Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 550lbs sold steady while steers over 550 sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady across all weight classes. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday January 27, 2026.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $456.00/cwt on 745 head, down $7.37 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 13 comparable sales and sits −7.37 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$456.00

▼ 7.37 vs prior sale

745 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,538

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$522

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

$72.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.14

vs CO average

−9.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	473.73	2,638	412
Large 1	542	446.01	2,418	89
Medium and Large 1-2	577	438.04	2,525	126
Medium and Large 2	556	431.72	2,398	76
Large 1-2	527	401.10	2,116	42

One grade step is worth $72.64/cwt here — about $522 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 sale745 hd

456.00

—

CO average4 barns · 1,751 hd

458.14

−2.14

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−9.33

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−7.37

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

121 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	561.91/cwt	560.00–565.00	1,821	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	640	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	427.32/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,290	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	733	328.61/cwt	326.00–331.00	2,409	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	682	394.39/cwt	385.00–399.00	2,690	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	562	397.76/cwt	387.00–404.00	2,235	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	581	448.05/cwt	444.00–458.00	2,603	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	389	526.69/cwt	520.00–531.00	2,049	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	317	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,672	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	375.94/cwt	370.00–382.50	2,372	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	357.58/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,403	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	524.55/cwt	520.00–532.50	2,298	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	485	502.96/cwt	500.00–507.00	2,439	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	520.38/cwt	518.00–522.50	2,472	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	638	412.05/cwt	402.50–416.00	2,629	282
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	344	578.30/cwt	575.00–581.00	1,989	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	483.20/cwt	475.00–487.00	2,223	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	391.03/cwt	385.00–397.50	2,401	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	747	368.30/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,751	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	430	488.86/cwt	486.00–495.00	2,102	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,373	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,250	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	476.31/cwt	470.00–479.00	2,477	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,009	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	340.17/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,463	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	301.32/cwt	287.50–307.50	2,634	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,636	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	415.81/cwt	410.00–421.00	2,366	131
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,291	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	347.55/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,888	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	346.70/cwt	337.50–349.00	2,323	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	455.26/cwt	450.00–463.00	2,176	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	393.82/cwt	393.00–395.00	2,453	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	381.91/cwt	373.00–387.00	2,261	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	530	414.33/cwt	412.50–417.00	2,196	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	459.71/cwt	457.50–462.50	2,381	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	747	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,379	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	341.27/cwt	340.00–342.50	2,662	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	381.23/cwt	380.00–384.00	2,653	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	400.01/cwt	394.00–402.50	2,192	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	378	475.63/cwt	460.00–487.50	1,798	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,944	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	447	512.00/cwt	512.00–512.00	2,289	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	472	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,294	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	581	436.37/cwt	432.00–440.00	2,535	117
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	542	444.39/cwt	441.00–450.00	2,409	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	367.59/cwt	352.00–371.00	2,529	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	608	386.27/cwt	386.00–387.00	2,349	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	434.68/cwt	429.00–437.50	2,065	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	580	408.73/cwt	401.00–427.50	2,371	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	445.98/cwt	441.00–447.50	2,185	59
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	495	439.00/cwt	439.00–439.00	2,173	13
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	367	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,074	7
Steers	Large 1-2	700–750	747	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,667	10
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	529	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,153	34
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	516.00/cwt	516.00–516.00	2,002	4
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	636	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,398	10
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,959	8
Steers	Large 1	550–600	559	459.00/cwt	459.00–459.00	2,566	14
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	29
Steers	Large 1	700–750	718	373.65/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,683	44
Steers	Large 1	750–800	763	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,690	11
Steers	Large 1	650–700	679	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,716	92
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	453	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,310	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	600	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	2,622	16
Bulls	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,234	33
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	323	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,752	3
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	490.02/cwt	475.00–494.00	2,323	135
Bulls	Large 1	500–550	525	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,284	2
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	451	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,192	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	413.69/cwt	403.00–416.50	2,573	98
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	425	524.68/cwt	523.00–535.00	2,230	91
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	566	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,434	17
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	343	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,075	2
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	525	417.06/cwt	415.00–423.00	2,190	23
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	614	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,425	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,660	10
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	473	426.80/cwt	423.00–432.50	2,019	17
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	643	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,392	36
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	447.56/cwt	440.00–458.50	2,377	58
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	563	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,291	9
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	586	378.36/cwt	374.00–381.00	2,217	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	351	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,036	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	409	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,127	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	497.50/cwt	497.50–497.50	2,239	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	506	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,206	5
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	543	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,215	4
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	464.00/cwt	464.00–464.00	1,912	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	379.82/cwt	376.00–385.00	2,549	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	553.06/cwt	550.00–570.00	2,406	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	505.18/cwt	503.00–515.00	2,152	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	362.65/cwt	353.00–368.00	2,782	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	311.75/cwt	300.00–313.00	2,600	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	328.50/cwt	323.00–330.00	3,012	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	702	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	2,787	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,379	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	428.21/cwt	424.50–434.00	2,663	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	622.21/cwt	615.00–625.00	2,072	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	384.72/cwt	375.00–392.00	2,747	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	588.73/cwt	555.00–603.00	2,190	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	451	513.00/cwt	513.00–513.00	2,314	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	359	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,226	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	404.13/cwt	401.00–407.00	2,700	89
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	504	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	468.18/cwt	462.50–477.00	2,669	145
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,470	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	529	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	2,656	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,403	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	486.16/cwt	482.50–493.00	2,616	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	437.88/cwt	432.50–441.00	2,443	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,740	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	339.44/cwt	338.00–342.50	2,957	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	609	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,466	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	657	398.37/cwt	393.00–399.00	2,617	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	412	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,410	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	587.50/cwt	587.50–587.50	2,285	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	654	413.12/cwt	412.00–415.00	2,702	105

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.

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	324	560.00–565.00	561.91
11	350–400	362	555.00	555.00
82	400–450	426	503.00–515.00	505.18
70	450–500	460	475.00–487.00	483.20
102	500–550	536	420.00–430.00	427.32
131	550–600	569	410.00–421.00	415.81
85	600–650	614	385.00–397.50	391.03
65	650–700	671	376.00–385.00	379.82
95	700–750	724	335.00–345.00	340.17
15	750–800	751	320.00	320.00
51	800–850	834	300.00–313.00	311.75
23	850–900	874	287.50–307.50	301.32
12	1050–1100	1,065	247.50	247.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	460.00–487.50	475.63
10	400–450	448	440.00	440.00
23	450–500	475	429.00–437.50	434.68
17	500–550	548	394.00–402.50	400.01
141	550–600	592	373.00–387.00	381.91
3	600–650	640	361.00	361.00
31	650–700	670	337.50–349.00	346.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	317	527.50	527.50
43	350–400	389	520.00–531.00	526.69
39	400–450	430	486.00–495.00	488.86
103	450–500	478	450.00–463.00	455.26
83	500–550	530	412.50–417.00	414.33
75	550–600	562	387.00–404.00	397.76
49	600–650	631	370.00–382.50	375.94
55	650–700	672	352.00–365.00	357.58
43	700–750	733	326.00–331.00	328.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	383	507.50	507.50
59	450–500	490	441.00–447.50	445.98
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	542.50	542.50
7	450–500	451	486.00	486.00
23	500–550	525	415.00–423.00	417.06
9	550–600	563	407.00	407.00
6	600–650	614	395.00	395.00
29	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	332	500.00	500.00
9	400–450	412	464.00	464.00
17	450–500	473	423.00–432.50	426.80
4	500–550	543	408.00	408.00
18	550–600	586	374.00–381.00	378.36
36	600–650	643	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	351	580.00	580.00
5	400–450	409	520.00	520.00
19	450–500	450	497.50	497.50
5	500–550	506	436.00	436.00
55	550–600	558	432.50–441.00	437.88
20	600–650	609	405.00	405.00
50	650–700	657	393.00–399.00	398.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	575.00–581.00	578.30
3	350–400	388	575.00	575.00
23	400–450	438	520.00–532.50	524.55
32	450–500	485	500.00–507.00	502.96
47	500–550	520	470.00–479.00	476.31
68	550–600	581	444.00–458.00	448.05
282	600–650	638	402.50–416.00	412.05
188	650–700	682	385.00–399.00	394.39
38	700–750	747	365.00–370.00	368.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	280	640.00	640.00
27	300–350	333	615.00–625.00	622.21
33	350–400	372	555.00–603.00	588.73
52	400–450	435	550.00–570.00	553.06
81	450–500	475	518.00–522.50	520.38
80	500–550	538	482.50–493.00	486.16
145	550–600	570	462.50–477.00	468.18
133	600–650	622	424.50–434.00	428.21
89	650–700	668	401.00–407.00	404.13
197	700–750	714	375.00–392.00	384.72
22	750–800	767	353.00–368.00	362.65
70	800–850	831	340.00–352.50	347.55
89	850–900	871	338.00–342.50	339.44
46	900–950	917	323.00–330.00	328.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	483	492.50	492.50
5	600–650	623	393.00–395.00	393.82
26	650–700	696	380.00–384.00	381.23
4	750–800	780	340.00–342.50	341.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	447	512.00	512.00
9	450–500	472	486.00	486.00
9	500–550	518	457.50–462.50	459.71
117	550–600	581	432.00–440.00	436.37
26	600–650	608	386.00–387.00	386.27
33	650–700	688	352.00–371.00	367.59
6	700–750	747	347.50	347.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	495	439.00	439.00
49	500–550	542	441.00–450.00	444.39
27	550–600	580	401.00–427.50	408.73
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	343	605.00	605.00
7	350–400	367	565.00	565.00
91	400–450	425	523.00–535.00	524.68
135	450–500	474	475.00–494.00	490.02
58	500–550	531	440.00–458.50	447.56
17	550–600	566	430.00	430.00
98	600–650	622	403.00–416.50	413.69
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	500–550	529	407.00	407.00
10	700–750	747	357.00	357.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	516.00	516.00
8	500–550	521	376.00	376.00
10	600–650	636	377.00	377.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	559	459.00	459.00
16	600–650	600	437.00	437.00
92	650–700	679	400.00	400.00
44	700–750	718	370.00–376.00	373.65
11	750–800	763	352.50	352.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	702	397.00	397.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	620.00	620.00
3	400–450	412	585.00	585.00
18	450–500	466	530.00	530.00
12	500–550	529	502.00	502.00
60	550–600	557	492.00	492.00
105	650–700	654	412.00–415.00	413.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	470	487.50	487.50
7	550–600	574	392.00	392.00
7	650–700	698	340.00	340.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	453	510.00	510.00
2	500–550	525	435.00	435.00
Bulls — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	490	456.00	456.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	389	587.50	587.50
21	450–500	451	513.00	513.00
5	500–550	504	461.00	461.00
7	600–650	606	392.50	392.50

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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