Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-03-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. Feeder steers and heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher than the previous sale two weeks ago, while a few high quality steers and heifers traded sharply higher. 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 $368.69/cwt on 77 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −95.12 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$368.69

77 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,086

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$147

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

$45.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.14

vs CO average

+19.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	378.06	2,105	36
Medium and Large 1-2	573	362.63	2,076	38
Medium and Large 2	588	333.00	1,958	3thin

One grade step is worth $45.06/cwt here — about $147 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale77 hd

368.69

—

CO average3 barns · 274 hd

353.55

+15.14

National average172 barns · 12,998 hd

349.28

+19.41

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−95.12

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	800–850	803	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,807	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,947	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,958	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,858	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,870	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,956	4
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	430	326.08/cwt	322.50–330.00	1,402	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	333.56/cwt	327.00–338.00	2,115	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	677	312.83/cwt	310.50–314.00	2,118	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,234	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,107	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	1,958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	416	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,591	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	852	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,040	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	410.60/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,901	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,199	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,099	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,402	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,059	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	279.99/cwt	274.00–286.00	2,176	18
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	415	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,494	2
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	743	257.58/cwt	252.50–259.00	1,914	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	456	393.67/cwt	387.50–400.00	1,795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,049	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,116	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	297.22/cwt	297.00–299.00	2,193	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	330.36/cwt	321.00–332.50	1,781	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,747	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	791	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,740	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,834	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	655	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,638	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	605	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,640	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	327.09/cwt	322.50–327.50	1,825	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	390.40/cwt	380.00–392.50	1,651	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,872	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	334.02/cwt	333.00–340.00	1,617	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	371.63/cwt	365.00–377.50	1,468	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	237.50/cwt	236.50–238.00	1,962	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,088	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,584	17
Heifers	Medium 2	550–600	582	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,542	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,623	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,870	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,025	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,947	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	661	258.00/cwt	253.00–265.00	1,705	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	263.50/cwt	263.50–263.50	2,232	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,109	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,422	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	272.77/cwt	269.00–277.00	1,803	42
Steers	Large 1	650–700	698	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	928	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	427.58/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,817	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 Mar 7, 2025

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

Receipts 1,063Last week 574Year 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
2	550–600	598	327.50	327.50
3	600–650	623	312.50	312.50
3	650–700	688	270.00	270.00
4	700–750	748	250.00	250.00
4	800–850	803	225.00	225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	571	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	430	322.50–330.00	326.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	395	365.00–377.50	371.63
17	400–450	440	360.00	360.00
45	450–500	484	333.00–340.00	334.02
32	500–550	539	321.00–332.50	330.36
23	600–650	624	312.00	312.00
42	650–700	661	269.00–277.00	272.77
8	700–750	725	253.00	253.00
16	750–800	764	245.00	245.00
4	800–850	806	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	395	360.00	360.00
3	450–500	495	329.00	329.00
5	500–550	532	305.00	305.00
2	600–650	613	285.00	285.00
20	650–700	661	253.00–265.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	791	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	605	271.00	271.00
2	650–700	655	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	423	380.00–392.50	390.40
24	550–600	558	322.50–327.50	327.09
14	650–700	665	314.00	314.00
6	800–850	826	236.50–238.00	237.50
62	850–900	871	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	582	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	456	387.50–400.00	393.67
17	500–550	541	377.00	377.00
21	550–600	598	351.00	351.00
20	600–650	634	327.00–338.00	333.56
40	650–700	677	310.50–314.00	312.83
30	700–750	729	289.00	289.00
2	750–800	788	260.00	260.00
3	850–900	852	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	320	450.00	450.00
11	400–450	425	425.00–435.00	427.58
39	450–500	463	405.00–415.00	410.60
8	500–550	518	397.50	397.50
28	550–600	568	372.50	372.50
25	600–650	606	348.00	348.00
25	650–700	659	339.00	339.00
36	700–750	738	297.00–299.00	297.22
18	750–800	777	274.00–286.00	279.99
62	800–850	847	263.50	263.50
9	900–950	918	239.50	239.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	355	395.00	395.00
14	400–450	416	382.50	382.50
3	550–600	588	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	415	360.00	360.00
9	700–750	743	252.50–259.00	257.58
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	698	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	928	230.00	230.00

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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