Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 500lbs sold mostly sharply lower. Feeder steers between 500 and 700lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher and steers over 700lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 700lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Heifers over 700lbs sold unevenly steady. The next slaughter cow and bred cow sale will be tomorrow October 30, 2025 and the next feeder calf and yearling sale will be next Wednesday November 5, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.43/cwt on 308 head. That ranks 3 of 12 comparable sales and sits −39.02 against this barn's trailing median of $402.45.

Average price

$363.43

308 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$33.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.39

vs CO average

−11.46 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	366.65	2,033	268
Large 1	548	351.18	1,926	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	333.48	1,822	21

One grade step is worth $33.17/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

12 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $456.58, low $350.42, median $402.45 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 sale308 hd

363.43

—

CO average5 barns · 1,170 hd

359.04

+4.39

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−11.46

This barn, trailing median12 sales

402.45

−39.02

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

63 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 1Unweaned	350–400	371	410.65/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,524	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	375.85/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,387	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	364.22/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,901	63
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	296.32/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,454	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,879	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	518	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,344	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	356.31/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,373	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,339	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	714	288.16/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,057	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	381.91/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,784	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	524	344.57/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,806	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	576	318.70/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,836	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	674	341.94/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,305	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,209	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	360.39/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,274	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	380.57/cwt	372.50–382.50	2,002	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	484	363.31/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,758	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	618	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,333	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	341.57/cwt	337.50–352.00	2,299	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	407.87/cwt	402.50–412.55	1,689	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	615	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	388.62/cwt	377.50–392.50	1,648	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	358.36/cwt	351.00–362.50	2,104	76
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	3
Steers	Large 1	900–950	923	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,677	3
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	434	390.97/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,697	9
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	8
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	580	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,074	11
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	428	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,562	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,486	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,274	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	618	396.93/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,453	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	533	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,239	23
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	361	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,471	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	637	351.67/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,240	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	392.59/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,045	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	360.66/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,128	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	734	308.59/cwt	302.00–315.00	2,265	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	349.18/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,113	31
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,665	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	251	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,511	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,616	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,209	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	617	334.98/cwt	332.50–336.00	2,067	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	681	312.00/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,125	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,093	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,896	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,746	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,168	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,949	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	459.61/cwt	455.00–462.50	1,917	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	464.39/cwt	462.50–467.50	2,136	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	385.19/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,161	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	569	343.74/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,956	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	434.54/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,225	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	820	318.47/cwt	317.50–321.00	2,611	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	335.80/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,394	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	284.87/cwt	280.00–288.00	2,646	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	405.60/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,882	54

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 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	371	402.50–417.50	410.65
48	400–450	414	402.50–412.55	407.87
41	450–500	467	377.50–390.00	381.91
63	500–550	522	360.00–370.00	364.22
67	550–600	569	340.00–350.00	343.74
20	600–650	617	332.50–336.00	334.98
14	650–700	681	305.00–317.50	312.00
11	700–750	714	285.00–290.00	288.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	464	400.00–407.50	405.60
36	500–550	521	380.00–395.00	392.59
79	550–600	590	355.00–367.50	360.66
31	600–650	605	340.00–352.50	349.18
36	650–700	673	337.50–352.00	341.57
16	700–750	734	302.00–315.00	308.59
4	800–850	828	292.50–300.00	296.32
16	900–950	929	280.00–288.00	284.87
16	950–1000	987	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	424	377.50–392.50	388.62
9	450–500	484	355.00–370.00	363.31
12	500–550	524	340.00–347.50	344.57
9	550–600	576	312.00–332.50	318.70
2	600–650	615	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	600–650	618	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	407.50	407.50
9	400–450	434	380.00–400.00	390.97
8	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
3	650–700	652	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	580	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	428	365.00	365.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	533	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	251	602.00	602.00
38	500–550	512	432.50–440.00	434.54
6	550–600	567	412.50	412.50
43	600–650	635	371.00–380.00	375.85
32	650–700	666	350.00–357.50	356.31
12	700–750	713	330.00–340.00	335.80
2	800–850	808	347.50	347.50
7	950–1000	955	287.50	287.50
7	1050–1100	1,093	265.00	265.00
6	1150–1200	1,168	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	426	441.00	441.00
40	500–550	526	372.50–382.50	380.57
76	550–600	587	351.00–362.50	358.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	518	452.50	452.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	400–450	417	455.00–462.50	459.61
41	450–500	460	462.50–467.50	464.39
27	500–550	529	417.50	417.50
36	550–600	561	370.00–389.00	385.19
81	600–650	631	352.50–367.50	360.39
61	650–700	674	330.00–345.00	341.94
6	700–750	707	312.50	312.50
18	800–850	820	317.50–321.00	318.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	400.00	400.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	637	340.00–355.00	351.67
3	900–950	923	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	618	390.00–400.00	396.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
8	600–650	636	357.50	357.50
8	750–800	759	327.50	327.50
2	850–900	865	300.00	300.00
3	1000–1050	1,035	257.50	257.50
3	1100–1150	1,102	247.50	247.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	325.00	325.00

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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