Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2025-11-12

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-12

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Nov 12

● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Nov 5Nov 12Nov 19 →

Receipts

2,959 head

▲ 1,011 vs last sale 1,948▲ 2,016 vs year ago 943 · +213.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday November 19, 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 $424.16/cwt on 476 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +15.97 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.

Average price

$424.16

476 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,261

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$87

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$60.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.70

vs CO average

−0.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	525	432.97	2,273	399
Medium and Large 1-2	560	385.80	2,161	35
Large 1	587	372.50	2,187	42

One grade step is worth $60.47/cwt here — about $87 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 sale476 hd

424.16

—

CO average4 barns · 1,574 hd

413.47

+10.70

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

−0.71

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.19

+15.97

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

62 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,173	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	407	528.29/cwt	520.00–532.50	2,150	84
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	408	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,060	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	440	476.18/cwt	475.00–480.00	2,095	72
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,134	40
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	457.13/cwt	450.00–465.00	2,226	83
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	447.54/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,282	121
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	2,065	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	527	430.51/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,269	234
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	414.83/cwt	410.00–417.50	2,228	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	554	397.29/cwt	392.50–402.50	2,201	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	415.45/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,318	21
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	587	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,187	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	593	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,150	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	611	343.49/cwt	340.00–347.50	2,099	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	615	356.36/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,192	50
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,387	30
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	672	344.33/cwt	337.50–346.00	2,314	113
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,417	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	676	329.04/cwt	327.50–330.00	2,224	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,322	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	727	306.05/cwt	305.00–310.00	2,225	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	729	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,151	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	751	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,478	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	768	308.92/cwt	307.50–310.00	2,373	7
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	775	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,267	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	856	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,833	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	879	296.46/cwt	295.00–297.50	2,606	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	880	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,578	16
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,105	3
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,028	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,801	3
Steers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,164	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,765	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	288	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,670	8
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	341	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,756	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	362	472.77/cwt	470.00–480.00	1,711	25
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	425	419.71/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,784	51
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	444.38/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,902	77
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	429	411.04/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,763	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	438	376.29/cwt	352.50–382.00	1,648	41
Heifers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	443	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,506	15
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	460	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,518	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,001	45
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	474	378.55/cwt	377.50–380.00	1,794	75
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	510	351.84/cwt	312.50–362.50	1,794	25
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	513	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	1,934	26
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	385.47/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,985	143
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	370.94/cwt	367.50–372.50	1,940	33
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	367.72/cwt	367.50–368.00	2,085	27
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	584	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,898	13
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	604	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,993	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,006	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	338.95/cwt	337.50–340.00	2,078	56
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,211	10
Heifers	650–700	Large 1Unweaned	689	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	2,070	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	694	311.70/cwt	310.00–312.50	2,163	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	726	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,160	10
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	740	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	2,276	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,239	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	848	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,417	4
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	2,518	4
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,025	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,716	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,079	268.60/cwt	267.50–270.00	2,898	9

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 2,959Last week 1,948Year ago 943

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
51	400–450	425	415.00–425.00	419.71
75	450–500	474	377.50–380.00	378.55
33	500–550	523	367.50–372.50	370.94
13	550–600	584	325.00	325.00
10	600–650	608	330.00	330.00
25	650–700	694	310.00–312.50	311.70
10	700–750	726	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	288	580.00	580.00
8	300–350	341	515.00	515.00
25	350–400	362	470.00–480.00	472.77
77	400–450	428	435.00–450.00	444.38
45	450–500	468	427.50	427.50
143	500–550	515	380.00–390.00	385.47
27	550–600	567	367.50–368.00	367.72
56	600–650	613	337.50–340.00	338.95
10	650–700	660	335.00	335.00
19	700–750	740	307.50	307.50
3	750–800	772	290.00	290.00
4	800–850	848	285.00	285.00
4	900–950	924	272.50	272.50
2	1000–1050	1,025	265.00	265.00
9	1050–1100	1,079	267.50–270.00	268.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	438	352.50–382.00	376.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	429	410.00–415.00	411.04
25	500–550	510	312.50–362.50	351.84
8	650–700	689	300.50	300.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	443	340.00	340.00
7	450–500	460	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	513	377.00	377.00
11	600–650	604	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	408	505.00	505.00
83	450–500	487	450.00–465.00	457.13
234	500–550	527	420.00–437.50	430.51
23	550–600	554	392.50–402.50	397.29
50	600–650	615	350.00–360.00	356.36
113	650–700	672	337.50–346.00	344.33
19	700–750	727	305.00–310.00	306.05
7	750–800	768	307.50–310.00	308.92
16	850–900	880	293.00	293.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
72	400–450	440	475.00–480.00	476.18
8	500–550	526	392.50	392.50
16	550–600	593	362.50	362.50
30	600–650	611	340.00–347.50	343.49
39	650–700	676	327.50–330.00	329.04
6	700–750	729	295.00	295.00
5	750–800	775	292.50	292.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	587	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	388	560.00	560.00
84	400–450	407	520.00–532.50	528.29
40	450–500	454	470.00	470.00
121	500–550	510	440.00–450.00	447.54
21	550–600	558	410.00–420.00	415.45
30	600–650	645	370.00	370.00
11	650–700	676	357.50	357.50
32	700–750	720	322.50	322.50
6	750–800	751	330.00	330.00
4	850–900	856	331.00	331.00
3	950–1000	978	317.50	317.50
3	1000–1050	1,028	272.50	272.50
4	1150–1200	1,164	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	537	410.00–417.50	414.83
7	850–900	879	295.00–297.50	296.46

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.