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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-12-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-12

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Dec 12

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Dec 5Dec 12Jan 9 →

Receipts

1,006 head

▼ 472 vs last sale 1,478▼ 220 vs year ago 1,226 · −17.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers traded mostly 3.00 to 15.00 higher, while feeder heifers traded mostly, 2.00 to 10.00 higher. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

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 $440.52/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +29.22 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$440.52

130 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$55.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.00

vs CO average

+9.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	460.05	2,479	50
Medium and Large 1-2	573	430.08	2,465	65
Medium and Large 2	572	426.36	2,438	11thin
Medium 1	585	405.00	2,369	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.05/cwt here — about $110 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 sale130 hd

440.52

—

CO average4 barns · 1,537 hd

435.52

+5.00

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+9.89

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

+29.22

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

48 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	360	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,214	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,354	9
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	497	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,323	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	465.49/cwt	465.00–467.50	2,402	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,296	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	549	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,361	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	456.43/cwt	454.00–463.00	2,529	30
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	571	395.85/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,260	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	432.97/cwt	432.00–445.00	2,511	52
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	4
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	599	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,528	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	619	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,272	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	634	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,409	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	637	403.14/cwt	401.00–412.00	2,568	39
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	640	397.13/cwt	390.00–399.00	2,542	14
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fancy	663	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,692	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	375.67/cwt	372.50–382.00	2,577	22
Steers	700–750	Medium 1Unweaned	727	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,385	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,720	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	776	355.23/cwt	355.00–356.00	2,757	64
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	341.56/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,651	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,777	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,974	18
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,042	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,022	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	398	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,682	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	418	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,829	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,967	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium 1	456	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,847	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	472	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,947	3
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	482	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,952	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1Unweaned	503	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,962	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	520	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,989	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	527	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,839	19
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1-2	528	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,943	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	4
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	572	367.83/cwt	367.00–369.00	2,104	14
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2Unweaned	580	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,688	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	583	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,866	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	586	338.72/cwt	338.00–341.00	1,985	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	588	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,346	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	609	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,046	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	646	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,229	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	675	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,143	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	693	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,412	42
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	333	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,965	5
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	518	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,318	19
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	635	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,238	7

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,006Last week 1,478Year ago 1,226

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	422.50	422.50
3	400–450	418	437.50	437.50
8	450–500	456	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	520	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	528	368.00	368.00
7	550–600	583	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	580	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	503	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	405.00	405.00
4	500–550	548	370.00	370.00
14	550–600	572	367.00–369.00	367.83
11	600–650	646	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	561	340.00	340.00
11	600–650	609	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	440.00	440.00
35	550–600	588	399.00	399.00
42	650–700	693	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	527	349.00	349.00
24	550–600	586	338.00–341.00	338.72
4	650–700	675	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	412.50	412.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	727	328.00	328.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	599	422.00	422.00
5	600–650	634	380.00	380.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	467.50	467.50
7	550–600	571	392.50–400.00	395.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	619	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	445.00	445.00
52	550–600	580	432.00–445.00	432.97
14	600–650	640	390.00–399.00	397.13
22	650–700	686	372.50–382.00	375.67
14	750–800	776	341.00–345.00	341.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	650–700	663	406.00	406.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	535.00	535.00
20	500–550	516	465.00–467.50	465.49
30	550–600	554	454.00–463.00	456.43
39	600–650	637	401.00–412.00	403.14
9	700–750	735	370.00	370.00
64	750–800	776	355.00–356.00	355.23
10	800–850	834	333.00	333.00
18	900–950	918	324.00	324.00
3	1000–1050	1,042	290.00	290.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	615.00	615.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	518	447.50	447.50
7	600–650	635	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	590.00	590.00

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.