Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 550lbs sold sharply higher while heifers over 550lbs sold unevenly steady with instances of sharply higher. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be January 6, 2026 after the Christmas and New Year's break.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.57/cwt on 279 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −16.81 against this barn's trailing median of $463.38.

Average price

$446.57

279 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,450

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$351

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

$82.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.87

vs CO average

+2.47 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	463.24	2,496	186
Large 1	571	427.19	2,438	65
Medium and Large 1-2	563	380.82	2,145	28

One grade step is worth $82.42/cwt here — about $351 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale279 hd

446.57

—

CO average4 barns · 994 hd

447.44

−0.87

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+2.47

This barn, trailing median13 sales

463.38

−16.81

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

90 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	347.62/cwt	342.00–352.00	2,183	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	294.32/cwt	290.50–296.00	2,584	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	435.02/cwt	432.50–445.00	2,097	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	410.59/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,106	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	356.36/cwt	352.50–359.00	2,035	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	549.17/cwt	540.00–555.00	1,851	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,355	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	850–900	895	301.63/cwt	292.50–309.00	2,700	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,737	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	745	340.07/cwt	339.00–342.50	2,534	46
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,845	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	900–950	947	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,462	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,165	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,500	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	630	400.70/cwt	391.00–409.00	2,524	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	800–850	815	323.69/cwt	323.00–327.00	2,638	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	669	361.50/cwt	360.00–362.00	2,418	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	498.57/cwt	489.00–509.00	2,343	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	676	324.13/cwt	319.00–326.00	2,191	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	451.21/cwt	450.00–457.50	2,378	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	583	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,373	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	400	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,140	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	335	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,742	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	540	388.86/cwt	370.00–396.00	2,100	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	756	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,359	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	432	462.35/cwt	452.50–465.00	1,997	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	491	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,210	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	588	341.82/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,010	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	479	424.38/cwt	422.50–425.00	2,033	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	708	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,166	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,043	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	398	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,326	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	381.43/cwt	380.00–386.00	2,208	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	628	377.56/cwt	369.00–382.50	2,371	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	688	319.34/cwt	318.50–322.50	2,197	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	567	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,985	6
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	447	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,911	11
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	550–600	576	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	2,436	45
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	646	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,429	37
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	454	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,134	7
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	527	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	2,208	5
Heifers	Large 1Fancy	350–400	353	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,942	5
Heifers	Large 1	650–700	681	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,247	14
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	800–850	823	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,304	3
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	400–450	433	519.00/cwt	519.00–519.00	2,247	31
Steers	Large 1Fancy	450–500	479	466.00/cwt	466.00–466.00	2,232	19
Bulls	Large 1	450–500	468	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,071	6
Heifers	Large 1	400–450	431	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,026	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,167	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	603	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,165	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	403	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,035	6
Steers	Large 1	550–600	569	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,518	15
Heifers	Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,880	8
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	557	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,122	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	466	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,540	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	567	377.68/cwt	377.00–378.00	2,141	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	655	399.87/cwt	399.00–405.00	2,619	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,124	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	475	436.44/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,073	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	361	558.04/cwt	550.00–560.00	2,015	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	732	369.75/cwt	369.00–373.00	2,707	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	850–900	851	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,885	65
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,021	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	750–800	752	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,730	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	565	449.38/cwt	446.00–451.00	2,539	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	518	494.68/cwt	492.50–496.00	2,562	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	313.84/cwt	311.00–315.00	3,016	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	360	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,250	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	338.50/cwt	335.00–343.50	2,620	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	357.42/cwt	351.00–366.50	2,588	157
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	324.64/cwt	321.00–328.00	2,211	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	341.94/cwt	337.00–343.00	2,800	144
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	402.51/cwt	400.00–405.00	2,290	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	309.88/cwt	309.00–313.00	2,854	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	422.76/cwt	414.00–428.00	2,570	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	377.60/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,549	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	473.80/cwt	467.50–479.00	2,487	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	315.83/cwt	313.00–326.00	2,767	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	533.86/cwt	527.50–535.00	2,530	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	558.20/cwt	552.50–560.00	2,367	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	597.84/cwt	595.00–600.00	2,248	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	428.23/cwt	424.00–437.00	2,479	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	478.87/cwt	475.00–480.00	1,834	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	338.55/cwt	330.00–344.00	2,282	153
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	321.23/cwt	320.00–326.00	2,483	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	475.88/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,046	128

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 Dec 16, 2025

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

Receipts 4,282Last week 4,545Year ago 5,742

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	570.00	570.00
15	300–350	337	540.00–555.00	549.17
9	350–400	383	475.00–480.00	478.87
128	400–450	430	470.00–485.00	475.88
39	450–500	482	432.50–445.00	435.02
37	500–550	513	400.00–415.00	410.59
25	550–600	571	352.50–359.00	356.36
68	600–650	628	342.00–352.00	347.62
153	650–700	674	330.00–344.00	338.55
14	700–750	736	320.00	320.00
135	750–800	773	320.00–326.00	321.23
9	800–850	809	309.00	309.00
63	850–900	878	290.50–296.00	294.32
56	900–950	920	297.50	297.50
5	1000–1050	1,030	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	335	520.00	520.00
2	350–400	398	465.00	465.00
37	400–450	432	452.50–465.00	462.35
12	450–500	479	422.50–425.00	424.38
48	500–550	540	370.00–396.00	388.86
19	550–600	588	340.00–345.00	341.82
4	600–650	608	336.00	336.00
20	650–700	676	319.00–326.00	324.13
8	700–750	708	306.00	306.00
40	750–800	756	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	447	427.50	427.50
8	450–500	476	395.00	395.00
3	800–850	823	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	353	550.00	550.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	431	470.00	470.00
59	550–600	557	381.00	381.00
14	650–700	681	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	361	550.00–560.00	558.04
6	400–450	403	505.00	505.00
25	450–500	475	425.00–455.00	436.44
17	500–550	513	422.50	422.50
31	550–600	567	377.00–378.00	377.68
13	600–650	603	359.00	359.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	400	535.00	535.00
48	450–500	470	489.00–509.00	498.57
19	500–550	527	450.00–457.50	451.21
6	550–600	583	407.00	407.00
86	600–650	630	391.00–409.00	400.70
56	650–700	669	360.00–362.00	361.50
46	700–750	745	339.00–342.50	340.07
75	800–850	815	323.00–327.00	323.69
107	850–900	895	292.50–309.00	301.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	491	450.00	450.00
6	500–550	518	410.00	410.00
6	550–600	567	350.00	350.00
54	600–650	628	369.00–382.50	377.56
19	650–700	688	318.50–322.50	319.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	380.00–386.00	381.43
8	650–700	680	342.00	342.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	433	519.00	519.00
7	450–500	454	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	527	419.00	419.00
45	550–600	576	423.00	423.00
37	600–650	646	376.00	376.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	479	466.00	466.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	569	442.50	442.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	360	625.00	625.00
7	450–500	466	545.00	545.00
21	500–550	518	492.50–496.00	494.68
42	550–600	565	446.00–451.00	449.38
90	650–700	655	399.00–405.00	399.87
88	700–750	732	369.00–373.00	369.75
56	750–800	752	363.00	363.00
65	850–900	851	339.00	339.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	376	595.00–600.00	597.84
46	400–450	424	552.50–560.00	558.20
63	450–500	474	527.50–535.00	533.86
86	500–550	525	467.50–479.00	473.80
12	550–600	579	424.00–437.00	428.23
118	600–650	608	414.00–428.00	422.76
91	650–700	675	370.00–390.00	377.60
157	700–750	724	351.00–366.50	357.42
177	750–800	774	335.00–343.50	338.50
144	800–850	819	337.00–343.00	341.94
81	850–900	876	313.00–326.00	315.83
124	900–950	921	309.00–313.00	309.88
82	950–1000	961	311.00–315.00	313.84
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	579	374.00	374.00
10	600–650	605	305.00	305.00
9	900–950	947	260.00	260.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	468	442.50	442.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	482	500.00	500.00
6	550–600	569	400.00–405.00	402.51
10	600–650	605	334.00	334.00
17	650–700	681	321.00–328.00	324.64

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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