Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 4.00 to 8.00 higher with many instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Monday November 11, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $411.42/cwt on 368 head.

Average price

$411.42

368 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,293

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$250

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$47.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.76

vs CO average

−7.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	415.55	2,315	336
Medium and Large 1-2	561	368.12	2,064	32

One grade step is worth $47.43/cwt here — about $250 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 sale368 hd

411.42

—

CO average3 barns · 938 hd

414.18

−2.76

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−7.68

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

53 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	465	506.00/cwt	506.00–506.00	2,353	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	484	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,009	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	624	350.50/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,187	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	613	329.26/cwt	322.00–338.00	2,018	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	480.36/cwt	470.00–494.00	2,253	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	339.89/cwt	330.00–349.00	1,982	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	539	373.72/cwt	370.00–375.00	2,014	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	405.80/cwt	399.00–419.00	2,135	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	426	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	1,678	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,339	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	632	377.03/cwt	369.00–387.00	2,383	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	593	322.30/cwt	317.00–324.00	1,911	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	664	339.92/cwt	333.00–343.00	2,257	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	714	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,088	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	521	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,922	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	444	415.73/cwt	413.00–422.50	1,846	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	549	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	444	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,887	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	630	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,953	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	521.00/cwt	521.00–521.00	2,345	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	1,911	75
Steers	Large 1	600–650	619	372.11/cwt	350.00–376.00	2,303	39
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	393	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	1,753	8
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	668	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,044	7
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	573	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	348.12/cwt	342.00–357.50	2,117	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,261	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	678	355.53/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,410	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	326.86/cwt	324.00–328.00	2,206	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,085	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	574.75/cwt	570.00–595.00	2,086	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	383.79/cwt	381.00–393.00	2,207	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	414.52/cwt	400.00–418.50	2,379	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	373.75/cwt	367.50–383.00	2,470	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	845	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	356	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,647	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	685	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,144	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	398.92/cwt	386.00–407.50	1,915	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	491	441.91/cwt	432.00–447.50	2,170	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	356.82/cwt	352.00–363.00	2,037	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	389.33/cwt	380.00–396.00	2,067	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	567	375.60/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,130	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	532.34/cwt	530.00–535.00	2,209	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	347.78/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,514	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	2,311	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,862	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	445.41/cwt	437.50–447.00	1,955	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	574	367.82/cwt	367.00–369.00	2,111	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	398.04/cwt	392.50–407.00	2,440	157
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	431.78/cwt	427.00–436.00	2,280	37

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 Nov 3, 2025

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

Receipts 3,851Last week 5,123Year ago 4,009

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
104	450–500	465	506.00	506.00
52	500–550	517	447.00	447.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	444	425.00	425.00
8	500–550	521	369.00	369.00
24	550–600	574	367.00–369.00	367.82
85	600–650	624	340.00–366.00	350.50
19	650–700	664	333.00–343.00	339.92
5	700–750	714	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	318	585.00	585.00
41	350–400	363	570.00–595.00	574.75
46	400–450	415	530.00–535.00	532.34
74	450–500	469	470.00–494.00	480.36
37	500–550	528	427.00–436.00	431.78
166	550–600	574	400.00–418.50	414.52
157	600–650	613	392.50–407.00	398.04
102	650–700	661	367.50–383.00	373.75
52	700–750	723	345.00–350.00	347.78
6	750–800	751	301.00	301.00
2	800–850	845	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	415	502.50	502.50
62	450–500	491	432.00–447.50	441.91
23	500–550	526	399.00–419.00	405.80
58	550–600	575	381.00–393.00	383.79
59	600–650	632	369.00–387.00	377.03
59	650–700	678	348.00–360.00	355.53
4	700–750	745	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	450–500	450	521.00	521.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	619	350.00–376.00	372.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	484	415.00	415.00
57	550–600	567	375.00–377.50	375.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	356	462.50	462.50
24	400–450	444	413.00–422.50	415.73
4	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
33	500–550	539	370.00–375.00	373.72
49	550–600	583	330.00–349.00	339.89
37	600–650	613	322.00–338.00	329.26
26	650–700	685	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	426	394.00	394.00
4	500–550	549	350.00	350.00
16	550–600	593	317.00–324.00	322.30
9	600–650	630	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
75	400–450	410	466.00	466.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	393	446.00	446.00
4	550–600	573	322.00	322.00
7	650–700	668	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	388	480.00	480.00
61	400–450	439	437.50–447.00	445.41
103	450–500	480	386.00–407.50	398.92
152	500–550	531	380.00–396.00	389.33
85	550–600	571	352.00–363.00	356.82
88	600–650	608	342.00–357.50	348.12
29	650–700	675	324.00–328.00	326.86
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	419	435.00	435.00

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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