Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2025-09-24

La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Sep 24
● Final157 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,041 head
▲ 1,224 vs last sale 817▲ 715 vs year ago 1,326 · +53.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
116 head
▼ 1 vs last sale 117▼ 49 vs year ago 165 · −29.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
116 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 86▲ 42 vs year ago 74 · +56.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was very good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold unevenly steady with instances of sharply higher. Slaughter boner cows of average dressing sold 5.00 higher. Lean cows of average dressing sold 1.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 3.00 lower. The next sale will be next Wednesday October 1, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $420.51/cwt on 295 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +12.31 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.
Average price
$420.51
295 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,332
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$329
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$28.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.81
vs CO average
+3.42 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556423.052,351259
Medium and Large 1-2537404.032,17226
Large 1592398.592,3607thin
Medium and Large 2512395.002,0223thin
One grade step is worth $28.05/cwt here — about $329 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 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 sale295 hd
420.51
—
CO average2 barns · 482 hd
421.32
−0.81
National average168 barns · 11,658 hd
417.09
+3.42
This barn, trailing median8 sales
408.19
+12.31
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—Low1,630183.202,98723
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,606167.412,68818
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,434162.132,32426
CowsLean 85-90%High1,105151.691,67641

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,159$3,1505
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,219$2,86522
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,149$2,6575
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,084$2,6209
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,320$2,5978
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,291$2,5444thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,178$2,47613
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,120$2,4173thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)905$1,5251thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)990$1,4944thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,095$2,9634thin
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)970$2,5488
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)899$2,3083thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,333$3,8892thin
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,690$3,8501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)870$2,0751thin

Every lot

157 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 · Steers54 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 12201,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0254
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2269355.00/cwt355.00–355.009556
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1275685.00/cwt685.00–685.001,8844
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,6384
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312588.60/cwt585.00–590.001,8367
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1318607.91/cwt600.00–615.001,9334
Steers300–350Large 1325535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7396
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1351588.85/cwt575.00–595.002,06713
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375525.00/cwt525.00–525.001,9692
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2376437.78/cwt420.00–480.001,64613
Steers350–400Large 1384526.95/cwt525.00–535.002,02331
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1402521.61/cwt520.00–522.502,09731
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,83613
Steers400–450Large 1434460.99/cwt460.00–465.002,00114
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436486.85/cwt470.00–495.002,12331
Steers450–500Large 1463415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,92132
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468474.17/cwt465.00–480.002,21910
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy480492.09/cwt490.00–495.002,3627
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485433.56/cwt420.00–440.002,10367
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2512395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,0223
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1517431.28/cwt425.00–435.002,23082
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2529405.72/cwt405.00–410.002,14621
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed532461.71/cwt452.50–467.002,45626
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy551440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,4244
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570427.50/cwt427.50–427.502,4374
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573396.93/cwt395.00–400.002,2745
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582410.70/cwt408.00–415.002,390143
Steers550–600Large 1592398.59/cwt395.00–400.002,3607
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2603365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,2012
Steers600–650Large 1605410.07/cwt402.50–420.002,48114
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2625381.93/cwt372.50–390.002,38712
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629417.48/cwt400.00–427.502,62634
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672383.90/cwt377.50–388.002,58039
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2673352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,3728
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed689398.00/cwt398.00–398.002,7428
Steers700–750Large 1716357.63/cwt355.00–360.002,56123
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725366.64/cwt360.00–370.002,65836
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed733380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,7853
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2735317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3347
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2741345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,5564
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1766371.64/cwt370.00–372.502,84720
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2770345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,65712
Steers750–800Large 1785365.70/cwt363.00–371.002,87158
Steers750–800Large 1-2791345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,72915
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Value Added802370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,9675
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1830358.76/cwt349.00–360.002,97862
Steers800–850Large 1831335.00/cwt330.00–337.502,7849
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,7345
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed869346.68/cwt345.00–347.503,01327
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882329.65/cwt327.50–332.502,90830
Steers850–900Large 1894325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,90624
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1905317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,8732
Steers900–950Large 1945321.39/cwt317.50–322.503,03718
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959331.12/cwt322.50–331.503,17571
Feeder Cattle · Heifers45 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy268585.00/cwt585.00–585.001,5683
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1290540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,5662
Heifers300–350Large 1-2315435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,3706
Heifers300–350Large 1320480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,5364
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2328495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,6242
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2338477.18/cwt475.00–480.001,6137
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1343505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,7328
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy349540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,8854
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy361476.69/cwt470.00–485.001,7216
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,5194
Heifers350–400Large 1370434.74/cwt430.00–445.001,60917
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1391448.28/cwt435.00–455.001,75312
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy410480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,96810
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6603
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2421423.37/cwt420.00–425.001,7829
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422461.63/cwt460.00–465.001,94819
Heifers400–450Large 1-2423425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,79825
Heifers400–450Large 1432450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,94410
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469406.57/cwt400.00–415.001,90727
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477363.74/cwt360.00–377.501,73514
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2490390.03/cwt385.00–395.001,91118
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519385.09/cwt375.00–390.001,9996
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy534450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4035
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1538405.62/cwt400.00–427.502,18263
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2546337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,84311
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560396.38/cwt390.00–410.002,22019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561382.07/cwt370.00–390.002,1439
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy577435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,5103
Heifers550–600Large 1581392.50/cwt392.50–392.502,28014
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2589357.66/cwt355.00–360.002,10713
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed612391.12/cwt372.50–397.502,3948
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1615340.12/cwt325.00–345.002,09212
Heifers600–650Large 1640315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0162
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed660360.35/cwt350.00–363.002,37831
Heifers650–700Large 1661351.23/cwt350.00–352.002,32216
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1680342.76/cwt332.50–347.502,33125
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1720353.49/cwt353.00–355.002,54545
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3895
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,5997
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830331.28/cwt325.00–335.002,75033
Heifers800–850Large 1831327.26/cwt325.00–328.002,7208
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2839296.08/cwt295.00–300.002,4849
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1928267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,4822
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1985250.16/cwt242.50–252.502,46416
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fancy992270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,6785
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,9843
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1398460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,8312
Bulls400–450Large 1442435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,9233
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1463420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9457
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1640359.27/cwt357.50–370.002,29914
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1655335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,1942
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1757312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,3663
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1993282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,8053
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,173133.05/cwt122.00–155.001,5613
Bulls——1,626184.41/cwt180.00–189.002,9997
Bulls——1,738194.13/cwt191.00–201.003,37413
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,081172.31/cwt170.00–176.001,8638
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,087164.99/cwt160.00–168.001,7933
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,105147.78/cwt130.00–158.001,63318
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,112169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,8793
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,119109.57/cwt103.00–116.001,2266
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,150173.75/cwt170.00–182.501,9983
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,360113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,5371
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,419172.42/cwt172.00–173.002,4475
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,423150.51/cwt146.00–156.002,1428
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,443173.00/cwt173.00–173.002,4964
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,451167.02/cwt166.00–168.002,4234
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,465169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,4764
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,542176.44/cwt173.00–183.002,7213
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,595166.52/cwt163.00–168.002,6564
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,616166.00/cwt166.00–166.002,68310
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,740158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,7491
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows20 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28551,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28581,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1253
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 28851,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29051,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29051,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 29481,893.47/head1,825.00–1,975.001,8932
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0602,783.34/head2,600.00–2,925.002,7837
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1151,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1492,656.94/head2,650.00–2,675.002,6575
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1593,150.47/head3,025.00–3,225.003,1505
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2202,225.00/head2,225.00–2,225.002,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2342,836.25/head2,825.00–2,900.002,83611
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2383,025.00/head3,025.00–3,025.003,0252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2412,652.53/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6536
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2552,298.07/head2,200.00–2,350.002,2983
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,2643,525.00/head3,525.00–3,525.003,5256
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2912,544.17/head2,525.00–2,600.002,5444
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1Fancy1,3143,175.00/head3,175.00–3,175.003,1754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3202,597.26/head2,325.00–2,725.002,5978
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3852,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 28632,064.28/head2,050.00–2,075.002,0642
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28802,125.00/head2,125.00–2,125.002,1251
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19082,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29652,622.97/head2,525.00–2,650.002,6234
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19773,042.24/head3,000.00–3,125.003,0423
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0852,882.89/head2,825.00–2,950.002,8832
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,4502,725.00/head2,725.00–2,725.002,7251
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 18702,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,0751
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3333,888.79/head3,825.00–3,950.003,8892
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6903,850.00/head3,850.00–3,850.003,8501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows1 lot · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,035228.17/cwt187.50–270.002,36219

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.