Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available due to last reported sale being three weeks ago. Strong tones with a little more variance in the price ranges due to a big variance in quality. Next available report will be Friday, February 21, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $352.60/cwt on 468 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −111.21 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$352.60

468 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,986

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$57.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.56

vs CO average

+10.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	542	364.51	1,977	127
Medium and Large 1-2	570	353.14	2,012	303
Medium 1-2	578	317.50	1,835	4thin
Large 1	581	307.50	1,787	34

One grade step is worth $57.01/cwt here — about $190 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 sale468 hd

352.60

—

CO average4 barns · 1,038 hd

344.05

+8.56

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+10.22

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−111.21

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

64 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	Large 2	600–650	638	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,755	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	547	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,586	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	309.30/cwt	305.50–311.00	1,791	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	332.55/cwt	330.00–333.00	2,049	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,866	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	398.77/cwt	395.00–407.50	1,958	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,179	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,329	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	756	279.84/cwt	275.00–281.00	2,116	123
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	603	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,613	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	1,703	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	550–600	578	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	376.76/cwt	358.00–378.00	2,038	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	391.22/cwt	380.00–393.00	1,976	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	341.50/cwt	336.00–344.00	1,994	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	267.47/cwt	262.00–273.00	2,188	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	484	373.84/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,809	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,785	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	255.89/cwt	255.00–256.00	2,257	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	295.38/cwt	293.00–301.00	1,997	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	300.06/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,899	13
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	679	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,714	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	314.47/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,997	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,970	35
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	412	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,442	6
Heifers	Large 1	750–800	788	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,860	4
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	750–800	793	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,784	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,908	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,956	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,729	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	973	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,897	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	438	353.25/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,547	14
Heifers	Medium 1	800–850	837	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,841	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	349.75/cwt	345.00–352.00	1,693	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	334.13/cwt	332.50–337.50	1,764	6
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	422	360.32/cwt	360.00–361.00	1,521	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	317.31/cwt	316.00–327.00	1,640	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	375.33/cwt	372.50–382.50	1,434	15
Heifers	Large 1	500–550	526	309.09/cwt	309.00–310.00	1,626	23
Heifers	Large 1	700–750	701	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,717	5
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	609	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,608	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,824	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	318.83/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,546	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	667	273.74/cwt	269.00–276.00	1,826	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,027	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,959	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	333.78/cwt	333.00–337.50	1,605	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	723	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,887	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	629	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,824	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	381.98/cwt	372.50–387.50	1,543	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	574	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	569	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	1,718	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	303.99/cwt	302.00–305.00	1,833	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,918	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	400–450	402	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,477	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	667	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,601	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,929	2
Steers	Large 1	550–600	581	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,787	34
Steers	Large 1	350–400	388	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,533	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	288.73/cwt	286.00–290.50	2,085	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	357.64/cwt	354.00–358.00	1,974	101

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 Feb 7, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	638	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	424	440.00	440.00
6	450–500	454	422.50	422.50
26	500–550	505	380.00–393.00	391.22
101	550–600	552	354.00–358.00	357.64
13	600–650	616	330.00–333.00	332.55
35	650–700	676	293.00–301.00	295.38
95	700–750	722	286.00–290.50	288.73
123	750–800	756	275.00–281.00	279.84
16	800–850	818	262.00–273.00	267.47
71	850–900	882	255.00–256.00	255.89
5	900–950	917	254.00	254.00
2	1000–1050	1,030	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	398	428.00	428.00
31	450–500	491	395.00–407.50	398.77
100	500–550	541	358.00–378.00	376.76
203	550–600	584	336.00–344.00	341.50
43	600–650	635	310.00–320.00	314.47
35	650–700	696	283.00	283.00
15	800–850	838	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	402	367.50	367.50
4	550–600	578	317.50	317.50
11	600–650	603	267.50	267.50
7	650–700	679	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	484	370.00–385.00	373.84
13	600–650	633	290.00–305.00	300.06
4	700–750	700	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	412	350.00	350.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	388	395.00	395.00
34	550–600	581	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	438	350.00–355.00	353.25
14	500–550	547	290.00	290.00
6	550–600	574	270.00	270.00
14	600–650	609	264.00	264.00
4	650–700	667	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	382	372.50–382.50	375.33
11	400–450	404	372.50–387.50	381.98
40	450–500	481	333.00–337.50	333.78
22	500–550	517	316.00–327.00	317.31
146	550–600	579	305.50–311.00	309.30
15	600–650	603	302.00–305.00	303.99
85	700–750	702	279.00	279.00
8	800–850	829	220.00	220.00
2	850–900	893	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	526	309.00–310.00	309.09
5	700–750	701	245.00	245.00
4	750–800	788	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	750–800	793	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	422	360.00–361.00	360.32
8	800–850	837	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	413	405.00	405.00
85	450–500	484	345.00–352.00	349.75
6	500–550	528	332.50–337.50	334.13
6	800–850	808	249.00	249.00
16	900–950	934	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	450–500	485	317.50–320.00	318.83
16	550–600	569	302.00	302.00
20	600–650	629	290.00	290.00
40	650–700	667	269.00–276.00	273.74
20	700–750	723	261.00	261.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	629	311.00	311.00
4	650–700	658	290.00	290.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	755	229.00	229.00
2	950–1000	973	195.00	195.00

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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