Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Tuesday January 13, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $454.78/cwt on 329 head, up $8.21 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −8.59 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$454.78

▲ 8.21 vs prior sale

329 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$40.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.43

vs CO average

−11.55 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	462.38	2,504	236
Large 1	559	438.93	2,453	74
Medium and Large 1-2	545	422.25	2,300	19thin

One grade step is worth $40.13/cwt here — about $204 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.81, low $446.57, median $463.38 across 13 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 sale329 hd

454.78

—

CO average2 barns · 613 hd

470.21

−15.43

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−11.55

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−8.59

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

69 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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 1	400–450	422	553.47/cwt	550.00–562.50	2,336	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	404.86/cwt	402.00–412.00	2,182	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	377.43/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,793	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	365.92/cwt	359.00–375.00	2,792	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	428	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	442.80/cwt	434.00–446.00	2,688	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,007	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,148	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	450.63/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,433	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,367	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	365.41/cwt	361.00–369.00	2,320	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	492.87/cwt	485.00–502.50	2,183	144
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	445	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,169	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,337	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	582	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,474	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	448.64/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,136	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	426.84/cwt	422.50–431.00	2,211	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	408	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	543	390.51/cwt	386.00–391.00	2,120	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	473.43/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,467	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	383.56/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,347	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	469.83/cwt	467.50–473.00	2,142	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	594	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,391	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	561.70/cwt	555.00–570.00	2,039	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	342.17/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,474	24
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	525	392.41/cwt	382.50–402.50	2,060	14
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	564	427.34/cwt	425.00–428.00	2,410	43
Steers	Large 1	650–700	688	377.79/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,599	51
Steers	Large 1	550–600	552	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,512	31
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	924	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,809	110
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,298	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	332.65/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,575	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	652.50/cwt	652.50–652.50	1,892	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	406.10/cwt	394.00–412.00	2,591	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	539.83/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,343	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,604	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	341.72/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,973	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	449.97/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,538	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	335.99/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,248	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	390.06/cwt	382.00–399.00	2,637	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	499.36/cwt	497.50–502.50	2,372	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	529	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,677	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	433.77/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,238	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	390.85/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,224	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	362.65/cwt	356.00–371.00	2,419	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	3,093	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	347.80/cwt	346.25–352.50	2,890	80
Steers	Large 1	700–750	720	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,722	3
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	523	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,223	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	247	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,531	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	518.44/cwt	517.50–520.00	2,089	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	560	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,394	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	467	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,447	22
Steers	Large 1	450–500	453	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,270	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	317.10/cwt	317.10–317.10	3,190	51
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	699	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,359	14
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,438	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,185	12
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	439	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,074	14
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	989	317.75/cwt	317.75–317.75	3,143	101
Steers	Large 1	850–900	894	341.75/cwt	341.75–341.75	3,055	109
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	475	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,147	13
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	633	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,355	19
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	75
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	829	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,719	127

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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Jan 6, 2026

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

Receipts 3,586Last week 4,282Year ago 3,063

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	652.50	652.50
3	300–350	333	645.00	645.00
16	350–400	368	635.00	635.00
49	400–450	422	550.00–562.50	553.47
8	450–500	475	497.50–502.50	499.36
40	500–550	521	472.50–480.00	473.43
53	550–600	564	440.00–460.00	449.97
56	600–650	607	434.00–446.00	442.80
123	650–700	676	382.00–399.00	390.06
108	700–750	740	376.00–378.00	377.43
39	750–800	763	359.00–375.00	365.92
80	800–850	831	346.25–352.50	347.80
84	850–900	870	338.00–343.00	341.72
61	900–950	928	333.25	333.25
2	950–1000	980	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	434	530.00–545.00	539.83
4	450–500	488	485.00	485.00
100	500–550	540	445.00–457.50	450.63
6	550–600	582	425.00	425.00
45	600–650	638	394.00–412.00	406.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	655.00	655.00
22	450–500	467	524.00	524.00
37	500–550	529	506.00	506.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	445	487.50	487.50
12	500–550	516	430.00–437.50	433.77
7	550–600	594	402.50	402.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	437	500.00	500.00
43	550–600	564	425.00–428.00	427.34
5	600–650	608	401.00	401.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	501.00	501.00
31	550–600	552	455.00	455.00
51	650–700	688	375.00–387.00	377.79
3	700–750	720	378.00	378.00
109	850–900	894	341.75	341.75
101	950–1000	989	317.75	317.75
51	1000–1050	1,006	317.10	317.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	525.00	525.00
4	400–450	428	475.00	475.00
63	450–500	476	440.00–450.00	448.64
27	500–550	539	402.00–412.00	404.86
37	600–650	635	361.00–369.00	365.41
8	650–700	669	321.00–345.00	335.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	612.50	612.50
27	350–400	363	555.00–570.00	561.70
144	400–450	443	485.00–502.50	492.87
12	450–500	456	467.50–473.00	469.83
65	500–550	518	422.50–431.00	426.84
53	550–600	569	386.00–395.00	390.85
56	600–650	612	380.00–390.00	383.56
81	650–700	667	356.00–371.00	362.65
24	700–750	723	339.00–343.00	342.17
80	750–800	774	330.00–334.00	332.65
67	800–850	805	323.50	323.50
5	1000–1050	1,007	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	432.50	432.50
31	500–550	543	386.00–391.00	390.51
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	525	382.50–402.50	392.41
14	650–700	699	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	472.50	472.50
13	450–500	475	452.00	452.00
7	500–550	523	425.00	425.00
19	600–650	633	372.00	372.00
75	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
127	800–850	829	328.00	328.00
110	900–950	924	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	555	414.00	414.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	620.00	620.00
8	400–450	403	517.50–520.00	518.44
13	550–600	560	427.50	427.50

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.

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