Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-12-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday December 17, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.18/cwt on 240 head. That ranks 5 of 12 comparable sales and sits −13.80 against this barn's trailing median of $442.98.

Average price

$429.18

240 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$288

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$56.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.44

vs CO average

−1.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	433.43	2,344	222
Large 1	546	376.81	2,056	18thin

One grade step is worth $56.62/cwt here — about $288 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale240 hd

429.18

—

CO average4 barns · 1,570 hd

435.63

−6.44

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−1.45

This barn, trailing median12 sales

442.98

−13.80

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

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,546	177.16	2,739	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	157.83	1,839	101
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,588	155.72	2,474	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,403	155.11	2,176	46
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,845	155.00	2,860	1thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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	600–650	609	346.47/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,110	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	642	334.51/cwt	332.50–337.50	2,148	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	373.55/cwt	372.50–380.00	2,129	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	670	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,094	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	453.56/cwt	450.00–457.50	1,483	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	315.31/cwt	312.50–317.50	2,128	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,887	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	449	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,335	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,923	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	453.45/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,641	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	633	313.76/cwt	312.50–317.00	1,986	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	932	267.43/cwt	264.00–275.00	2,492	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,075	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,312	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	555.74/cwt	550.00–565.00	2,356	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	326.81/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,379	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,305	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,731	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,430	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,214	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	516.38/cwt	500.00–520.00	2,334	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	448.95/cwt	442.50–450.00	2,312	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,645	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,349	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	348.78/cwt	342.50–350.00	2,354	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,381	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	335	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,625	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	524	467.86/cwt	465.00–470.00	2,452	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	292.48/cwt	290.00–297.50	2,270	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	386.26/cwt	380.00–392.50	2,036	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	720	289.02/cwt	287.50–290.00	2,081	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	391	428.65/cwt	427.50–435.00	1,676	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	691	329.14/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,274	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,962	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	790	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,410	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	429.35/cwt	425.00–432.50	2,207	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	549	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,990	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	742	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,337	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,131	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	570	364.00/cwt	362.50–367.50	2,075	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	598	352.38/cwt	347.50–357.00	2,107	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	836	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	714	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,910	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	477	467.52/cwt	455.00–475.00	2,230	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	2,225	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	2,300	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	155.15/cwt	151.00–158.00	2,498	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,475	143.00/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,109	2
Bulls	—	—	1,638	185.11/cwt	182.00–191.00	3,032	7
Bulls	—	—	1,480	175.32/cwt	171.00–179.00	2,595	11
Bulls	—	—	1,572	165.37/cwt	162.00–167.00	2,600	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,058	146.05/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,545	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	163.01/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,932	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	156.74/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,843	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,552	161.73/cwt	161.00–162.00	2,510	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,449	161.32/cwt	161.00–163.00	2,338	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,392	154.77/cwt	152.00–157.00	2,154	38
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	650–700	686	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,784	8
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	728	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,330	2
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	403	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,622	9
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	477	418.53/cwt	412.50–437.50	1,996	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,845	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,860	1
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	429	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,909	14
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	481	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,092	9
Steers	Large 1	600–650	624	371.93/cwt	365.00–377.50	2,321	18
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	630	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,079	2
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	330	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,518	2
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,149	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	535	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,020	13
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	376	448.43/cwt	447.00–450.00	1,686	13
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	530	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,067	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,047	4
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,249	7
Steers	Large 1	700–750	732	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,434	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	556	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,779	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	381	409.46/cwt	405.00–412.50	1,560	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	593	395.62/cwt	392.00–407.50	2,346	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	669	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,459	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,506	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	617	396.10/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,444	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,496	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	372	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,399	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,369	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,274	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	428.42/cwt	427.50–435.00	2,262	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,110	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	662.07/cwt	660.00–675.00	2,119	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	200–250	233	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,188	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	325	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,658	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	723	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,693	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	407	582.50/cwt	582.50–582.50	2,371	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	309.07/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,553	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	321.68/cwt	316.00–325.00	2,506	102
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,729	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	636	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,544	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,070	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	1,067	226.84/cwt	215.00–235.00	2,420	22
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	903	190.22/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	362.00/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,302	50
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	764	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,025	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	443	476.97/cwt	465.00–480.00	2,113	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	495	428.97/cwt	427.50–435.00	2,123	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,119	168.15/cwt	167.50–170.00	1,882	4

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,342Last week 0Year ago 3,821

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 49Last week 0Year ago 35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	290	465.00	465.00
29	300–350	327	450.00–457.50	453.56
29	350–400	362	445.00–460.00	453.45
16	400–450	442	435.00	435.00
16	450–500	459	427.50	427.50
86	500–550	527	380.00–392.50	386.26
14	550–600	570	372.50–380.00	373.55
25	600–650	609	342.50–355.00	346.47
16	650–700	675	312.50–317.50	315.31
14	700–750	726	305.00	305.00
45	750–800	776	290.00–297.50	292.48
6	800–850	810	300.00	300.00
21	900–950	932	264.00–275.00	267.43
12	1000–1050	1,023	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	391	427.50–435.00	428.65
7	450–500	466	405.00	405.00
15	500–550	549	362.50	362.50
35	550–600	598	347.50–357.00	352.38
33	600–650	633	312.50–317.00	313.76
14	650–700	686	302.50	302.50
5	700–750	720	287.50–290.00	289.02
5	800–850	836	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	335	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	686	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	330	460.00	460.00
13	350–400	376	447.00–450.00	448.43
14	400–450	429	445.00	445.00
9	450–500	481	435.00	435.00
5	500–550	530	390.00	390.00
2	600–650	630	330.00	330.00
4	750–800	764	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	381	405.00–412.50	409.46
3	450–500	487	355.00	355.00
7	550–600	556	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	233	510.00	510.00
2	300–350	325	510.00	510.00
5	500–550	508	407.50	407.50
35	600–650	636	400.00	400.00
4	700–750	723	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	387	575.00	575.00
11	400–450	449	520.00	520.00
26	450–500	477	455.00–475.00	467.52
30	500–550	514	425.00–432.50	429.35
17	550–600	570	362.50–367.50	364.00
48	600–650	642	332.50–337.50	334.51
31	650–700	691	320.00–332.00	329.14
9	700–750	742	315.00	315.00
5	750–800	790	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	320	660.00–675.00	662.07
8	350–400	381	605.00	605.00
13	400–450	424	550.00–565.00	555.74
11	450–500	452	500.00–520.00	516.38
45	500–550	515	442.50–450.00	448.95
43	550–600	593	392.00–407.50	395.62
50	600–650	636	355.00–370.00	362.00
25	650–700	675	342.50–350.00	348.78
36	700–750	728	323.00–330.00	326.81
102	750–800	779	316.00–325.00	321.68
10	800–850	826	305.00–315.00	309.07
9	850–900	867	315.00	315.00
6	900–950	928	285.00	285.00
6	1050–1100	1,063	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
71	500–550	524	465.00–470.00	467.86
16	550–600	567	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	391	545.00	545.00
10	400–450	443	465.00–480.00	476.97
15	450–500	495	427.50–435.00	428.97
10	700–750	714	267.50	267.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	470.00	470.00
7	450–500	489	460.00	460.00
13	500–550	535	377.50	377.50
5	550–600	573	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	611	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	728	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	403	402.50	402.50
24	450–500	477	412.50–437.50	418.53
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	624	365.00–377.50	371.93
12	700–750	732	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	372	645.00	645.00
16	400–450	407	582.50	582.50
33	600–650	617	385.00–400.00	396.10
7	650–700	669	367.50	367.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	670	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	485	435.00	435.00
16	500–550	528	427.50–435.00	428.42
2	550–600	583	390.00	390.00
2	650–700	680	340.00	340.00
4	700–750	729	325.00	325.00
4	800–850	839	297.50	297.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,575	146.00	146.00
8	—	1,610	151.00–158.00	155.15
4	—	1,552	161.00–162.00	161.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,475	142.00–144.00	143.00
6	—	1,449	161.00–163.00	161.32
38	—	1,392	152.00–157.00	154.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,058	141.00–149.00	146.05
38	—	1,185	160.00–167.00	163.01
51	—	1,176	153.00–159.00	156.74
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,845	155.00	155.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,638	182.00–191.00	185.11
11	—	1,480	171.00–179.00	175.32
3	—	1,572	162.00–167.00	165.37

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,067	215.00–235.00	226.84
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	903	185.00–195.00	190.22
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,119	167.50–170.00	168.15

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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