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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2026-01-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-27

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Jan 27

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901

← Jan 20Jan 27Feb 3 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

989 head

▼ 4,736 vs last sale 5,725▼ 3,140 vs year ago 4,129 · −76.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

53 head

▲ 53 vs last sale 0▼ 154 vs year ago 207 · −74.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers under 700 sold mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder steers over 700 sold sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady across all weight classes on a light test. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Tuesday February 3, 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 $458.04/cwt on 183 head. That ranks 8 of 10 comparable sales and sits +45.54 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.

Average price

$458.04

183 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,553

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$201

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

$70.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.28

vs CO average

−26.06 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	465.21	2,563	150
Medium and Large 1-2	586	433.00	2,537	13thin
Large 1	586	425.00	2,491	17thin
Large 1-2	598	395.00	2,362	3thin

One grade step is worth $70.21/cwt here — about $201 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale183 hd

458.04

—

CO average2 barns · 423 hd

433.76

+24.28

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

−26.06

This barn, trailing median10 sales

412.50

+45.54

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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,472	$3,183	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,239	$3,175	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	810	$3,150	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	995	$2,900	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,045	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	976	$2,523	14
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,149	$2,497	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,272	$2,345	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,260	$2,149	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	970	$2,050	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$2,400	1thin

Every lot

62 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	253	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,657	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	608.00/cwt	607.50–610.00	2,396	24
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	404	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,444	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	566.72/cwt	565.00–580.00	2,426	26
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	435	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,316	2
Steers	450–500	Large 1	461	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,305	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	481	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,309	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	495	520.65/cwt	519.00–522.50	2,577	62
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	485.61/cwt	482.50–487.50	2,554	59
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	535	469.01/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,509	20
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	576	447.19/cwt	440.00–449.00	2,576	71
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,537	13
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	586	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,491	17
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	598	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,362	3
Steers	600–650	Large 1	613	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,605	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	434.42/cwt	434.00–435.00	2,667	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	385.98/cwt	385.00–388.00	2,420	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	641	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,647	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	652	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,706	15
Steers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	692	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,699	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	378.68/cwt	377.50–385.00	2,620	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	693	396.45/cwt	390.00–398.00	2,747	46
Steers	700–750	Large 1	718	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,531	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	361.34/cwt	361.00–362.50	2,631	13
Steers	750–800	Large 1Fancy	758	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,797	38
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,641	4
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,851	14
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,130	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,221	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	310	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,736	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	354	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,664	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,156	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	514.00/cwt	514.00–514.00	2,113	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	441	485.33/cwt	482.50–486.00	2,140	10
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	449	476.00/cwt	476.00–476.00	2,137	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	1,900	3
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	514	427.00/cwt	427.00–427.00	2,195	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,400	13
Heifers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	570	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,189	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	578	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	2,185	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	591	398.14/cwt	390.00–404.00	2,353	68
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	598	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,458	26
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	634	370.60/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,350	33
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	639	385.36/cwt	372.50–388.00	2,462	23
Heifers	650–700	Large 1-2	670	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,285	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,436	8
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,880	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	810	3,150.00/head	3,150.00–3,150.00	3,150	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	970	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	976	2,522.53/head	2,500.00–2,525.00	2,523	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	980	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,010	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,070	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,113	2,434.11/head	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,434	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,140	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,228	2,242.87/head	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,243	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,260	2,149.40/head	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,149	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,295	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,338	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,360	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,472	3,182.70/head	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,183	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1

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 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 989Last week 5,725Year ago 4,129

Replacement CattleReceipts 53Last week 0Year ago 207

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	435	532.50	532.50
7	450–500	481	480.00	480.00
20	500–550	535	465.00–470.00	469.01
71	550–600	576	440.00–449.00	447.19
7	600–650	641	413.00	413.00
46	650–700	693	390.00–398.00	396.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	253	655.00	655.00
24	350–400	394	607.50–610.00	608.00
26	400–450	428	565.00–580.00	566.72
62	450–500	495	519.00–522.50	520.65
59	500–550	526	482.50–487.50	485.61
43	600–650	614	434.00–435.00	434.42
15	650–700	652	415.00	415.00
13	700–750	728	361.00–362.50	361.34
4	750–800	770	343.00	343.00
14	800–850	824	346.00	346.00
5	1100–1150	1,130	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	586	433.00	433.00
6	600–650	627	385.00–388.00	385.98
12	650–700	692	377.50–385.00	378.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	598	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	750–800	758	369.00	369.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	586	425.00	425.00
15	650–700	692	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	461	500.00	500.00
17	600–650	613	425.00	425.00
3	700–750	718	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	404	605.00	605.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	441	482.50–486.00	485.33
3	450–500	460	413.00	413.00
68	550–600	591	390.00–404.00	398.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	560.00	560.00
18	350–400	385	560.00	560.00
10	400–450	411	514.00	514.00
13	550–600	568	422.50	422.50
33	600–650	634	365.00–376.00	370.60
8	650–700	671	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	354	470.00	470.00
10	550–600	578	378.00	378.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	670	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	514	427.00	427.00
26	550–600	598	411.00	411.00
23	600–650	639	372.50–388.00	385.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	476.00	476.00
7	550–600	570	384.00	384.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	467	402.50	402.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,010	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,020	2,450.00	2,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,228	2,150.00–2,350.00	2,242.87
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,140	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	1,113	2,350.00–2,450.00	2,434.11
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	970	2,050.00	2,050.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	980	3,200.00	3,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,472	2,950.00–3,300.00	3,182.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,070	2,950.00	2,950.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,260	2,100.00–2,200.00	2,149.40
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	2,550.00	2,550.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	976	2,500.00–2,525.00	2,522.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,295	2,750.00	2,750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	810	3,150.00	3,150.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,338	3,400.00	3,400.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	750	2,400.00	2,400.00

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.