Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was light to moderate. Due to frigid temps receipts were lower than expected. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 12.00 lower than two weeks ago. Feeder sales are going every other week now so this is a two week trend. 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 $350.31/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −113.50 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$350.31

88 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,938

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$62

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

$50.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.67

vs CO average

+9.10 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	368.00	1,954	45
Medium and Large 1-2	570	336.13	1,917	33
Medium and Large 2	596	317.50	1,892	10thin

One grade step is worth $50.50/cwt here — about $62 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 sale88 hd

350.31

—

CO average3 barns · 302 hd

341.64

+8.67

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+9.10

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−113.50

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

42 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
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	565	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,559	3
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	642	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,663	3
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	382	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,442	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	303.62/cwt	300.00–307.00	1,712	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,852	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,904	4
Steers	Medium 2	400–450	435	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,370	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	319	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,554	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,220	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	596	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,892	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,020	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	334.56/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,934	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	304	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	514	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,786	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	401	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,694	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,500	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,978	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,122	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,223	14
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	496	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,587	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	282.25/cwt	280.00–284.00	2,032	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	1,779	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	536	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,570	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	277	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,177	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	1,799	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,101	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,954	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1200–1250	1,238	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	2,340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	286.73/cwt	281.00–288.00	1,683	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,703	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,616	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,388	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	648	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,704	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	327.53/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,592	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	367	398.77/cwt	395.00–402.50	1,463	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	452	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,548	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	410	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,128	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	798	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,923	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,786	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,784	18

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 574Last week 2,020Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	382	377.50	377.50
3	550–600	565	276.00	276.00
3	600–650	642	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	367	395.00–402.50	398.77
6	450–500	452	342.50	342.50
21	550–600	564	300.00–307.00	303.62
4	700–750	738	258.00	258.00
2	750–800	753	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	250–300	277	425.00	425.00
3	350–400	363	382.50	382.50
10	450–500	486	325.00–330.00	327.53
12	500–550	536	293.00	293.00
2	550–600	567	285.00	285.00
6	600–650	648	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	550–600	587	281.00–288.00	286.73
34	600–650	606	281.00	281.00
18	650–700	681	262.00	262.00
4	700–750	720	248.00	248.00
3	750–800	798	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	410	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	400–450	435	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	282	432.50	432.50
4	300–350	319	422.50	422.50
5	350–400	370	420.00	420.00
15	400–450	415	385.00	385.00
10	550–600	596	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	304	447.50	447.50
6	350–400	353	425.00	425.00
5	400–450	401	422.50	422.50
9	450–500	455	391.00	391.00
4	500–550	514	347.50	347.50
29	550–600	578	330.00–337.00	334.56
12	650–700	699	289.00	289.00
31	700–750	720	280.00–284.00	282.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	407	442.00	442.00
45	500–550	531	368.00	368.00
5	600–650	604	327.50	327.50
33	700–750	717	293.00	293.00
13	800–850	813	261.00	261.00
14	900–950	934	238.00	238.00
2	1200–1250	1,238	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	496	320.00	320.00

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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