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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 21

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,769 head

▼ 267 vs last sale 2,036▲ 1,421 vs year ago 348 · +408.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Yearling steers sold mostly sharply lower. Yearling heifers sold 9.00 higher on a light test. The next yearling sale will be next Tuesday October 28, 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 $450.00/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 7 of 10 comparable sales and sits +37.50 against this barn's trailing median of $412.50.

Average price

$450.00

51 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,300

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.37

vs CO average

−8.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	450.00	2,300	51

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale51 hd

450.00

—

CO average4 barns · 1,854 hd

433.63

+16.37

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

−8.14

This barn, trailing median10 sales

412.50

+37.50

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

18 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,300	51
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	366.05/cwt	361.00–370.00	2,277	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Value Added	649	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,473	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	344.36/cwt	342.00–360.00	2,366	34
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	720	348.11/cwt	345.00–349.00	2,506	23
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Value Added	751	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,764	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	334.65/cwt	328.00–336.00	2,533	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,769	9
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	336.07/cwt	329.00–339.00	2,931	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,987	7
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	970	335.86/cwt	326.00–340.00	3,258	73
Steers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,050	323.25/cwt	323.25–323.25	3,394	95
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	339.86/cwt	336.00–343.00	2,301	54
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,249	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	326.85/cwt	321.00–339.00	2,366	6
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,516	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	313.15/cwt	307.50–319.00	2,872	35
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,088	3

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 1,769Last week 2,036Year ago 348

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Yearling steers sold mostly sharply lower. Yearling heifers sold 9.00 higher on a light test. The next yearling sale will be next Tuesday October 28, 2025.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	625	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	650–700	677	336.00–343.00	339.86
6	700–750	724	321.00–339.00	326.85
2	800–850	825	305.00	305.00
35	900–950	917	307.50–319.00	313.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	650–700	690	326.00	326.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	500–550	511	450.00	450.00
7	600–650	622	361.00–370.00	366.05
34	650–700	687	342.00–360.00	344.36
23	700–750	720	345.00–349.00	348.11
12	750–800	757	328.00–336.00	334.65
9	800–850	812	341.00	341.00
15	850–900	872	329.00–339.00	336.07
7	900–950	919	325.00	325.00
73	950–1000	970	326.00–340.00	335.86
95	1050–1100	1,050	323.25	323.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	649	381.00	381.00
14	750–800	751	368.00	368.00

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.