Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as the last reported sale was nearly a month ago. Market had strong tones and was stronger than before the holiday break. Next available report will be Friday, January 17, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $349.00/cwt on 398 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −114.81 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$349.00

398 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,964

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$194

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$50.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.29

vs CO average

+6.92 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	356.90	1,991	209
Medium and Large 1-2	561	347.65	1,950	135
Medium and Large 2	587	326.81	1,918	41
Medium 1	587	306.13	1,797	13thin

One grade step is worth $50.77/cwt here — about $194 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 sale398 hd

349.00

—

CO average5 barns · 2,235 hd

338.71

+10.29

National average155 barns · 22,672 hd

342.08

+6.92

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−114.81

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

63 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	850–900	854	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,237	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	292.92/cwt	287.00–299.00	2,217	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,970	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	797	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	316	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,193	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	518	308.37/cwt	305.00–315.00	1,597	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	291.88/cwt	290.00–298.00	2,131	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	394.84/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,840	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	434.29/cwt	434.00–435.00	1,616	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	420.77/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,746	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	344.78/cwt	337.50–348.00	2,120	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	638	331.37/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,114	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,727	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	634	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,902	25
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	491	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,669	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	309.72/cwt	302.50–312.00	2,063	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	748	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	408.80/cwt	408.00–410.00	1,815	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	419.00/cwt	419.00–419.00	1,588	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	692	294.63/cwt	287.50–297.00	2,039	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	379.34/cwt	377.50–385.00	1,931	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	702	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,141	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	587	326.81/cwt	321.00–331.00	1,918	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	382.56/cwt	377.00–384.00	1,890	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	339.58/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,939	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	234.41/cwt	226.00–237.50	2,138	47
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	497	332.97/cwt	332.50–335.00	1,655	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,505	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	429	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,491	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	700–750	705	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,719	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	321.10/cwt	320.00–323.50	2,100	76
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	316.50/cwt	315.00–319.00	2,026	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	300.81/cwt	296.00–302.00	1,826	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,959	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	254.49/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,863	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	349.47/cwt	349.00–352.50	2,006	157
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	587	306.13/cwt	305.00–307.50	1,797	13
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,966	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	319.69/cwt	316.75–328.00	1,835	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,092	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	789	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,874	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	700–750	743	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,118	9
Steers	Large 1	750–800	780	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,067	3
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	435	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,070	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,168	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	265.55/cwt	263.00–270.00	1,814	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	358.91/cwt	355.00–362.50	1,342	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	292.56/cwt	291.00–295.00	1,697	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	326.52/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,717	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	335.01/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,742	81
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	429	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,416	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	654	281.49/cwt	277.50–285.00	1,841	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	381.83/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,566	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	282.51/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,791	83
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	586	283.23/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,660	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	373.97/cwt	371.00–378.00	1,717	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	305.98/cwt	299.00–310.00	1,769	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,355	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,617	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	358.76/cwt	355.00–362.00	1,733	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	346.40/cwt	342.50–350.00	1,652	34

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 Jan 10, 2025

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

Receipts 2,355Last week 1,226Year ago 1,893

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	372	434.00–435.00	434.29
14	400–450	415	415.00–425.00	420.77
24	450–500	466	390.00–400.00	394.84
52	500–550	509	377.50–385.00	379.34
157	550–600	574	349.00–352.50	349.47
86	600–650	615	337.50–348.00	344.78
76	650–700	654	320.00–323.50	321.10
51	700–750	702	305.00	305.00
99	750–800	757	287.00–299.00	292.92
19	850–900	854	262.00	262.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	379	419.00	419.00
10	400–450	444	408.00–410.00	408.80
29	450–500	494	377.00–384.00	382.56
39	500–550	536	367.50	367.50
96	550–600	571	335.00–347.50	339.58
54	600–650	638	325.00–335.00	331.37
46	650–700	666	302.50–312.00	309.72
62	700–750	730	290.00–298.00	291.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	797	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	470	367.50	367.50
41	550–600	587	321.00–331.00	326.81
41	600–650	640	315.00–319.00	316.50
24	650–700	692	287.50–297.00	294.63
6	700–750	748	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	340.00	340.00
25	600–650	634	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	385.00	385.00
13	550–600	587	305.00–307.50	306.13
17	650–700	650	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	743	285.00	285.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	780	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	316	377.50	377.50
8	350–400	374	355.00–362.50	358.91
34	450–500	477	342.50–350.00	346.40
13	550–600	580	291.00–295.00	292.56
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	330.00	330.00
18	500–550	518	305.00–315.00	308.37
11	550–600	586	280.00–285.00	283.23
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	386	390.00	390.00
12	400–450	410	380.00–382.50	381.83
37	450–500	459	371.00–378.00	373.97
81	500–550	520	330.00–340.00	335.01
209	550–600	574	316.75–328.00	319.69
45	600–650	607	296.00–302.00	300.81
25	650–700	654	277.50–285.00	281.49
4	800–850	838	247.00	247.00
47	900–950	912	226.00–237.50	234.41
5	950–1000	981	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	429	347.50	347.50
27	450–500	497	332.50–335.00	332.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	705	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	450	382.00	382.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	352	385.00	385.00
13	400–450	437	370.00	370.00
35	450–500	483	355.00–362.00	358.76
44	500–550	526	320.00–327.50	326.52
39	550–600	578	299.00–310.00	305.98
83	600–650	634	277.50–287.50	282.51
69	650–700	683	263.00–270.00	265.55
39	700–750	732	249.00–257.00	254.49
12	750–800	789	237.50	237.50
4	800–850	830	236.00	236.00
10	850–900	890	235.00	235.00

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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