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Winter - La Junta

Name: Winter - La Junta livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · La Junta, Colorado · Tue, Oct 28

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1901

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 11 →

Receipts

1,332 head

▼ 437 vs last sale 1,769▲ 397 vs year ago 935 · +42.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity was low. Yearling steers sold sharply lower across all weight brackets. Yearling heifers were too light for an accurate trend. The next yearling, slaughter cow and bred cow sale will be next Tuesday November 4, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb steers averaged $332.96/cwt on 64 head. That ranks 2 of 9 comparable sales and sits −46.64 against this barn's trailing median of $379.60.

Average price

$332.96

64 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,149

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−31.78

vs CO average

−51.50 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	645	332.96	2,149	64

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale64 hd

332.96

—

CO average5 barns · 1,566 hd

364.73

−31.78

National average172 barns · 22,100 hd

384.46

−51.50

This barn, trailing median9 sales

379.60

−46.64

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 600–700 lb

9 sales

Steers 600–700 lb: high $434.90, low $322.73, median $379.60 across 9 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	633	334.33/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,116	42
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	330.34/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,210	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,264	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,421	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	798	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,434	3
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	807	303.79/cwt	303.00–305.00	2,452	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	896	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,710	5
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	298.50/cwt	298.50–298.50	2,746	20
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	959	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	2,843	21
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,117	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,860	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,810	15
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,032	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	720	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,890	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	788	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	2,092	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	813	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,163	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,564	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,094	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	947	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,784	31

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 1,332Last week 1,769Year ago 935

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	700–750	703	289.00	289.00
6	850–900	878	292.00	292.00
31	900–950	947	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	537	337.00	337.00
5	700–750	720	262.50	262.50
10	750–800	788	265.50	265.50
16	800–850	813	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	941	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	712	318.00	318.00
5	750–800	759	319.00	319.00
28	800–850	807	303.00–305.00	303.79
5	850–900	896	302.50	302.50
20	900–950	920	298.50	298.50
21	950–1000	959	296.50	296.50
6	1100–1150	1,117	256.00	256.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	600–650	633	325.00–339.00	334.33
22	650–700	669	320.00–332.00	330.34
3	750–800	798	305.00	305.00

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.