Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-12-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. No trend available as the last reported sale was a month ago. Although there is no trend, there were stronger tones than a month ago. 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 $440.49/cwt on 163 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −23.32 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$440.49

163 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,338

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$131

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$36.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.30

vs CO average

+11.34 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	451.32	2,401	53
Medium and Large 1-2	527	441.77	2,328	54
Medium and Large 2	531	431.68	2,291	47
Medium 1	547	415.00	2,270	9thin

One grade step is worth $36.32/cwt here — about $131 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 sale163 hd

440.49

—

CO average4 barns · 709 hd

419.19

+21.30

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+11.34

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−23.32

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

70 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 1Unweaned	750–800	751	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,456	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	395.00/cwt	387.00–399.00	2,457	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	348	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,523	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	510	443.73/cwt	440.00–450.00	2,263	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	538	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,985	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	570	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,012	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,665	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	620	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,093	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	551	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,303	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	381.41/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,827	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	556	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	353.76/cwt	347.00–357.00	2,639	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,840	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	400–450	436	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,049	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	750–800	764	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,330	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,134	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	743	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,311	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	371	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,605	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	571	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,227	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	576	346.85/cwt	345.00–348.00	1,998	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	700–750	712	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,428	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	486	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	643	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,463	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	494	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,840	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	450–500	480	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	630	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,284	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	500–550	529	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,812	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	435.56/cwt	435.00–440.00	2,295	43
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	547	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,270	9
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	454	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,020	5
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	446	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,007	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	594	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,916	9
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	622	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,990	3
Steers	Large 1	600–650	630	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,174	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	356.18/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	551	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,411	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	343.78/cwt	342.00–346.00	2,169	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	441.75/cwt	438.00–444.00	1,882	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,377	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,373	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	517	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,417	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,010	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,480	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	341.84/cwt	341.00–345.50	2,670	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,852	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,221	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	344.11/cwt	342.00–348.00	2,192	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,928	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	590	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,286	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	367.93/cwt	365.50–374.00	2,649	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	381.33/cwt	380.50–386.00	2,585	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,435	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	2,353	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	373	537.50/cwt	537.50–537.50	2,005	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	463.98/cwt	459.00–470.00	2,357	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,673	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,563	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	406.14/cwt	401.00–410.00	2,469	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	452.17/cwt	450.00–456.00	2,406	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	650–700	670	360.83/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,418	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	460	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,886	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	1,709	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	261.89/cwt	260.00–265.00	2,548	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	507.50/cwt	507.50–507.50	2,208	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,053	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	750	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,269	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	417	441.00/cwt	441.00–441.00	1,839	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	637	391.00/cwt	391.00–391.00	2,491	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 Dec 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,478Last week 1,360Year ago 3,199

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	537.50	537.50
8	500–550	517	467.50	467.50
5	550–600	551	437.50	437.50
15	600–650	637	391.00	391.00
13	750–800	751	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	535.00	535.00
9	400–450	435	507.50	507.50
21	500–550	532	450.00–456.00	452.17
50	600–650	622	387.00–399.00	395.00
22	700–750	746	347.00–357.00	353.76
7	1050–1100	1,053	256.00	256.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	510	440.00–450.00	443.73
11	550–600	551	418.00	418.00
13	600–650	643	383.00	383.00
12	650–700	670	360.00–362.50	360.83
8	700–750	712	341.00	341.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	436	470.00	470.00
4	450–500	480	425.00	425.00
2	600–650	630	362.50	362.50
5	750–800	764	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	527	435.00–440.00	435.56
4	550–600	571	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	446	450.00	450.00
5	450–500	454	445.00	445.00
9	500–550	547	415.00	415.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	630	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	396	530.00	530.00
10	400–450	423	525.00	525.00
22	500–550	508	459.00–470.00	463.98
18	550–600	563	432.50	432.50
61	600–650	608	401.00–410.00	406.14
65	650–700	678	380.50–386.00	381.33
79	700–750	720	365.50–374.00	367.93
47	750–800	781	341.00–345.50	341.84
2	800–850	820	326.00	326.00
10	850–900	854	334.00	334.00
9	900–950	918	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	437.50	437.50
7	350–400	385	432.50	432.50
5	450–500	486	380.00	380.00
24	500–550	538	369.00	369.00
17	550–600	570	353.00	353.00
4	600–650	620	337.50	337.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	371	432.50	432.50
4	400–450	418	407.50	407.50
35	450–500	479	380.00–390.00	381.41
7	550–600	556	364.00	364.00
3	600–650	637	335.00	335.00
2	700–750	743	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	494	372.50	372.50
13	500–550	518	350.00–360.00	356.18
24	550–600	576	345.00–348.00	346.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	529	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	594	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	622	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	338	462.50	462.50
14	350–400	379	451.00	451.00
8	400–450	426	438.00–444.00	441.75
15	500–550	505	398.00	398.00
73	600–650	631	342.00–346.00	343.78
4	650–700	685	347.00	347.00
16	850–900	889	279.00	279.00
13	950–1000	973	260.00–265.00	261.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	417	441.00	441.00
7	450–500	460	410.00	410.00
2	550–600	590	387.50	387.50
37	600–650	637	342.00–348.00	344.11
9	750–800	750	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	565	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	680	346.00	346.00

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