Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of sharply lower across all weight classes. Breaker slaughter cows of average dressing sold steady. Boner cows of average dressing sold 2.00 higher and lean cos sold 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls of average dressing sold 2.00 higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday February 11, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.51/cwt on 174 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −143.86 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$319.51

174 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,784

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$287

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

$73.64/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.17

vs CO average

−22.87 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	339.64	1,870	58
Large 1	545	312.00	1,700	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	310.90	1,749	102
Medium and Large 2	595	266.00	1,583	4thin

One grade step is worth $73.64/cwt here — about $287 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

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $498.81, low $446.57, median $463.38 across 13 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 sale174 hd

319.51

—

CO average2 barns · 347 hd

327.68

−8.17

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

−22.87

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−143.86

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	1,828	164.65	3,010	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,604	133.56	2,142	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,379	131.95	1,820	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,131	126.32	1,429	38

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,143	$2,700	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,280	$2,050	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$2,000	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,328	$1,933	33
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,290	$1,925	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,305	$1,900	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,150	$1,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	775	$1,425	1thin
Bred Heifers	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$1,825	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	710	$1,325	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,180	$2,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,245	$2,450	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,310	$2,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

94 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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 1-2	650–700	669	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,880	19
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	428	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,584	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	358	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	281	424.19/cwt	410.00–432.50	1,192	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	345.38/cwt	341.00–358.00	1,630	24
Heifers	Large 2	550–600	583	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	313.05/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,506	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	267.38/cwt	263.00–275.00	2,099	83
Steers	Large 1	650–700	662	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,960	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	330.54/cwt	329.00–338.00	1,927	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	254.46/cwt	250.00–256.00	2,211	78
Heifers	Large 1	600–650	643	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,698	6
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	529	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,547	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,454	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	302.38/cwt	287.50–309.00	1,781	60
Steers	Large 1	450–500	473	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	1,698	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,779	20
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	708	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,664	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	362.70/cwt	347.50–370.00	1,556	56
Heifers	Large 1-2	550–600	588	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,599	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	234.50/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,717	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	232.87/cwt	221.00–242.50	1,609	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	302.07/cwt	287.50–306.00	1,559	42
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	370	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,452	2
Steers	Large 1	500–550	545	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,700	10
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	465	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,616	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	371.97/cwt	350.00–389.00	1,406	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	275.96/cwt	273.00–285.00	2,053	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	291.90/cwt	286.00–300.00	2,005	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	346.54/cwt	341.00–350.00	1,823	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,865	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	385.51/cwt	375.00–390.00	1,662	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,583	4
Steers	Large 2	450–500	483	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,485	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,399	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	260.33/cwt	248.00–261.00	2,109	40
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	792	253.72/cwt	249.00–256.50	2,009	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	377.36/cwt	363.00–396.00	1,804	111
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	253.40/cwt	247.50–259.00	1,977	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	312.18/cwt	300.00–322.50	1,960	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	323.08/cwt	318.00–332.50	1,696	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,823	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,851	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,741	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,686	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	501	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,603	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,384	132.70/cwt	124.00–138.00	1,837	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,604	133.56/cwt	127.00–138.00	2,142	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	439	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,300	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,560	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	93.51/cwt	93.00–94.00	1,033	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	131.68/cwt	127.00–135.00	1,518	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,008	116.12/cwt	113.00–119.00	1,170	3
Bulls	—	—	1,828	164.65/cwt	143.00–178.00	3,010	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,113	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,024	158.19/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,620	12
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,147	142.11/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,630	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	863	219.00/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,890	47
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,290	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	2,050.05/head	1,875.00–2,250.00	2,050	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,349	1,964.00/head	1,925.00–2,200.00	1,964	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	313.05/cwt	307.00–325.00	1,803	123
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	944	196.57/cwt	170.00–207.50	1,856	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	2,450.00/head	2,450.00–2,450.00	2,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	262.13/cwt	252.00–264.00	1,866	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	754	251.08/cwt	246.50–258.00	1,893	15
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	479	327.03/cwt	327.00–327.50	1,566	32
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	413	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,412	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,323	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	333.31/cwt	322.50–340.00	1,747	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	336.97/cwt	332.00–342.00	1,601	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	361.49/cwt	357.50–375.00	1,374	21
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	540	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,426	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,107	6
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	589	292.67/cwt	285.00–312.00	1,724	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	287.08/cwt	278.00–293.00	1,682	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	278.62/cwt	265.00–291.00	1,739	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,612	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	268.85/cwt	251.00–274.00	1,823	180
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	666	262.22/cwt	261.00–264.50	1,746	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 (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Feb 4, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,027Last week 4,129Year ago 2,157

Slaughter CattleReceipts 78Last week 147Year ago 105

Replacement CattleReceipts 129Last week 207Year ago 169

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	378	350.00–389.00	371.97
18	400–450	431	375.00–390.00	385.51
24	450–500	472	341.00–358.00	345.38
42	500–550	525	318.00–332.50	323.08
60	550–600	589	287.50–309.00	302.38
13	600–650	630	296.00	296.00
19	650–700	669	281.00	281.00
30	750–800	780	247.50–259.00	253.40
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	428	370.00	370.00
8	450–500	465	347.50	347.50
16	750–800	792	249.00–256.50	253.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	281	410.00–432.50	424.19
4	300–350	333	420.00	420.00
2	350–400	358	426.00	426.00
20	400–450	448	397.00	397.00
111	450–500	478	363.00–396.00	377.36
33	500–550	526	341.00–350.00	346.54
25	550–600	583	329.00–338.00	330.54
96	600–650	628	300.00–322.50	312.18
161	650–700	687	286.00–300.00	291.90
12	700–750	744	273.00–285.00	275.96
83	750–800	785	263.00–275.00	267.38
40	800–850	810	248.00–261.00	260.33
78	850–900	869	250.00–256.00	254.46
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	359.00	359.00
10	500–550	545	312.00	312.00
13	650–700	662	296.00	296.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	488	298.00	298.00
4	550–600	595	266.00	266.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	483	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	583	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	314	352.50	352.50
2	350–400	365	312.50	312.50
11	450–500	481	300.00–322.50	313.05
42	500–550	516	287.50–306.00	302.07
22	550–600	586	278.00–293.00	287.08
3	600–650	632	255.00	255.00
11	650–700	691	221.00–242.50	232.87
11	700–750	732	231.00–236.00	234.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	392.50	392.50
11	400–450	413	342.00	342.00
32	450–500	479	327.00–327.50	327.03
11	500–550	529	292.50	292.50
27	550–600	589	285.00–312.00	292.67
6	600–650	643	264.00	264.00
37	650–700	666	261.00–264.50	262.22
3	700–750	708	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	380	357.50–375.00	361.49
56	400–450	429	347.50–370.00	362.70
67	450–500	475	332.00–342.00	336.97
86	500–550	524	322.50–340.00	333.31
123	550–600	576	307.00–325.00	313.05
100	600–650	624	265.00–291.00	278.62
180	650–700	678	251.00–274.00	268.85
20	700–750	712	252.00–264.00	262.13
15	750–800	754	246.50–258.00	251.08
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	540	264.00	264.00
4	550–600	588	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	460	287.50	287.50
4	550–600	558	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	493	342.00	342.00
7	500–550	515	354.00	354.00
2	700–750	718	242.50	242.50
3	800–850	832	222.50	222.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	320.00	320.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,384	124.00–138.00	132.70
1	—	1,300	120.00	120.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,604	127.00–138.00	133.56
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	51.00	51.00
2	—	1,105	93.00–94.00	93.51
32	—	1,153	127.00–135.00	131.68
3	—	1,008	113.00–119.00	116.12
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,828	143.00–178.00	164.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	860	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	710	1,325.00	1,325.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	660	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,195	2,350.00	2,350.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,290	1,925.00	1,925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,280	1,875.00–2,250.00	2,050.05
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,143	2,700.00	2,700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	—	1,349	1,925.00–2,200.00	1,964.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,305	1,900.00	1,900.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,113	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,150	1,600.00	1,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	850	1,650.00	1,650.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	775	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	2,450.00	2,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,180	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,310	2,000.00	2,000.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,024	150.00–165.00	158.19
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,147	138.00–145.00	142.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	47	—	863	210.00–230.00	219.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	—	944	170.00–207.50	196.57

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Feeder Cattle

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