Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2024-12-06

Brush

Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Dec 6

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Oct 25Dec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

3,199 head

▲ 1,923 vs last sale 1,276▲ 1,641 vs year ago 1,558 · +105.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first reported sale in over a month. Strong tones were shown for both feeder steers and heifers, with the majority of the calves being weaned over 30 days and preconditioned. Next available report will be Friday, December 13, 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 $317.25/cwt on 532 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −94.05 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$317.25

532 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$37.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs CO average

−8.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	329.14	1,828	144
Medium and Large 1-2	541	321.65	1,739	212
Medium 1-2	544	305.44	1,663	125
Medium and Large 2	562	295.42	1,661	37
Medium 1	547	291.45	1,594	14thin

One grade step is worth $37.69/cwt here — about $233 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 sale532 hd

317.25

—

CO average4 barns · 2,016 hd

315.81

+1.44

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−8.12

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

−94.05

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

80 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 · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	282	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,206	44
Steers	250–300	Medium 1-2	285	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	4
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	433.78/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,453	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	359	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,490	88
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	397	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,509	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	414	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,625	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	401.25/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,673	40
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	417	351.01/cwt	344.00–352.50	1,464	28
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	377.17/cwt	376.00–387.50	1,603	74
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	456	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,792	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	463	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,632	3
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	469	340.01/cwt	339.00–341.00	1,595	150
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	367.96/cwt	360.00–373.00	1,744	43
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	5
Steers	450–500	Medium 1Unweaned	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	505	346.37/cwt	342.50–349.00	1,749	36
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	531	329.82/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,751	119
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	531	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,566	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	534	310.85/cwt	305.00–318.00	1,660	32
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	534	291.84/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,558	11
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	543	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,662	120
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,743	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	563	311.39/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,753	61
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	323.39/cwt	318.50–331.00	1,850	108
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	575	289.25/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,663	16
Steers	550–600	Medium 1-2	576	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,682	5
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	597	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,701	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	620	277.27/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,719	27
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	302.89/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,884	116
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	640	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,702	14
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	292.96/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,884	69
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	656	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,712	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	657	268.86/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,766	31
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	285.22/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,882	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	661	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,705	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	711	278.62/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,981	32
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	714	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,799	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	739	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,803	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	273.51/cwt	272.50–275.00	2,081	63
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	769	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,019	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	882	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,002	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	86
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1-2	285	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	941	9
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	345.41/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,147	20
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1-2	359	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,167	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	125
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	370	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,249	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	384	332.66/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,277	88
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,425	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	328.07/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,417	22
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	334.22/cwt	327.50–338.00	1,534	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2	473	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,313	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	474	317.15/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,503	108
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	498	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,506	4
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1-2Unweaned	499	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,310	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	511	312.32/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,596	75
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	523	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,425	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	292.95/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,541	88
Heifers	500–550	Medium 2Unweaned	528	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,346	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	546	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,474	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 3	548	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,411	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,537	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	6
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	289.58/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,627	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	269.70/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,564	84
Heifers	550–600	Medium 2	599	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,503	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	606	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,491	12
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	611	254.06/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,552	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	263.10/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,644	65
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	652	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,539	13
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	656	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,607	28
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	657	258.69/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,700	18
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	743	244.38/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,816	25
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,903	31
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,273	10
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	367	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,541	34
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,555	6

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 Dec 6, 2024

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

Receipts 3,199Last week 1,276Year ago 1,558

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	450–500	469	339.00–341.00	340.01
11	500–550	534	290.00–295.00	291.84
3	550–600	595	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	432.50–435.00	433.78
88	350–400	359	415.00	415.00
40	400–450	417	395.00–407.50	401.25
6	450–500	456	393.00	393.00
36	500–550	505	342.50–349.00	346.37
108	550–600	572	318.50–331.00	323.39
116	600–650	622	297.00–309.00	302.89
22	650–700	660	282.50–290.00	285.22
32	700–750	711	277.00–279.00	278.62
63	750–800	761	272.50–275.00	273.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	250–300	282	427.50	427.50
6	300–350	313	1,160.00	1,160.00
3	350–400	397	380.00	380.00
74	400–450	425	376.00–387.50	377.17
43	450–500	474	360.00–373.00	367.96
119	500–550	531	321.00–334.00	329.82
61	550–600	563	305.00–316.00	311.39
69	600–650	643	292.50–295.00	292.96
31	650–700	657	265.00–274.00	268.86
7	750–800	769	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	1,150.00	1,150.00
5	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
120	500–550	543	306.00	306.00
5	550–600	576	292.00	292.00
14	600–650	640	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	417	344.00–352.50	351.01
3	450–500	463	352.50	352.50
7	500–550	549	317.50	317.50
16	550–600	575	289.00–290.00	289.25
8	650–700	656	261.00	261.00
7	700–750	714	252.00	252.00
3	850–900	882	227.00	227.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	531	295.00	295.00
5	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
15	700–750	739	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	534	305.00–318.00	310.85
27	600–650	620	276.00–281.00	277.27
22	650–700	661	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	414	392.50	392.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	497	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
125	350–400	368	360.00	360.00
7	400–450	419	340.00	340.00
43	450–500	459	327.50–338.00	334.22
75	500–550	511	305.00–315.00	312.32
32	550–600	562	282.00–295.00	289.58
65	600–650	625	260.00–272.50	263.10
18	650–700	657	252.50–262.00	258.69
25	700–750	743	238.00–248.00	244.38
31	850–900	881	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	350–400	384	332.50–337.50	332.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	332	342.50–355.00	345.41
3	350–400	370	337.50	337.50
22	400–450	432	325.00–337.50	328.07
108	450–500	474	307.50–320.00	317.15
88	500–550	526	287.50–297.00	292.95
84	550–600	580	261.00–278.00	269.70
31	600–650	611	249.00–259.00	254.06
13	650–700	652	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	285	330.00	330.00
4	350–400	359	325.00	325.00
13	450–500	473	277.50	277.50
20	500–550	546	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	272.50	272.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	599	251.00	251.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	656	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	498	302.50	302.50
6	550–600	558	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	257.50	257.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	280.00	280.00
12	600–650	606	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	499	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	286	445.00	445.00
34	350–400	367	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	365.00	365.00

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.