Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as this is the first reported sale in over a month. Strong tones were shown for both feeder steers and heifers, with the majority of the calves being weaned over 30 days and preconditioned. Next available report will be Friday, December 13, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $317.25/cwt on 532 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −146.56 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$317.25

532 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,736

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$233

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$37.69/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.44

vs CO average

−8.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	329.14	1,828	144
Medium and Large 1-2	541	321.65	1,739	212
Medium 1-2	544	305.44	1,663	125
Medium and Large 2	562	295.42	1,661	37
Medium 1	547	291.45	1,594	14thin

One grade step is worth $37.69/cwt here — about $233 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 sale532 hd

317.25

—

CO average4 barns · 2,016 hd

315.81

+1.44

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

−8.12

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−146.56

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

80 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	450–500	469	340.01/cwt	339.00–341.00	1,595	150
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	534	291.84/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,558	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	401.25/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,673	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	302.89/cwt	297.00–309.00	1,884	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	285.22/cwt	282.50–290.00	1,882	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	268.86/cwt	265.00–274.00	1,766	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	359	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,490	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	273.51/cwt	272.50–275.00	2,081	63
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	543	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,662	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	329.82/cwt	321.00–334.00	1,751	119
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	475	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,473	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	311.39/cwt	305.00–316.00	1,753	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	433.78/cwt	432.50–435.00	1,453	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	456	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	1,792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	367.96/cwt	360.00–373.00	1,744	43
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	576	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,743	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	882	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,002	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	769	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,019	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	397	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,509	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	714	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,799	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,632	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	531	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,566	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	597	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,701	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,206	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	292.96/cwt	292.50–295.00	1,884	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	277.27/cwt	276.00–281.00	1,719	27
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	417	351.01/cwt	344.00–352.50	1,464	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	534	310.85/cwt	305.00–318.00	1,660	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	414	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,625	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	661	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,705	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	289.25/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,663	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	700–750	739	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,803	15
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	450–500	497	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,615	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,425	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	258.69/cwt	252.50–262.00	1,700	18
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	384	332.66/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,277	88
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,541	34
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,273	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,555	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	263.10/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,644	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,903	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	345.41/cwt	342.50–355.00	1,147	20
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	546	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,474	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	334.22/cwt	327.50–338.00	1,534	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	244.38/cwt	238.00–248.00	1,816	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	289.58/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,627	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,249	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	254.06/cwt	249.00–259.00	1,552	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	269.70/cwt	261.00–278.00	1,564	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,064	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,325	125
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	473	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,313	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	328.07/cwt	325.00–337.50	1,417	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	317.15/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,503	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	292.95/cwt	287.50–297.00	1,541	88
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	523	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,425	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	312.32/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,596	75
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	599	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,503	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	359	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,167	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	656	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,607	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	498	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,506	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	285	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	941	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,539	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	500–550	548	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,411	2
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	500–550	528	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,346	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	656	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,712	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	346.37/cwt	342.50–349.00	1,749	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	606	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,491	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,537	4
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	595	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,726	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	450–500	499	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,310	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	640	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,702	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	323.39/cwt	318.50–331.00	1,850	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	425	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	1,160.00/head	1,160.00–1,160.00	1,160	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	250–300	285	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	377.17/cwt	376.00–387.50	1,603	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	278.62/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,981	32

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 6, 2024

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

Receipts 3,199Last week 1,276Year ago 1,558

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
150	450–500	469	339.00–341.00	340.01
11	500–550	534	290.00–295.00	291.84
3	550–600	595	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	300–350	335	432.50–435.00	433.78
88	350–400	359	415.00	415.00
40	400–450	417	395.00–407.50	401.25
6	450–500	456	393.00	393.00
36	500–550	505	342.50–349.00	346.37
108	550–600	572	318.50–331.00	323.39
116	600–650	622	297.00–309.00	302.89
22	650–700	660	282.50–290.00	285.22
32	700–750	711	277.00–279.00	278.62
63	750–800	761	272.50–275.00	273.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	250–300	282	427.50	427.50
6	300–350	313	1,160.00	1,160.00
3	350–400	397	380.00	380.00
74	400–450	425	376.00–387.50	377.17
43	450–500	474	360.00–373.00	367.96
119	500–550	531	321.00–334.00	329.82
61	550–600	563	305.00–316.00	311.39
69	600–650	643	292.50–295.00	292.96
31	650–700	657	265.00–274.00	268.86
7	750–800	769	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	285	1,150.00	1,150.00
5	450–500	475	310.00	310.00
120	500–550	543	306.00	306.00
5	550–600	576	292.00	292.00
14	600–650	640	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	400–450	417	344.00–352.50	351.01
3	450–500	463	352.50	352.50
7	500–550	549	317.50	317.50
16	550–600	575	289.00–290.00	289.25
8	650–700	656	261.00	261.00
7	700–750	714	252.00	252.00
3	850–900	882	227.00	227.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	531	295.00	295.00
5	550–600	597	285.00	285.00
15	700–750	739	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
32	500–550	534	305.00–318.00	310.85
27	600–650	620	276.00–281.00	277.27
22	650–700	661	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	414	392.50	392.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	497	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	250–300	280	380.00	380.00
125	350–400	368	360.00	360.00
7	400–450	419	340.00	340.00
43	450–500	459	327.50–338.00	334.22
75	500–550	511	305.00–315.00	312.32
32	550–600	562	282.00–295.00	289.58
65	600–650	625	260.00–272.50	263.10
18	650–700	657	252.50–262.00	258.69
25	700–750	743	238.00–248.00	244.38
31	850–900	881	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	350–400	384	332.50–337.50	332.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	332	342.50–355.00	345.41
3	350–400	370	337.50	337.50
22	400–450	432	325.00–337.50	328.07
108	450–500	474	307.50–320.00	317.15
88	500–550	526	287.50–297.00	292.95
84	550–600	580	261.00–278.00	269.70
31	600–650	611	249.00–259.00	254.06
13	650–700	652	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	285	330.00	330.00
4	350–400	359	325.00	325.00
13	450–500	473	277.50	277.50
20	500–550	546	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	599	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	656	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	425	320.00	320.00
4	450–500	498	302.50	302.50
6	550–600	558	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	500–550	548	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	528	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	549	280.00	280.00
12	600–650	606	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	499	262.50	262.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	286	445.00	445.00
34	350–400	367	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	426	365.00	365.00

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