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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Oct 18

● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Oct 11Oct 18Oct 25 →

Receipts

1,228 head

▲ 357 vs last sale 871▲ 189 vs year ago 1,039 · +18.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower, with a few sharply lower. Next available report will be Friday, October 25, 2024

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 $287.38/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −123.92 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$287.38

151 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$30.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.72

vs CO average

−11.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	302.50	1,525	10thin
Medium and Large 1	542	293.28	1,590	84
Large 1	515	281.00	1,447	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	277.78	1,578	23
Medium 1-2	531	271.90	1,444	23

One grade step is worth $30.60/cwt here — about $81 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 sale151 hd

287.38

—

CO average4 barns · 1,247 hd

282.66

+4.72

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−11.95

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

−123.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

71 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) - Brush, 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium 1Unweaned	314	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,060	9
Steers	350–400	Medium 1Unweaned	383	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,254	4
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	366.83/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,427	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	391	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,361	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	394	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,458	8
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,393	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	404	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,364	18
Steers	400–450	Medium 1-2Unweaned	424	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,179	10
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	10
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	464	307.98/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,429	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	469	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,571	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	504	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,525	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	296.33/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,523	11
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	515	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,447	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	522	303.24/cwt	294.00–307.00	1,583	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	525	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,502	3
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	531	271.90/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,444	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	559	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,638	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	568	277.78/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,578	23
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	575	281.33/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,618	30
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	605	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,712	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	623	262.40/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,635	11
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	636	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,609	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	641	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,705	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	671	239.35/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,606	20
Steers	650–700	Medium 2	674	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,570	24
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	687	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,779	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	699	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,761	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	724	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,701	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	739	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,958	59
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	793	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,824	79
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,973	19
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	863	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,950	12
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	885	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,120	24
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	923	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,160	10
Steers	900–950	Large 1-2	933	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,216	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1Unweaned	290	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	856	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	383	304.14/cwt	302.50–309.00	1,165	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	386	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,150	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2Unweaned	389	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,118	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	415	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,172	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,264	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	432	288.55/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,247	17
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	467	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,354	32
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	270.54/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,296	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	482	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,277	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium 2	494	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,198	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	510	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,295	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Full	513	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,236	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2Unweaned	518	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,230	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	522	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,263	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	536	259.53/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,391	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	579	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,337	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	587	237.24/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,393	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	605	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,446	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,392	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	638	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,410	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	639	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,495	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	651	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,471	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,549	33
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	717	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,506	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	231.76/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,683	67
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	767	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,630	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	796	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,839	32
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	980	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,950	17
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	400–450	Medium 1-2Unweaned	410	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,218	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	507	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,217	3
Bulls	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	571	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,348	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,351	15
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,598	22
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	953	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,811	17

How this sale compares

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 →

Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) - Brush, CO

Fri Oct 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,228Last week 871Year ago 1,039

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower, with a few sharply lower. Next available report will be Friday, October 25, 2024

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	351.00	351.00
23	550–600	568	275.00–283.00	277.78
8	600–650	641	266.00	266.00
3	650–700	687	259.00	259.00
19	800–850	829	238.00	238.00
24	850–900	885	239.50	239.50
10	900–950	923	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	674	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	363.00–370.00	366.83
11	500–550	514	295.00–300.00	296.33
5	550–600	559	293.00	293.00
59	700–750	739	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	504	302.50	302.50
20	650–700	671	235.00–246.00	239.35
79	750–800	793	230.00	230.00
12	850–900	863	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	464	305.00–310.00	307.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	337.50	337.50
4	350–400	383	327.50	327.50
10	450–500	455	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	515	281.00	281.00
11	600–650	636	253.00	253.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	370.00	370.00
29	450–500	469	335.00	335.00
35	500–550	522	294.00–307.00	303.24
30	550–600	575	278.00–286.00	281.33
14	600–650	605	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	391	348.00	348.00
18	400–450	404	337.50	337.50
11	600–650	623	261.00–265.00	262.40
7	650–700	699	252.00	252.00
12	700–750	724	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	900–950	933	237.50	237.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	531	271.00–274.00	271.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	581	232.50	232.50
22	750–800	752	212.50	212.50
17	950–1000	953	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	297.00	297.00
5	550–600	571	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	507	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	605	239.00	239.00
67	700–750	726	227.00–238.00	231.76
32	750–800	796	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	242.50	242.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	302.50	302.50
26	450–500	479	262.50–275.00	270.54
12	500–550	510	254.00	254.00
10	600–650	608	229.00	229.00
18	650–700	651	226.00	226.00
33	700–750	717	216.00	216.00
5	750–800	767	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	980	199.00	199.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	302.50–309.00	304.14
5	550–600	579	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	467	290.00	290.00
39	500–550	536	257.00–264.00	259.53
4	600–650	639	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	295.00	295.00
6	450–500	482	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	432	287.00–290.00	288.55
25	550–600	587	233.00–239.00	237.24
5	600–650	638	221.00	221.00
12	700–750	717	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	287.50	287.50
5	500–550	518	237.50	237.50

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.