Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Yearling steers sold mostly sharply lower. Yearling heifers sold 9.00 higher on a light test. The next yearling sale will be next Tuesday October 28, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $450.00/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 13 comparable sales and sits −13.38 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$450.00

51 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.37

vs CO average

−8.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	450.00	2,300	51

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale51 hd

450.00

—

CO average4 barns · 1,854 hd

433.63

+16.37

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−8.14

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−13.38

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

18 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,088	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	326.85/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,366	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	313.15/cwt	307.50–319.00	2,872	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	339.86/cwt	336.00–343.00	2,301	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,769	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	336.07/cwt	329.00–339.00	2,931	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	348.11/cwt	345.00–349.00	2,506	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	649	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,473	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	751	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,764	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,300	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,249	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	335.86/cwt	326.00–340.00	3,258	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	3,394	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	366.05/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,277	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	344.36/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,366	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,987	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	334.65/cwt	328.00–336.00	2,533	12

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 Oct 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,769Last week 2,036Year ago 348

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Yearling steers sold mostly sharply lower. Yearling heifers sold 9.00 higher on a light test. The next yearling sale will be next Tuesday October 28, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	625	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	650–700	677	336.00–343.00	339.86
6	700–750	724	321.00–339.00	326.85
2	800–850	825	305.00	305.00
35	900–950	917	307.50–319.00	313.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	690	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	500–550	511	450.00	450.00
7	600–650	622	361.00–370.00	366.05
34	650–700	687	342.00–360.00	344.36
23	700–750	720	345.00–349.00	348.11
12	750–800	757	328.00–336.00	334.65
9	800–850	812	341.00	341.00
15	850–900	872	329.00–339.00	336.07
7	900–950	919	325.00	325.00
73	950–1000	970	326.00–340.00	335.86
95	1050–1100	1,050	323.25	323.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	649	381.00	381.00
14	750–800	751	368.00	368.00

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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