Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 8.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Tuesday January 20, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $463.38/cwt on 839 head, up $8.59 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 13 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$463.38

▲ 8.59 vs prior sale

839 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,567

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$209

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

$71.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs CO average

−8.60 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	476.64	2,605	533
Large 1	537	475.81	2,555	104
Medium and Large 1-2	582	423.05	2,462	190
Large 1-2	592	404.80	2,396	12thin

One grade step is worth $71.84/cwt here — about $209 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.

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 sale839 hd

463.38

—

CO average5 barns · 1,739 hd

475.86

−12.49

National average187 barns · 29,067 hd

471.98

−8.60

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

+0.00

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

99 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	800–850	816	364.31/cwt	356.00–367.00	2,973	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	387.99/cwt	383.00–398.00	2,301	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	458.68/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,197	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	588	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,193	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	490.29/cwt	482.00–492.50	2,579	119
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,046	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	380	562.00/cwt	562.00–562.00	2,136	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	751	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,591	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	422.66/cwt	412.00–430.00	2,692	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	528	460.13/cwt	450.00–470.00	2,429	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	408.13/cwt	402.00–411.00	2,359	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	439.54/cwt	434.00–443.00	2,743	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	420	474.75/cwt	470.00–477.50	1,994	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	541.78/cwt	530.00–547.50	2,395	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	718	393.43/cwt	391.00–396.00	2,825	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	329.67/cwt	327.00–334.00	2,522	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	372.83/cwt	367.00–377.75	2,856	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	2,087	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	380.95/cwt	370.00–387.50	2,773	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	275	496.52/cwt	496.00–500.00	1,365	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,551	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,142	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	660	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,541	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	580	426.26/cwt	422.50–430.00	2,472	262
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	386	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,949	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	434.45/cwt	427.00–441.00	2,263	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	451	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,210	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	418.43/cwt	411.00–421.00	2,766	184
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	395.02/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,508	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	299	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,839	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	501.87/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,198	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,704	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	482.04/cwt	472.50–485.00	2,237	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	350.34/cwt	340.00–357.00	2,526	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	535.84/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,015	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	574.64/cwt	565.00–585.00	2,402	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	619.48/cwt	612.50–622.50	2,329	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	347.00/cwt	341.00–348.75	3,067	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	529.13/cwt	521.00–535.00	2,497	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	371.70/cwt	368.00–375.00	2,457	77
Steers	Large 1	800–850	828	363.33/cwt	342.00–367.00	3,008	54
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	759	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,512	71
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	556	423.50/cwt	423.50–423.50	2,355	31
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	604	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,470	28
Steers	Large 1	900–950	938	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,992	5
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	462	483.00/cwt	483.00–483.00	2,231	33
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	622	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,189	5
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	592	404.80/cwt	402.50–408.00	2,396	12
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	499.17/cwt	499.00–500.00	1,932	39
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	446	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,074	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	453.84/cwt	453.00–455.00	2,174	21
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	1,975	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	597	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,543	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	571	384.42/cwt	371.00–387.50	2,195	60
Steers	Large 1	650–700	662	395.62/cwt	395.50–396.00	2,619	25
Steers	Large 1	600–650	607	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,580	10
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,338	5
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,110	43
Steers	Large 1	750–800	784	366.41/cwt	365.00–369.00	2,873	31
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,440	8
Steers	Large 1	450–500	452	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,418	11
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	644	396.36/cwt	395.00–400.00	2,553	40
Heifers	Large 1	850–900	890	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,759	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,359	11
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	550–600	598	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,368	16
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	419	488.94/cwt	487.50–490.00	2,049	14
Steers	Large 1	500–550	501	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,530	46
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	801	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,603	17
Steers	Large 1	400–450	424	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,438	10
Steers	Large 1	550–600	575	454.85/cwt	453.00–460.00	2,615	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	528	509.94/cwt	503.00–514.00	2,692	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	471.44/cwt	460.00–477.00	2,635	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	499.38/cwt	492.50–505.00	2,407	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	385.50/cwt	382.00–386.00	2,571	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	383.03/cwt	379.00–385.00	2,432	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	541	419.51/cwt	413.00–421.00	2,270	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	710	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	665	398.57/cwt	394.00–408.00	2,650	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	354.30/cwt	352.50–356.00	2,381	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	492	438.40/cwt	435.00–441.00	2,157	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	345.31/cwt	342.00–349.00	2,863	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	424.11/cwt	420.50–435.00	2,468	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	449.12/cwt	440.00–458.00	2,582	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	367.68/cwt	364.00–370.00	2,438	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	510	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,285	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	631	406.64/cwt	405.00–409.00	2,566	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,381	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	391.34/cwt	387.00–393.00	2,442	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	583	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,326	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	541	397.12/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,148	16
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	743	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,608	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	413	607.55/cwt	600.00–610.00	2,509	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	555	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,747	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	489	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,787	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	656	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	2,834	55

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

Receipts 5,908Last week 3,586Year ago 5,940

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	299	615.00	615.00
8	300–350	338	617.50	617.50
33	350–400	376	612.50–622.50	619.48
52	400–450	418	565.00–585.00	574.64
81	450–500	472	521.00–535.00	529.13
119	500–550	526	482.00–492.50	490.29
95	550–600	559	460.00–477.00	471.44
247	600–650	624	434.00–443.00	439.54
184	650–700	661	411.00–421.00	418.43
268	700–750	728	370.00–387.50	380.95
284	750–800	766	367.00–377.75	372.83
89	800–850	816	356.00–367.00	364.31
86	850–900	884	341.00–348.75	347.00
21	900–950	943	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	305	555.00	555.00
5	350–400	380	562.00	562.00
6	400–450	442	530.00–547.50	541.78
28	450–500	482	492.50–505.00	499.38
59	500–550	528	450.00–470.00	460.13
139	550–600	575	440.00–458.00	449.12
96	600–650	637	412.00–430.00	422.66
200	650–700	665	394.00–408.00	398.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	700–750	718	391.00–396.00	393.43
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	575.00	575.00
11	450–500	452	535.00	535.00
46	500–550	501	505.00	505.00
41	550–600	575	453.00–460.00	454.85
10	600–650	607	425.00	425.00
25	650–700	662	395.50–396.00	395.62
31	750–800	784	365.00–369.00	366.41
54	800–850	828	342.00–367.00	363.33
5	900–950	938	319.00	319.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	592	402.50–408.00	404.80
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	378	522.50	522.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	497.50	497.50
11	500–550	514	459.00	459.00
6	550–600	597	426.00	426.00
40	600–650	644	395.00–400.00	396.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	413	600.00–610.00	607.55
7	450–500	489	570.00	570.00
97	500–550	528	503.00–514.00	509.94
24	550–600	555	495.00	495.00
55	650–700	656	432.00	432.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
182	550–600	582	420.50–435.00	424.11
53	600–650	631	405.00–409.00	406.64
122	650–700	667	382.00–386.00	385.50
21	800–850	829	342.00–349.00	345.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	520.00	520.00
8	550–600	583	399.00	399.00
35	600–650	624	387.00–393.00	391.34
18	650–700	663	364.00–370.00	367.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	250–300	275	496.00–500.00	496.52
9	300–350	322	543.00	543.00
5	350–400	386	505.00	505.00
17	400–450	420	470.00–477.50	474.75
22	450–500	479	450.00–465.00	458.68
92	500–550	541	413.00–421.00	419.51
36	550–600	593	383.00–398.00	387.99
57	600–650	635	379.00–385.00	383.03
26	650–700	672	352.50–356.00	354.30
2	700–750	710	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	450–500	492	435.00–441.00	438.40
16	500–550	541	392.50–402.50	397.12
7	550–600	588	373.00	373.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	751	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	282	550.00	550.00
22	350–400	376	530.00–545.00	535.84
49	400–450	438	495.00–515.00	501.87
42	450–500	464	472.50–485.00	482.04
173	500–550	521	427.00–441.00	434.45
69	550–600	578	402.00–411.00	408.13
187	600–650	635	390.00–410.00	395.02
77	650–700	661	368.00–375.00	371.70
37	700–750	721	340.00–357.00	350.34
115	750–800	765	327.00–334.00	329.67
39	850–900	878	308.00	308.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	525.00	525.00
9	450–500	451	490.00	490.00
66	500–550	510	448.00	448.00
262	550–600	580	422.50–430.00	426.26
11	650–700	660	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	419	487.50–490.00	488.94
33	450–500	462	483.00	483.00
31	550–600	556	423.50	423.50
28	600–650	604	409.00	409.00
48	700–750	743	351.00	351.00
71	750–800	759	331.00	331.00
17	800–850	801	325.00	325.00
2	850–900	890	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	484	436.00	436.00
5	600–650	622	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	387	499.00–500.00	499.17
6	400–450	446	465.00	465.00
21	450–500	479	453.00–455.00	453.84
60	550–600	571	371.00–387.50	384.42
8	600–650	637	383.00	383.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	598	396.00	396.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	763	312.00	312.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	800–850	833	315.00	315.00

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