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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Feb 25

● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,109 head

▲ 252 vs last sale 857▲ 132 vs year ago 977 · +13.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

158 head

▼ 47 vs last sale 205▲ 34 vs year ago 124 · +27.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

55 head

▲ 21 vs last sale 34▼ 73 vs year ago 128 · −57.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Lean slaughter cows of average dressing sold 5.00 higher while bulls of average dressing sold 8.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday March 4, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $446.69/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +103.63 against this barn's trailing median of $343.06.

Average price

$446.69

90 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,397

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$140

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$14.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.53

vs CO average

+16.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	451.57	2,446	59
Large 1	527	437.40	2,306	31

One grade step is worth $14.16/cwt here — about $140 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale90 hd

446.69

—

CO average2 barns · 291 hd

447.22

−0.53

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

+16.28

This barn, trailing median8 sales

343.06

+103.63

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.95, low $327.75, median $343.06 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,592	189.27	3,014	7thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,357	172.92	2,347	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,153	172.35	1,987	90
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,614	166.62	2,689	11

Every lot

73 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	313	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,019	2
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	348	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,175	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,458	7
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,206	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	418	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,362	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,482	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	451	555.16/cwt	545.00–557.50	2,504	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	489	526.24/cwt	522.50–527.50	2,573	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	503	525.35/cwt	525.00–530.00	2,643	30
Steers	500–550	Large 1	504	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,608	7
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2Unweaned	530	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,306	2
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	535	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,675	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	484.52/cwt	480.00–495.00	2,592	9
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	557	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,534	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	558	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,525	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,698	2
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2Unweaned	566	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,967	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	437.48/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,656	22
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	630	357.55/cwt	352.50–362.50	2,253	8
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	408.51/cwt	407.50–410.00	2,586	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	653	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,383	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	408.20/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,710	57
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,621	2
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,911	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	354.12/cwt	342.50–357.50	2,780	13
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,358	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,810	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	853	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,964	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,854	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	969	303.76/cwt	302.50–305.00	2,943	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Large 1	260	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,450	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	1,923	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,068	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,210	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	455	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,877	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	459	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,951	8
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	482	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,073	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,194	20
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	502	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,334	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	434.32/cwt	430.00–440.00	2,224	7
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	514	419.92/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,158	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	477.06/cwt	475.00–477.50	2,509	38
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	599	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,342	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	384.03/cwt	372.50–392.50	2,431	21
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,865	133
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,743	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	378.61/cwt	367.50–387.50	2,503	9
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	691	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,481	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	719	327.74/cwt	325.00–332.50	2,356	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	344.52/cwt	337.50–347.50	2,487	17
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	804	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,573	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,792	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	882	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,690	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,387	4
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,501	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	443	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	2,470	5
Bulls	450–500	Large 1	482	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,241	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	548	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	2,507	6
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,564	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,833	12
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,403	7
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,395	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,483	1
Bulls	—	—	1,449	185.84/cwt	185.00–187.00	2,693	4
Bulls	—	—	1,978	201.76/cwt	199.00–204.00	3,991	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,071	161.93/cwt	149.00–168.00	1,734	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,138	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	176.34/cwt	171.00–178.50	2,104	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,348	173.77/cwt	171.00–178.00	2,342	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,402	168.66/cwt	168.00–169.00	2,365	6
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,614	166.62/cwt	165.50–178.00	2,689	11
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	1,023	267.69/cwt	252.50–277.50	2,738	18
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,151	215.68/cwt	202.50–227.50	2,482	15

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Feb 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,109Last week 857Year ago 977

Slaughter CattleReceipts 158Last week 205Year ago 124

Replacement CattleReceipts 55Last week 34Year ago 128

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	540.00	540.00
7	400–450	417	530.00	530.00
20	450–500	492	446.00	446.00
38	500–550	526	475.00–477.50	477.06
133	600–650	638	449.00	449.00
18	650–700	653	420.00	420.00
17	700–750	722	337.50–347.50	344.52
5	800–850	846	330.00	330.00
3	850–900	882	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	507.50	507.50
8	450–500	459	425.00	425.00
7	500–550	512	430.00–440.00	434.32
14	550–600	599	391.00	391.00
21	600–650	633	372.50–392.50	384.03
9	650–700	661	367.50–387.50	378.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	260	557.50	557.50
3	450–500	482	430.00	430.00
16	500–550	502	465.00	465.00
9	550–600	581	400.00	400.00
12	800–850	804	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	514	415.00–425.00	419.92
4	650–700	691	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	455	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	719	325.00–332.50	327.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	313	645.00	645.00
7	350–400	384	640.00	640.00
3	400–450	428	580.00	580.00
16	450–500	451	545.00–557.50	555.16
30	500–550	503	525.00–530.00	525.35
2	550–600	565	477.50	477.50
22	600–650	607	432.50–440.00	437.48
57	650–700	664	405.00–415.00	408.20
2	700–750	718	365.00	365.00
7	750–800	761	382.50	382.50
2	800–850	845	332.50	332.50
2	850–900	853	347.50	347.50
4	950–1000	969	302.50–305.00	303.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	625.00	625.00
4	350–400	394	560.00	560.00
2	400–450	418	565.00	565.00
16	450–500	489	522.50–527.50	526.24
9	500–550	535	480.00–495.00	484.52
6	550–600	558	452.50	452.50
5	600–650	633	407.50–410.00	408.51
2	650–700	653	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	535	500.00	500.00
7	550–600	557	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	530	435.00	435.00
7	550–600	566	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	785	342.50–357.50	354.12
2	800–850	813	290.00	290.00
3	850–900	885	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	517.50	517.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	630	352.50–362.50	357.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	557.50	557.50
6	500–550	548	457.50	457.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	795	322.50	322.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	482	465.00	465.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	385	620.00	620.00
2	400–450	410	610.00	610.00
12	750–800	798	355.00	355.00
7	800–850	801	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,151	202.50–227.50	215.68

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,023	252.50–277.50	267.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,402	168.00–169.00	168.66
30	—	1,348	171.00–178.00	173.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,193	171.00–178.50	176.34
29	—	1,071	149.00–168.00	161.93
16	—	1,188	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,614	165.50–178.00	166.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,395	178.00	178.00
2	—	1,978	199.00–204.00	201.76
4	—	1,449	185.00–187.00	185.84

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.