Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-03-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 4.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Boner slaughter cows sold 5.00 higher and lean cows sold 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Wednesday March 19, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.27/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −93.71 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$349.27

67 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,904

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$256

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

$26.63/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.49

vs CO average

−9.40 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	553	355.97	1,968	50
Large 1-2	526	330.00	1,736	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	520	329.34	1,712	11thin

One grade step is worth $26.63/cwt here — about $256 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.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $484.95, low $415.25, median $442.98 across 12 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale67 hd

349.27

—

CO average4 barns · 1,172 hd

368.76

−19.49

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

−9.40

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−93.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,624	162.41	2,638	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,347	146.91	1,979	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,579	143.85	2,271	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,105	142.93	1,580	130

Every lot, as filed

58 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	285.14/cwt	269.00–287.00	2,093	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	253.01/cwt	251.00–260.00	2,125	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	395.37/cwt	390.00–405.00	1,854	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,233	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	242.23/cwt	240.00–248.00	2,003	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	372.53/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	368.72/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,873	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	318.70/cwt	315.00–325.00	1,970	10
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	526	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,736	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	361	412.95/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,491	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	258.67/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,777	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,172	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	651	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,051	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	747	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,204	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	279.50/cwt	278.00–281.00	1,929	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,867	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	423.57/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,813	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	351.94/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,995	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	272	480.06/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,306	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	336.22/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	329.74/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,593	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	286.98/cwt	260.00–310.00	1,504	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	439.66/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,649	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	653	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	268.53/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,941	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,347	146.91/cwt	143.00–150.00	1,979	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,118	122.91/cwt	121.00–126.00	1,374	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	794	108.83/cwt	103.00–116.00	864	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	144.53/cwt	131.00–151.00	1,612	123
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	143.85/cwt	138.00–148.00	2,271	5
Bulls	—	—	1,230	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,292	1
Bulls	—	—	1,643	165.14/cwt	142.00–180.00	2,713	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,039	198.92/cwt	171.00–207.50	2,067	62
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	983	139.47/cwt	137.50–141.00	1,371	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	160.09/cwt	151.00–167.00	1,659	29
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	879	220.36/cwt	212.50–243.00	1,937	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	278.01/cwt	267.00–287.50	1,746	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,744	3
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	414	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,325	8
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	614	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,664	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,632	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	332.18/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,721	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	364.16/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,708	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	285.89/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,943	2
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	555	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	2,022	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	679	279.79/cwt	276.00–285.00	1,900	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	247.01/cwt	246.00–250.00	1,919	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	257.73/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,876	36

How this sale compares

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 →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Mar 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 923Last week 1,189Year ago 1,752

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 115Year ago 149

Replacement CattleReceipts 118Last week 52Year ago 133

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	272	470.00–495.00	480.06
2	300–350	320	435.00	435.00
11	400–450	428	420.00–430.00	423.57
16	450–500	469	390.00–405.00	395.37
12	500–550	508	352.50–380.00	368.72
38	550–600	567	330.00–370.00	351.94
10	600–650	618	315.00–325.00	318.70
6	650–700	690	278.00–281.00	279.50
65	700–750	734	269.00–287.00	285.14
13	800–850	840	251.00–260.00	253.01
3	900–950	932	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	420.00	420.00
2	400–450	438	402.50	402.50
4	450–500	492	370.00–375.00	372.53
8	500–550	504	325.00–340.00	336.22
3	550–600	562	311.00	311.00
6	600–650	646	289.00	289.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
84	650–700	651	315.00	315.00
5	700–750	747	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	210	1,200.00	1,200.00
10	250–300	297	415.00	415.00
2	300–350	315	425.00	425.00
14	350–400	361	410.00–420.00	412.95
15	400–450	438	372.50	372.50
15	450–500	469	350.00–370.00	364.16
28	500–550	518	320.00–340.00	332.18
25	600–650	628	267.00–287.50	278.01
11	650–700	687	255.00–260.00	258.67
36	700–750	728	253.00–262.00	257.73
24	750–800	777	246.00–250.00	247.01
7	800–850	827	240.00–248.00	242.23
2	850–900	883	220.00	220.00
12	900–950	911	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	483	325.00–335.00	329.74
7	500–550	524	260.00–310.00	286.98
16	550–600	576	275.00–287.50	285.89
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	414	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	555	280.00	280.00
7	600–650	614	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	679	276.00–285.00	279.79
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	205	1,350.00	1,350.00
5	350–400	375	425.00–450.00	439.66
2	500–550	520	345.00	345.00
3	600–650	623	280.00	280.00
2	650–700	653	280.00	280.00
4	700–750	723	260.00–277.00	268.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,347	143.00–150.00	146.91
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,118	121.00–126.00	122.91
4	—	794	103.00–116.00	108.83
123	—	1,115	131.00–151.00	144.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,579	138.00–148.00	143.85
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	105.00	105.00
21	—	1,643	142.00–180.00	165.14

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	62	—	1,039	171.00–207.50	198.92
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	983	137.50–141.00	139.47
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	29	—	1,036	151.00–167.00	160.09
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	879	212.50–243.00	220.36

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.

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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Slaughter Cattle

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