	700–750	735	342.50–357.50	352.46
5	750–800	783	308.00–312.50	310.72
38	800–850	820	336.00	336.00
2	850–900	855	332.50	332.50
93	900–950	922	313.00	313.00
3	1050–1100	1,055	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	345	602.50	602.50
3	350–400	387	505.00	505.00
16	400–450	431	473.00–490.00	475.15
22	450–500	468	440.00–442.50	441.57
6	500–550	530	402.50–405.00	404.17
37	550–600	573	360.00–377.50	366.10
13	600–650	608	320.00–322.50	320.40
4	650–700	695	319.00	319.00
12	700–750	743	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	422	452.50	452.50
19	500–550	535	380.00–393.00	389.78
35	550–600	587	333.00–352.50	346.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	366	545.00–552.50	547.73
89	400–450	424	527.50–537.50	531.48
12	450–500	453	473.00–485.00	475.02
46	500–550	501	465.00	465.00
15	600–650	622	364.00–371.00	366.41
22	650–700	657	377.50–385.00	379.57
16	700–750	714	377.50–380.00	379.20
5	750–800	772	355.00–360.00	356.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	525.00	525.00
7	350–400	393	522.50	522.50
3	500–550	507	422.50	422.50
3	600–650	630	332.50	332.50
15	700–750	727	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	424	442.50–465.00	456.55
6	450–500	468	420.00	420.00
57	500–550	543	401.00–402.50	401.05
3	550–600	572	365.00	365.00
6	600–650	633	311.00–312.50	311.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	325	475.00	475.00
2	400–450	433	427.50	427.50
7	450–500	456	340.00	340.00
12	500–550	535	362.00–371.00	364.39
6	550–600	584	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	452	387.50	387.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	313	465.00	465.00
13	350–400	381	430.00–437.50	435.24
26	400–450	420	402.50–417.50	412.98
14	450–500	470	332.50–340.00	336.68
9	500–550	534	312.50–322.50	315.77
30	550–600	581	312.50–322.50	318.70
3	600–650	620	315.00	315.00
4	650–700	653	275.00	275.00
10	700–750	710	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	424	380.00–392.50	385.59
32	550–600	559	306.00	306.00
6	750–800	754	265.00	265.00
8	800–850	816	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	312	432.50	432.50
9	350–400	379	402.50–405.00	403.67
2	400–450	423	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	397	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	383	402.50	402.50
13	450–500	463	344.00	344.00
6	500–550	539	312.50	312.50
18	650–700	667	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	309	485.00	485.00
7	350–400	391	435.00	435.00
16	400–450	426	372.50–375.00	373.90
6	450–500	482	352.50	352.50
2	500–550	538	332.50	332.50
2	650–700	673	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	361	355.00–382.00	372.44
5	550–600	599	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	333	530.00	530.00
2	350–400	365	487.00	487.00
5	400–450	412	445.00	445.00
52	450–500	472	392.50–397.50	394.93
11	500–550	520	376.00–385.00	382.46
2	550–600	565	352.50	352.50
2	600–650	613	347.50	347.50
20	700–750	711	332.50	332.50
25	800–850	830	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	245	520.00	520.00
16	300–350	342	510.00	510.00
92	350–400	388	445.00–455.00	446.71
45	400–450	413	420.00–437.50	431.86
93	450–500	487	350.00–372.50	360.47
50	500–550	533	336.00–347.50	340.93
18	550–600	562	327.50–340.00	332.20
3	600–650	617	332.50	332.50
11	650–700	686	307.00–317.50	311.78
13	700–750	723	300.00–312.50	305.59
5	750–800	778	290.00–298.00	293.16
14	800–850	811	307.50	307.50
2	850–900	860	277.50	277.50
3	900–950	945	255.00	255.00
9	950–1000	981	252.50–255.00	253.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	380	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	334	547.50	547.50
2	400–450	403	477.50	477.50
20	550–600	574	320.00–337.50	335.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	340	515.00	515.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	418	555.00	555.00
7	500–550	501	455.00	455.00
6	600–650	601	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	578	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	447.50	447.50
3	650–700	672	345.00	345.00
4	700–750	715	342.50	342.50
2	1100–1150	1,133	245.00	245.00

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.