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

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers traded mostly 3.00 to 15.00 higher, while feeder heifers traded mostly, 2.00 to 10.00 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 $440.52/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −23.29 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$440.52

130 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,468

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$55.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.00

vs CO average

+9.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	460.05	2,479	50
Medium and Large 1-2	573	430.08	2,465	65
Medium and Large 2	572	426.36	2,438	11thin
Medium 1	585	405.00	2,369	4thin

One grade step is worth $55.05/cwt here — about $110 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 sale130 hd

440.52

—

CO average4 barns · 1,537 hd

435.52

+5.00

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+9.89

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−23.29

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

48 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	450–500	456	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,847	8
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	520	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,989	2
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	700–750	727	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,385	11
Heifers	Medium 1-2	500–550	528	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	1,943	9
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	550–600	580	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,688	11
Heifers	Medium 1Unweaned	500–550	503	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,962	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	634	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	549	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,361	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	599	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,528	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	571	395.85/cwt	392.50–400.00	2,260	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	367.83/cwt	367.00–369.00	2,104	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,028	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,952	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	600–650	619	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,272	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	432.97/cwt	432.00–445.00	2,511	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,229	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,296	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	397.13/cwt	390.00–399.00	2,542	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	341.56/cwt	341.00–345.00	2,651	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	550–600	561	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,907	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	609	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,046	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	497	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,323	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	635	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,238	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	518	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,318	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,346	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	663	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,692	43
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	585	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,369	4
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	398	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,682	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	583	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,866	7
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	418	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,829	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	465.49/cwt	465.00–467.50	2,402	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	355.23/cwt	355.00–356.00	2,757	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	586	338.72/cwt	338.00–341.00	1,985	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	1,839	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,143	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,412	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	403.14/cwt	401.00–412.00	2,568	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	456.43/cwt	454.00–463.00	2,529	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	360	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,214	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,720	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,354	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,042	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,974	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	2,777	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	333	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,965	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	472	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	1,947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	375.67/cwt	372.50–382.00	2,577	22

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 12, 2025

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

Receipts 1,006Last week 1,478Year ago 1,226

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	398	422.50	422.50
3	400–450	418	437.50	437.50
8	450–500	456	405.00	405.00
2	500–550	520	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	528	368.00	368.00
7	550–600	583	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	580	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	503	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	482	405.00	405.00
4	500–550	548	370.00	370.00
14	550–600	572	367.00–369.00	367.83
11	600–650	646	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	561	340.00	340.00
11	600–650	609	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	447	440.00	440.00
35	550–600	588	399.00	399.00
42	650–700	693	348.00	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	527	349.00	349.00
24	550–600	586	338.00–341.00	338.72
4	650–700	675	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	472	412.50	412.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	727	328.00	328.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	430.00	430.00
5	550–600	599	422.00	422.00
5	600–650	634	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	497	467.50	467.50
7	550–600	571	392.50–400.00	395.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	619	367.00	367.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	516	445.00	445.00
52	550–600	580	432.00–445.00	432.97
14	600–650	640	390.00–399.00	397.13
22	650–700	686	372.50–382.00	375.67
14	750–800	776	341.00–345.00	341.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	650–700	663	406.00	406.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	585	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	440	535.00	535.00
20	500–550	516	465.00–467.50	465.49
30	550–600	554	454.00–463.00	456.43
39	600–650	637	401.00–412.00	403.14
9	700–750	735	370.00	370.00
64	750–800	776	355.00–356.00	355.23
10	800–850	834	333.00	333.00
18	900–950	918	324.00	324.00
3	1000–1050	1,042	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	360	615.00	615.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	518	447.50	447.50
7	600–650	635	352.50	352.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	333	590.00	590.00

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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