Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2026-11-04

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-11-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-04

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Nov 4

● Final101 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 28Nov 4latest

Receipts

2,383 head

▲ 20 vs last sale 2,363▲ 435 vs year ago 1,948 · +22.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold unevenly steady across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 450 sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Feeder heifers over 450 sold unevenly steady. The next special feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 11, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.65/cwt on 396 head, down $24.24 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −24.24 against this barn's trailing median of $402.89.

Average price

$378.65

▼ 24.24 vs prior sale

396 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

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

$41.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−35.31

vs CO average

−35.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	384.10	2,145	324
Large 1	552	361.21	1,993	16thin
Medium and Large 1-2	584	353.25	2,063	50
Large 1-2	528	342.50	1,808	6thin

One grade step is worth $41.60/cwt here — about $337 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 sale396 hd

378.65

—

CO average4 barns · 1,977 hd

413.96

−35.31

National average87 barns · 11,167 hd

414.07

−35.42

This barn, trailing median9 sales

402.89

−24.24

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

9 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.00, low $378.65, median $402.89 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

101 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	314	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,570	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	539.89/cwt	525.00–555.00	1,771	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,088	3
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2Unweaned	348	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,592	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	356	504.97/cwt	500.00–507.50	1,798	21
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	552.52/cwt	545.00–560.00	2,144	32
Steers	350–400	Large 1	392	517.34/cwt	515.00–517.50	2,028	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,948	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	421	451.85/cwt	442.50–453.00	1,902	19
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	435	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,892	3
Steers	400–450	Large 1	441	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,084	4
Steers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	441	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,007	19
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	443	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,827	3
Steers	450–500	Large 1	468	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,966	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	460.15/cwt	452.50–466.00	2,163	71
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	475	433.43/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,059	68
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	400.97/cwt	400.00–402.50	1,909	19
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	479	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,844	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	491	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,780	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	412.28/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,152	22
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	528	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,808	6
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	536	369.42/cwt	360.00–372.50	1,980	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	542	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,141	40
Steers	550–600	Large 1	556	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,007	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	383.59/cwt	377.50–392.50	2,156	205
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	367.40/cwt	362.50–372.50	2,102	57
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	579	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,998	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	584	353.25/cwt	345.00–357.00	2,063	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	608	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,250	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	347.42/cwt	338.00–351.00	2,161	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	321.49/cwt	321.00–322.50	2,025	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	326.22/cwt	325.00–327.00	2,189	28
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	333.70/cwt	331.00–342.50	2,242	43
Steers	650–700	Large 1	676	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,214	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	709	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,205	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	718	326.51/cwt	322.50–336.00	2,344	19
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,463	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	821	312.04/cwt	302.50–316.00	2,562	15
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	875	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,472	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	897	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,803	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	238	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,261	2
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	278	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,279	3
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	289	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,235	15
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	310	462.60/cwt	455.00–465.00	1,434	14
Heifers	300–350	Large 1	315	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,465	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	503.56/cwt	502.50–505.00	1,672	19
Heifers	300–350	Large 1-2	333	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,282	6
Heifers	300–350	Large 1Unweaned	349	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,466	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	353	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,624	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	443.42/cwt	442.50–450.00	1,605	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	379	414.59/cwt	412.00–430.00	1,571	25
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	382	407.72/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,557	14
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	403.07/cwt	392.50–405.00	1,596	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	420	355.77/cwt	352.50–367.50	1,494	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	416.85/cwt	405.00–422.50	1,776	53
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	426	357.32/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,522	10
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	432	379.83/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,641	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,682	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	436	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,439	6
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	454	361.21/cwt	360.00–364.00	1,640	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	458	366.74/cwt	357.00–375.00	1,680	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	485	337.20/cwt	330.00–344.00	1,635	21
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	490	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,678	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	507	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,825	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	351.44/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,806	195
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	525	334.08/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,754	50
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	537	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,665	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	304.52/cwt	302.50–305.00	1,644	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	581	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,758	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,588	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	319.55/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,876	85
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	593	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,548	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	310.71/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,911	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	625	301.02/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,881	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	648	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,795	2
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	650	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,804	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,984	57
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,161	2
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,831	4
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	713	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,943	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	291.79/cwt	282.50–300.00	2,104	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,942	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	792	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,980	3
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,306	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	262.12/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,142	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,059	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	943	238.56/cwt	235.00–239.00	2,250	18
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,041	220.63/cwt	220.00–222.50	2,297	8
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,363	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls12 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	395	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,708	13
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,742	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,700	4
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	354.92/cwt	352.50–362.50	1,714	8
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,919	7
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,767	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	569	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,807	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	588	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,688	5
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,037	2
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,913	4
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	281.16/cwt	272.50–283.00	1,926	11
Bulls	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	944	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,384	8

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 Nov 4, 2026

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

Receipts 2,383Last week 2,363Year ago 1,948

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	395	432.50	432.50
4	400–450	433	392.50	392.50
8	450–500	483	352.50–362.50	354.92
5	500–550	548	322.50	322.50
6	550–600	569	317.50	317.50
11	650–700	685	272.50–283.00	281.16
8	900–950	944	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	487	394.00	394.00
4	600–650	615	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	405	430.00	430.00
2	600–650	608	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	588	287.00	287.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	460.00	460.00
14	300–350	310	455.00–465.00	462.60
25	350–400	379	412.00–430.00	414.59
14	400–450	434	387.50	387.50
21	450–500	485	330.00–344.00	337.20
15	500–550	540	302.50–305.00	304.52
8	550–600	581	302.50	302.50
24	600–650	625	299.00–305.00	301.02
57	650–700	656	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	460.00	460.00
11	500–550	507	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	238	530.00	530.00
19	300–350	332	502.50–505.00	503.56
16	350–400	362	442.50–450.00	443.42
53	400–450	426	405.00–422.50	416.85
19	450–500	458	357.00–375.00	366.74
195	500–550	514	340.00–355.00	351.44
85	550–600	587	311.00–325.00	319.55
7	600–650	615	310.00–312.50	310.71
2	650–700	665	325.00	325.00
32	700–750	721	282.50–300.00	291.79
5	750–800	795	290.00	290.00
12	800–850	817	260.00–270.00	262.12
3	850–900	858	240.00	240.00
18	900–950	943	235.00–239.00	238.56
8	1000–1050	1,041	220.00–222.50	220.63
17	1050–1100	1,050	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	315	465.00	465.00
14	350–400	382	405.00–415.00	407.72
10	450–500	454	360.00–364.00	361.21
50	500–550	525	332.50–335.00	334.08
5	700–750	713	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	333	385.00	385.00
10	400–450	426	352.50–365.00	357.32
3	550–600	593	261.00	261.00
3	650–700	650	277.50	277.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	349	420.00	420.00
7	400–450	432	372.50–385.00	379.83
3	450–500	490	342.50	342.50
3	500–550	537	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	289	427.50	427.50
19	350–400	396	392.50–405.00	403.07
21	400–450	420	352.50–367.50	355.77
4	550–600	586	271.00	271.00
2	600–650	648	277.00	277.00
4	650–700	678	270.00	270.00
2	700–750	733	265.00	265.00
3	750–800	792	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	356	500.00–507.50	504.97
19	400–450	421	442.50–453.00	451.85
68	450–500	475	420.00–440.00	433.43
40	500–550	542	395.00	395.00
57	550–600	572	362.50–372.50	367.40
28	650–700	671	325.00–327.00	326.22
22	700–750	709	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	348	600.00	600.00
32	350–400	388	545.00–560.00	552.52
16	400–450	410	475.00	475.00
71	450–500	470	452.50–466.00	460.15
22	500–550	522	405.00–415.00	412.28
205	550–600	562	377.50–392.50	383.59
46	600–650	622	338.00–351.00	347.42
43	650–700	672	331.00–342.50	333.70
19	700–750	718	322.50–336.00	326.51
5	750–800	752	327.50	327.50
15	800–850	821	302.50–316.00	312.04
3	850–900	897	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	441	455.00	455.00
7	450–500	479	385.00	385.00
8	500–550	536	360.00–372.50	369.42
4	550–600	579	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	457.50	457.50
3	400–450	443	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	435.00	435.00
6	500–550	528	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	392	515.00–517.50	517.34
4	400–450	441	472.50	472.50
4	450–500	468	420.00	420.00
4	550–600	556	361.00	361.00
7	650–700	676	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	600–650	608	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	525.00–555.00	539.89
19	450–500	476	400.00–402.50	400.97
50	550–600	584	345.00–357.00	353.25
12	600–650	630	321.00–322.50	321.49
3	850–900	875	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	314	500.00	500.00
9	450–500	491	362.50	362.50

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.