Sale reports / Colorado / Winter - La Junta / 2025-10-14

Winter - La Junta

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 14
● Final108 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,036 head
▼ 127 vs last sale 2,163▼ 622 vs year ago 2,658 · −23.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 119 vs last sale 0▼ 155 vs year ago 274 · −56.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers under 400lbs sold 4.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder steers over 400lbs sold sharply higher. Feeder heifers sold sharply higher across all weight classes. The next feeder calf sale will be on Monday October 20, 2025 and the bred cows and slaughter cows will sell on Tuesday October 21, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $441.04/cwt on 438 head. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +28.55 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.
Average price
$441.04
438 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,395
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$22
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$46.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.98
vs CO average
−28.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1527454.872,398298
Medium and Large 1-2573414.452,37473
Large 1582408.492,37667
One grade step is worth $46.38/cwt here — about $22 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 sale438 hd
441.04
—
CO average4 barns · 1,028 hd
429.07
+11.98
National average176 barns · 29,227 hd
469.04
−28.00
This barn, trailing median10 sales
412.50
+28.55
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
499444388333median 412.5003/0303/1710/0610/2011/03
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.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,375$3,6002thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,097$3,33613
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,215$3,2501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,065$2,9501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,240$2,7501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,280$2,69539
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,223$2,5752thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,640$2,5501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,260$2,5501thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)990$2,5003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,148$2,4502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,246$2,40922
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,178$2,3002thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,317$2,2673thin
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,128$2,2055
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)924$3,4255
Bred Heifers1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)890$2,6751thin
Bred Heifers2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)810$2,2001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,240$4,7002thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,422$3,6173thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)1,345$3,1501thin
Heifer PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)999$3,8983thin

Every lot

108 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1276635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,75314
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1309618.69/cwt615.00–621.001,91221
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned329540.00/cwt540.00–540.001,7777
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned338586.52/cwt585.00–587.501,9825
Steers300–350Large 1Unweaned339568.00/cwt568.00–568.001,9268
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added352575.00/cwt575.00–575.002,0243
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390556.59/cwt549.00–566.002,17187
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned398493.00/cwt493.00–493.001,9622
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2408520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,1223
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415556.73/cwt547.50–560.002,310107
Steers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned423377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,59521
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425511.00/cwt511.00–511.002,17211
Steers450–500Large 1Unweaned458455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,08422
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,1623
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned469455.89/cwt445.00–463.002,1385
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned477481.88/cwt472.00–490.002,29933
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1481505.48/cwt501.00–507.002,43123
Steers450–500Large 1-2Unweaned498370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,84315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1513463.76/cwt450.00–476.002,379185
Steers500–550Large 1Unweaned533399.00/cwt399.00–399.002,12711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2534430.40/cwt425.00–436.002,29819
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned535439.22/cwt434.00–447.502,35058
Steers500–550Large 1543420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,2812
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1566447.62/cwt445.00–455.002,53432
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned568432.96/cwt432.00–434.002,45923
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580406.79/cwt399.00–415.002,3594
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned587409.00/cwt367.50–419.002,40150
Steers550–600Large 1Unweaned593410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,43154
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1600425.10/cwt421.00–431.002,55139
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617399.47/cwt394.00–410.002,46528
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned632401.17/cwt394.00–405.002,535132
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667394.48/cwt390.00–404.002,63163
Steers650–700Large 1675357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,4103
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned676371.70/cwt370.00–378.002,51327
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2685369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,5286
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1706387.01/cwt377.00–392.002,73215
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned749353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,6448
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Unweaned766343.59/cwt342.00–344.002,63215
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,8343
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1810364.50/cwt364.50–364.502,9529
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,8345
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884341.00/cwt341.00–341.003,0148
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1983329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,23420
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1286537.50/cwt537.50–537.501,53712
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2292495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,4455
Heifers300–350Large 1-2Unweaned321402.88/cwt385.00–413.001,29311
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,6676
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added343535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,83522
Heifers350–400Large 1Unweaned352445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5663
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned353445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,5712
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1384484.07/cwt470.00–486.001,85944
Heifers400–450Large 1-2Unweaned409385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,57524
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy420494.00/cwt494.00–494.002,07552
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned425442.29/cwt437.00–450.001,88032
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,00122
Heifers400–450Large 1Unweaned434412.45/cwt411.00–417.501,79035
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned438424.72/cwt420.00–428.001,86011
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2440425.01/cwt417.50–431.001,87023
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466458.23/cwt453.00–465.002,13529
Heifers450–500Large 1-2Unweaned469370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,73515
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned473425.85/cwt420.00–431.002,01411
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned491406.38/cwt401.00–411.001,99524
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1510433.56/cwt429.00–437.002,21137
Heifers500–550Large 1Unweaned511382.77/cwt377.00–387.001,95657
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned524418.67/cwt417.00–420.002,19418
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned529398.61/cwt393.00–401.002,10937
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1560415.00/cwt415.00–415.002,32413
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1234
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned572393.05/cwt387.00–399.002,24888
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned572378.14/cwt377.00–380.002,16321
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1602390.40/cwt390.00–392.502,35031
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned629366.86/cwt358.00–371.002,30837
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned689343.39/cwt340.00–344.002,36623
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1690361.14/cwt356.00–364.002,49216
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1715330.40/cwt327.50–331.002,36218
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned723317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2962
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1761310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,3594
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1980315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,08714
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1410502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,0602
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Unweaned556372.50/cwt372.50–372.502,0716
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1630391.00/cwt391.00–391.002,4634
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1705357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,5202
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows19 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29371,926.10/head1,800.00–2,250.001,9268
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29502,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0102,650.00/head2,650.00–2,650.002,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0613,376.24/head3,150.00–3,450.003,37612
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0652,950.00/head2,950.00–2,950.002,9501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1282,205.32/head2,050.00–2,250.002,2055
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1482,450.00/head2,450.00–2,450.002,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1782,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2153,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2232,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2302,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2402,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2602,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2802,695.07/head2,625.00–2,875.002,69539
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3753,600.00/head3,600.00–3,600.003,6002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4232,685.34/head2,660.00–2,725.002,68514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,4902,750.00/head2,750.00–2,750.002,7501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5302,850.00/head2,850.00–2,850.002,8501
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,6402,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18102,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18902,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6751
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 19243,425.00/head3,425.00–3,425.003,4255
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2404,700.00/head4,700.00–4,700.004,7002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3453,150.00/head3,150.00–3,150.003,1501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4223,617.47/head3,400.00–3,750.003,6173
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs—Medium and Large 19993,898.26/head3,700.00–4,250.003,8983

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.