Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2025-11-05

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-05

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Nov 5

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Oct 29Nov 5Nov 12 →

Receipts

1,948 head

▼ 365 vs last sale 2,313▲ 559 vs year ago 1,389 · +40.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers sold mostly sharply lower. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of sharply lower. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 12, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.82/cwt on 161 head. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −11.37 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.

Average price

$396.82

161 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,124

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$16.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.45

vs CO average

−22.28 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	397.76	2,130	152
Large 1	529	381.00	2,015	9thin

One grade step is worth $16.76/cwt here — about $115 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale161 hd

396.82

—

CO average3 barns · 841 hd

403.27

−6.45

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−22.28

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.19

−11.37

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

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.

Every lot

48 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	340	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	1,811	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	403	424.56/cwt	422.50–427.50	1,711	34
Steers	400–450	Large 1	413	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,879	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	472.15/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,983	63
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	453	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,265	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	498	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,129	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	518	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,955	38
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	422.57/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,206	51
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	529	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,015	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	557	389.89/cwt	387.00–395.00	2,172	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	347.89/cwt	335.50–359.00	2,185	91
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	667	330.59/cwt	322.50–337.50	2,205	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	308.19/cwt	300.00–312.50	2,086	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	736	294.20/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,165	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	313.60/cwt	305.00–317.50	2,418	21
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	783	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,529	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,675	2
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,783	3
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,641	6
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,148	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,583	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	300	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,290	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	412.07/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,570	42
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,471	9
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	403	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,642	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	408	453.67/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,851	54
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	429	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,823	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	451	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,984	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	401.51/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,835	33
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,854	25
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	492	366.00/cwt	360.00–377.50	1,801	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	533	360.20/cwt	355.00–365.00	1,920	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,098	11
Heifers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	570	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,895	2
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	330.47/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,907	13
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	323.33/cwt	317.50–332.50	2,011	31
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	667	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,868	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	730	278.25/cwt	270.00–287.50	2,031	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	264.82/cwt	260.00–270.00	2,203	19
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	883	237.44/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,097	8
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	247.55/cwt	245.00–250.00	2,295	4
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,364	3
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,010	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,273	2
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,111	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,666	9
Heifers	1250–1300	Medium and Large 1	1,283	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	3,079	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	398	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,652	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,104	6
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	747	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,166	3
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	798	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,474	5

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 Nov 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,948Last week 2,313Year ago 1,389

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
54	400–450	408	445.00–455.00	453.67
17	450–500	451	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	387	380.00	380.00
25	450–500	488	380.00	380.00
51	500–550	533	355.00–365.00	360.20
13	550–600	577	325.00–335.00	330.47
31	600–650	622	317.50–332.50	323.33
8	650–700	667	280.00	280.00
20	700–750	730	270.00–287.50	278.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	450–500	492	360.00–377.50	366.00
2	550–600	570	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	403	407.50	407.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
42	350–400	381	410.00–415.00	412.07
17	400–450	429	425.00	425.00
33	450–500	457	400.00–405.00	401.51
11	500–550	538	390.00	390.00
19	800–850	832	260.00–270.00	264.82
8	850–900	883	235.00–245.00	237.44
4	900–950	927	245.00–250.00	247.55
3	950–1000	955	247.50	247.50
2	1000–1050	1,010	225.00	225.00
9	1100–1150	1,111	240.00	240.00
5	1250–1300	1,283	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	400–450	420	470.00–480.00	472.15
6	450–500	453	500.00	500.00
51	500–550	522	420.00–430.00	422.57
22	650–700	667	322.50–337.50	330.59
21	750–800	771	305.00–317.50	313.60
2	850–900	870	307.50	307.50
3	900–950	920	302.50	302.50
6	950–1000	978	270.00	270.00
7	1100–1150	1,148	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	529	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	413	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	340	532.50	532.50
34	400–450	403	422.50–427.50	424.56
8	450–500	498	427.50	427.50
38	500–550	518	377.50	377.50
63	550–600	557	387.00–395.00	389.89
91	600–650	628	335.50–359.00	347.89
31	650–700	677	300.00–312.50	308.19
15	700–750	736	290.00–298.00	294.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	783	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	415.00	415.00
6	500–550	526	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	747	290.00	290.00
5	750–800	798	310.00	310.00

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.