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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Jan 9

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Dec 12Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

2,270 head

▲ 1,264 vs last sale 1,006▼ 85 vs year ago 2,355 · −3.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Both feeder steers and feeder heifers were sharply higher. There is no trend available due to no sales of the holidays. 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 $471.47/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 2 of 1 comparable sales and sits +60.17 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$471.47

127 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

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

$47.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.55

vs CO average

+5.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	487.51	2,667	64
Medium and Large 1-2	566	458.39	2,595	52
Medium and Large 2	582	440.00	2,561	5thin
Medium 1-2	512	440.00	2,253	6thin

One grade step is worth $47.51/cwt here — about $414 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 sale127 hd

471.47

—

CO average4 barns · 796 hd

466.92

+4.55

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+5.14

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

+60.17

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

61 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 1-2	398	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,209	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,317	8
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	447	561.00/cwt	561.00–561.00	2,508	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	454	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,429	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	494	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,490	16
Steers	500–550	Medium 1-2	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	483.22/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,556	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	533	493.34/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,630	33
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	481.30/cwt	475.00–482.50	2,705	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	574	453.19/cwt	452.00–457.50	2,601	43
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	582	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,561	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	613	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,765	47
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	440.47/cwt	437.50–442.50	2,740	204
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2	629	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,529	19
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	422.30/cwt	417.50–428.00	2,690	46
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	646	413.53/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,671	20
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	653	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,628	4
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	656	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,722	19
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	397.66/cwt	392.50–401.00	2,724	141
Steers	650–700	Large 1	689	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,790	8
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	693	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,668	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	385.03/cwt	381.00–388.00	2,784	233
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	361.36/cwt	357.50–367.00	2,652	10
Steers	750–800	Medium 1-2	750	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,681	4
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	366.01/cwt	362.00–371.50	2,829	68
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	819	347.61/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,847	47
Steers	850–900	Medium 1-2	865	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,638	3
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	872	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,817	15
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	309.55/cwt	307.00–311.00	2,842	17
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	923	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,124	5
Steers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,130	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,221	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	388	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,173	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,117	4
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	462	480.05/cwt	475.00–482.50	2,218	15
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	483.24/cwt	475.00–487.50	2,305	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	478	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,235	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	447.48/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,390	92
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	547	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,366	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	548	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,274	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	556	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,266	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	558	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,305	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	564	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,572	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	436.05/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,477	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1-2	594	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,302	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	425.19/cwt	422.00–426.00	2,606	108
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	621	400.85/cwt	398.00–406.00	2,489	20
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1-2	632	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,338	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium 1	635	388.77/cwt	387.00–390.00	2,469	39
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	372.93/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,461	97
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	682	366.91/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,502	63
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	361.31/cwt	358.00–367.50	2,565	37
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,538	5
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,594	28
Heifers	750–800	Medium 1-2	775	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,426	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	840	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,722	29
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	944	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,615	36
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	955	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,703	7
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,029	277.71/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,858	73
Heifers	1300–1350	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1,310	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,803	10

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 9, 2026

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

Receipts 2,270Last week 1,006Year ago 2,355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	467.50	467.50
3	500–550	548	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	556	407.50	407.50
39	600–650	635	387.00–390.00	388.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	594	387.50	387.50
3	600–650	632	370.00	370.00
3	750–800	775	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	495.00	495.00
15	450–500	462	475.00–482.50	480.05
7	500–550	547	432.50	432.50
5	550–600	558	413.00	413.00
20	600–650	621	398.00–406.00	400.85
63	650–700	682	365.00–367.00	366.91
5	700–750	720	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	388	560.00	560.00
4	400–450	415	510.00	510.00
9	450–500	477	475.00–487.50	483.24
92	500–550	534	442.50–455.00	447.48
12	550–600	568	435.00–437.50	436.05
108	600–650	613	422.00–426.00	425.19
97	650–700	660	369.00–380.00	372.93
37	700–750	710	358.00–367.50	361.31
28	750–800	752	345.00	345.00
7	950–1000	955	283.00	283.00
73	1000–1050	1,029	271.00–280.00	277.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	655	375.00	375.00
29	800–850	840	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	900–950	944	277.00	277.00
10	1300–1350	1,310	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	564	456.00	456.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	582	440.00	440.00
20	600–650	646	407.50–415.00	413.53
4	650–700	653	402.50	402.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	689	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
19	600–650	629	402.00	402.00
19	650–700	693	385.00	385.00
4	750–800	750	357.50	357.50
3	850–900	865	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	555.00	555.00
8	400–450	429	540.00	540.00
16	450–500	494	504.00	504.00
9	500–550	529	480.00–487.50	483.22
43	550–600	574	452.00–457.50	453.19
46	600–650	637	417.50–428.00	422.30
141	650–700	685	392.50–401.00	397.66
10	700–750	734	357.50–367.00	361.36
15	850–900	872	323.00	323.00
17	900–950	918	307.00–311.00	309.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	561.00	561.00
8	450–500	454	535.00	535.00
33	500–550	533	485.00–497.50	493.34
31	550–600	562	475.00–482.50	481.30
204	600–650	622	437.50–442.50	440.47
19	650–700	656	415.00	415.00
233	700–750	723	381.00–388.00	385.03
68	750–800	773	362.00–371.50	366.01
47	800–850	819	341.00–351.00	347.61
5	900–950	923	338.50	338.50
5	1100–1150	1,130	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	613	451.00	451.00

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.