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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 7

● Final84 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

2,163 head

▲ 900 vs last sale 1,263▲ 412 vs year ago 1,751 · +23.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers sold mostly 5.00 to 7.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. Feeder heifers sold mostly 8.00 to 9.00 higher with instances of sharply higher across all weight classes. The next regular sale will be next Tuesday October 14, 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 $424.23/cwt on 321 head. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +11.73 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.

Average price

$424.23

321 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$309

per head · Large 1 over Large 1-2

$69.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.84

vs CO average

−21.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	521	432.36	2,251	97
Medium and Large 1	557	432.17	2,405	109
Medium and Large 1-2	548	416.87	2,284	100
Large 1-2	535	363.00	1,942	15thin

One grade step is worth $69.36/cwt here — about $309 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 sale321 hd

424.23

—

CO average3 barns · 632 hd

423.39

+0.84

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

−21.62

This barn, trailing median10 sales

412.50

+11.73

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

84 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	265	1,651.70/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,652	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	307	623.00/cwt	623.00–623.00	1,913	3
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	328	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,952	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	2
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	383	575.58/cwt	570.00–580.00	2,204	17
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	393	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,651	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,015	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	415	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,951	3
Steers	400–450	Large 1	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	2
Steers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	439	447.62/cwt	445.00–449.00	1,965	17
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2Unweaned	448	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	1,864	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	456	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,148	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	463	490.14/cwt	482.00–501.00	2,269	202
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	476	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,123	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	483	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,106	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	469.98/cwt	457.50–472.50	2,303	16
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	462.91/cwt	460.00–467.50	2,370	23
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	513	440.48/cwt	438.00–442.50	2,260	26
Steers	500–550	Large 1	516	434.27/cwt	422.50–435.00	2,241	84
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	519	418.95/cwt	411.00–424.00	2,174	21
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2Unweaned	535	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	1,942	15
Steers	550–600	Large 1	551	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,314	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	424.50/cwt	420.00–436.00	2,411	84
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	410.30/cwt	409.00–414.00	2,351	37
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	585	390.96/cwt	375.00–398.00	2,287	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	590	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	2,366	2
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	408.85/cwt	408.00–410.00	2,482	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	608	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,554	8
Steers	600–650	Large 1	611	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,322	7
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	621	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	2,316	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	631	379.02/cwt	373.00–381.00	2,392	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,419	5
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	370.55/cwt	370.00–372.00	2,460	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	669	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,395	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	695	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,745	15
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	375.58/cwt	374.00–381.00	2,700	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,686	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	360.30/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,785	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	358.71/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,898	32
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	855	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	3,010	15
Steers	850–900	Large 1	877	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,982	3
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	3,103	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	3,032	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers38 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	282	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,187	5
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	295	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,301	3
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	323	477.00/cwt	477.00–477.00	1,541	3
Heifers	300–350	Large 1	348	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	1,563	5
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	355	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,580	15
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	356	473.00/cwt	473.00–473.00	1,684	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	358	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,495	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	444.25/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,684	14
Heifers	350–400	Large 1Unweaned	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	3
Heifers	400–450	Large 1Unweaned	417	404.19/cwt	400.00–406.00	1,685	20
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	423	443.60/cwt	442.50–445.00	1,876	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	453.24/cwt	450.00–462.50	1,926	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	427	423.02/cwt	414.00–427.50	1,806	16
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	443	416.05/cwt	416.00–417.00	1,843	113
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	462	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,074	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	473	407.29/cwt	401.00–414.00	1,926	28
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	484	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,888	7
Heifers	450–500	Large 1Unweaned	486	369.45/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,796	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	496	382.85/cwt	377.00–387.50	1,899	25
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	507	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,927	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	418.11/cwt	417.00–422.50	2,128	25
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	512	383.81/cwt	379.00–387.50	1,965	40
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	516	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,961	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	530	394.39/cwt	390.00–401.00	2,090	48
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	563	389.25/cwt	380.00–392.00	2,191	26
Heifers	550–600	Large 1Unweaned	574	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,101	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	579	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,055	10
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	356.31/cwt	355.00–360.00	2,099	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	616	353.19/cwt	349.00–361.00	2,176	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	618	382.71/cwt	374.00–385.00	2,365	40
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	342.69/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,186	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	352.56/cwt	347.50–361.00	2,355	40
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	670	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,194	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	712	341.39/cwt	336.00–343.00	2,431	9
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,646	14
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	337.44/cwt	337.00–337.50	2,639	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,732	36
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	926	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,954	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	487.50/cwt	487.50–487.50	2,028	14
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	450	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,036	3
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,157	12

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Receipts 2,163Last week 1,263Year ago 1,751

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	490	457.50–472.50	469.98
26	500–550	513	438.00–442.50	440.48
37	550–600	573	409.00–414.00	410.30
30	600–650	631	373.00–381.00	379.02
6	650–700	669	358.00	358.00
6	700–750	734	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	608	420.00	420.00
15	650–700	695	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	328	595.00	595.00
2	350–400	375	540.00	540.00
3	400–450	415	470.00	470.00
4	450–500	456	471.00	471.00
2	550–600	590	401.00	401.00
5	600–650	635	381.00	381.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	393	420.00	420.00
21	500–550	519	411.00–424.00	418.95
16	550–600	585	375.00–398.00	390.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	483	436.00	436.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	476	446.00	446.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	448	416.00	416.00
15	500–550	535	363.00	363.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	433	495.00	495.00
84	500–550	516	422.50–435.00	434.27
13	550–600	551	420.00	420.00
7	600–650	611	380.00	380.00
3	850–900	877	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	439	445.00–449.00	447.62
14	600–650	621	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	265	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,651.70
3	300–350	307	623.00	623.00
17	350–400	383	570.00–580.00	575.58
12	400–450	403	500.00	500.00
202	450–500	463	482.00–501.00	490.14
23	500–550	512	460.00–467.50	462.91
84	550–600	568	420.00–436.00	424.50
7	600–650	607	408.00–410.00	408.85
18	650–700	664	370.00–372.00	370.55
10	700–750	719	374.00–381.00	375.58
22	750–800	773	355.00–365.00	360.30
32	800–850	808	348.00–360.00	358.71
15	850–900	855	352.00	352.00
8	900–950	929	334.00	334.00
2	950–1000	955	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	323	477.00	477.00
4	350–400	356	473.00	473.00
12	400–450	425	450.00–462.50	453.24
50	450–500	462	449.00	449.00
25	500–550	509	417.00–422.50	418.11
26	550–600	563	380.00–392.00	389.25
40	600–650	618	374.00–385.00	382.71
40	650–700	668	347.50–361.00	352.56
14	700–750	733	361.00	361.00
18	750–800	782	337.00–337.50	337.44
36	800–850	828	330.00	330.00
6	900–950	926	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	295	441.00	441.00
40	500–550	512	379.00–387.50	383.81
10	550–600	579	355.00	355.00
6	600–650	616	349.00–361.00	353.19
9	700–750	712	336.00–343.00	341.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	282	421.00	421.00
3	350–400	358	417.50	417.50
16	400–450	427	414.00–427.50	423.02
25	450–500	496	377.00–387.50	382.85
18	500–550	516	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	379	442.50–445.00	444.25
13	400–450	423	442.50–445.00	443.60
28	450–500	473	401.00–414.00	407.29
48	500–550	530	390.00–401.00	394.39
30	550–600	589	355.00–360.00	356.31
6	600–650	638	330.00–349.00	342.69
4	650–700	670	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	348	449.00	449.00
15	350–400	355	445.00	445.00
113	400–450	443	416.00–417.00	416.05
7	450–500	484	390.00	390.00
35	500–550	507	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	385	430.00	430.00
20	400–450	417	400.00–406.00	404.19
23	450–500	486	367.50–370.00	369.45
9	550–600	574	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	416	487.50	487.50
3	450–500	450	452.50	452.50
12	500–550	526	410.00	410.00

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.