Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 650lbs sold mostly sharply higher. Steers over 650lbs sold 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 lower. The next feeder calf sale will be next Tuesday October 7, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $433.90/cwt on 178 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −29.47 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$433.90

178 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,346

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$30

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

$40.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.36

vs CO average

+11.25 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	454.68	2,358	86
Medium and Large 1-2	562	414.48	2,327	92

One grade step is worth $40.20/cwt here — about $30 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 sale178 hd

433.90

—

CO average2 barns · 473 hd

425.55

+8.36

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+11.25

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−29.47

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

44 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	300–350	324	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,814	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	368.70/cwt	361.00–376.00	2,669	93
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,219	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	510.57/cwt	504.00–513.00	1,910	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,127	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	383.13/cwt	381.00–385.00	2,034	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	326.49/cwt	325.00–333.00	2,556	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	357.99/cwt	354.00–361.00	2,377	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	465.68/cwt	452.50–468.00	2,217	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	339.67/cwt	334.00–345.00	2,313	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	391.32/cwt	385.00–394.00	2,438	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	408.53/cwt	401.00–420.00	1,912	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	413.17/cwt	412.00–422.50	1,834	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	447.81/cwt	445.00–451.00	1,693	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	427.32/cwt	417.50–437.50	2,239	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,697	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	473	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,176	58
Steers	Large 1	700–750	743	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,667	7
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	751	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,497	6
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	743	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	2,500	8
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	488	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,352	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	283	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,783	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	403.70/cwt	395.00–409.00	2,394	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	489	428.55/cwt	427.50–430.00	2,096	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	373.87/cwt	371.00–375.00	2,374	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,866	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	351.98/cwt	349.50–362.00	2,837	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	409.39/cwt	400.00–416.00	2,514	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	365.64/cwt	362.00–371.00	2,424	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	542.50/cwt	542.50–542.50	1,980	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	480.78/cwt	472.00–485.00	2,231	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,753	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	456.83/cwt	452.00–458.00	2,357	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	470.76/cwt	462.50–476.00	1,827	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	363.47/cwt	363.00–367.50	2,217	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	389.42/cwt	382.50–395.00	2,224	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	541.16/cwt	537.00–545.00	2,316	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,720	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,147	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	344.81/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,469	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	1,477	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	247	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	1,303	3

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 Sep 30, 2025

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

Receipts 1,263Last week 966Year ago 2,761

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	630.00	630.00
7	300–350	324	560.00	560.00
7	350–400	365	542.50	542.50
71	400–450	428	537.00–545.00	541.16
37	450–500	464	472.00–485.00	480.78
80	500–550	516	452.00–458.00	456.83
6	550–600	552	426.00	426.00
55	600–650	614	400.00–416.00	409.39
43	650–700	663	362.00–371.00	365.64
93	700–750	724	361.00–376.00	368.70
7	750–800	769	358.00	358.00
61	800–850	806	349.50–362.00	351.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	504.00–513.00	510.57
3	400–450	415	512.50	512.50
35	450–500	476	452.50–468.00	465.68
42	500–550	524	417.50–437.50	427.32
50	550–600	593	395.00–409.00	403.70
47	600–650	623	385.00–394.00	391.32
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	743	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	450–500	489	427.50–430.00	428.55
18	600–650	635	371.00–375.00	373.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	378	445.00–451.00	447.81
17	400–450	444	412.00–422.50	413.17
37	500–550	531	381.00–385.00	383.13
9	550–600	598	371.00	371.00
3	600–650	645	350.00	350.00
43	650–700	681	334.00–345.00	339.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	247	527.50	527.50
3	250–300	293	504.00	504.00
9	300–350	336	505.00	505.00
39	350–400	388	462.50–476.00	470.76
14	400–450	428	436.00	436.00
56	450–500	468	401.00–420.00	408.53
24	500–550	530	405.00	405.00
79	550–600	571	382.50–395.00	389.42
30	600–650	610	363.00–367.50	363.47
21	650–700	664	354.00–361.00	357.99
19	700–750	716	340.00–349.00	344.81
21	750–800	783	325.00–333.00	326.49
18	800–850	800	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	450–500	473	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	743	336.50	336.50
6	750–800	751	332.50	332.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	488	399.00	399.00

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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