Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2026-01-21

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Jan 21
● Final122 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,266 head
▼ 429 vs last sale 2,695▲ 922 vs year ago 1,344 · +68.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 0▼ 38 vs year ago 76 · −50.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers under 650 sold mostly sharply lower. Steers over 650 sold 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 500 sold sharply higher while heifers over 500 sold mostly 7.00 to 10.00 lower. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday 28, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $415.25/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +7.06 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.
Average price
$415.25
240 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,289
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$462
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$78.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−35.74
vs CO average
−50.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1547439.282,402122
Large 1542415.702,25442
Medium and Large 1-2572380.712,17658
Medium and Large 2533375.001,9992thin
Large 1-2537361.101,94016thin
One grade step is worth $78.18/cwt here — about $462 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 sale240 hd
415.25
—
CO average4 barns · 1,372 hd
450.99
−35.74
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
−50.08
This barn, trailing median8 sales
408.19
+7.06
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

8 sales
486447408370median 408.1903/0403/2510/0710/2110/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.00, low $383.69, median $408.19 across 8 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 · La Junta Livestock Commision - 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 · Steers53 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340650.00/cwt650.00–650.002,21010
Steers300–350Large 1Unweaned342595.64/cwt590.00–605.002,03718
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned346635.00/cwt635.00–635.002,1976
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned363627.37/cwt617.50–630.002,27715
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367642.17/cwt640.00–660.002,35718
Steers350–400Large 1-2Unweaned389462.48/cwt455.00–470.001,7998
Steers350–400Large 1Unweaned397604.09/cwt602.50–607.502,39833
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411578.18/cwt570.00–585.002,37641
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned430555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,3872
Steers400–450Large 1Unweaned433519.91/cwt515.00–527.502,25133
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned442465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,05513
Steers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned447455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,0343
Steers450–500Large 1Unweaned453450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0399
Steers450–500Large 1-2Unweaned461393.16/cwt385.00–405.001,81211
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy462560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,58712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2463459.38/cwt452.50–470.002,12710
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1472527.49/cwt520.00–535.002,49028
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned472508.64/cwt505.00–517.502,40110
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned489442.86/cwt440.00–447.502,16639
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,9556
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy515490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,52430
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1518450.42/cwt445.00–457.502,33323
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned521392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,0456
Steers500–550Large 1-2Unweaned523370.76/cwt355.00–395.001,93910
Steers500–550Large 1Unweaned527423.98/cwt417.50–425.002,23414
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2Unweaned533375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9992
Steers500–550Large 1539444.43/cwt442.50–455.002,39513
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy550480.00/cwt480.00–480.002,6404
Steers550–600Large 1Unweaned559383.07/cwt377.50–395.002,14115
Steers550–600Large 1-2Unweaned561345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,9356
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567422.21/cwt415.00–425.002,39424
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned570364.14/cwt357.50–367.502,0769
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572383.75/cwt375.00–392.502,19549
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned583403.56/cwt400.00–410.002,35335
Steers600–650Large 1Unweaned602352.12/cwt347.50–357.502,12013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned610363.41/cwt360.00–375.002,21713
Steers600–650Large 1623372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,32119
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy633415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,6274
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634385.38/cwt382.50–397.502,44315
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned640348.93/cwt345.00–355.002,23337
Steers650–700Large 1-2Unweaned661328.57/cwt327.50–330.002,1727
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1662382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,5328
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned672358.73/cwt357.50–360.002,4114
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned683305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,0833
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2688320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,2023
Steers700–750Large 1Fancy703371.00/cwt371.00–371.002,60880
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned703315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2143
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724340.90/cwt337.00–350.002,46831
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1759349.15/cwt347.50–352.502,65015
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,5323
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820327.93/cwt322.50–340.002,68923
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1886340.00/cwt340.00–340.003,0124
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1908290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,6332
Feeder Cattle · Heifers54 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy298640.00/cwt640.00–640.001,9072
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1318549.32/cwt540.00–555.001,7478
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 13301,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4755
Heifers300–350Large 1-2Unweaned332450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4945
Heifers300–350Large 1Unweaned333515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,71513
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340525.98/cwt522.50–530.001,78811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned364524.32/cwt517.50–527.501,90930
Heifers350–400Large 1373530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,9776
Heifers350–400Large 1-2Unweaned378447.50/cwt447.50–447.501,6924
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379557.26/cwt552.50–560.002,1128
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned387440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,7035
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,80811
Heifers400–450Large 1Unweaned407480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,95417
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1409510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0867
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned413475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,96227
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned421430.63/cwt425.00–437.501,81312
Heifers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned431448.56/cwt442.50–460.001,9339
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2437445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,9456
Heifers450–500Large 1467477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,23018
Heifers450–500Large 1Unweaned468451.70/cwt450.00–455.002,11415
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470440.51/cwt440.00–442.502,07015
Heifers450–500Large 1-2Unweaned480392.50/cwt392.50–392.501,88416
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy488517.50/cwt517.50–517.502,5252
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned490422.68/cwt420.00–424.002,07118
Heifers450–500Large 2Unweaned499355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7716
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507423.88/cwt420.00–430.002,14918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned515387.26/cwt372.50–400.001,99411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned536355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,9036
Heifers500–550Large 1-2Unweaned537350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,8803
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned564335.44/cwt332.50–337.501,89210
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned568305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7322
Heifers550–600Large 1576362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,0888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579351.44/cwt347.50–355.002,03526
Heifers550–600Large 1Unweaned587345.67/cwt340.00–347.502,0298
Heifers600–650Large 1Unweaned614315.30/cwt310.00–322.501,9367
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned620322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,0006
Heifers600–650Large 1625339.93/cwt337.50–345.002,1256
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631344.79/cwt342.50–347.502,17632
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1650347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,25938
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned653297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,9437
Heifers650–700Large 1-2655312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,0472
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy657374.00/cwt374.00–374.002,45741
Heifers650–700Large 1664347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,30485
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned691309.73/cwt300.00–312.502,1409
Heifers700–750Large 1700312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,1883
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned712290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,0653
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3043
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2759272.50/cwt272.50–272.502,0684
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,4825
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806280.51/cwt277.50–282.502,2615
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,5976
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859305.92/cwt305.00–307.502,62811
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1929278.49/cwt275.00–280.002,58710
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1968270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6142
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1315644.76/cwt640.00–650.002,0314
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1382565.00/cwt565.00–565.002,1583
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned443465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,0604
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1502
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1553405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2402
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned553367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,0323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned564341.19/cwt337.50–345.001,9244
Bulls550–600Large 1595335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,9932
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,2035
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1718315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,2627
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2763270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,0604
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1945287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,7177
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed986233.58/cwt222.50–237.502,30320
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1996208.69/cwt200.00–212.502,07915
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,227166.59/cwt163.00–174.002,0443

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.