Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-11-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Trend is a two week trend as no sale was covered last week. From two weeks ago, feeder steers and heifers traded 2.00 to 10.00 lower. There was a big variance in quality and vaccination programs. 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 $380.28/cwt on 205 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −83.53 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$380.28

205 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,167

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$914

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$127.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.48

vs CO average

−38.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	392.00	2,266	93
Medium and Large 1-2	576	386.80	2,229	48
Medium and Large 2	548	373.60	2,047	39
Medium 1	589	352.50	2,076	16thin
Medium 1-2	513	350.00	1,796	4thin
Medium 2	510	265.00	1,352	5thin

One grade step is worth $127.00/cwt here — about $914 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale205 hd

380.28

—

CO average4 barns · 1,046 hd

398.76

−18.48

National average195 barns · 36,957 hd

419.10

−38.82

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−83.53

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

66 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 and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	464	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,717	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,859	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,997	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,293	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,608	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	337.20/cwt	334.00–341.00	2,074	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	328.19/cwt	326.00–336.00	2,347	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,253	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,454	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	584	383.69/cwt	377.50–387.00	2,241	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	668	341.77/cwt	339.00–346.00	2,283	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	706	311.30/cwt	310.00–313.00	2,198	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	531	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,151	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	553	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,858	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	371.00/cwt	370.00–372.50	1,751	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	556	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,057	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	510	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,709	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	550–600	578	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,835	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	254	1,235.00/head	1,235.00–1,235.00	1,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	603	342.49/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,065	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,952	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,328	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,957	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	650–700	680	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,156	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	371.76/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,082	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	327.44/cwt	327.00–327.50	1,739	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	622	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,003	6
Steers	Medium 2Unweaned	500–550	510	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,352	5
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	450–500	481	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,251	24
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	513	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,796	4
Heifers	Medium 2Unweaned	550–600	574	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,320	9
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	493	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,627	12
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	527	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,634	10
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	500–550	513	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,565	3
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	650–700	675	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,032	4
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	682	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,046	23
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	600	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,815	22
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	400–450	409	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,636	22
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	550–600	589	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,076	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,082	8
Steers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	750–800	752	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,899	7
Steers	Medium 1-2	450–500	487	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,661	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	400–450	415	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,359	31
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	350–400	376	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,278	16
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	600–650	613	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,716	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	366.06/cwt	362.50–369.00	2,244	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,612	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	458	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,763	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	453	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	443	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,237	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,154	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	389.49/cwt	386.00–395.00	2,236	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,084	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,974	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	605	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,142	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,396	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	579	392.60/cwt	390.00–400.00	2,273	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,603	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	631	368.70/cwt	365.00–376.00	2,326	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	677	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,302	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	468	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	533	374.11/cwt	372.00–379.00	1,994	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	567	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,070	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	427	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,900	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	627	335.48/cwt	330.00–340.50	2,103	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	528	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,808	15

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 Nov 7, 2025

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Receipts 1,360Last week 1,765Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	464	370.00	370.00
15	500–550	528	342.50	342.50
5	550–600	553	336.00	336.00
19	600–650	627	330.00–340.50	335.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	374	430.00	430.00
4	400–450	419	382.50	382.50
10	450–500	472	370.00–372.50	371.00
4	500–550	531	350.00	350.00
15	600–650	615	334.00–341.00	337.20
6	700–750	729	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	335.00	335.00
3	550–600	578	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
6	250–300	254	1,235.00	1,235.00
6	350–400	398	405.00	405.00
25	500–550	531	327.00–327.50	327.44
6	600–650	622	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	481	260.00	260.00
9	550–600	574	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	493	330.00	330.00
10	500–550	527	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	376	340.00	340.00
31	400–450	415	327.50	327.50
3	500–550	513	305.00	305.00
14	600–650	613	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	600	302.50	302.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	572	364.00	364.00
8	600–650	628	343.00	343.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	443	505.00	505.00
8	450–500	453	400.00	400.00
32	500–550	533	372.00–379.00	374.11
24	550–600	567	365.00	365.00
17	600–650	605	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	323	450.00	450.00
5	400–450	427	445.00	445.00
4	450–500	459	435.00	435.00
9	650–700	699	328.00	328.00
9	700–750	715	326.00–336.00	328.19
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	531	405.00	405.00
41	550–600	584	377.50–387.00	383.69
30	650–700	668	339.00–346.00	341.77
7	700–750	706	310.00–313.00	311.30
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	450–500	458	385.00	385.00
6	550–600	556	370.00	370.00
14	650–700	680	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	485	402.50	402.50
10	500–550	515	380.00	380.00
23	550–600	560	370.00–380.00	371.76
22	600–650	603	340.00–345.00	342.49
10	700–750	746	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	510	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	513	350.00	350.00
7	750–800	752	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	409	400.00	400.00
16	550–600	589	352.50	352.50
4	650–700	675	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	682	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	487	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	376	525.00	525.00
7	450–500	458	455.00	455.00
18	550–600	574	386.00–395.00	389.49
20	600–650	613	362.50–369.00	366.06
7	700–750	709	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	468	455.00	455.00
75	550–600	579	390.00–400.00	392.60
43	600–650	631	365.00–376.00	368.70
28	650–700	677	340.00	340.00

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