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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-09

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Dec 9

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901

← Dec 2Dec 9Dec 16 →

Receipts

4,545 head

▲ 3,092 vs last sale 1,453▼ 2,382 vs year ago 6,927 · −34.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers under 5550lbs sold unevenly steady while heifers over 550lbs sold sharply higher. The next feeder calf and slaughter cow sale will be next Tuesday December 16, 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 $424.86/cwt on 822 head. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +12.37 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.

Average price

$424.86

822 head · 567 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,407

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$245

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

$29.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs CO average

−5.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	569	429.00	2,439	699
Large 1	564	403.96	2,280	46
Medium and Large 1-2	549	399.78	2,195	77

One grade step is worth $29.22/cwt here — about $245 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale822 hd

424.86

—

CO average4 barns · 1,277 hd

425.28

−0.42

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

−5.77

This barn, trailing median10 sales

412.50

+12.37

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

10 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $485.36, low $346.70, median $412.50 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

61 lots · USDA AMS · Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	425	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,380	13
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	541.78/cwt	539.00–545.00	2,319	28
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	491.63/cwt	483.00–499.00	2,399	77
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	489	514.91/cwt	514.00–521.00	2,518	58
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	493	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,280	12
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	503	496.00/cwt	496.00–496.00	2,495	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	512	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,099	40
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	453.00/cwt	451.00–454.00	2,351	57
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	538	429.73/cwt	427.00–437.50	2,312	25
Steers	500–550	Large 1	547	414.00/cwt	414.00–414.00	2,265	25
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	429.34/cwt	420.00–436.00	2,456	506
Steers	550–600	Large 1	585	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,293	21
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	589	388.73/cwt	377.50–392.00	2,290	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	407.83/cwt	406.00–417.00	2,418	102
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	619	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,587	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	395.40/cwt	393.00–400.00	2,448	93
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	376.85/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,385	107
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	641	350.41/cwt	340.00–365.00	2,246	23
Steers	600–650	Large 1	644	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,293	16
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	374.26/cwt	368.00–381.00	2,481	225
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	681	345.71/cwt	332.50–361.00	2,354	95
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	685	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,226	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	320.79/cwt	318.00–322.50	2,310	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	341.27/cwt	335.00–344.00	2,467	147
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	726	356.03/cwt	353.00–356.50	2,585	139
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	754	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,262	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fancy	761	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,656	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	326.80/cwt	322.50–331.00	2,536	49
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	335.98/cwt	333.00–336.50	2,728	146
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	322.25/cwt	321.50–323.00	2,807	248
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	934	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,961	120
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,410	4
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	361	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,787	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	372	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,440	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	393	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,690	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,892	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	453.38/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,913	34
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	424	437.20/cwt	437.00–437.50	1,854	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	442	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,779	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,015	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	509	412.25/cwt	412.00–412.50	2,098	20
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	524	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	1,944	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	528	368.42/cwt	360.00–379.00	1,945	31
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	389.25/cwt	383.00–397.50	2,086	148
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	556	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,168	23
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	371.18/cwt	362.50–379.00	2,138	124
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	594	349.62/cwt	347.50–358.00	2,077	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,220	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	339.05/cwt	331.00–347.00	2,112	203
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	628	315.13/cwt	311.00–325.00	1,979	45
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	674	312.79/cwt	305.00–316.00	2,108	63
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	331.03/cwt	322.00–337.00	2,238	155
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	677	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,153	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,254	11
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	731	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,244	25
Heifers	700–750	Large 1	735	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,139	13
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	810	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,479	67
Heifers	800–850	Large 1	811	304.99/cwt	280.00–306.50	2,473	71
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,181	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	850	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,372	21
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	548	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,066	11

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 →

Winter Livestock (Tuesday) - La Junta, CO

Tue Dec 9, 2025

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

Receipts 4,545Last week 1,453Year ago 6,927

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
77	450–500	488	483.00–499.00	491.63
25	500–550	538	427.00–437.50	429.73
102	550–600	593	406.00–417.00	407.83
107	600–650	633	370.00–385.00	376.85
95	650–700	681	332.50–361.00	345.71
8	700–750	720	318.00–322.50	320.79
9	750–800	754	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	428	539.00–545.00	541.78
58	450–500	489	514.00–521.00	514.91
57	500–550	519	451.00–454.00	453.00
506	550–600	572	420.00–436.00	429.34
93	600–650	619	393.00–400.00	395.40
225	650–700	663	368.00–381.00	374.26
147	700–750	723	335.00–344.00	341.27
49	750–800	776	322.50–331.00	326.80
146	800–850	812	333.00–336.50	335.98
248	850–900	871	321.50–323.00	322.25
120	900–950	934	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	493	462.50	462.50
40	500–550	512	410.00	410.00
37	550–600	589	377.50–392.00	388.73
23	600–650	641	340.00–365.00	350.41
11	650–700	685	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
139	700–750	726	353.00–356.50	356.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	547	414.00	414.00
21	550–600	585	392.00	392.00
16	600–650	644	356.00	356.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	560.00	560.00
9	500–550	503	496.00	496.00
17	600–650	619	418.00	418.00
63	750–800	761	349.00	349.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	410.00	410.00
3	350–400	393	430.00	430.00
34	400–450	422	450.00–462.50	453.38
69	450–500	474	425.00	425.00
148	500–550	536	383.00–397.50	389.25
124	550–600	576	362.50–379.00	371.18
203	600–650	623	331.00–347.00	339.05
155	650–700	676	322.00–337.00	331.03
11	700–750	700	322.00	322.00
2	800–850	820	266.00	266.00
21	850–900	850	279.00	279.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	800–850	810	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	387.00	387.00
28	400–450	424	437.00–437.50	437.20
31	500–550	528	360.00–379.00	368.42
25	550–600	594	347.50–358.00	349.62
45	600–650	628	311.00–325.00	315.13
63	650–700	674	305.00–316.00	312.79
25	700–750	731	307.00	307.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	442	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	361	495.00	495.00
16	500–550	524	371.00	371.00
16	650–700	677	318.00	318.00
13	700–750	735	291.00	291.00
71	800–850	811	280.00–306.50	304.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	400	473.00	473.00
20	500–550	509	412.00–412.50	412.25
23	550–600	556	390.00	390.00
12	600–650	600	370.00	370.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	548	377.00	377.00

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.