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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600lbs sold unevenly steady. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday December 10, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $414.26/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 1 of 12 comparable sales and sits −28.72 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$414.26

223 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$65.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs CO average

−14.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	417.78	2,279	211
Large 1	591	352.50	2,083	12thin

One grade step is worth $65.28/cwt here — about $196 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 sale223 hd

414.26

—

CO average3 barns · 546 hd

412.83

+1.44

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−14.89

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−28.72

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

69 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	200–250	224	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,221	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	388.31/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,272	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,158	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,364	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	383.94/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,331	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	471	365.26/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,720	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	775	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	379.26/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,961	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	398.33/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,016	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	587.12/cwt	585.00–600.00	2,114	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,364	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	698	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,286	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	593	341.42/cwt	332.50–350.00	2,025	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	606	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,757	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	412	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,730	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	581.87/cwt	570.00–592.50	1,868	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	715	313.95/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,245	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	717	240.46/cwt	232.50–257.50	1,724	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	361	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,679	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	411.40/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,543	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	563	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,477	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	443.30/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,119	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	838	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	548	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,987	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	420.68/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,002	34
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	350	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,978	3
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	300–350	302	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,646	3
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	480	405.94/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,949	25
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	591	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,083	12
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	493	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,972	30
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	642	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	434.81/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,844	24
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,750	7
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	379	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,554	4
Steers	Large 1	600–650	609	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,284	4
Heifers	Large 1	200–250	213	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,061	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	299.39/cwt	292.50–312.50	2,440	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	434	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,628	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	373	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,361	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	328.63/cwt	327.50–329.00	2,356	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	428.29/cwt	425.00–431.00	2,236	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	394.37/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,854	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	238.50/cwt	237.50–240.00	2,197	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	346	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,471	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	344.01/cwt	339.00–347.50	2,322	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	462.95/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,694	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,000	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	654	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,420	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	484.44/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,199	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,573	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	641	348.51/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,234	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,626	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	252	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	361.45/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,310	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,378	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	790	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,196	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	480.03/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,103	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	416.19/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,331	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	366.58/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,144	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	268	451.60/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,210	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	507.42/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,964	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	779	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,279	6

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	200–250	224	885.00	885.00
3	250–300	252	1,050.00	1,050.00
11	300–350	321	570.00–592.50	581.87
50	350–400	360	585.00–600.00	587.12
5	400–450	419	530.00	530.00
23	450–500	454	482.50–490.00	484.44
109	500–550	522	425.00–431.00	428.29
24	550–600	560	412.50–420.00	416.19
26	600–650	607	382.50–385.00	383.94
61	650–700	675	339.00–347.50	344.01
33	700–750	717	327.50–329.00	328.63
22	750–800	775	305.00	305.00
9	800–850	815	292.50–312.50	299.39
8	850–900	865	297.50	297.50
6	1000–1050	1,028	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	495.00–520.00	507.42
108	400–450	438	477.50–505.00	480.03
31	450–500	478	435.00–455.00	443.30
12	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
48	550–600	585	382.50–397.50	388.31
147	600–650	639	355.00–372.00	361.45
6	650–700	698	325.00–330.00	327.50
51	700–750	715	310.00–317.50	313.95
6	750–800	779	292.50	292.50
2	800–850	838	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	361	465.00	465.00
34	450–500	476	412.50–427.50	420.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	563	440.00	440.00
29	650–700	654	370.00	370.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	545.00	545.00
3	350–400	350	565.00	565.00
11	450–500	453	455.00	455.00
12	550–600	591	352.50	352.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	480	395.00–410.00	405.94
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	609	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	245	975.00	975.00
10	250–300	290	475.00	475.00
9	300–350	346	470.00	470.00
24	350–400	366	450.00–470.00	462.95
24	400–450	424	430.00–440.00	434.81
36	450–500	470	385.00–402.50	394.37
89	500–550	506	390.00–400.00	398.33
123	550–600	585	360.00–371.00	366.58
59	600–650	641	345.00–352.50	348.51
4	650–700	663	330.00	330.00
20	700–750	708	282.50	282.50
3	750–800	790	278.00	278.00
2	850–900	863	250.00	250.00
5	900–950	921	237.50–240.00	238.50
2	950–1000	958	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	445.00–455.00	451.60
41	300–350	346	425.00	425.00
12	350–400	375	405.00–420.00	411.40
65	400–450	412	420.00	420.00
67	450–500	471	355.00–375.00	365.26
13	500–550	517	375.00–380.00	379.26
42	550–600	593	332.50–350.00	341.42
8	600–650	606	290.00	290.00
19	700–750	717	232.50–257.50	240.46
2	750–800	775	232.50	232.50
3	850–900	880	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	434	375.00	375.00
6	500–550	548	362.50	362.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	725.00	725.00
30	450–500	493	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	642	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	432	405.00	405.00

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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