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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-10-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-26

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Mon, Oct 26

● Final106 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1902

← Oct 19Oct 26latest

Receipts

4,385 head

▲ 825 vs last sale 3,560▼ 738 vs year ago 5,123 · −14.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was very good. Feeder steers sold 6.00 to 9.00 higher with most selling for sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf special sale will be next Monday November 2, 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 $444.89/cwt on 749 head, up $15.70 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +7.85 against this barn's trailing median of $437.04.

Average price

$444.89

▲ 15.70 vs prior sale

749 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,409

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$76.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+13.90

vs CO average

+9.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	456.10	2,463	561
Large 1	540	441.10	2,382	30
Medium and Large 1-2	546	407.75	2,225	147
Large 1-2	573	380.00	2,177	11thin

One grade step is worth $76.10/cwt here — about $285 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale749 hd

444.89

—

CO average4 barns · 1,463 hd

430.99

+13.90

National average163 barns · 26,594 hd

435.15

+9.74

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

106 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 · Steers51 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	266	505.08/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,344	4
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,440	3
Steers	300–350	Large 1	304	547.50/cwt	547.50–547.50	1,664	26
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	315	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,890	26
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	338	571.34/cwt	565.00–575.00	1,931	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	375	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,744	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	555.17/cwt	545.00–565.00	2,099	26
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	381	523.68/cwt	515.00–525.00	1,995	14
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	391	601.66/cwt	595.00–603.00	2,352	113
Steers	400–450	Large 1	401	498.00/cwt	498.00–498.00	1,997	80
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,242	47
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	413	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,821	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	462.92/cwt	460.00–477.50	1,949	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	508.57/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,161	62
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	435	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,653	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	444	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,313	54
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	510.32/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,358	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	487.42/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,276	156
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	470	513.36/cwt	505.00–522.50	2,413	259
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	473	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,062	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	485	474.61/cwt	467.50–477.50	2,302	23
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	488	454.73/cwt	450.00–456.00	2,219	100
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	460.77/cwt	456.00–465.00	2,350	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	521	482.40/cwt	476.00–495.00	2,513	132
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	428.39/cwt	421.00–435.00	2,270	53
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	447.00/cwt	444.00–450.00	2,383	75
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	533	392.12/cwt	381.00–401.00	2,090	44
Steers	500–550	Large 1	540	441.10/cwt	435.00–442.00	2,382	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	551	462.00/cwt	462.00–462.00	2,546	75
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	442.81/cwt	437.00–445.00	2,493	136
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	403.38/cwt	397.50–406.00	2,307	44
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2Unweaned	573	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,177	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	578	418.09/cwt	411.00–424.00	2,417	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	372.13/cwt	362.00–382.00	2,177	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	434.12/cwt	432.50–435.00	2,644	79
Steers	600–650	Large 1	611	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,291	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	617	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,789	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	399.05/cwt	396.00–404.00	2,466	36
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	624	381.12/cwt	372.00–385.00	2,378	58
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,261	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	658	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,454	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	360.20/cwt	352.50–364.00	2,377	31
Steers	650–700	Large 1	661	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,399	7
Steers	650–700	Large 1Fancy	670	384.10/cwt	381.00–386.00	2,573	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	670	384.10/cwt	381.00–386.00	2,573	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	679	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,241	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	718	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,628	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	731	331.11/cwt	327.00–333.00	2,420	14
Steers	750–800	Large 1	766	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,612	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	803	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,690	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,678	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Large 1	253	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	4
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	278	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,133	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,310	2
Heifers	250–300	Large 1	297	475.85/cwt	472.50–485.00	1,413	30
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	413.73/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,374	16
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Fancy	342	501.89/cwt	500.00–502.50	1,716	46
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	471.47/cwt	455.00–475.00	1,612	17
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	437.51/cwt	435.00–442.50	1,628	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	374	491.38/cwt	490.00–492.50	1,838	49
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	374	392.47/cwt	381.00–397.50	1,468	16
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	375	431.00/cwt	431.00–431.00	1,616	68
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	470.10/cwt	467.50–480.00	1,843	38
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	396	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,624	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	430	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,210	188
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	403.15/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,746	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	434	452.88/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,965	87
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Value Added	435	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,110	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	428.71/cwt	421.00–430.00	1,908	41
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	447	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,654	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	448.37/cwt	445.00–452.50	2,058	179
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	429.69/cwt	425.00–435.00	2,002	55
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	397.08/cwt	391.00–407.50	1,870	54
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	481	385.86/cwt	378.00–395.00	1,856	65
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	486	375.81/cwt	372.50–381.00	1,826	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	518	450.84/cwt	445.00–453.00	2,335	134
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	413.75/cwt	410.00–417.00	2,164	52
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	381.51/cwt	371.00–385.00	1,995	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	349.59/cwt	321.00–365.00	1,832	43
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	527	335.29/cwt	335.00–336.00	1,767	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	400.68/cwt	398.00–405.00	2,136	90
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	534	426.29/cwt	423.00–429.00	2,276	111
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	543	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,914	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	555	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,237	34
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	383.47/cwt	370.00–391.00	2,140	82
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	578	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,196	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	354.17/cwt	350.00–363.00	2,061	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	587	340.96/cwt	338.00–346.00	2,001	16
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	607	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,040	4
Heifers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	619	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,869	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	624	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,950	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,249	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	344.95/cwt	342.00–353.00	2,263	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	662	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,390	19
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	330.11/cwt	325.00–337.00	2,218	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,387	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	320	481.00/cwt	481.00–481.00	1,539	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,989	2
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,838	2
Bulls	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	394	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,714	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,923	8
Bulls	400–450	Large 1	435	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,831	14
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	445	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	2,147	10
Bulls	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	487	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,855	13
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	509	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,756	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	553	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	1,996	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 →

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

Mon Oct 26, 2026

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

Receipts 4,385Last week 3,560Year ago 5,123

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	278	407.50	407.50
16	300–350	332	405.00–422.50	413.73
22	350–400	372	435.00–442.50	437.51
41	400–450	445	421.00–430.00	428.71
55	450–500	466	425.00–435.00	429.69
90	500–550	533	398.00–405.00	400.68
33	550–600	582	350.00–363.00	354.17
4	600–650	607	336.00	336.00
10	650–700	672	325.00–337.00	330.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	486	372.50–381.00	375.81
43	500–550	524	321.00–365.00	349.59
5	600–650	624	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	381.00–397.50	392.47
11	400–450	433	400.00–405.00	403.15
54	450–500	471	391.00–407.50	397.08
12	500–550	523	371.00–385.00	381.51
16	550–600	587	338.00–346.00	340.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	435	485.00	485.00
111	500–550	534	423.00–429.00	426.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	253	900.00	900.00
30	250–300	297	472.50–485.00	475.85
68	350–400	375	431.00	431.00
31	550–600	578	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	396	410.00	410.00
65	450–500	481	378.00–395.00	385.86
5	500–550	543	352.50	352.50
4	600–650	619	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	447	370.00	370.00
7	500–550	527	335.00–336.00	335.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	300–350	342	500.00–502.50	501.89
49	350–400	374	490.00–492.50	491.38
188	400–450	430	514.00	514.00
134	500–550	518	445.00–453.00	450.84
34	550–600	555	403.00	403.00
19	650–700	662	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	455.00	455.00
17	300–350	342	455.00–475.00	471.47
38	350–400	392	467.50–480.00	470.10
87	400–450	434	445.00–460.00	452.88
179	450–500	459	445.00–452.50	448.37
52	500–550	523	410.00–417.00	413.75
82	550–600	558	370.00–391.00	383.47
2	600–650	638	352.50	352.50
19	650–700	656	342.00–353.00	344.95
8	750–800	770	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	266	500.00–510.00	505.08
14	350–400	381	515.00–525.00	523.68
19	400–450	421	460.00–477.50	462.92
156	450–500	467	480.00–495.00	487.42
75	500–550	533	444.00–450.00	447.00
49	550–600	578	411.00–424.00	418.09
58	600–650	624	372.00–385.00	381.12
8	650–700	679	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	277	520.00	520.00
8	300–350	338	565.00–575.00	571.34
26	350–400	378	545.00–565.00	555.17
62	400–450	425	505.00–515.00	508.57
41	450–500	462	500.00–515.00	510.32
94	500–550	510	456.00–465.00	460.77
136	550–600	563	437.00–445.00	442.81
36	600–650	618	396.00–404.00	399.05
31	650–700	660	352.50–364.00	360.20
14	700–750	731	327.00–333.00	331.11
18	800–850	803	335.00	335.00
5	850–900	871	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
54	400–450	444	521.00	521.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	485	467.50–477.50	474.61
53	500–550	530	421.00–435.00	428.39
44	550–600	572	397.50–406.00	403.38
5	600–650	637	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	375	465.00	465.00
2	400–450	413	441.00	441.00
44	500–550	533	381.00–401.00	392.12
6	550–600	585	362.00–382.00	372.13
10	600–650	617	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	315	600.00	600.00
113	350–400	391	595.00–603.00	601.66
47	400–450	404	555.00	555.00
259	450–500	470	505.00–522.50	513.36
132	500–550	521	476.00–495.00	482.40
75	550–600	551	462.00	462.00
79	600–650	609	432.50–435.00	434.12
46	650–700	670	381.00–386.00	384.10
34	700–750	718	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	304	547.50	547.50
80	400–450	401	498.00	498.00
30	500–550	540	435.00–442.00	441.10
17	600–650	611	375.00	375.00
7	650–700	661	363.00	363.00
8	750–800	766	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
100	450–500	488	450.00–456.00	454.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	380.00	380.00
5	450–500	473	436.00	436.00
11	550–600	573	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	650–700	670	381.00–386.00	384.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	658	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	509	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	394	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	487	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	435	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	481.00	481.00
2	350–400	365	545.00	545.00
10	400–450	445	482.50	482.50
2	550–600	553	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	375	490.00	490.00
8	400–450	418	460.00	460.00

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.