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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-06

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Jan 6

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901

← Dec 16Jan 6Jan 13 →

Receipts

3,586 head

▼ 696 vs last sale 4,282▲ 523 vs year ago 3,063 · +17.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Tuesday January 13, 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 $454.78/cwt on 329 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +42.29 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.

Average price

$454.78

329 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,481

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$40.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.43

vs CO average

−11.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	462.38	2,504	236
Large 1	559	438.93	2,453	74
Medium and Large 1-2	545	422.25	2,300	19thin

One grade step is worth $40.13/cwt here — about $204 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale329 hd

454.78

—

CO average2 barns · 613 hd

470.21

−15.43

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

−11.55

This barn, trailing median10 sales

412.50

+42.29

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.36, low $346.70, median $412.50 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

69 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. 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	652.50/cwt	652.50–652.50	1,892	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,148	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Fancy	360	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	2,358	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	2,337	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	553.47/cwt	550.00–562.50	2,336	49
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	539.83/cwt	530.00–545.00	2,343	50
Steers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	437	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,185	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	445	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,169	10
Steers	450–500	Large 1	453	501.00/cwt	501.00–501.00	2,270	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	467	524.00/cwt	524.00–524.00	2,447	22
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	499.36/cwt	497.50–502.50	2,372	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,367	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	516	433.77/cwt	430.00–437.50	2,238	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	473.43/cwt	472.50–480.00	2,467	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	529	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,677	37
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	540	450.63/cwt	445.00–457.50	2,433	100
Steers	550–600	Large 1	552	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,512	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	449.97/cwt	440.00–460.00	2,538	53
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	564	427.34/cwt	425.00–428.00	2,410	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	582	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,474	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	594	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,391	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	442.80/cwt	434.00–446.00	2,688	56
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	608	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,438	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	638	406.10/cwt	394.00–412.00	2,591	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	390.06/cwt	382.00–399.00	2,637	123
Steers	650–700	Large 1	688	377.79/cwt	375.00–387.00	2,599	51
Steers	700–750	Large 1	720	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,722	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	377.43/cwt	376.00–378.00	2,793	108
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	365.92/cwt	359.00–375.00	2,792	39
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	347.80/cwt	346.25–352.50	2,890	80
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	341.72/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,973	84
Steers	850–900	Large 1	894	341.75/cwt	341.75–341.75	3,055	109
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	928	333.25/cwt	333.25–333.25	3,093	61
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	980	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	3,038	2
Steers	950–1000	Large 1	989	317.75/cwt	317.75–317.75	3,143	101
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	317.10/cwt	317.10–317.10	3,190	51
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1Fancy	247	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,531	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	322	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,691	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	343	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	2,101	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	561.70/cwt	555.00–570.00	2,039	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	403	518.44/cwt	517.50–520.00	2,089	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	408	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,765	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	428	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,033	4
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	439	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,074	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	443	492.87/cwt	485.00–502.50	2,183	144
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	469.83/cwt	467.50–473.00	2,142	12
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	475	452.00/cwt	452.00–452.00	2,147	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	476	448.64/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,136	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	518	426.84/cwt	422.50–431.00	2,211	65
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	523	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,223	7
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	525	392.41/cwt	382.50–402.50	2,060	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	539	404.86/cwt	402.00–412.00	2,182	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	543	390.51/cwt	386.00–391.00	2,120	31
Heifers	550–600	Large 1Fancy	555	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,298	30
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	560	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,394	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	390.85/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,224	53
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	383.56/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,347	56
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	633	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,355	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	365.41/cwt	361.00–369.00	2,320	37
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	362.65/cwt	356.00–371.00	2,419	81
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	335.99/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,248	8
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	699	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,359	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	342.17/cwt	339.00–343.00	2,474	24
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	735	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,426	75
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	332.65/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,575	80
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	2,604	67
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	829	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,719	127
Heifers	900–950	Large 1	924	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,809	110
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,007	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,588	5

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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Jan 6, 2026

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

Receipts 3,586Last week 4,282Year ago 3,063

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	652.50	652.50
3	300–350	333	645.00	645.00
16	350–400	368	635.00	635.00
49	400–450	422	550.00–562.50	553.47
8	450–500	475	497.50–502.50	499.36
40	500–550	521	472.50–480.00	473.43
53	550–600	564	440.00–460.00	449.97
56	600–650	607	434.00–446.00	442.80
123	650–700	676	382.00–399.00	390.06
108	700–750	740	376.00–378.00	377.43
39	750–800	763	359.00–375.00	365.92
80	800–850	831	346.25–352.50	347.80
84	850–900	870	338.00–343.00	341.72
61	900–950	928	333.25	333.25
2	950–1000	980	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	434	530.00–545.00	539.83
4	450–500	488	485.00	485.00
100	500–550	540	445.00–457.50	450.63
6	550–600	582	425.00	425.00
45	600–650	638	394.00–412.00	406.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	655.00	655.00
22	450–500	467	524.00	524.00
37	500–550	529	506.00	506.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	445	487.50	487.50
12	500–550	516	430.00–437.50	433.77
7	550–600	594	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	437	500.00	500.00
43	550–600	564	425.00–428.00	427.34
5	600–650	608	401.00	401.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	501.00	501.00
31	550–600	552	455.00	455.00
51	650–700	688	375.00–387.00	377.79
3	700–750	720	378.00	378.00
109	850–900	894	341.75	341.75
101	950–1000	989	317.75	317.75
51	1000–1050	1,006	317.10	317.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	525.00	525.00
4	400–450	428	475.00	475.00
63	450–500	476	440.00–450.00	448.64
27	500–550	539	402.00–412.00	404.86
37	600–650	635	361.00–369.00	365.41
8	650–700	669	321.00–345.00	335.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	612.50	612.50
27	350–400	363	555.00–570.00	561.70
144	400–450	443	485.00–502.50	492.87
12	450–500	456	467.50–473.00	469.83
65	500–550	518	422.50–431.00	426.84
53	550–600	569	386.00–395.00	390.85
56	600–650	612	380.00–390.00	383.56
81	650–700	667	356.00–371.00	362.65
24	700–750	723	339.00–343.00	342.17
80	750–800	774	330.00–334.00	332.65
67	800–850	805	323.50	323.50
5	1000–1050	1,007	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	432.50	432.50
31	500–550	543	386.00–391.00	390.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	525	382.50–402.50	392.41
14	650–700	699	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	439	472.50	472.50
13	450–500	475	452.00	452.00
7	500–550	523	425.00	425.00
19	600–650	633	372.00	372.00
75	700–750	735	330.00	330.00
127	800–850	829	328.00	328.00
110	900–950	924	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	555	414.00	414.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	620.00	620.00
8	400–450	403	517.50–520.00	518.44
13	550–600	560	427.50	427.50

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.