Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2026-03-10

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Mar 10
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
7,166 head
▲ 5,997 vs last sale 1,169▲ 229 vs year ago 6,937 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
44 head
▼ 76 vs last sale 120▼ 125 vs year ago 169 · −74.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
87 head
▼ 12 vs last sale 99▲ 21 vs year ago 66 · +31.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Boner slaughter cows of average dressing sold 2.00 lower while lean cows sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 5.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday March 17, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $485.36/cwt on 790 head, up $31.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 10 comparable sales and sits +72.86 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.
Average price
$485.36
▲ 31.56 vs prior sale
790 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,664
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$116
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$62.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.87
vs CO average
+13.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540497.972,687563
Large 1526486.412,55744
Medium and Large 1-2581450.092,613134
Large 1-2590435.872,57249
One grade step is worth $62.10/cwt here — about $116 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 sale790 hd
485.36
—
CO average2 barns · 893 hd
483.49
+1.87
National average178 barns · 10,669 hd
472.20
+13.16
This barn, trailing median10 sales
412.50
+72.86
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
499444388333median 412.5003/0303/1710/0610/2011/03
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.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,904191.943,6545thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,187165.241,96114
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,534164.672,5269thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,500164.002,4601thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Low1,945152.002,9562thin

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,263$3,20852
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,190$2,2001thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$2,9751thin
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$2,9565
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)(<2 yrs)669$2,3754thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,468$3,7002thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,050$4,2001thin

Every lot

146 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers56 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1287670.00/cwt670.00–670.001,9233
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1307620.00/cwt620.00–620.001,9033
Steers300–350Large 1-2Unweaned349520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8159
Steers350–400Large 1360590.00/cwt590.00–590.002,1243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned377561.67/cwt560.00–567.502,1179
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1387624.95/cwt620.00–630.002,41946
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned391591.14/cwt582.50–600.002,3118
Steers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned404477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,92922
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1413605.50/cwt600.00–612.502,50138
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned437565.79/cwt562.50–577.502,47336
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned439546.93/cwt542.50–552.502,40129
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy457575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,62814
Steers450–500Large 1479464.08/cwt437.50–532.502,22328
Steers450–500Large 1Unweaned480500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,4009
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1482536.18/cwt532.50–542.502,584100
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned484525.00/cwt520.00–527.502,54158
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned485506.96/cwt500.00–510.002,45926
Steers500–550Large 1503502.00/cwt502.00–502.002,52530
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1507514.92/cwt504.00–520.002,611128
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy513528.00/cwt528.00–528.002,70986
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned538466.47/cwt462.50–475.002,51019
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned541486.91/cwt481.00–492.002,63470
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy557503.40/cwt502.00–504.002,80446
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1561488.64/cwt484.00–494.002,741144
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568465.59/cwt459.00–471.002,64589
Steers550–600Large 1Unweaned574453.00/cwt453.00–453.002,60014
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576455.59/cwt454.00–456.002,62420
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned590445.66/cwt444.00–447.002,62995
Steers550–600Large 1-2Unweaned590435.87/cwt432.50–442.002,57249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy604485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,92948
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620457.89/cwt452.00–464.002,839245
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned622443.66/cwt440.00–446.002,760160
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned626417.40/cwt402.50–422.002,61352
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2639430.57/cwt428.00–432.502,75162
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1658419.18/cwt414.00–426.002,758220
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5943
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681406.28/cwt400.00–407.002,767113
Steers650–700Large 1Unweaned687397.09/cwt395.50–402.502,72862
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned696377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,62412
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy704430.00/cwt430.00–430.003,027112
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed705410.78/cwt407.50–413.002,896104
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1711387.81/cwt380.00–390.002,757147
Steers700–750Large 1711386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,74415
Steers700–750Large 1Unweaned726362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,6326
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728368.73/cwt367.50–369.002,68444
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned733353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,5876
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned737375.89/cwt371.00–379.002,770190
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1774362.25/cwt356.25–368.002,804179
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789341.08/cwt340.00–345.002,69114
Steers750–800Large 1798357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,84927
Steers800–850Large 1812351.50/cwt351.50–351.502,85430
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1815354.63/cwt349.00–357.502,890139
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843336.06/cwt333.50–341.002,83347
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1864338.73/cwt338.50–342.002,92745
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2880327.53/cwt326.00–331.002,882170
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1903325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,93567
Feeder Cattle · Heifers64 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Large 1Unweaned216545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,17732
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1275646.11/cwt640.00–650.001,7778
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy320670.00/cwt670.00–670.002,1447
Heifers300–350Large 1-2Unweaned324495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6049
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,1253
Heifers350–400Large 1Fancy362610.00/cwt610.00–610.002,2083
Heifers350–400Large 1372560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,0835
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8753
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1376571.09/cwt570.00–575.002,14728
Heifers350–400Large 1Unweaned377465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,75338
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned378555.00/cwt555.00–555.002,09811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned387477.50/cwt477.50–477.501,84817
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy392595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,33216
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1407556.18/cwt550.00–560.002,26438
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427508.30/cwt505.00–512.502,17046
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2443495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,19334
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned446474.27/cwt470.00–480.002,11521
Heifers400–450Large 1447476.78/cwt472.50–477.502,13127
Heifers450–500Large 1473446.14/cwt440.00–452.502,11014
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy475495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,35140
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475483.56/cwt476.00–487.502,29777
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned479462.91/cwt460.00–472.502,21734
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497448.57/cwt448.00–450.002,22914
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned511422.12/cwt421.00–425.002,15715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2515391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,0147
Heifers500–550Large 1-2Unweaned522419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,18715
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned531439.10/cwt438.00–440.002,33236
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy532464.73/cwt464.00–467.502,47264
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532451.85/cwt445.00–458.002,404157
Heifers500–550Large 1Unweaned538432.97/cwt427.50–437.502,32924
Heifers500–550Large 1-2543386.00/cwt386.00–386.002,0964
Heifers550–600Large 1554419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,32115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy567453.60/cwt453.00–454.002,57281
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570443.88/cwt442.00–445.002,53044
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1571425.29/cwt421.00–431.002,428194
Heifers550–600Large 1Unweaned576395.34/cwt391.00–407.002,27757
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned581415.41/cwt410.00–419.002,414115
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2581395.66/cwt392.50–397.502,29911
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2606352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,13612
Heifers600–650Large 1608402.87/cwt396.00–409.002,44953
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned625386.18/cwt373.00–389.002,41452
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626407.27/cwt401.00–415.002,550168
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy640422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,70417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed652406.00/cwt406.00–406.002,64737
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fancy655422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,76756
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668379.96/cwt375.00–391.002,538105
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2672351.11/cwt350.00–352.502,35931
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681362.40/cwt355.00–370.002,46873
Heifers650–700Large 1683352.29/cwt350.00–361.002,40694
Heifers650–700Large 1-2683328.00/cwt328.00–328.002,2402
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed705395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,78551
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1710380.47/cwt374.00–390.002,701100
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2712332.95/cwt327.00–337.002,37162
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned721353.60/cwt343.00–364.002,549168
Heifers700–750Large 1724331.36/cwt324.00–335.252,39956
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2756335.71/cwt333.00–337.002,53843
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1767357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,73876
Heifers750–800Large 1780327.50/cwt315.50–333.002,555101
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,72148
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2828304.93/cwt302.00–313.002,52526
Heifers850–900Large 1871310.50/cwt310.50–310.502,7048
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed883327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,8926
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1889305.51/cwt304.00–310.002,71655
Heifers900–950Large 1901301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,71261
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Large 1398560.00/cwt560.00–560.002,2293
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1533475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,5323
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1577440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,53923
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1608437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,6603
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1681385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,62219
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1733365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,67559
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1763360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7479
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1857316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,70817
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,801185.92/cwt182.50–192.003,3484
Bulls——2,315216.00/cwt216.00–216.005,0001
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,128149.78/cwt142.50–159.001,6905
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,215176.88/cwt174.00–180.002,1496
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,227167.74/cwt166.00–169.002,0583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,500164.00/cwt164.00–164.002,4601
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534164.67/cwt164.50–166.002,5269
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,945152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,9562
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1902,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2633,208.42/head3,050.00–3,300.003,20852
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 16692,375.00/head2,375.00–2,375.002,3754
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19073,059.93/head3,025.00–3,125.003,0603
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29152,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0002,975.00/head2,975.00–2,975.002,9751
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0504,200.00/head4,200.00–4,200.004,2001
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4683,700.00/head3,700.00–3,700.003,7002
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed915273.85/cwt262.50–277.502,50611
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,033238.16/cwt232.50–245.002,4602

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.