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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-11-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-11-09

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Mon, Nov 9

● Final111 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1902

← Nov 2Nov 9latest

Receipts

4,371 head

▼ 2,392 vs last sale 6,763▲ 617 vs year ago 3,754 · +16.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Monday November 16, 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 $419.70/cwt on 828 head, down $4.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −7.10 against this barn's trailing median of $426.80.

Average price

$419.70

▼ 4.71 vs prior sale

828 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,302

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$524

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

$89.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.65

vs CO average

+0.47 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	432.97	2,361	538
Large 1	565	406.89	2,297	121
Medium and Large 1-2	548	391.76	2,148	151
Large 1-2	585	345.00	2,018	2thin
Medium and Large 2	535	343.38	1,837	16thin

One grade step is worth $89.59/cwt here — about $524 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 sale828 hd

419.70

—

CO average5 barns · 1,635 hd

408.05

+11.65

National average182 barns · 28,189 hd

419.23

+0.47

This barn, trailing median4 sales

426.80

−7.10

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

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $444.89, low $419.70, median $426.80 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

111 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - 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 · Steers54 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	260	1,398.84/head	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,399	12
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	268	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	6
Steers	300–350	Large 1-2Unweaned	322	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,452	18
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	332	558.15/cwt	555.00–560.00	1,853	34
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	583.36/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,948	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	367	610.50/cwt	610.50–610.50	2,241	63
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	546.50/cwt	540.00–550.00	2,033	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	477.79/cwt	462.50–485.00	1,801	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	578.27/cwt	565.00–585.00	2,186	13
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	384	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,450	19
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	394	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,261	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	412	465.62/cwt	462.50–470.00	1,918	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	559.01/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,331	44
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	431	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,284	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	505.06/cwt	495.00–512.50	2,192	59
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	439	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,997	9
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	442	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,801	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	519.69/cwt	512.50–525.00	2,391	96
Steers	450–500	Large 1	475	470.57/cwt	470.00–471.00	2,235	95
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	479	419.79/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,011	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	483	467.66/cwt	465.00–475.00	2,259	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	448.00/cwt	432.50–452.00	2,186	109
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	496	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,835	19
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	496	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,748	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,364	20
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	520	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,054	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	528	414.88/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,191	48
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	431.85/cwt	422.50–440.00	2,302	157
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	535	343.38/cwt	331.00–372.50	1,837	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	458.35/cwt	450.00–459.00	2,461	115
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	538	391.21/cwt	382.50–393.00	2,105	53
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	551	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,413	48
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	562	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,175	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	425.82/cwt	417.00–429.00	2,397	90
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	563	404.24/cwt	399.00–412.50	2,276	108
Steers	550–600	Large 1	570	409.43/cwt	409.00–414.00	2,334	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	575	360.97/cwt	355.00–367.00	2,076	33
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	585	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,018	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	387.95/cwt	385.00–390.00	2,273	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	607	404.25/cwt	404.00–404.50	2,454	156
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	611	388.30/cwt	381.00–395.00	2,373	288
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	373.47/cwt	366.00–379.00	2,353	182
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	357.77/cwt	354.00–366.00	2,258	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	634	337.58/cwt	330.00–344.00	2,140	33
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	637	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,045	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	361.19/cwt	354.00–375.00	2,416	143
Steers	650–700	Large 1	673	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	2,127	2
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	674	309.24/cwt	307.00–310.00	2,084	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	340.29/cwt	324.00–343.00	2,317	21
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,199	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	338.96/cwt	331.00–343.00	2,437	25
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	722	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,347	18
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	759	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,581	17
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	321.91/cwt	318.00–327.50	2,459	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers49 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	268	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	4
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	315	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,370	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	509.86/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,693	31
Heifers	300–350	Large 1-2Unweaned	333	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,157	13
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	334	473.11/cwt	465.00–485.00	1,580	25
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	334	445.47/cwt	445.00–450.00	1,488	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,820	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	356	413.94/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,474	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	367	407.63/cwt	407.50–408.00	1,496	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Value Added	378	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,890	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	437.96/cwt	435.00–442.50	1,655	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	485.12/cwt	480.00–487.50	1,863	9
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	386	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,351	5
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2	410	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	1,595	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	414	450.71/cwt	442.50–457.50	1,866	65
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	420	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,974	32
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	379.88/cwt	372.50–385.00	1,607	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	426	382.38/cwt	346.00–410.00	1,629	26
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	445	428.17/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,905	45
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	449	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,605	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	454	446.51/cwt	446.00–450.00	2,027	70
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	457	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,586	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	423.38/cwt	419.00–430.00	1,981	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	405.64/cwt	397.00–410.00	1,931	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	377.71/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,798	31
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	481	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,864	29
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	502	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,123	71
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	510	315.95/cwt	314.00–317.50	1,611	23
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	409.31/cwt	397.50–411.00	2,100	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	515	386.64/cwt	382.50–390.00	1,991	126
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	525	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,843	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	527	346.01/cwt	342.00–348.00	1,823	29
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	534	364.80/cwt	363.00–365.00	1,948	111
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	367.39/cwt	360.00–373.00	1,995	119
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	323.46/cwt	319.00–326.00	1,847	11
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	571	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,841	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	582	365.43/cwt	362.00–375.00	2,127	121
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	351.25/cwt	343.00–358.00	2,048	88
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	590	309.92/cwt	306.00–314.00	1,829	21
Heifers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	608	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,836	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	609	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,168	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	613	287.25/cwt	285.00–290.00	1,761	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	333.90/cwt	329.00–342.00	2,050	155
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	617	308.28/cwt	308.00–309.00	1,902	28
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	314.59/cwt	311.00–324.00	1,957	36
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	629	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,019	10
Heifers	600–650	Large 1-2Unweaned	645	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,806	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	661	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,056	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	325.72/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,195	32
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	256	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	4
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	2,100	19
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,803	3
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	414	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,521	6
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	430	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,096	9
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	7
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,904	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	594	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,794	7

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 →

Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Mon Nov 9, 2026

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

Receipts 4,371Last week 6,763Year ago 3,754

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	334	465.00–485.00	473.11
5	350–400	378	435.00–442.50	437.96
45	400–450	445	425.00–435.00	428.17
59	450–500	476	397.00–410.00	405.64
126	500–550	515	382.50–390.00	386.64
88	550–600	583	343.00–358.00	351.25
36	600–650	622	311.00–324.00	314.59
6	650–700	661	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	334	445.00–450.00	445.47
15	350–400	356	411.00–415.00	413.94
13	400–450	423	372.50–385.00	379.88
31	450–500	476	375.00–380.00	377.71
119	500–550	543	360.00–373.00	367.39
11	550–600	571	319.00–326.00	323.46
28	600–650	617	308.00–309.00	308.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	350	520.00	520.00
32	400–450	420	470.00	470.00
70	450–500	454	446.00–450.00	446.51
71	500–550	502	423.00	423.00
18	600–650	609	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	268	1,250.00	1,250.00
31	300–350	332	505.00–520.00	509.86
9	350–400	384	480.00–487.50	485.12
65	400–450	414	442.50–457.50	450.71
51	450–500	468	419.00–430.00	423.38
81	500–550	513	397.50–411.00	409.31
121	550–600	582	362.00–375.00	365.43
155	600–650	614	329.00–342.00	333.90
32	650–700	674	323.00–330.00	325.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	386	350.00	350.00
29	450–500	481	387.50	387.50
111	500–550	534	363.00–365.00	364.80
6	550–600	571	322.50	322.50
10	600–650	629	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	525	351.00	351.00
4	600–650	608	302.00	302.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	333	347.50	347.50
4	400–450	449	357.50	357.50
3	600–650	645	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	410	389.00	389.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	510	314.00–317.50	315.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	315	435.00	435.00
16	350–400	367	407.50–408.00	407.63
26	400–450	426	346.00–410.00	382.38
6	450–500	457	347.00	347.00
29	500–550	527	342.00–348.00	346.01
21	550–600	590	306.00–314.00	309.92
9	600–650	613	285.00–290.00	287.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	377.50	377.50
14	400–450	412	462.50–470.00	465.62
33	450–500	479	412.50–427.50	419.79
53	500–550	538	382.50–393.00	391.21
33	550–600	575	355.00–367.00	360.97
33	600–650	634	330.00–344.00	337.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	332	555.00–560.00	558.15
11	350–400	372	540.00–550.00	546.50
15	400–450	431	530.00	530.00
11	450–500	483	465.00–475.00	467.66
157	500–550	533	422.50–440.00	431.85
108	550–600	563	399.00–412.50	404.24
182	600–650	630	366.00–379.00	373.47
21	650–700	681	324.00–343.00	340.29
18	700–750	722	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	260	1,350.00–1,450.00	1,398.84
12	300–350	334	575.00–585.00	583.36
13	350–400	378	565.00–585.00	578.27
44	400–450	417	550.00–565.00	559.01
96	450–500	460	512.50–525.00	519.69
115	500–550	537	450.00–459.00	458.35
90	550–600	563	417.00–429.00	425.82
288	600–650	611	381.00–395.00	388.30
143	650–700	669	354.00–375.00	361.19
25	700–750	719	331.00–343.00	338.96
14	750–800	764	318.00–327.50	321.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
95	450–500	475	470.00–471.00	470.57
103	550–600	570	409.00–414.00	409.43
2	650–700	673	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	322	451.00	451.00
16	400–450	442	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	439	455.00	455.00
8	450–500	496	352.50	352.50
2	550–600	585	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	350–400	367	610.50	610.50
20	500–550	502	471.00	471.00
48	550–600	551	438.00	438.00
156	600–650	607	404.00–404.50	404.25
17	750–800	759	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	520	395.00	395.00
6	550–600	562	387.00	387.00
12	600–650	637	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	320.00	320.00
19	450–500	496	370.00	370.00
16	500–550	535	331.00–372.50	343.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	1,175.00	1,175.00
9	350–400	377	462.50–485.00	477.79
59	400–450	434	495.00–512.50	505.06
109	450–500	488	432.50–452.00	448.00
48	500–550	528	405.00–420.00	414.88
17	550–600	586	385.00–390.00	387.95
43	600–650	631	354.00–366.00	357.77
12	650–700	674	307.00–310.00	309.24
5	700–750	707	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	447.50	447.50
7	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
3	550–600	577	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	250–300	256	1,025.00	1,025.00
19	350–400	362	580.00	580.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	414	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	430	487.50	487.50
7	550–600	594	302.00	302.00

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.