Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 450lbs sold lower to sharply lower. Feeder steers between 450 and 600lbs sold sharply higher and steers over 600lbs sold mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold mostly sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600lbs sold unevenly steady. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday October 8, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $423.81/cwt on 220 head. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −19.17 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$423.81

220 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,286

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$302

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

$51.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.85

vs CO average

+1.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	446.08	2,368	108
Medium and Large 1-2	550	409.26	2,252	47
Medium and Large 2	542	397.97	2,158	50
Large 1	597	395.34	2,360	7thin
Large 1-2	523	395.00	2,066	8thin

One grade step is worth $51.08/cwt here — about $302 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.

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 sale220 hd

423.81

—

CO average3 barns · 489 hd

426.66

−2.85

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+1.16

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−19.17

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

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	356.93/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,081	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	421.66/cwt	420.00–425.00	1,796	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,269	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	387.54/cwt	380.00–393.50	2,255	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	431.92/cwt	430.00–445.00	2,233	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	359.57/cwt	357.50–362.50	2,449	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,022	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	437	396.37/cwt	355.00–410.00	1,732	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	530.05/cwt	525.00–540.00	1,776	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	359.10/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,900	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	459.74/cwt	455.00–467.50	1,765	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,034	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	466	392.46/cwt	355.00–407.50	1,829	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,598	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	382	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,566	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	591	337.65/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,996	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	313	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,612	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,598	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	363.21/cwt	345.00–390.00	1,776	40
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	370.68/cwt	365.00–375.00	2,150	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	434.56/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	402.41/cwt	390.00–415.00	2,157	43
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	563	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,111	3
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	645	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,193	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	560	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,002	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	600–650	631	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,972	4
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	523	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,066	8
Bulls	Large 1	400–450	410	482.50/cwt	482.50–482.50	1,978	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,300	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,065	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	598	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,527	2
Steers	Large 1	600–650	630	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,331	10
Steers	Large 1	550–600	597	395.34/cwt	390.00–402.50	2,360	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	560.81/cwt	560.00–562.50	1,800	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	518.99/cwt	512.50–525.00	1,957	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	477.00/cwt	472.50–495.00	2,018	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	372.50/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,667	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	649	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,320	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	472	467.27/cwt	462.50–470.00	2,206	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	407.18/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,480	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,600	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	472.53/cwt	470.00–482.50	2,415	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	387.42/cwt	385.00–392.50	2,049	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	447.85/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,100	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	416	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,914	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	652	377.20/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,459	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	399.99/cwt	397.50–412.50	2,252	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	439.43/cwt	430.00–447.50	1,859	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	287	586.05/cwt	577.50–595.00	1,682	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	357.46/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,281	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,462	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	547.48/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,697	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	483.35/cwt	475.00–490.00	1,721	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	382.44/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,004	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	381.83/cwt	377.50–390.00	2,215	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	434.29/cwt	420.00–440.00	2,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	326.17/cwt	322.50–330.00	2,006	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	1,397	3

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	270	517.50	517.50
2	300–350	313	515.00	515.00
24	350–400	384	455.00–467.50	459.74
20	400–450	426	420.00–425.00	421.66
50	450–500	493	412.50	412.50
58	500–550	529	350.00–365.00	359.10
5	550–600	583	355.00–360.00	356.93
8	600–650	615	322.50–330.00	326.17
3	700–750	732	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	480.00	480.00
5	350–400	390	445.00	445.00
16	400–450	437	355.00–410.00	396.37
40	450–500	489	345.00–390.00	363.21
37	550–600	591	335.00–340.00	337.65
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	563	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	645	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	560	357.50	357.50
4	600–650	631	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	310	545.00–550.00	547.48
46	350–400	356	475.00–490.00	483.35
56	400–450	423	430.00–447.50	439.43
7	450–500	466	420.00–440.00	434.29
39	500–550	524	375.00–390.00	382.44
20	550–600	580	377.50–390.00	381.83
6	600–650	638	355.00–360.00	357.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	555.00	555.00
13	300–350	335	525.00–540.00	530.05
2	350–400	395	495.00	495.00
6	400–450	416	460.00	460.00
2	450–500	473	427.50	427.50
23	500–550	517	430.00–445.00	431.92
24	550–600	582	380.00–393.50	387.54
2	600–650	648	380.00	380.00
24	650–700	681	357.50–362.50	359.57
2	700–750	705	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	515.00	515.00
13	350–400	382	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	421	430.00–440.00	434.56
46	450–500	466	355.00–407.50	392.46
43	500–550	536	390.00–415.00	402.41
7	550–600	580	365.00–375.00	370.68
19	600–650	649	357.50	357.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	495.00	495.00
2	550–600	598	422.50	422.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	597	390.00–402.50	395.34
10	600–650	630	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	248	645.00	645.00
13	250–300	287	577.50–595.00	586.05
9	300–350	321	560.00–562.50	560.81
16	350–400	377	512.50–525.00	518.99
65	400–450	423	472.50–495.00	477.00
21	450–500	469	442.50–455.00	447.85
68	500–550	511	470.00–482.50	472.53
38	550–600	563	397.50–412.50	399.99
14	600–650	609	390.00–410.00	407.18
17	650–700	652	375.00–377.50	377.20
14	700–750	716	370.00–375.00	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	472	462.50–470.00	467.27
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
6	650–700	698	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	410	482.50	482.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	529	385.00–392.50	387.42
7	550–600	558	370.00	370.00
11	650–700	657	350.00	350.00

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.

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