Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower, with a few sharply lower. Next available report will be Friday, October 25, 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $287.38/cwt on 151 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −176.43 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$287.38

151 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$81

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

$30.60/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.72

vs CO average

−11.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	504	302.50	1,525	10thin
Medium and Large 1	542	293.28	1,590	84
Large 1	515	281.00	1,447	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	568	277.78	1,578	23
Medium 1-2	531	271.90	1,444	23

One grade step is worth $30.60/cwt here — about $81 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 sale151 hd

287.38

—

CO average4 barns · 1,247 hd

282.66

+4.72

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−11.95

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−176.43

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

71 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 and Large 1-2	800–850	829	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,973	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,705	8
Steers	Medium 2	650–700	674	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,570	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	296.33/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,523	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	793	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,824	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,393	3
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	464	307.98/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,429	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	389	366.83/cwt	363.00–370.00	1,427	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,779	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	277.78/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,578	23
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	300–350	314	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,060	9
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	636	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,609	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	575	281.33/cwt	278.00–286.00	1,618	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	671	239.35/cwt	235.00–246.00	1,606	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,712	14
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	500–550	515	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,447	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,160	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	504	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,525	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	404	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,364	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	522	303.24/cwt	294.00–307.00	1,583	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	391	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,361	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	394	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,458	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	469	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,571	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	699	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,761	7
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	455	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,365	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	623	262.40/cwt	261.00–265.00	1,635	11
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	424	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	1,179	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	724	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,701	12
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	383	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,254	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,351	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,811	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	752	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,598	22
Bulls	Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	410	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,218	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	507	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,217	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,348	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,839	32
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	522	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,263	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	231.76/cwt	227.00–238.00	1,683	67
Heifers	Medium 2	450–500	494	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,198	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	386	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,150	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	513	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,236	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	270.54/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,296	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	980	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,950	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,295	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,471	18
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	415	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,392	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	383	304.14/cwt	302.50–309.00	1,165	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,446	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	536	259.53/cwt	257.00–264.00	1,391	39
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	250–300	290	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	856	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	767	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,630	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,264	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	717	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,506	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	717	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,549	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	432	288.55/cwt	287.00–290.00	1,247	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	639	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,495	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	467	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,354	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	587	237.24/cwt	233.00–239.00	1,393	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,120	24
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	482	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,277	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	525	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	638	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,410	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	389	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,118	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	579	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	739	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,958	59
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,230	5
Steers	Large 1-2	900–950	933	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,216	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,638	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	531	271.90/cwt	271.00–274.00	1,444	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	863	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,950	12

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 18, 2024

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

Receipts 1,228Last week 871Year ago 1,039

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 8.00 lower, with a few sharply lower. Next available report will be Friday, October 25, 2024

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	397	351.00	351.00
23	550–600	568	275.00–283.00	277.78
8	600–650	641	266.00	266.00
3	650–700	687	259.00	259.00
19	800–850	829	238.00	238.00
24	850–900	885	239.50	239.50
10	900–950	923	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	650–700	674	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	363.00–370.00	366.83
11	500–550	514	295.00–300.00	296.33
5	550–600	559	293.00	293.00
59	700–750	739	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	504	302.50	302.50
20	650–700	671	235.00–246.00	239.35
79	750–800	793	230.00	230.00
12	850–900	863	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	464	305.00–310.00	307.98
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	314	337.50	337.50
4	350–400	383	327.50	327.50
10	450–500	455	300.00	300.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	515	281.00	281.00
11	600–650	636	253.00	253.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	394	370.00	370.00
29	450–500	469	335.00	335.00
35	500–550	522	294.00–307.00	303.24
30	550–600	575	278.00–286.00	281.33
14	600–650	605	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	391	348.00	348.00
18	400–450	404	337.50	337.50
11	600–650	623	261.00–265.00	262.40
7	650–700	699	252.00	252.00
12	700–750	724	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	424	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	525	286.00	286.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	900–950	933	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	531	271.00–274.00	271.90
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	581	232.50	232.50
22	750–800	752	212.50	212.50
17	950–1000	953	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	410	297.00	297.00
5	550–600	571	236.00	236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	507	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	605	239.00	239.00
67	700–750	726	227.00–238.00	231.76
32	750–800	796	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	522	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	494	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	386	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	302.50	302.50
26	450–500	479	262.50–275.00	270.54
12	500–550	510	254.00	254.00
10	600–650	608	229.00	229.00
18	650–700	651	226.00	226.00
33	700–750	717	216.00	216.00
5	750–800	767	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	950–1000	980	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	415	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	383	302.50–309.00	304.14
5	550–600	579	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	450–500	467	290.00	290.00
39	500–550	536	257.00–264.00	259.53
4	600–650	639	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	290	295.00	295.00
6	450–500	482	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	432	287.00–290.00	288.55
25	550–600	587	233.00–239.00	237.24
5	600–650	638	221.00	221.00
12	700–750	717	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	389	287.50	287.50
5	500–550	518	237.50	237.50

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