Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. This was the last Monday sale of the season and the next feeder calf sale will be next Tuesday November 25, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $429.33/cwt on 622 head.

Average price

$429.33

622 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,349

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$198

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$71.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.11

vs CO average

+19.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	436.58	2,379	544
Medium and Large 1-2	537	389.08	2,089	45
Large 1	598	364.76	2,181	33

One grade step is worth $71.82/cwt here — about $198 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 sale622 hd

429.33

—

CO average3 barns · 1,433 hd

423.22

+6.11

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+19.25

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

57 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	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	610	335.76/cwt	326.00–345.00	2,048	25
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	493	396.00/cwt	396.00–396.00	1,952	20
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	594	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,026	7
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	478	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,757	13
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	599	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,079	11
Steers	Large 1	550–600	599	371.16/cwt	361.00–373.00	2,223	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	692	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,256	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,222	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	547.60/cwt	545.00–550.00	1,818	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,047	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,419	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	440	413.21/cwt	406.00–416.00	1,818	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	637	350.95/cwt	347.50–352.00	2,236	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	399	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	1,885	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	326	412.89/cwt	411.00–415.00	1,346	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,211	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	1,817	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	505	410.04/cwt	400.00–417.50	2,071	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	390	505.46/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,971	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	493	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,735	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	537	389.08/cwt	375.00–397.50	2,089	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	592	373.99/cwt	370.00–376.00	2,214	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	529	343.92/cwt	332.50–347.50	1,819	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	347.56/cwt	338.00–357.00	1,995	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	1,658	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	741	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,297	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	589	411.88/cwt	395.00–417.00	2,426	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,190	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	1,907	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,829	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	670	370.62/cwt	369.00–372.00	2,483	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,389	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	382	567.00/cwt	567.00–567.00	2,166	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	521	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,162	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,474	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	339.96/cwt	338.00–343.00	2,104	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	438.02/cwt	433.00–440.00	1,853	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	350.18/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,346	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	458.08/cwt	450.00–462.50	2,190	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	612.50/cwt	612.50–612.50	1,893	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	502.93/cwt	500.00–505.00	2,163	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	386.07/cwt	373.00–391.00	1,996	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	501.53/cwt	495.00–508.00	1,705	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	399	478.00/cwt	478.00–478.00	1,907	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	400.32/cwt	397.50–403.00	1,914	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	445.73/cwt	440.00–456.00	2,394	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	302.46/cwt	301.00–310.00	1,951	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	387.57/cwt	379.00–390.00	2,434	225
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	390.63/cwt	381.00–395.00	2,250	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	514	463.18/cwt	461.00–467.00	2,381	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	442	464.84/cwt	460.00–470.00	2,055	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	455	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,991	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	338.23/cwt	332.50–341.00	2,405	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	483	383.19/cwt	380.00–387.50	1,851	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	372.63/cwt	372.50–373.00	2,336	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	546.14/cwt	545.00–550.00	2,092	25

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 5,469Last week 0Year ago 4,009

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	493	396.00	396.00
7	550–600	594	341.00	341.00
25	600–650	610	326.00–345.00	335.76
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	599	361.00–373.00	371.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	332	545.00–550.00	547.60
26	350–400	390	500.00–510.00	505.46
41	400–450	442	460.00–470.00	464.84
3	450–500	455	437.50	437.50
21	500–550	505	400.00–417.50	410.04
36	550–600	592	370.00–376.00	373.99
30	600–650	627	372.50–373.00	372.63
28	650–700	692	326.00	326.00
10	700–750	741	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	288	1,275.00	1,275.00
6	300–350	309	612.50	612.50
25	350–400	383	545.00–550.00	546.14
58	400–450	430	500.00–505.00	502.93
80	450–500	478	450.00–462.50	458.08
255	500–550	537	440.00–456.00	445.73
111	550–600	589	395.00–417.00	411.88
225	600–650	628	379.00–390.00	387.57
76	650–700	670	340.00–359.00	350.18
54	700–750	711	332.50–341.00	338.23
6	750–800	773	313.00	313.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	399	472.50	472.50
45	500–550	537	375.00–397.50	389.08
26	600–650	637	347.50–352.00	350.95
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	382	567.00	567.00
80	450–500	473	505.00	505.00
185	650–700	670	369.00–372.00	370.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
121	500–550	514	461.00–467.00	463.18
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	478	367.50	367.50
11	550–600	599	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	300–350	340	495.00–508.00	501.53
29	350–400	385	472.00	472.00
42	400–450	423	433.00–440.00	438.02
96	450–500	478	397.50–403.00	400.32
39	500–550	517	373.00–391.00	386.07
147	550–600	576	381.00–395.00	390.63
52	600–650	619	338.00–343.00	339.96
14	650–700	693	319.00	319.00
3	700–750	730	300.00	300.00
7	750–800	769	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	393	422.00	422.00
88	400–450	440	406.00–416.00	413.21
7	450–500	483	380.00–387.50	383.19
37	500–550	529	332.50–347.50	343.92
75	550–600	574	338.00–357.00	347.56
31	600–650	645	301.00–310.00	302.46
8	650–700	669	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	326	411.00–415.00	412.89
3	450–500	493	352.00	352.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	500–550	521	415.00	415.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	307	480.00	480.00
15	350–400	399	478.00	478.00
15	400–450	423	432.50	432.50
23	500–550	510	374.00	374.00

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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