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La Junta Livestock Commission Co. Inc. - La Junta, CO

La Junta sale barn market report · regular sale day Wednesday

SALE OF OCTOBER 21, 2026

La Junta Livestock Commission Co. Inc. in La Junta, Colorado held its last reported cattle auction on October 21, 2026.
Receipts: 2,207 head (vs 2,999 a year ago).
500-600 lb Medium & Large 1 steers averaged $398.50/cwt on 294 head.
700-800 lb Medium & Large 1 steers averaged $297.81/cwt on 14 head.
Regular sale day: Wednesday.

This sale2,207

Last reported1,760

Year ago2,999

The ledger

Head	Wt range (lbs)	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
STEERS - Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
6	284	284	522.50	522.50
2	328	328	557.50	557.50
5	313–315	314	520.00	520.00	Unweaned
8	358	358	510.00	510.00
42	361–398	384	480.00–492.50	484.73	Unweaned
20	423–433	427	470.00–487.50	475.41
50	402–444	437	455.00–462.50	457.13	Unweaned
75	450–484	461	430.00–445.00	441.34
15	460	460	477.50	477.50	Fancy
3	460	460	412.50	412.50	Unweaned
51	522–541	532	427.00–442.50	432.03
31	500–529	516	402.50–412.50	408.59	Unweaned
99	551–582	575	401.50–422.50	411.58
113	553–598	583	364.00–381.00	369.13	Unweaned
67	602–639	615	342.50–358.00	352.81
40	608–646	635	320.00–337.50	325.68	Unweaned
37	650–699	682	320.00–331.00	327.43
18	662–688	665	342.50–344.00	343.83	Thin Fleshed
17	668–699	686	307.50–315.00	311.44	Unweaned
12	705–744	724	285.00–301.00	293.69
2	750	750	322.50	322.50	Thin Fleshed
4	813	813	295.00	295.00
2	833	833	317.50	317.50	Thin Fleshed
4	884	884	310.00	310.00
6	953–997	975	303.00–305.00	303.98
7	1009	1009	299.00	299.00
STEERS - Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
10	331–345	335	499.00–502.50	500.08
7	333	333	487.50	487.50	Unweaned
16	352–353	353	432.50–472.50	447.47
4	390	390	457.50	457.50	Unweaned
6	426	426	447.50	447.50
13	405–448	433	435.00–437.50	435.80	Unweaned
6	461–480	467	392.50	392.50
33	518–547	542	377.50–380.00	379.49
16	525–545	531	340.00–355.00	353.11	Unweaned
7	583–598	589	340.00–352.50	346.02
2	590	590	322.50	322.50	Unweaned
9	617–631	623	312.50–315.00	313.62	Unweaned
2	815	815	232.50	232.50
4	985	985	287.50	287.50
STEERS - Large 1 ($/cwt)
2	275	275	507.50	507.50	Unweaned
5	389	389	480.00	480.00	Unweaned
3	435	435	455.00	455.00	Unweaned
3	470	470	425.00	425.00
5	486	486	407.50	407.50	Unweaned
4	526	526	410.00	410.00
11	508	508	395.00	395.00	Unweaned
3	668	668	332.50	332.50
10	754–792	777	302.50–307.50	304.44
STEERS - Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
2	490	490	377.50	377.50
5	525	525	362.50	362.50
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
2	253	253	500.00	500.00
7	258–294	279	450.00–470.00	462.06	Unweaned
15	328–348	337	435.00–455.00	446.40
8	316–345	327	417.50–422.50	419.48	Unweaned
22	350–375	359	430.00–445.00	436.41
11	366–394	381	415.00–425.00	419.36	Unweaned
16	410	410	412.50	412.50
3	422	422	462.50	462.50	Fancy
11	402–434	417	392.50–400.00	396.45	Unweaned
23	466–478	475	392.50–402.50	394.63
15	455–489	473	422.50–430.00	426.63	Fancy
56	461–499	471	364.00–382.50	373.77	Unweaned
47	500–546	529	355.00–367.50	360.86
12	503	503	377.50	377.50	Fancy
79	504–546	527	330.00–345.00	337.23	Unweaned
86	560–583	578	327.50–342.50	333.75
50	589	589	385.00	385.00	Fancy
17	558–582	576	310.00–322.50	316.21	Unweaned
55	607–646	621	295.00–305.00	298.20
2	620	620	322.50	322.50	Thin Fleshed
7	622–636	630	280.00–281.00	280.58	Unweaned
5	655–670	664	302.50–317.00	308.22
16	657–658	657	287.50–292.50	290.62	Unweaned
9	708–748	735	272.50–282.50	276.31
11	750–776	764	282.00–282.50	282.22
3	838	838	277.50	277.50
12	896	896	292.50	292.50
2	945	945	265.00	265.00
4	968	968	272.50	272.50
3	1007	1007	263.00	263.00
HEIFERS - Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
10	377	377	332.50	332.50
30	408	408	377.00	377.00
5	427–430	428	352.50–360.00	355.51	Unweaned
2	463	463	305.00	305.00	Unweaned
9	504–548	528	320.00–322.50	321.06
31	562–591	588	282.50–291.00	290.21
2	655	655	272.50	272.50	Unweaned
5	823	823	257.50	257.50
HEIFERS - Large 1 ($/cwt)
3	373	373	412.50	412.50	Unweaned
6	402	402	410.00	410.00
16	434–439	437	390.00	390.00	Unweaned
19	463–485	478	352.50–367.50	359.49
2	488	488	340.00	340.00	Unweaned
10	500–524	519	342.50–357.00	354.21
2	505	505	310.00	310.00	Unweaned
4	551	551	325.00	325.00
HEIFERS - Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
5	397	397	390.00	390.00
2	388	388	377.50	377.50	Unweaned
7	491	491	311.00	311.00
BULLS - Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
2	403	403	470.00	470.00
2	623	623	332.50	332.50
3	632	632	312.50	312.50	Unweaned
3	650	650	322.50	322.50
2	768	768	340.00	340.00
BULLS - Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
7	511	511	387.50	387.50	Unweaned

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About the La Junta sale

What day is the sale at La Junta Livestock Commission Co. Inc.?

La Junta Livestock Commission Co. Inc. in La Junta, Colorado normally sells on Wednesdays. USDA posts the results the same evening or the next morning, and this page updates with them.

What were cattle bringing at La Junta Livestock Commission Co. Inc. this week?

At the October 21, 2026 sale, 500-600 lb Medium and Large 1 steers averaged $398.50/cwt. The full ledger above carries every class, weight and grade USDA reported.

Are these the auction's own numbers?

They are USDA's. A federal market reporter covers the sale and publishes the official report; this page is that report, parsed. The original PDF is linked above.