Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-10-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available as this was the first sale of the fall run with high reportable receipts. Market had strong tones for high quality weaned calves. Next reportable sale will be Friday, October 18, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $290.23/cwt on 93 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −173.58 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$290.23

93 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,569

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$171

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

$47.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.10

vs CO average

−4.08 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	524	298.88	1,567	32
Medium and Large 1-2	544	298.15	1,622	37
Medium 1	557	288.20	1,606	10thin
Medium 1-2	556	251.00	1,396	14thin

One grade step is worth $47.88/cwt here — about $171 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 sale93 hd

290.23

—

CO average4 barns · 793 hd

283.13

+7.10

National average177 barns · 23,944 hd

294.31

−4.08

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−173.58

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

68 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	511	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,528	4
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	472	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,475	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,570	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	867	235.31/cwt	231.00–239.00	2,040	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,833	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	356.88/cwt	356.00–364.00	1,577	25
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	588	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,652	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,175	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,909	2
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	468	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,404	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	621	256.94/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,596	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	641	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,545	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	902	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,219	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	694	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,811	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,054	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	476	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,342	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	663	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,658	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	431	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,401	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	568	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,534	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	711	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	452	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,492	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	573	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,593	16
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	556	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,396	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	493	315.41/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,555	39
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	442	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,392	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	605	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,664	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	430	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	1,475	10
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	683	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,509	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	227.46/cwt	227.00–228.00	1,847	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,048	17
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	700–750	713	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,515	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	550–600	585	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,360	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	349	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,291	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,099	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,132	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,395	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,328	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,353	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	983	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,917	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	648	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,568	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,228	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	466	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,282	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	970	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,163	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	615	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,525	25
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	700–750	742	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,799	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	645	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,393	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,719	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	599	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,462	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	418	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,359	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	575	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,409	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,375	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	759	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,860	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	519	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,396	12
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	388	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,213	4
Steers	Large 1	950–1000	975	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,301	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	875	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,144	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	254.56/cwt	252.00–256.00	1,998	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,188	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	406	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,218	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	476	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,366	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	842	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,130	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	287.94/cwt	284.00–291.00	1,759	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	241.23/cwt	240.00–245.00	1,860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	1,636	21

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 →

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	312.50	312.50
4	500–550	511	299.00	299.00
6	550–600	588	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	310	375.00	375.00
6	350–400	382	360.00	360.00
25	400–450	442	356.00–364.00	356.88
27	600–650	611	284.00–291.00	287.94
25	650–700	651	281.50	281.50
11	750–800	785	252.00–256.00	254.56
14	800–850	842	253.00	253.00
7	850–900	886	247.00	247.00
37	900–950	902	246.00	246.00
2	1050–1100	1,098	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	518	303.00	303.00
4	750–800	759	245.00	245.00
2	1150–1200	1,175	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	372.50	372.50
21	500–550	522	313.50	313.50
12	750–800	771	240.00–245.00	241.23
26	850–900	867	231.00–239.00	235.31
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	315.00	315.00
8	450–500	468	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	325.00	325.00
39	450–500	493	310.00–320.00	315.41
4	550–600	568	270.00	270.00
13	600–650	621	250.00–260.00	256.94
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	641	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	694	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	476	282.00	282.00
14	550–600	556	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	430	343.00	343.00
3	450–500	452	330.00	330.00
16	550–600	573	278.00	278.00
12	600–650	605	275.00	275.00
9	650–700	663	250.00	250.00
5	700–750	711	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	742	242.50	242.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	950–1000	975	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	850–900	875	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	683	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	485	279.00	279.00
4	700–750	738	241.00	241.00
11	800–850	812	227.00–228.00	227.46
17	850–900	879	233.00	233.00
2	950–1000	970	223.00	223.00
4	1050–1100	1,099	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	713	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	585	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	586	238.00	238.00
4	800–850	845	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	383	333.00	333.00
13	450–500	490	271.00	271.00
9	550–600	599	244.00	244.00
2	600–650	648	242.00	242.00
5	750–800	778	221.00	221.00
2	800–850	820	217.00	217.00
2	950–1000	983	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	372	330.00	330.00
6	400–450	418	325.00	325.00
12	450–500	476	287.00	287.00
25	600–650	615	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	406	300.00	300.00
19	450–500	466	275.00	275.00
12	500–550	519	269.00	269.00
9	550–600	575	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	645	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	388	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	349	370.00	370.00

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