Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2026-11-02

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Mon, Nov 2
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1902
← Oct 26Nov 2latest
Receipts
6,763 head
▲ 2,378 vs last sale 4,385▲ 2,912 vs year ago 3,851 · +75.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers under 500 sold sharply higher. Steers between 500 and 650 sold 6.00 to 7.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Steers over 650 sold mostly sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 450 sold sharply higher while heifers over 450 sold 5.00 to 6.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. The next feeder and stocker special sale is next Monday November 9, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $424.41/cwt on 1,478 head, down $20.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 3 comparable sales and sits −4.78 against this barn's trailing median of $429.19.
Average price
$424.41
▼ 20.48 vs prior sale
1,478 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,321
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$359
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$75.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.26
vs CO average
−11.87 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1541440.352,3831,001
Large 1556409.172,274156
Medium and Large 1-2562385.762,169266
Large 1-2555364.422,02455
One grade step is worth $75.93/cwt here — about $359 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 sale1,478 hd
424.41
—
CO average5 barns · 2,252 hd
419.15
+5.26
National average185 barns · 33,905 hd
436.28
−11.87
This barn, trailing median3 sales
429.19
−4.78
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

3 sales
459443427410median 429.1910/1910/1910/2611/0211/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $444.89, low $424.41, median $429.19 across 3 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

122 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers64 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12091,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1755
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned283565.08/cwt560.00–570.001,5996
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy301635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,91122
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned313555.00/cwt555.00–555.001,7373
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1347588.59/cwt585.00–602.502,04225
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned353485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,71213
Steers350–400Large 1Unweaned361518.40/cwt512.50–522.501,8715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363593.37/cwt590.00–605.002,15487
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned367505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,8535
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned376542.03/cwt540.00–545.002,03817
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,0749
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added400555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,2204
Steers400–450Large 1Unweaned402502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,01814
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy408570.00/cwt570.00–570.002,32621
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414535.64/cwt505.00–545.002,21896
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415501.64/cwt500.00–505.002,08227
Steers400–450Large 1421520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,18919
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned429521.26/cwt510.00–527.502,23631
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2429445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9097
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned436483.24/cwt472.00–490.002,10785
Steers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned436446.00/cwt446.00–446.001,94519
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned465500.12/cwt495.00–505.002,326156
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468523.41/cwt510.00–530.002,450180
Steers450–500Large 1Unweaned474477.79/cwt477.50–482.502,265120
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned478425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0325
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481470.51/cwt465.00–480.002,26368
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned484451.46/cwt445.00–460.002,18597
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2487439.16/cwt438.00–440.002,13917
Steers500–550Large 1-2Unweaned518357.00/cwt357.00–357.001,8499
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523443.59/cwt439.00–452.502,320345
Steers500–550Large 1-2526380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,99917
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned526353.00/cwt353.00–353.001,8579
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy531474.99/cwt471.00–481.002,522165
Steers500–550Large 1Unweaned531400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1244
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned534423.81/cwt415.00–432.502,263153
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2537400.12/cwt390.00–407.502,149100
Steers500–550Large 1544427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,326101
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy552456.00/cwt456.00–456.002,51731
Steers550–600Large 1554402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,2307
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1569433.30/cwt427.50–437.002,465224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned570401.74/cwt394.00–410.002,29083
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned580367.24/cwt361.00–375.002,13066
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581386.65/cwt380.00–392.502,24691
Steers550–600Large 1-2583361.85/cwt360.00–363.002,11025
Steers550–600Large 1Unweaned585369.00/cwt363.00–373.002,15944
Steers550–600Large 1-2Unweaned591331.00/cwt331.00–331.001,9564
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy605406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,45615
Steers600–650Large 1Unweaned615325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9993
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620383.68/cwt378.00–392.002,379233
Steers600–650Large 1621354.24/cwt352.50–359.002,20040
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned623333.50/cwt332.50–335.002,07835
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned627362.84/cwt359.00–371.002,27593
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627347.73/cwt341.00–352.002,18017
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned653334.85/cwt326.00–337.502,18718
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1659366.02/cwt356.00–372.002,412175
Steers650–700Large 1Unweaned670317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,1274
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned671348.55/cwt342.00–353.002,33979
Steers650–700Large 1-2674310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,08918
Steers650–700Large 1681338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,30211
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2691319.48/cwt315.00–321.002,20832
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned706338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,3867
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726353.88/cwt352.00–358.002,56974
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2736320.67/cwt317.00–327.002,36039
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774321.28/cwt318.00–323.002,48764
Feeder Cattle · Heifers58 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1291451.82/cwt445.00–455.001,3156
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312456.94/cwt455.00–460.001,4265
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy313515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,61210
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned313494.63/cwt490.00–497.501,5485
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned318430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,3676
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1339508.59/cwt500.00–510.001,72471
Heifers300–350Large 1Unweaned344467.50/cwt467.50–467.501,6088
Heifers350–400Large 1353432.50/cwt432.50–432.501,5276
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned368374.20/cwt371.00–380.001,3779
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy370480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,77612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2372406.82/cwt402.50–407.501,51315
Heifers350–400Large 1-2Unweaned376382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,4389
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned386418.56/cwt415.00–430.001,61660
Heifers350–400Large 1Unweaned388422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,63913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned389357.50/cwt357.50–357.501,3915
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1392443.54/cwt442.50–450.001,73929
Heifers400–450Large 1-2405385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,5593
Heifers400–450Large 1Unweaned411413.88/cwt400.00–417.001,70123
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413424.66/cwt420.00–430.001,75465
Heifers400–450Large 1421437.00/cwt437.00–437.001,84048
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423403.31/cwt400.00–412.501,70638
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned428388.90/cwt385.00–398.001,66419
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned430374.87/cwt367.50–377.501,61233
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1437441.92/cwt435.00–448.001,931208
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2Unweaned458350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,6032
Heifers450–500Large 1-2468367.74/cwt362.50–377.501,72118
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470421.50/cwt415.00–430.001,981131
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned474398.56/cwt390.00–403.001,889130
Heifers450–500Large 1477426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,03272
Heifers450–500Large 1Unweaned478397.50/cwt397.50–397.501,90016
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned483367.56/cwt360.00–377.501,775101
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485385.01/cwt380.00–390.001,867160
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned518400.32/cwt387.50–406.002,074145
Heifers500–550Large 1Unweaned519340.92/cwt340.00–346.001,76926
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521369.92/cwt362.00–376.001,927174
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523412.85/cwt410.00–420.002,159197
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned530349.80/cwt340.00–357.501,854148
Heifers500–550Large 1532360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,91522
Heifers500–550Large 1-2536326.99/cwt326.00–330.001,75326
Heifers500–550Large 2541303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,6397
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2544334.22/cwt327.50–337.501,81837
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571375.72/cwt371.00–383.002,14531
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned571320.16/cwt315.00–328.001,82865
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2573307.99/cwt305.00–311.001,76518
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned580359.03/cwt356.00–363.002,082133
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587336.94/cwt330.00–340.001,97858
Heifers550–600Large 1-2Unweaned595322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,91617
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy603365.23/cwt355.00–370.002,20257
Heifers600–650Large 1616324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,99631
Heifers600–650Large 1Unweaned618315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,94720
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1625336.78/cwt332.00–341.002,105141
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned627319.57/cwt315.00–326.002,004129
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned628304.16/cwt300.00–310.001,9107
Heifers600–650Large 1-2645307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,98311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned662271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7943
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1687308.52/cwt300.00–313.002,120142
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723297.14/cwt290.00–305.002,14817
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1826283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,3389

This sale against other markets

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.