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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2026-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Oct 16

● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Oct 9Oct 16latest

Receipts

955 head

▲ 435 vs last sale 520▲ 955 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Sale consisted of many high quality yearling cattle and a high percentage of preconditioned calves. Feeder steer sand heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 15.00 higher with some sharply 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 $411.30/cwt on 120 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits +0.00 against this barn's trailing median of $411.30.

Average price

$411.30

120 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,283

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$389

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

$71.33/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.85

vs CO average

−20.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	431.10	2,376	78
Medium and Large 1-2	566	379.77	2,150	31
Medium and Large 2	552	359.77	1,987	11thin

One grade step is worth $71.33/cwt here — about $389 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 sale120 hd

411.30

—

CO average4 barns · 1,024 hd

416.15

−4.85

National average190 barns · 30,929 hd

432.29

−20.99

This barn, trailing median1 sales

411.30

+0.00

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

50 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	392	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,195	5
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	398	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,811	3
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	425	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,125	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	446	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,208	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	540.91/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,494	15
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	470	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,280	7
Steers	450–500	Medium 1-2	480	414.42/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,989	35
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	511	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,903	4
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	513	462.82/cwt	455.00–467.50	2,374	27
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	559	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,124	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	569	417.80/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,377	41
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	379.46/cwt	375.00–385.00	2,186	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	576	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,030	7
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	581	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,324	10
Steers	600–650	Medium 1-2Unweaned	601	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,983	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	604	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,174	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	618	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,348	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	630	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,142	3
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	654	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,158	4
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	693	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,096	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	716	338.98/cwt	337.00–345.00	2,427	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	318.71/cwt	317.00–319.00	2,473	14
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	2,774	60
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	834	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,535	4
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,918	10
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,679	8
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	918	290.66/cwt	290.00–291.00	2,668	29
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	308.50/cwt	308.50–308.50	3,054	53
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,013	303.07/cwt	300.50–306.50	3,070	127
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	340	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,547	3
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	395	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,797	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	403	481.87/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,942	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,854	3
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	442	415.60/cwt	405.00–420.00	1,837	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	473	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,916	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,867	13
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	513	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,693	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	521	381.11/cwt	377.50–382.50	1,986	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	528	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,888	2
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	539	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,967	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	565	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,935	11
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	581	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,816	15
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	622	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,037	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	622	298.66/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,858	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	670	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,077	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	779	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,111	12
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	829	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,363	27
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	890	284.96/cwt	283.00–287.00	2,536	41
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	901	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,559	60
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	903	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,375	4

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 16, 2026

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Receipts 955Last week 520Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	581	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	403	480.00–485.00	481.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	340	455.00	455.00
5	350–400	395	455.00	455.00
10	400–450	442	405.00–420.00	415.60
14	500–550	513	330.00	330.00
12	750–800	779	271.00	271.00
4	900–950	903	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	473	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	528	357.50	357.50
11	550–600	565	342.50	342.50
2	650–700	670	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	622	295.00–305.00	298.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	403	460.00	460.00
13	450–500	488	382.50	382.50
11	500–550	539	365.00	365.00
27	800–850	829	285.00	285.00
41	850–900	890	283.00–287.00	284.96
60	900–950	901	284.00	284.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	521	377.50–382.50	381.11
6	600–650	622	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	601	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	480	405.00–425.00	414.42
4	650–700	693	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
27	500–550	513	455.00–467.50	462.82
41	550–600	569	410.00–420.00	417.80
11	600–650	618	380.00	380.00
16	700–750	716	337.00–345.00	338.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	446	495.00	495.00
18	550–600	559	380.00	380.00
17	600–650	604	360.00	360.00
4	650–700	654	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	425	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	470	485.00	485.00
13	550–600	576	375.00–385.00	379.46
3	600–650	630	340.00	340.00
14	750–800	776	317.00–319.00	318.71
4	800–850	834	304.00	304.00
8	850–900	890	301.00	301.00
29	900–950	918	290.00–291.00	290.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	511	372.50	372.50
7	550–600	576	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	560.00	560.00
15	450–500	461	535.00–550.00	540.91
10	550–600	581	400.00	400.00
60	800–850	811	342.00	342.00
10	850–900	887	329.00	329.00
53	950–1000	990	308.50	308.50
127	1000–1050	1,013	300.50–306.50	303.07

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.