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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Oct 25

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Oct 18Oct 25Dec 6 →

Receipts

1,276 head

▲ 48 vs last sale 1,228▼ 400 vs year ago 1,676 · −23.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers traded mostly steady to 1.00 higher. The exception being 500 weight steers that traded sharply higher due to a drastically larger number of receipts this week in this weight range. Feeder heifers traded mostly steady to 1.00 lower. Next available report will be Friday, November 1, 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 $291.04/cwt on 253 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −120.27 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$291.04

253 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,607

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$271

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

$64.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.35

vs CO average

−8.00 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	299.83	1,634	169
Medium and Large 1-2	574	281.79	1,617	56
Large 1	529	275.00	1,455	15thin
Medium 1-2	580	235.00	1,363	13thin

One grade step is worth $64.83/cwt here — about $271 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale253 hd

291.04

—

CO average5 barns · 1,779 hd

286.69

+4.35

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

−8.00

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

−120.27

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

63 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	378	376.17/cwt	375.00–377.50	1,422	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	448	336.25/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,506	4
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	462	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,525	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,411	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	487	316.42/cwt	312.00–317.00	1,541	34
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	523	304.32/cwt	292.50–312.00	1,592	94
Steers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	529	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,455	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	571	295.26/cwt	287.50–298.50	1,686	44
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	574	281.79/cwt	277.50–282.50	1,617	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	292.72/cwt	291.00–294.00	1,683	31
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2Full	580	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,363	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,690	5
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	619	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,597	32
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	623	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,726	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	635	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,657	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	636	268.38/cwt	264.00–273.00	1,707	52
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Full	654	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,511	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	682	265.88/cwt	265.00–266.00	1,813	32
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,876	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,870	2
Steers	700–750	Large 1Unweaned	703	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,617	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	720	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,771	14
Steers	700–750	Medium 1-2Full	733	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,583	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	862	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,991	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	239.31/cwt	237.00–241.00	2,106	7
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,020	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,377	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	393	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,258	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	434	289.00/cwt	288.00–290.00	1,254	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	436	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,199	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	286.42/cwt	285.00–291.00	1,329	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	469	276.37/cwt	270.00–279.00	1,296	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	498	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,325	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,357	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Full	524	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,210	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	526	241.76/cwt	240.00–249.50	1,272	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	537	259.13/cwt	252.50–260.00	1,392	56
Heifers	500–550	Large 1Unweaned	547	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,272	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	570	246.22/cwt	245.00–247.00	1,403	60
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	238.08/cwt	235.00–239.50	1,359	20
Heifers	550–600	Large 2Unweaned	591	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,282	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	607	234.94/cwt	229.00–235.50	1,426	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2Full	607	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,317	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	613	239.59/cwt	239.00–242.00	1,469	55
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	628	238.98/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,501	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	628	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,419	3
Heifers	600–650	Large 2Unweaned	637	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,325	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	641	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,404	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	660	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,432	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	663	228.48/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,515	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,572	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	763	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,717	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	800	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,740	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,838	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	866	208.55/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,806	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium 1-2	955	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,891	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	992	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,984	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	506	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,316	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	586	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,471	6
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 2	595	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,354	28
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,603	10
Bulls	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,908	3

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 25, 2024

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

Receipts 1,276Last week 1,228Year ago 1,676

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	575	291.00–294.00	292.72
6	650–700	687	273.00	273.00
2	700–750	703	266.00	266.00
7	850–900	880	237.00–241.00	239.31
36	1000–1050	1,020	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	378	375.00–377.50	376.17
4	400–450	448	330.00–342.50	336.25
7	450–500	462	330.00	330.00
94	500–550	523	292.50–312.00	304.32
44	550–600	571	287.50–298.50	295.26
5	600–650	608	278.00	278.00
32	650–700	682	265.00–266.00	265.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	500–550	529	275.00	275.00
32	600–650	619	258.00	258.00
9	700–750	703	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	580	235.00	235.00
3	700–750	733	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	654	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	635	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	480	294.00	294.00
7	600–650	623	277.00	277.00
10	850–900	862	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	487	312.00–317.00	316.42
56	550–600	574	277.50–282.50	281.79
52	600–650	636	264.00–273.00	268.38
14	700–750	720	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	393	320.00	320.00
8	400–450	434	288.00–290.00	289.00
52	450–500	464	285.00–291.00	286.42
56	500–550	537	252.50–260.00	259.13
60	550–600	570	245.00–247.00	246.22
55	600–650	613	239.00–242.00	239.59
8	650–700	663	226.00–236.00	228.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	250	750.00	750.00
8	450–500	498	266.00	266.00
5	600–650	641	219.00	219.00
5	650–700	660	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	607	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	550–600	591	217.00	217.00
3	600–650	637	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	628	226.00	226.00
5	950–1000	955	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
4	500–550	516	263.00	263.00
4	650–700	676	232.50	232.50
3	750–800	763	225.00	225.00
7	800–850	824	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	600–650	628	230.00–242.00	238.98
2	800–850	800	217.50	217.50
17	850–900	866	205.00–212.00	208.55
9	950–1000	992	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	469	270.00–279.00	276.37
19	500–550	526	240.00–249.50	241.76
20	550–600	571	235.00–239.50	238.08
37	600–650	607	229.00–235.50	234.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	547	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	436	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	524	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	260.00	260.00
3	750–800	795	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	595	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	694	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	586	251.00	251.00

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.