Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold mostly sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 12, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.82/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −46.16 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$396.82

161 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.45

vs CO average

−22.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	397.76	2,130	152
Large 1	529	381.00	2,015	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.76/cwt here — about $115 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 sale161 hd

396.82

—

CO average3 barns · 841 hd

403.27

−6.45

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−22.28

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−46.16

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

48 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 1Fancy	450–500	451	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,984	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,148	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,583	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,265	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,641	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	453.67/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,851	54
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	747	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,166	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	398	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,652	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	798	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,474	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,104	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	313.60/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,418	21
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,015	9
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,895	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	366.00/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,801	26
Steers	Large 1	400–450	413	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,879	4
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	403	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,642	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	622	323.33/cwt	317.50–332.50	2,011	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	360.20/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,920	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	424.56/cwt	422.50–427.50	1,711	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	518	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,955	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	557	389.89/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,172	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	347.89/cwt	335.50–359.00	2,185	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	498	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,129	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	736	294.20/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,165	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,811	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	308.19/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,086	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	667	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	577	330.47/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,907	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	730	278.25/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,031	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	247.55/cwt	245.00–250.00	2,295	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1250–1300	1,283	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	237.44/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,097	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,111	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,666	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	783	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,529	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,823	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	264.82/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,203	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	401.51/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,835	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	412.07/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,570	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	330.59/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,205	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	422.57/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,206	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	472.15/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,983	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,675	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,098	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,010	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,783	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

Wed Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,948Last week 2,313Year ago 1,389

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	400–450	408	445.00–455.00	453.67
17	450–500	451	440.00	440.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	380.00	380.00
25	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
51	500–550	533	355.00–365.00	360.20
13	550–600	577	325.00–335.00	330.47
31	600–650	622	317.50–332.50	323.33
8	650–700	667	280.00	280.00
20	700–750	730	270.00–287.50	278.25
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	492	360.00–377.50	366.00
2	550–600	570	332.50	332.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	407.50	407.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
42	350–400	381	410.00–415.00	412.07
17	400–450	429	425.00	425.00
33	450–500	457	400.00–405.00	401.51
11	500–550	538	390.00	390.00
19	800–850	832	260.00–270.00	264.82
8	850–900	883	235.00–245.00	237.44
4	900–950	927	245.00–250.00	247.55
3	950–1000	955	247.50	247.50
2	1000–1050	1,010	225.00	225.00
9	1100–1150	1,111	240.00	240.00
5	1250–1300	1,283	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	400–450	420	470.00–480.00	472.15
6	450–500	453	500.00	500.00
51	500–550	522	420.00–430.00	422.57
22	650–700	667	322.50–337.50	330.59
21	750–800	771	305.00–317.50	313.60
2	850–900	870	307.50	307.50
3	900–950	920	302.50	302.50
6	950–1000	978	270.00	270.00
7	1100–1150	1,148	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	529	381.00	381.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	532.50	532.50
34	400–450	403	422.50–427.50	424.56
8	450–500	498	427.50	427.50
38	500–550	518	377.50	377.50
63	550–600	557	387.00–395.00	389.89
91	600–650	628	335.50–359.00	347.89
31	650–700	677	300.00–312.50	308.19
15	700–750	736	290.00–298.00	294.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	783	323.00	323.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	526	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	747	290.00	290.00
5	750–800	798	310.00	310.00

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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