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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-19

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Mon, Oct 19

● Final92 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1902

← Nov 17Oct 19Oct 26 →

Receipts

3,560 head

▼ 1,909 vs last sale 5,469▼ 1,849 vs year ago 5,409 · −34.2%

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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 450 sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Feeder heifers over 450 sold mostly sharply higher. The next feeder calf sale will be next Monday October 26, 2026 with the next yearling, slaughter cow and bred cow sale being tomorrow, Tuesday October 20, 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 $429.19/cwt on 782 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −7.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.04.

Average price

$429.19

782 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,354

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$510

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

$79.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.39

vs CO average

−10.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	443.66	2,422	548
Medium and Large 1-2	550	405.59	2,232	137
Large 1	574	387.80	2,225	68
Medium and Large 2	525	364.29	1,913	29

One grade step is worth $79.37/cwt here — about $510 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 sale782 hd

429.19

—

CO average5 barns · 1,806 hd

421.80

+7.39

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

−10.08

This barn, trailing median2 sales

437.04

−7.85

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

92 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	277	1,076.54/head	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,077	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	577.35/cwt	575.00–580.00	1,663	15
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	301	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,806	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	308	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,725	9
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	315	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,638	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	325	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,901	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	354	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,071	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	367	563.34/cwt	560.00–567.50	2,067	16
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	378	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,786	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	546.01/cwt	535.00–549.00	2,102	44
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	393	493.50/cwt	490.00–495.00	1,939	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	512.75/cwt	510.00–515.00	2,020	29
Steers	350–400	Large 1-2Unweaned	395	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	1,849	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	525.73/cwt	522.50–530.00	2,203	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,289	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	501.18/cwt	490.00–505.00	2,165	37
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	474.30/cwt	452.50–495.00	2,054	91
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	448.02/cwt	441.00–458.00	2,133	32
Steers	450–500	Large 1	477	466.33/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,224	18
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	477	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,099	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	468.66/cwt	461.00–472.50	2,240	76
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	480.51/cwt	475.00–491.00	2,306	105
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	481	503.62/cwt	500.00–504.00	2,422	101
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	482	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,554	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	491	421.05/cwt	409.00–455.00	2,067	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	512	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,406	46
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	513	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,078	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	434.65/cwt	431.00–440.00	2,247	70
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	449.52/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,338	123
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	524	422.93/cwt	420.00–427.00	2,216	59
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	525	364.29/cwt	327.50–388.00	1,913	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	542	413.38/cwt	410.00–415.00	2,241	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	547	517.00/cwt	517.00–517.00	2,828	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	423.41/cwt	415.00–427.00	2,422	203
Steers	550–600	Large 1	577	389.09/cwt	388.50–391.00	2,245	57
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	406.68/cwt	405.00–410.00	2,351	45
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	582	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,139	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	583	385.83/cwt	384.00–393.00	2,249	45
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	364.46/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,139	8
Steers	600–650	Large 1	606	388.00/cwt	388.00–388.00	2,351	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	402.48/cwt	397.00–410.00	2,479	175
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	375.04/cwt	372.00–377.50	2,355	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,354	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	371.37/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,451	100
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	351.78/cwt	345.00–356.00	2,364	49
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	698	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,338	2
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	701	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,292	8
Steers	700–750	Large 1Unweaned	702	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,225	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	351.40/cwt	346.00–354.00	2,586	28
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	790	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,548	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	257	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,246	13
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	295	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,283	2
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	302	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,193	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	312	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,310	14
Heifers	300–350	Large 1Unweaned	315	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,323	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	478.35/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,602	11
Heifers	300–350	Large 1-2Unweaned	337	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,373	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	343	437.46/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,500	10
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	434.80/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,544	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,520	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	375	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,448	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	383	472.24/cwt	472.00–475.00	1,809	59
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	411.63/cwt	410.00–422.50	1,622	62
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	455.74/cwt	450.00–457.50	1,841	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	425.71/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,784	77
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	426	417.63/cwt	415.00–419.00	1,779	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	433	414.78/cwt	410.00–418.00	1,796	43
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	440	397.71/cwt	392.50–400.00	1,750	27
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	447	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,703	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	473	403.97/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,911	91
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	418.41/cwt	412.50–425.00	2,000	125
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	478	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,828	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	480	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,100	13
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	482	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,542	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	376.96/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,824	18
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	495	365.77/cwt	362.50–367.50	1,811	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	380.57/cwt	374.00–388.00	1,990	110
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	362.60/cwt	355.00–367.50	1,915	121
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	545	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,918	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	349.44/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,013	38
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	331.64/cwt	331.00–332.50	1,910	29
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	583	370.44/cwt	366.00–375.00	2,160	85
Heifers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	601	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,929	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	342.06/cwt	341.00–349.00	2,076	51
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	617	358.62/cwt	358.00–359.00	2,213	31
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2Unweaned	636	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,003	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	646	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,035	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	688	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	2,036	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	353	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	1,786	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	390	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,745	2
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	458	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,011	11

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 →

Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Mon Oct 19, 2026

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

Receipts 3,560Last week 5,469Year ago 5,409

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	277	1,025.00–1,125.00	1,076.54
9	300–350	308	560.00	560.00
29	350–400	394	510.00–515.00	512.75
37	400–450	432	490.00–505.00	501.18
76	450–500	478	461.00–472.50	468.66
70	500–550	517	431.00–440.00	434.65
45	550–600	578	405.00–410.00	406.68
63	600–650	628	372.00–377.50	375.04
49	650–700	672	345.00–356.00	351.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	288	575.00–580.00	577.35
5	300–350	325	585.00	585.00
44	350–400	385	535.00–549.00	546.01
50	400–450	419	522.50–530.00	525.73
105	450–500	480	475.00–491.00	480.51
123	500–550	520	445.00–460.00	449.52
203	550–600	572	415.00–427.00	423.41
175	600–650	616	397.00–410.00	402.48
100	650–700	660	360.00–377.50	371.37
28	700–750	736	346.00–354.00	351.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	367	560.00–567.50	563.34
46	500–550	512	470.00	470.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	477	465.00–470.00	466.33
57	550–600	577	388.50–391.00	389.09
12	600–650	606	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	482	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	395	468.00	468.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	477	440.00	440.00
4	500–550	513	405.00	405.00
7	550–600	582	367.50	367.50
10	700–750	702	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	301	600.00	600.00
11	350–400	354	585.00	585.00
4	400–450	420	545.00	545.00
101	450–500	481	500.00–504.00	503.62
61	500–550	547	517.00	517.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	315	520.00	520.00
13	350–400	393	490.00–495.00	493.50
91	400–450	433	452.50–495.00	474.30
32	450–500	476	441.00–458.00	448.02
59	500–550	524	420.00–427.00	422.93
45	550–600	583	384.00–393.00	385.83
16	600–650	638	369.00	369.00
2	650–700	698	335.00	335.00
8	700–750	701	327.00	327.00
3	750–800	790	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	472.50	472.50
34	450–500	491	409.00–455.00	421.05
25	500–550	542	410.00–415.00	413.38
8	550–600	587	355.00–370.00	364.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	525	327.50–388.00	364.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	435.00	435.00
3	250–300	257	1,000.00	1,000.00
10	300–350	343	430.00–445.00	437.46
62	350–400	394	410.00–422.50	411.63
43	400–450	433	410.00–418.00	414.78
91	450–500	473	400.00–407.50	403.97
121	500–550	528	355.00–367.50	362.60
38	550–600	576	340.00–352.50	349.44
4	600–650	646	315.00	315.00
2	650–700	688	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	395.00	395.00
2	350–400	375	386.00	386.00
20	450–500	495	362.50–367.50	365.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	280	445.00	445.00
11	300–350	335	470.00–480.00	478.35
19	350–400	355	430.00–440.00	434.80
77	400–450	419	420.00–430.00	425.71
125	450–500	478	412.50–425.00	418.41
110	500–550	523	374.00–388.00	380.57
85	550–600	583	366.00–375.00	370.44
51	600–650	607	341.00–349.00	342.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	350–400	383	472.00–475.00	472.24
52	400–450	404	450.00–457.50	455.74
13	450–500	480	437.50	437.50
31	600–650	617	358.00–359.00	358.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	315	420.00	420.00
12	400–450	447	381.00	381.00
6	450–500	478	382.50	382.50
41	500–550	545	352.00	352.00
6	600–650	601	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	426	415.00–419.00	417.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	407.50	407.50
5	450–500	482	320.00	320.00
5	600–650	636	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	312	420.00	420.00
4	350–400	373	407.50	407.50
27	400–450	440	392.50–400.00	397.71
18	450–500	484	372.50–382.50	376.96
29	550–600	576	331.00–332.50	331.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	353	506.00	506.00
11	450–500	458	439.00	439.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	390	447.50	447.50

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.