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La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Oct 29

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 22Oct 29Nov 5 →

Receipts

2,313 head

▼ 686 vs last sale 2,999▼ 1,090 vs year ago 3,403 · −32.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 500lbs sold mostly sharply lower. Feeder steers between 500 and 700lbs sold 1.00 to 4.00 higher and steers over 700lbs sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 700lbs sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Heifers over 700lbs sold unevenly steady. The next slaughter cow and bred cow sale will be tomorrow October 30, 2025 and the next feeder calf and yearling sale will be next Wednesday November 5, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $363.43/cwt on 308 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +20.37 against this barn's trailing median of $343.06.

Average price

$363.43

308 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$33.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.39

vs CO average

−11.46 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	366.65	2,033	268
Large 1	548	351.18	1,926	19thin
Medium and Large 1-2	546	333.48	1,822	21

One grade step is worth $33.17/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale308 hd

363.43

—

CO average5 barns · 1,170 hd

359.04

+4.39

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−11.46

This barn, trailing median8 sales

343.06

+20.37

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $422.95, low $327.75, median $343.06 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

63 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	251	602.00/cwt	602.00–602.00	1,511	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	417	459.61/cwt	455.00–462.50	1,917	58
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	426	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,879	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	460	464.39/cwt	462.50–467.50	2,136	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,920	2
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	434.54/cwt	432.50–440.00	2,225	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Value Added	518	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,344	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	380.57/cwt	372.50–382.50	2,002	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,209	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	561	385.19/cwt	370.00–389.00	2,161	36
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,339	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	358.36/cwt	351.00–362.50	2,104	76
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	618	396.93/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,453	33
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	631	360.39/cwt	352.50–367.50	2,274	81
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	375.85/cwt	371.00–380.00	2,387	43
Steers	600–650	Large 1	637	351.67/cwt	340.00–355.00	2,240	9
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	356.31/cwt	350.00–357.50	2,373	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	341.94/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,305	61
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	707	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,209	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	713	335.80/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,394	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,808	2
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	820	318.47/cwt	317.50–321.00	2,611	18
Steers	900–950	Large 1	923	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,677	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	2,746	7
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,093	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,896	7
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,168	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,949	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	361	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,471	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	371	410.65/cwt	402.50–417.50	1,524	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	407.87/cwt	402.50–412.55	1,689	48
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	424	388.62/cwt	377.50–392.50	1,648	44
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	428	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,562	9
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	434	390.97/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,697	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	405.60/cwt	400.00–407.50	1,882	54
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	381.91/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,784	41
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	484	363.31/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,758	9
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	505	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,730	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	392.59/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,045	36
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	364.22/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,901	63
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	344.57/cwt	340.00–347.50	1,806	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	533	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,239	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	343.74/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,956	67
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	576	318.70/cwt	312.00–332.50	1,836	9
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	580	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,074	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	590	360.66/cwt	355.00–367.50	2,128	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	349.18/cwt	340.00–352.50	2,113	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	615	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,953	2
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	334.98/cwt	332.50–336.00	2,067	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	618	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,333	62
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	652	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,086	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	341.57/cwt	337.50–352.00	2,299	36
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	312.00/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,125	14
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	714	288.16/cwt	285.00–290.00	2,057	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	734	308.59/cwt	302.00–315.00	2,265	16
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	296.32/cwt	292.50–300.00	2,454	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	284.87/cwt	280.00–288.00	2,646	16
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	987	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,616	16
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,068	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	510	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,658	3
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	636	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,274	8
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,486	8
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,595	2
Bulls	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,035	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,665	3
Bulls	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,102	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,727	3

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

La Junta Livestock Commision - La Junta, CO

Wed Oct 29, 2025

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

Receipts 2,313Last week 2,999Year ago 3,403

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	371	402.50–417.50	410.65
48	400–450	414	402.50–412.55	407.87
41	450–500	467	377.50–390.00	381.91
63	500–550	522	360.00–370.00	364.22
67	550–600	569	340.00–350.00	343.74
20	600–650	617	332.50–336.00	334.98
14	650–700	681	305.00–317.50	312.00
11	700–750	714	285.00–290.00	288.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	464	400.00–407.50	405.60
36	500–550	521	380.00–395.00	392.59
79	550–600	590	355.00–367.50	360.66
31	600–650	605	340.00–352.50	349.18
36	650–700	673	337.50–352.00	341.57
16	700–750	734	302.00–315.00	308.59
4	800–850	828	292.50–300.00	296.32
16	900–950	929	280.00–288.00	284.87
16	950–1000	987	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	400–450	424	377.50–392.50	388.62
9	450–500	484	355.00–370.00	363.31
12	500–550	524	340.00–347.50	344.57
9	550–600	576	312.00–332.50	318.70
2	600–650	615	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
62	600–650	618	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	407.50	407.50
9	400–450	434	380.00–400.00	390.97
8	500–550	505	342.50	342.50
3	650–700	652	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	580	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	428	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	533	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	251	602.00	602.00
38	500–550	512	432.50–440.00	434.54
6	550–600	567	412.50	412.50
43	600–650	635	371.00–380.00	375.85
32	650–700	666	350.00–357.50	356.31
12	700–750	713	330.00–340.00	335.80
2	800–850	808	347.50	347.50
7	950–1000	955	287.50	287.50
7	1050–1100	1,093	265.00	265.00
6	1150–1200	1,168	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	426	441.00	441.00
40	500–550	526	372.50–382.50	380.57
76	550–600	587	351.00–362.50	358.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	518	452.50	452.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
58	400–450	417	455.00–462.50	459.61
41	450–500	460	462.50–467.50	464.39
27	500–550	529	417.50	417.50
36	550–600	561	370.00–389.00	385.19
81	600–650	631	352.50–367.50	360.39
61	650–700	674	330.00–345.00	341.94
6	700–750	707	312.50	312.50
18	800–850	820	317.50–321.00	318.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	480	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	637	340.00–355.00	351.67
3	900–950	923	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	618	390.00–400.00	396.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	470	440.00	440.00
8	600–650	636	357.50	357.50
8	750–800	759	327.50	327.50
2	850–900	865	300.00	300.00
3	1000–1050	1,035	257.50	257.50
3	1100–1150	1,102	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	510	325.00	325.00

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.