Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2025-09-17

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Sep 17
● Final96 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
817 head
▼ 1,415 vs last sale 2,232▼ 325 vs year ago 1,142 · −28.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
117 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 102▲ 8 vs year ago 109 · +7.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
86 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 94▼ 41 vs year ago 127 · −32.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. There is no comparable trend as this was the first sale back for the beginning of fall run. The next sale will be next Wednesday September 24, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $421.85/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +13.65 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.
Average price
$421.85
61 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,314
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$133
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average
+17.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2524422.042,21114thin
Medium and Large 1556421.792,34547
One grade step is worth $0.25/cwt here — about −$133 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale61 hd
421.85
—
CO average1 barns · 61 hd
421.85
+0.00
National average165 barns · 10,728 hd
404.64
+17.21
This barn, trailing median8 sales
408.19
+13.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales
486447408370median 408.1903/0403/2510/0710/2110/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $472.00, low $383.69, median $408.19 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,540181.072,78821
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,383163.242,25824
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,097156.011,71264

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,353$3,1002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,235$2,9251thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,030$2,82818
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,205$2,80914
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,172$2,8075
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$2,7645
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,151$2,7255
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,253$2,6253thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,375$2,3251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)885$2,3251thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,348$2,2252thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)910$2,5501thin
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)953$2,5213thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,363$4,2752thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,588$3,9003thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,430$3,5932thin

Every lot

96 lots · USDA AMS · La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Large 12201,350.00/head1,350.00–1,350.001,3502
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy255665.00/cwt665.00–665.001,6962
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1288605.00/cwt605.00–605.001,7425
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1327577.07/cwt575.00–580.001,88710
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1367544.76/cwt535.00–560.001,99915
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2386511.35/cwt510.00–515.001,9747
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed410510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,0914
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2413455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,8793
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1427481.05/cwt475.00–485.002,05424
Steers450–500Large 1463450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,0842
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1475436.82/cwt435.00–450.002,07524
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1514453.90/cwt450.00–455.002,33318
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2524422.04/cwt405.00–425.002,21114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582401.86/cwt400.00–407.502,33929
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626393.58/cwt389.00–395.002,46417
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fancy633425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,6902
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1683371.98/cwt370.00–377.502,54115
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4322
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1729368.88/cwt360.00–372.502,68928
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1769351.55/cwt340.00–355.002,7039
Steers800–850Large 1800345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,76014
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837337.70/cwt335.00–342.502,82724
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,5562
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1850337.50/cwt337.50–337.502,8694
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873289.69/cwt288.00–302.502,52917
Steers850–900Large 1878332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,91921
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,8463
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,038312.38/cwt312.00–313.003,24316
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1241552.44/cwt550.00–555.001,3316
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,4283
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2277415.97/cwt405.00–425.001,1527
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326503.75/cwt495.00–510.001,64212
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2333477.16/cwt465.00–485.001,5898
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy353480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,6944
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1379448.41/cwt440.00–455.001,69926
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1401450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,80510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1465426.21/cwt425.00–430.001,9828
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2471402.51/cwt400.00–410.001,8968
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed520402.50/cwt402.50–402.502,0933
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540382.50/cwt382.50–382.502,06613
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572342.50/cwt342.50–342.501,9593
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1587383.78/cwt382.00–390.002,25322
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1636367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,3377
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1672347.62/cwt345.00–352.502,33617
Heifers650–700Large 1686346.00/cwt346.00–346.002,37410
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1728342.45/cwt340.00–348.002,49338
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2737290.00/cwt282.50–297.502,1376
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1780326.73/cwt322.50–330.002,5487
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2789310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,44619
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873302.50/cwt302.50–302.502,6412
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1915301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,7546
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1490420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,0582
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1500430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,1503
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1738320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,36211
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1813300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4394
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1885287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,5444
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,478175.62/cwt134.00–188.002,59615
Bulls——1,693195.42/cwt195.00–196.003,3085
Bulls——1,700191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,2471
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%945149.85/cwt146.00–157.001,4166
Cows—Lean 85-90%949121.44/cwt110.00–134.001,15213
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,035136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,4081
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,103173.61/cwt172.00–175.001,9158
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,117143.90/cwt140.00–153.001,6073
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,132166.01/cwt161.00–169.001,87922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,257174.15/cwt171.00–175.002,1899
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,325166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,2001
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,340148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,9831
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,381162.02/cwt161.00–167.002,23712
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,389173.31/cwt171.00–175.002,4078
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,398165.22/cwt162.00–169.002,3102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,410101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,4241
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440172.00/cwt172.00–172.002,4771
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18852,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0302,885.71/head2,725.00–3,025.002,88616
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0332,364.95/head2,325.00–2,400.002,3652
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0782,475.00/head2,475.00–2,475.002,4752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1532,586.01/head2,575.00–2,600.002,5862
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1742,763.92/head2,600.00–2,875.002,7645
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1852,954.22/head2,875.00–3,050.002,9543
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2002,891.39/head2,825.00–3,025.002,8913
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2052,808.76/head2,575.00–2,850.002,80914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2352,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2532,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3482,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3533,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3752,325.00/head2,325.00–2,325.002,3251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed980220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,1561
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,010195.27/cwt192.50–197.501,9722
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,113203.37/cwt202.50–212.002,2649
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3634,275.00/head4,275.00–4,275.004,2752
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4303,593.18/head3,225.00–3,900.003,5932
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4803,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,8054,000.00/head4,000.00–4,000.004,0001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19102,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19532,521.15/head2,425.00–2,600.002,5213

This sale against other markets

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.