Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 19, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.16/cwt on 476 head. That ranks 4 of 12 comparable sales and sits −18.82 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$424.16

476 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$60.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.70

vs CO average

−0.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	432.97	2,273	399
Medium and Large 1-2	560	385.80	2,161	35
Large 1	587	372.50	2,187	42

One grade step is worth $60.47/cwt here — about $87 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 sale476 hd

424.16

—

CO average4 barns · 1,574 hd

413.47

+10.70

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−0.71

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−18.82

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

62 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	400–450	425	419.71/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,784	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	523	370.94/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,940	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	768	308.92/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,373	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,417	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	474	378.55/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,794	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	311.70/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,163	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	430.51/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,269	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	672	344.33/cwt	337.50–346.00	2,314	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	487	457.13/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,226	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,006	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	726	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,160	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	343.49/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,099	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,150	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	750–800	775	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,267	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	438	376.29/cwt	352.50–382.00	1,648	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	356.36/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,192	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,670	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	440	476.18/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,095	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	676	329.04/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,224	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	526	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,065	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	729	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	727	306.05/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,225	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	880	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,578	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	554	397.29/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,201	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	584	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,898	13
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,070	8
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	587	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,187	42
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	7
Heifers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	15
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	513	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,934	26
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	604	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,993	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,518	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	268.60/cwt	267.50–270.00	2,898	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	341	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,756	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,025	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,716	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	351.84/cwt	312.50–362.50	1,794	25
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	429	411.04/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,763	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	444.38/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,902	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,276	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	414.83/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,228	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	879	296.46/cwt	295.00–297.50	2,606	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,001	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	367.72/cwt	367.50–368.00	2,085	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,173	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,417	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	415.45/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,318	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	447.54/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,282	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	528.29/cwt	520.00–532.50	2,150	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	338.95/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,078	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,134	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,322	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	472.77/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,711	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,164	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,765	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	408	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,060	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,105	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	385.47/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,985	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,239	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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 2,959Last week 1,948Year ago 943

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	425	415.00–425.00	419.71
75	450–500	474	377.50–380.00	378.55
33	500–550	523	367.50–372.50	370.94
13	550–600	584	325.00	325.00
10	600–650	608	330.00	330.00
25	650–700	694	310.00–312.50	311.70
10	700–750	726	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	288	580.00	580.00
8	300–350	341	515.00	515.00
25	350–400	362	470.00–480.00	472.77
77	400–450	428	435.00–450.00	444.38
45	450–500	468	427.50	427.50
143	500–550	515	380.00–390.00	385.47
27	550–600	567	367.50–368.00	367.72
56	600–650	613	337.50–340.00	338.95
10	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
19	700–750	740	307.50	307.50
3	750–800	772	290.00	290.00
4	800–850	848	285.00	285.00
4	900–950	924	272.50	272.50
2	1000–1050	1,025	265.00	265.00
9	1050–1100	1,079	267.50–270.00	268.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	438	352.50–382.00	376.29
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	429	410.00–415.00	411.04
25	500–550	510	312.50–362.50	351.84
8	650–700	689	300.50	300.50
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	443	340.00	340.00
7	450–500	460	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	513	377.00	377.00
11	600–650	604	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	408	505.00	505.00
83	450–500	487	450.00–465.00	457.13
234	500–550	527	420.00–437.50	430.51
23	550–600	554	392.50–402.50	397.29
50	600–650	615	350.00–360.00	356.36
113	650–700	672	337.50–346.00	344.33
19	700–750	727	305.00–310.00	306.05
7	750–800	768	307.50–310.00	308.92
16	850–900	880	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	400–450	440	475.00–480.00	476.18
8	500–550	526	392.50	392.50
16	550–600	593	362.50	362.50
30	600–650	611	340.00–347.50	343.49
39	650–700	676	327.50–330.00	329.04
6	700–750	729	295.00	295.00
5	750–800	775	292.50	292.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	587	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	388	560.00	560.00
84	400–450	407	520.00–532.50	528.29
40	450–500	454	470.00	470.00
121	500–550	510	440.00–450.00	447.54
21	550–600	558	410.00–420.00	415.45
30	600–650	645	370.00	370.00
11	650–700	676	357.50	357.50
32	700–750	720	322.50	322.50
6	750–800	751	330.00	330.00
4	850–900	856	331.00	331.00
3	950–1000	978	317.50	317.50
3	1000–1050	1,028	272.50	272.50
4	1150–1200	1,164	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	537	410.00–417.50	414.83
7	850–900	879	295.00–297.50	296.46

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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