Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity was low. Feeder steers sold sharply lower across all weight classes. Feeder heifers also sold sharply lower across all weight classes The next slaughter cow, bred cow and yearling sale will be tomorrow October 28, 2025 and the next calf sale will be next Monday November 4, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $392.02/cwt on 553 head.

Average price

$392.02

553 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,160

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$236

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$55.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.97

vs CO average

−37.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	395.67	2,190	494
Medium and Large 1-2	524	364.31	1,908	52
Large 1	574	340.14	1,954	7thin

One grade step is worth $55.53/cwt here — about $236 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale553 hd

392.02

—

CO average5 barns · 1,661 hd

423.99

−31.97

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

−37.70

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

88 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - 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	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	578	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,879	8
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	440	379.00/cwt	379.00–379.00	1,668	24
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	458	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,708	20
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	546	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,889	19
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	399	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,676	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	611	345.96/cwt	339.00–349.00	2,114	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	707	310.01/cwt	308.00–312.00	2,192	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	462	373.05/cwt	362.50–379.00	1,723	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	416	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	739	277.54/cwt	275.00–278.00	2,051	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	658	323.73/cwt	319.00–329.00	2,130	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	531	386.65/cwt	381.00–390.00	2,053	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,611	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	651	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,829	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	794	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,430	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	609	306.39/cwt	300.00–313.00	1,866	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	532	354.23/cwt	349.00–357.00	1,885	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	437	456.53/cwt	455.00–462.00	1,995	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,015	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	632	323.56/cwt	320.00–331.00	2,045	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	320.73/cwt	320.00–321.00	1,844	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	573	348.97/cwt	347.50–355.00	2,000	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,719	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	487	326.74/cwt	322.50–332.50	1,591	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,153	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	1,813	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	277	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,122	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	326	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,777	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,769	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,855	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	425	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,774	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	696	308.83/cwt	308.00–309.00	2,149	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	592	301.08/cwt	300.00–303.00	1,782	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	350	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	461	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,775	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	522	359.00/cwt	354.00–372.00	1,874	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,186	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	1,988	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	493	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,691	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	554	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,789	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	438	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	1,813	27
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	250–300	289	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	985	5
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,596	15
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	492	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,963	28
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,960	5
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	548	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	1,934	2
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	552	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,899	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	557	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,228	26
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	664	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,244	28
Steers	Large 1	600–650	605	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,130	13
Steers	Large 1	400–450	411	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,891	7
Steers	Large 1	350–400	368	543.00/cwt	543.00–543.00	1,998	18
Steers	Large 1	650–700	685	336.30/cwt	320.00–338.00	2,304	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	490.96/cwt	485.00–495.00	2,145	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	616	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	2,384	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	336	637.50/cwt	637.50–637.50	2,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,237	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	456	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,257	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	493	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,090	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	355.16/cwt	341.00–361.00	2,365	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	322.62/cwt	314.00–325.00	2,436	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	322.98/cwt	322.00–325.00	2,306	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	450.44/cwt	448.00–457.00	2,063	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	404.91/cwt	397.00–409.00	2,114	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	365.67/cwt	354.00–375.00	2,278	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	338.81/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,124	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	2,000	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	318.23/cwt	300.00–325.00	2,139	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	535	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,279	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	274	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,144	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	586.27/cwt	575.00–595.00	1,858	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	489	394.22/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,928	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	380.88/cwt	372.00–392.00	1,661	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	506.53/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,935	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	442.90/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,687	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	383.54/cwt	374.00–396.00	2,221	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	393	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,103	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	388	420.14/cwt	417.50–427.50	1,630	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	433	404.25/cwt	401.00–412.50	1,750	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	354.62/cwt	349.00–360.00	2,025	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	381.11/cwt	378.50–388.00	2,012	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	706	341.30/cwt	341.00–343.00	2,410	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,313	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	346	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,128	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,121	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	295.07/cwt	293.00–298.00	2,092	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,162	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	482	437.91/cwt	428.00–441.00	2,111	100

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 →

Winter Livestock Seasonal Feeder Cattle Sale (Monday) - La Junta, CO

Mon Oct 27, 2025

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

Receipts 5,123Last week 5,409Year ago 6,481

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	289	341.00	341.00
15	450–500	456	350.00	350.00
8	550–600	578	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	399	420.00	420.00
24	400–450	440	379.00	379.00
20	450–500	458	373.00	373.00
19	500–550	546	346.00	346.00
13	550–600	552	344.00	344.00
28	650–700	664	338.00	338.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	277	405.00	405.00
25	350–400	388	417.50–427.50	420.14
4	400–450	416	347.50	347.50
34	450–500	462	362.50–379.00	373.05
43	500–550	532	349.00–357.00	354.23
32	550–600	575	320.00–321.00	320.73
50	600–650	609	300.00–313.00	306.39
9	650–700	651	281.00	281.00
26	700–750	739	275.00–278.00	277.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	350	405.00	405.00
13	450–500	487	322.50–332.50	326.74
8	500–550	518	311.00	311.00
39	550–600	592	300.00–303.00	301.08
4	600–650	623	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	441	411.00	411.00
3	450–500	493	343.00	343.00
26	500–550	540	327.50	327.50
5	600–650	642	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	493	424.00	424.00
26	550–600	557	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	274	417.50	417.50
8	300–350	309	425.00	425.00
12	350–400	381	440.00–445.00	442.90
69	400–450	436	372.00–392.00	380.88
190	450–500	489	385.00–400.00	394.22
84	500–550	528	378.50–388.00	381.11
94	550–600	571	349.00–360.00	354.62
94	600–650	627	330.00–345.00	338.81
69	650–700	672	300.00–325.00	318.23
34	700–750	709	293.00–298.00	295.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	433	401.00–412.50	404.25
26	500–550	505	396.00	396.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	545.00	545.00
13	400–450	437	455.00–462.00	456.53
100	450–500	482	428.00–441.00	437.91
33	500–550	531	381.00–390.00	386.65
30	550–600	573	347.50–355.00	348.97
63	600–650	611	339.00–349.00	345.96
59	650–700	658	319.00–329.00	323.73
12	700–750	707	308.00–312.00	310.01
17	750–800	794	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	486	409.00	409.00
16	500–550	514	392.00	392.00
14	600–650	624	345.00	345.00
8	700–750	724	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	425	417.50	417.50
8	450–500	461	385.00	385.00
29	500–550	522	354.00–372.00	359.00
7	550–600	554	323.00	323.00
25	600–650	632	320.00–331.00	323.56
12	650–700	696	308.00–309.00	308.83
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	438	414.00	414.00
28	450–500	492	399.00	399.00
2	500–550	548	353.00	353.00
5	550–600	585	335.00	335.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	368	543.00	543.00
7	400–450	411	460.00	460.00
13	600–650	605	352.00	352.00
42	650–700	685	320.00–338.00	336.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	317	575.00–595.00	586.27
23	350–400	382	505.00–510.00	506.53
45	400–450	437	485.00–495.00	490.96
59	450–500	458	448.00–457.00	450.44
98	500–550	522	397.00–409.00	404.91
197	550–600	579	374.00–396.00	383.54
204	600–650	623	354.00–375.00	365.67
223	650–700	666	341.00–361.00	355.16
37	700–750	714	322.00–325.00	322.98
65	750–800	755	314.00–325.00	322.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	336	637.50	637.50
28	450–500	456	495.00	495.00
89	500–550	535	426.00	426.00
47	550–600	551	406.00	406.00
68	600–650	616	387.00	387.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	346	615.00	615.00
13	350–400	393	535.00	535.00
34	400–450	420	505.00	505.00
24	450–500	460	470.00	470.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	700–750	706	341.00–343.00	341.30

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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