Sale reports / Colorado / La Junta / 2025-12-03

La Junta

Name: La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-03

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Wed, Dec 3

● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1903

← Nov 26Dec 3Dec 10 →

Receipts

2,206 head

▲ 1,215 vs last sale 991▼ 1,548 vs year ago 3,754 · −41.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 600lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers over 600lbs sold unevenly steady. The next slaughter cow and feeder calf sale will be next Wednesday December 10, 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 $414.26/cwt on 223 head. That ranks 6 of 8 comparable sales and sits +6.07 against this barn's trailing median of $408.19.

Average price

$414.26

223 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,270

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$196

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$65.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs CO average

−14.89 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	417.78	2,279	211
Large 1	591	352.50	2,083	12thin

One grade step is worth $65.28/cwt here — about $196 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale223 hd

414.26

—

CO average3 barns · 546 hd

412.83

+1.44

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

−14.89

This barn, trailing median8 sales

408.19

+6.07

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

69 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 · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	224	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	5
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	252	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	3
Steers	300–350	Large 1Unweaned	302	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,646	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	321	581.87/cwt	570.00–592.50	1,868	11
Steers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	350	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	1,978	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	587.12/cwt	585.00–600.00	2,114	50
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	361	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,679	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	387	507.42/cwt	495.00–520.00	1,964	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,221	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	438	480.03/cwt	477.50–505.00	2,103	108
Steers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	453	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,061	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	484.44/cwt	482.50–490.00	2,199	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	476	420.68/cwt	412.50–427.50	2,002	34
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	478	443.30/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,119	31
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2Unweaned	480	405.94/cwt	395.00–410.00	1,949	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	428.29/cwt	425.00–431.00	2,236	109
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	545	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,235	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	416.19/cwt	412.50–420.00	2,331	24
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Value Added	563	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,477	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	585	388.31/cwt	382.50–397.50	2,272	48
Steers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	591	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,083	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	383.94/cwt	382.50–385.00	2,331	26
Steers	600–650	Large 1	609	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,284	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	361.45/cwt	355.00–372.00	2,310	147
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Value Added	654	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,420	29
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	344.01/cwt	339.00–347.50	2,322	61
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	698	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	2,286	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	313.95/cwt	310.00–317.50	2,245	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	328.63/cwt	327.50–329.00	2,356	33
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	775	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,364	22
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	779	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,279	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	299.39/cwt	292.50–312.50	2,440	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	838	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,305	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	865	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,573	8
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,028	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,364	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	200–250	Large 1	213	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	2
Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 1	245	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	268	451.60/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,210	6
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,378	10
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	346	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,626	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	346	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,471	41
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	462.95/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,694	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	373	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,361	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	411.40/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,543	12
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	379	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,554	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	412	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,730	65
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	424	434.81/cwt	430.00–440.00	1,844	24
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	432	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,750	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	434	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,628	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	394.37/cwt	385.00–402.50	1,854	36
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	471	365.26/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,720	67
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	493	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,972	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	398.33/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,016	89
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	517	379.26/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,961	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	548	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,987	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	366.58/cwt	360.00–371.00	2,144	123
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	341.42/cwt	332.50–350.00	2,025	42
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	606	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,757	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	348.51/cwt	345.00–352.50	2,234	59
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	642	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,119	3
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,188	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	708	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,000	20
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	717	240.46/cwt	232.50–257.50	1,724	19
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	775	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,802	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	790	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,196	3
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,158	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	880	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,024	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	238.50/cwt	237.50–240.00	2,197	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,275	2

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 Dec 3, 2025

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Receipts 2,206Last week 991Year ago 3,754

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
5	200–250	224	885.00	885.00
3	250–300	252	1,050.00	1,050.00
11	300–350	321	570.00–592.50	581.87
50	350–400	360	585.00–600.00	587.12
5	400–450	419	530.00	530.00
23	450–500	454	482.50–490.00	484.44
109	500–550	522	425.00–431.00	428.29
24	550–600	560	412.50–420.00	416.19
26	600–650	607	382.50–385.00	383.94
61	650–700	675	339.00–347.50	344.01
33	700–750	717	327.50–329.00	328.63
22	750–800	775	305.00	305.00
9	800–850	815	292.50–312.50	299.39
8	850–900	865	297.50	297.50
6	1000–1050	1,028	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	387	495.00–520.00	507.42
108	400–450	438	477.50–505.00	480.03
31	450–500	478	435.00–455.00	443.30
12	500–550	545	410.00	410.00
48	550–600	585	382.50–397.50	388.31
147	600–650	639	355.00–372.00	361.45
6	650–700	698	325.00–330.00	327.50
51	700–750	715	310.00–317.50	313.95
6	750–800	779	292.50	292.50
2	800–850	838	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	361	465.00	465.00
34	450–500	476	412.50–427.50	420.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	563	440.00	440.00
29	650–700	654	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	545.00	545.00
3	350–400	350	565.00	565.00
11	450–500	453	455.00	455.00
12	550–600	591	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	480	395.00–410.00	405.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	609	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	245	975.00	975.00
10	250–300	290	475.00	475.00
9	300–350	346	470.00	470.00
24	350–400	366	450.00–470.00	462.95
24	400–450	424	430.00–440.00	434.81
36	450–500	470	385.00–402.50	394.37
89	500–550	506	390.00–400.00	398.33
123	550–600	585	360.00–371.00	366.58
59	600–650	641	345.00–352.50	348.51
4	650–700	663	330.00	330.00
20	700–750	708	282.50	282.50
3	750–800	790	278.00	278.00
2	850–900	863	250.00	250.00
5	900–950	921	237.50–240.00	238.50
2	950–1000	958	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	268	445.00–455.00	451.60
41	300–350	346	425.00	425.00
12	350–400	375	405.00–420.00	411.40
65	400–450	412	420.00	420.00
67	450–500	471	355.00–375.00	365.26
13	500–550	517	375.00–380.00	379.26
42	550–600	593	332.50–350.00	341.42
8	600–650	606	290.00	290.00
19	700–750	717	232.50–257.50	240.46
2	750–800	775	232.50	232.50
3	850–900	880	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	373	365.00	365.00
6	400–450	434	375.00	375.00
6	500–550	548	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	213	725.00	725.00
30	450–500	493	400.00	400.00
3	600–650	642	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	379	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	432	405.00	405.00

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.