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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Jan 10

● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Dec 13Jan 10Jan 17 →

Receipts

2,355 head

▲ 1,129 vs last sale 1,226▲ 462 vs year ago 1,893 · +24.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as the last reported sale was nearly a month ago. Market had strong tones and was stronger than before the holiday break. Next available report will be Friday, January 17, 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 $349.00/cwt on 398 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −62.30 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$349.00

398 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$50.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.29

vs CO average

+6.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	356.90	1,991	209
Medium and Large 1-2	561	347.65	1,950	135
Medium and Large 2	587	326.81	1,918	41
Medium 1	587	306.13	1,797	13thin

One grade step is worth $50.77/cwt here — about $194 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 sale398 hd

349.00

—

CO average5 barns · 2,235 hd

338.71

+10.29

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+6.92

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

−62.30

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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	434.29/cwt	434.00–435.00	1,616	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,588	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	420.77/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,746	14
Steers	400–450	Medium 1	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	444	408.80/cwt	408.00–410.00	1,815	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	466	394.84/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,840	24
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	470	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,727	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	491	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,669	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	382.56/cwt	377.00–384.00	1,890	29
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	379.34/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,931	52
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,970	39
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	571	339.58/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,939	96
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	349.47/cwt	349.00–352.50	2,006	157
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	587	326.81/cwt	321.00–331.00	1,918	41
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	587	306.13/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,797	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	615	344.78/cwt	337.50–348.00	2,120	86
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	634	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,902	25
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	331.37/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,114	54
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	640	316.50/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,026	41
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	650	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,966	17
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	321.10/cwt	320.00–323.50	2,100	76
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	666	309.72/cwt	302.50–312.00	2,063	46
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	692	294.63/cwt	287.50–297.00	2,039	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	702	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,141	51
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	730	291.88/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,131	62
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Full	743	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,118	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,124	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	757	292.92/cwt	287.00–299.00	2,217	99
Steers	750–800	Large 1	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	3
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	797	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,012	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	854	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,237	19
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	316	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,193	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	352	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,355	4
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	374	358.91/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,342	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,505	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	381.83/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,566	12
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	429	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,491	9
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1-2	429	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,416	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,617	13
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,719	23
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	459	373.97/cwt	371.00–378.00	1,717	37
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	477	346.40/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,652	34
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	358.76/cwt	355.00–362.00	1,733	35
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	497	332.97/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,655	27
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	518	308.37/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,597	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	335.01/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,742	81
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	526	326.52/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,717	44
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	319.69/cwt	316.75–328.00	1,835	209
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	305.98/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,769	39
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	580	292.56/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,697	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	586	283.23/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,660	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	607	300.81/cwt	296.00–302.00	1,826	45
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	634	282.51/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,791	83
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	281.49/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,841	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	265.55/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,814	69
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	705	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,639	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	732	254.49/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,863	39
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	789	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,874	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	830	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,959	4
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	838	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,070	4
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	10
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	912	234.41/cwt	226.00–237.50	2,138	47
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,168	5

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 Jan 10, 2025

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

Receipts 2,355Last week 1,226Year ago 1,893

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	372	434.00–435.00	434.29
14	400–450	415	415.00–425.00	420.77
24	450–500	466	390.00–400.00	394.84
52	500–550	509	377.50–385.00	379.34
157	550–600	574	349.00–352.50	349.47
86	600–650	615	337.50–348.00	344.78
76	650–700	654	320.00–323.50	321.10
51	700–750	702	305.00	305.00
99	750–800	757	287.00–299.00	292.92
19	850–900	854	262.00	262.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	419.00	419.00
10	400–450	444	408.00–410.00	408.80
29	450–500	494	377.00–384.00	382.56
39	500–550	536	367.50	367.50
96	550–600	571	335.00–347.50	339.58
54	600–650	638	325.00–335.00	331.37
46	650–700	666	302.50–312.00	309.72
62	700–750	730	290.00–298.00	291.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	797	252.50	252.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	367.50	367.50
41	550–600	587	321.00–331.00	326.81
41	600–650	640	315.00–319.00	316.50
24	650–700	692	287.50–297.00	294.63
6	700–750	748	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	340.00	340.00
25	600–650	634	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
13	550–600	587	305.00–307.50	306.13
17	650–700	650	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	743	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	780	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	377.50	377.50
8	350–400	374	355.00–362.50	358.91
34	450–500	477	342.50–350.00	346.40
13	550–600	580	291.00–295.00	292.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	330.00	330.00
18	500–550	518	305.00–315.00	308.37
11	550–600	586	280.00–285.00	283.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	390.00	390.00
12	400–450	410	380.00–382.50	381.83
37	450–500	459	371.00–378.00	373.97
81	500–550	520	330.00–340.00	335.01
209	550–600	574	316.75–328.00	319.69
45	600–650	607	296.00–302.00	300.81
25	650–700	654	277.50–285.00	281.49
4	800–850	838	247.00	247.00
47	900–950	912	226.00–237.50	234.41
5	950–1000	981	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	429	347.50	347.50
27	450–500	497	332.50–335.00	332.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	705	232.50	232.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	450	382.00	382.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	385.00	385.00
13	400–450	437	370.00	370.00
35	450–500	483	355.00–362.00	358.76
44	500–550	526	320.00–327.50	326.52
39	550–600	578	299.00–310.00	305.98
83	600–650	634	277.50–287.50	282.51
69	650–700	683	263.00–270.00	265.55
39	700–750	732	249.00–257.00	254.49
12	750–800	789	237.50	237.50
4	800–850	830	236.00	236.00
10	850–900	890	235.00	235.00

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.