Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next regular sale will be next Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.23/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −39.15 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$424.23

321 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$69.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs CO average

−21.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	521	432.36	2,251	97
Medium and Large 1	557	432.17	2,405	109
Medium and Large 1-2	548	416.87	2,284	100
Large 1-2	535	363.00	1,942	15thin

One grade step is worth $69.36/cwt here — about $309 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale321 hd

424.23

—

CO average3 barns · 632 hd

423.39

+0.84

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−21.62

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−39.15

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

84 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	600–650	631	379.02/cwt	373.00–381.00	2,392	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	695	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,745	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,646	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,954	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	356	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,684	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,541	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	712	341.39/cwt	336.00–343.00	2,431	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,554	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,055	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	616	353.19/cwt	349.00–361.00	2,176	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	295	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	635	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,419	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	456	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	358	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,495	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	328	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,952	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,366	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	512	383.81/cwt	379.00–387.50	1,965	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	469.98/cwt	457.50–472.50	2,303	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	393	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,651	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	418.95/cwt	411.00–424.00	2,174	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	382.85/cwt	377.00–387.50	1,899	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	427	423.02/cwt	414.00–427.50	1,806	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	282	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,187	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	443.60/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,876	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	410.30/cwt	409.00–414.00	2,351	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,395	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	440.48/cwt	438.00–442.50	2,260	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,686	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	394.39/cwt	390.00–401.00	2,090	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	356.31/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,099	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	407.29/cwt	401.00–414.00	1,926	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	444.25/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,684	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	483	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,106	16
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	476	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,123	4
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	535	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,942	15
Steers	Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	448	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,864	9
Heifers	Large 1	350–400	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	15
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	484	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,888	7
Heifers	Large 1	300–350	348	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,563	5
Steers	Large 1	550–600	551	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,314	13
Steers	Large 1	850–900	877	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,982	3
Steers	Large 1	400–450	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	2
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	486	369.45/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,796	23
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	439	447.62/cwt	445.00–449.00	1,965	17
Steers	Large 1	600–650	611	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,322	7
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	507	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,927	35
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	404.19/cwt	400.00–406.00	1,685	20
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,101	9
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	3
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	621	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,316	14
Steers	Large 1	500–550	516	434.27/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,241	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,194	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	585	390.96/cwt	375.00–398.00	2,287	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,028	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,036	3
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	443	416.05/cwt	416.00–417.00	1,843	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	408.85/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,482	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	1,651.70/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	358.71/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,898	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	462.91/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,370	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	360.30/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,785	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	342.69/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,186	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	370.55/cwt	370.00–372.00	2,460	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	575.58/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,204	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	490.14/cwt	482.00–501.00	2,269	202
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,015	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	375.58/cwt	374.00–381.00	2,700	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,103	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	382.71/cwt	374.00–385.00	2,365	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	307	623.00/cwt	623.00–623.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	424.50/cwt	420.00–436.00	2,411	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,032	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	453.24/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,926	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,010	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,074	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	352.56/cwt	347.50–361.00	2,355	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,732	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	389.25/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,191	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	418.11/cwt	417.00–422.50	2,128	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	337.44/cwt	337.00–337.50	2,639	18

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	490	457.50–472.50	469.98
26	500–550	513	438.00–442.50	440.48
37	550–600	573	409.00–414.00	410.30
30	600–650	631	373.00–381.00	379.02
6	650–700	669	358.00	358.00
6	700–750	734	366.00	366.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	608	420.00	420.00
15	650–700	695	395.00	395.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	595.00	595.00
2	350–400	375	540.00	540.00
3	400–450	415	470.00	470.00
4	450–500	456	471.00	471.00
2	550–600	590	401.00	401.00
5	600–650	635	381.00	381.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	420.00	420.00
21	500–550	519	411.00–424.00	418.95
16	550–600	585	375.00–398.00	390.96
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	483	436.00	436.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	446.00	446.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	416.00	416.00
15	500–550	535	363.00	363.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	495.00	495.00
84	500–550	516	422.50–435.00	434.27
13	550–600	551	420.00	420.00
7	600–650	611	380.00	380.00
3	850–900	877	340.00	340.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	439	445.00–449.00	447.62
14	600–650	621	373.00	373.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,651.70
3	300–350	307	623.00	623.00
17	350–400	383	570.00–580.00	575.58
12	400–450	403	500.00	500.00
202	450–500	463	482.00–501.00	490.14
23	500–550	512	460.00–467.50	462.91
84	550–600	568	420.00–436.00	424.50
7	600–650	607	408.00–410.00	408.85
18	650–700	664	370.00–372.00	370.55
10	700–750	719	374.00–381.00	375.58
22	750–800	773	355.00–365.00	360.30
32	800–850	808	348.00–360.00	358.71
15	850–900	855	352.00	352.00
8	900–950	929	334.00	334.00
2	950–1000	955	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	477.00	477.00
4	350–400	356	473.00	473.00
12	400–450	425	450.00–462.50	453.24
50	450–500	462	449.00	449.00
25	500–550	509	417.00–422.50	418.11
26	550–600	563	380.00–392.00	389.25
40	600–650	618	374.00–385.00	382.71
40	650–700	668	347.50–361.00	352.56
14	700–750	733	361.00	361.00
18	750–800	782	337.00–337.50	337.44
36	800–850	828	330.00	330.00
6	900–950	926	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	441.00	441.00
40	500–550	512	379.00–387.50	383.81
10	550–600	579	355.00	355.00
6	600–650	616	349.00–361.00	353.19
9	700–750	712	336.00–343.00	341.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	421.00	421.00
3	350–400	358	417.50	417.50
16	400–450	427	414.00–427.50	423.02
25	450–500	496	377.00–387.50	382.85
18	500–550	516	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	379	442.50–445.00	444.25
13	400–450	423	442.50–445.00	443.60
28	450–500	473	401.00–414.00	407.29
48	500–550	530	390.00–401.00	394.39
30	550–600	589	355.00–360.00	356.31
6	600–650	638	330.00–349.00	342.69
4	650–700	670	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	449.00	449.00
15	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
113	400–450	443	416.00–417.00	416.05
7	450–500	484	390.00	390.00
35	500–550	507	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
20	400–450	417	400.00–406.00	404.19
23	450–500	486	367.50–370.00	369.45
9	550–600	574	366.00	366.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	416	487.50	487.50
3	450–500	450	452.50	452.50
12	500–550	526	410.00	410.00

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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