Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 600lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Steers over 600lbs sold unevenly steady. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady. The next feeder calf sale will be next Monday November 17, 2025 with the next yearling, slaughter cow and bred cow sale tomorrow November 11, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $418.30/cwt on 558 head.

Average price

$418.30

558 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,323

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$202

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

$29.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+14.49

vs CO average

−6.57 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	422.29	2,351	483
Medium and Large 1-2	547	392.58	2,149	75

One grade step is worth $29.71/cwt here — about $202 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 sale558 hd

418.30

—

CO average4 barns · 1,236 hd

403.81

+14.49

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−6.57

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

65 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 1	300–350	327	583.88/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,909	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	561	408.29/cwt	397.50–411.00	2,291	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	554.07/cwt	540.00–560.00	1,995	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	387	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,032	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,871	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	335	540.36/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	490.47/cwt	475.00–497.50	1,609	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	703	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,257	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	693	343.38/cwt	329.00–344.00	2,380	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	331.68/cwt	330.00–332.50	2,080	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	504	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,381	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	414.86/cwt	412.50–420.00	1,792	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	611	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,870	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	449	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,652	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	565	373.62/cwt	350.00–388.00	2,111	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,877	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	629	318.43/cwt	311.00–325.00	2,003	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	457.19/cwt	452.50–460.00	2,131	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	629	348.07/cwt	344.00–352.50	2,189	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,118	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,082	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	349.94/cwt	347.50–352.50	1,613	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	393.19/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,115	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,827	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	412.29/cwt	412.00–412.50	2,181	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	463	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,968	8
Steers	Large 1	700–750	721	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,531	10
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	490	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,911	11
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	450	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,647	8
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	700–750	741	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,416	19
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	550	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,991	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	420.27/cwt	417.50–424.00	2,370	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	394.71/cwt	391.00–400.00	1,662	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,163	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	531.54/cwt	530.00–535.00	1,435	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,814	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,790	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,106	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,588	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	608.12/cwt	592.50–610.00	1,776	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	408.55/cwt	402.00–412.50	1,977	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	483.54/cwt	482.50–485.00	1,828	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	226	622.50/cwt	622.50–622.50	1,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,258	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	342.07/cwt	341.00–342.50	2,470	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	489	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,482	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	393.60/cwt	382.00–405.00	2,460	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	409.64/cwt	402.00–415.00	2,110	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	480.85/cwt	475.00–490.00	2,289	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	655	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,037	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	534	368.94/cwt	362.00–375.00	1,970	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	373.77/cwt	363.00–380.00	2,497	219
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	389.86/cwt	380.00–397.50	2,074	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,207	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,385	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	619	368.66/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,282	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	526	425.05/cwt	420.00–429.00	2,236	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	401	457.50/cwt	457.50–457.50	1,835	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	361.37/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,100	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,318	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	403	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,035	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	566	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,462	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	585	333.05/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,948	43

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 10, 2025

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

Receipts 3,754Last week 3,851Year ago 4,009

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	226	622.50	622.50
26	250–300	292	592.50–610.00	608.12
18	300–350	327	575.00–585.00	583.88
40	350–400	354	595.00	595.00
37	400–450	426	530.00	530.00
40	450–500	476	475.00–490.00	480.85
11	500–550	515	450.00	450.00
209	550–600	564	417.50–424.00	420.27
240	600–650	625	382.00–405.00	393.60
219	650–700	668	363.00–380.00	373.77
24	700–750	722	341.00–342.50	342.07
4	800–850	815	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	530.00–550.00	540.36
41	350–400	360	540.00–560.00	554.07
13	400–450	403	505.00	505.00
45	450–500	466	452.50–460.00	457.19
60	500–550	526	420.00–429.00	425.05
111	550–600	561	397.50–411.00	408.29
43	600–650	619	363.00–375.00	368.66
46	650–700	693	329.00–344.00	343.38
15	700–750	703	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	387	525.00	525.00
11	500–550	538	390.00–395.00	393.19
27	550–600	565	350.00–388.00	373.62
39	600–650	629	344.00–352.50	348.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	368	510.00	510.00
4	400–450	443	470.00	470.00
11	450–500	487	435.00	435.00
31	500–550	529	412.00–412.50	412.29
6	550–600	581	375.00	375.00
6	600–650	627	330.00–332.50	331.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
57	450–500	489	507.50	507.50
9	500–550	504	472.50	472.50
83	550–600	566	435.00	435.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	721	351.00	351.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	490	390.00	390.00
19	700–750	741	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	430.00	430.00
6	350–400	395	455.00	455.00
9	400–450	432	412.50–420.00	414.86
32	450–500	469	399.00	399.00
85	500–550	534	362.00–375.00	368.94
43	550–600	585	322.50–337.50	333.05
58	600–650	629	311.00–325.00	318.43
4	650–700	655	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	270	530.00–535.00	531.54
26	300–350	328	475.00–497.50	490.47
74	350–400	378	482.50–485.00	483.54
3	400–450	417	435.00	435.00
44	450–500	484	402.00–412.50	408.55
85	500–550	532	380.00–397.50	389.86
126	550–600	581	350.00–365.00	361.37
48	600–650	625	346.00	346.00
19	650–700	674	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	449	368.00	368.00
19	600–650	611	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	400–450	421	391.00–400.00	394.71
6	450–500	461	347.50–352.50	349.94
13	500–550	528	346.00	346.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	463	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	450	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	550	362.00	362.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	401	457.50	457.50
54	500–550	515	402.00–415.00	409.64
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	563	318.00	318.00

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