Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 higher with a few sharply higher, as the majority of the calves were weaned and had a vaccination program. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.48/cwt on 257 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −137.33 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$326.48

257 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,839

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$429

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

$42.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.37

vs CO average

+2.13 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	332.94	1,885	155
Medium and Large 1-2	560	324.95	1,818	55
Medium and Large 2	551	317.63	1,749	27
Medium 1	580	301.00	1,746	3thin
Medium 2	583	291.33	1,698	14thin
Medium 1-2	502	290.00	1,456	3thin

One grade step is worth $42.94/cwt here — about $429 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 sale257 hd

326.48

—

CO average4 barns · 2,381 hd

318.11

+8.37

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+2.13

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−137.33

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

56 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,604	65
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	523	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	458	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,287	6
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	366	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,208	7
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	542	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,491	9
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	431	291.11/cwt	290.00–295.00	1,255	41
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	643	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,800	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	593	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,862	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	318.90/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,709	20
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	404	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,212	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	496	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,748	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	577	320.50/cwt	320.50–320.50	1,849	35
Steers	Medium 2	550–600	583	291.33/cwt	291.00–292.50	1,698	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	679	268.55/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,823	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	2,145	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	314.73/cwt	313.00–316.00	1,917	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	604	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	1,866	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	388	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,465	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	297.15/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,807	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	396.11/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,466	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	2,190	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	332.74/cwt	329.00–338.00	1,760	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	659	281.85/cwt	279.00–287.50	1,857	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	502	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,456	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	446	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,461	4
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	350–400	390	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,180	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	483	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,473	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,588	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,851	77
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	488	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,342	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	914	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	1,727	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,725	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,673	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	254.53/cwt	251.00–262.00	1,614	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	294.11/cwt	291.00–297.00	1,535	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	458	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,740	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	347	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,293	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	268.63/cwt	267.50–271.00	1,545	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,724	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	285.42/cwt	282.00–295.00	1,527	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	812	214.27/cwt	212.50–216.00	1,740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	580	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,746	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	300–350	347	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	998	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	584	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,475	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	564	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,438	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,549	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	332.37/cwt	327.50–333.00	1,888	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,749	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	928	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,014	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	467	316.09/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,476	27
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	479	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,605	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	277.98/cwt	269.00–278.50	2,135	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,679	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,974	11

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 13, 2024

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Receipts 1,226Last week 3,199Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	600–650	623	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	523	282.50	282.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	366	330.00	330.00
41	400–450	431	290.00–295.00	291.11
6	450–500	458	281.00	281.00
9	500–550	542	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	390	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	483	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	500	317.50	317.50
34	600–650	604	277.00	277.00
4	650–700	651	265.00	265.00
77	700–750	716	258.50	258.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	347	287.50	287.50
3	450–500	488	275.00	275.00
9	550–600	584	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	467	307.50–320.00	316.09
18	500–550	535	282.00–295.00	285.42
4	550–600	564	255.00	255.00
3	600–650	622	249.00	249.00
10	800–850	812	212.50–216.00	214.27
8	900–950	914	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	500–550	522	291.00–297.00	294.11
25	550–600	575	267.50–271.00	268.63
52	600–650	634	251.00–262.00	254.53
11	650–700	695	248.00	248.00
6	900–950	928	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	458	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	347	372.50	372.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	536	312.50–320.00	318.90
7	550–600	593	314.00	314.00
5	600–650	643	280.00	280.00
11	650–700	679	268.00–270.00	268.55
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	404	300.00	300.00
14	550–600	583	291.00–292.50	291.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	388	377.50	377.50
14	450–500	496	352.50	352.50
35	550–600	577	320.50	320.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	450–500	452	387.00	387.00
5	500–550	507	350.00	350.00
150	550–600	568	327.50–333.00	332.37
42	600–650	609	313.00–316.00	314.73
3	650–700	665	297.50	297.50
54	750–800	768	269.00–278.50	277.98
10	800–850	811	264.50	264.50
24	900–950	921	237.75	237.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	604	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	370	390.00–400.00	396.11
13	450–500	481	349.00	349.00
20	500–550	529	329.00–338.00	332.74
21	600–650	608	295.00–298.00	297.15
25	650–700	659	279.00–287.50	281.85
11	700–750	734	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	446	327.50	327.50
3	500–550	502	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	479	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	580	301.00	301.00

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.

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