Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Both feeder steers and feeder heifers were sharply higher. There is no trend available due to no sales of the holidays. 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 $471.47/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 2 of 2 comparable sales and sits +7.66 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$471.47

127 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

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

$47.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.55

vs CO average

+5.14 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	487.51	2,667	64
Medium and Large 1-2	566	458.39	2,595	52
Medium and Large 2	582	440.00	2,561	5thin
Medium 1-2	512	440.00	2,253	6thin

One grade step is worth $47.51/cwt here — about $414 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 sale127 hd

471.47

—

CO average4 barns · 796 hd

466.92

+4.55

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+5.14

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

+7.66

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

61 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 2	450–500	478	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,235	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	653	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,628	4
Steers	Large 1	650–700	689	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,790	8
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	635	388.77/cwt	387.00–390.00	2,469	39
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	629	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,529	19
Steers	Medium 1-2	850–900	865	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,638	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	594	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,302	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	650–700	693	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,668	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	548	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,274	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	453.19/cwt	452.00–457.50	2,601	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,538	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	422.30/cwt	417.50–428.00	2,690	46
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	646	413.53/cwt	407.50–415.00	2,671	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	366.91/cwt	365.00–367.00	2,502	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	361.36/cwt	357.50–367.00	2,652	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,817	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	309.55/cwt	307.00–311.00	2,842	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	504.00/cwt	504.00–504.00	2,490	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	400.85/cwt	398.00–406.00	2,489	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	372.93/cwt	369.00–380.00	2,461	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,209	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	547	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,366	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	397.66/cwt	392.50–401.00	2,724	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	483.22/cwt	480.00–487.50	2,556	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	483.24/cwt	475.00–487.50	2,305	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	650–700	655	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	480.05/cwt	475.00–482.50	2,218	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,143	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,317	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	413.00/cwt	413.00–413.00	2,305	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,173	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	440.47/cwt	437.50–442.50	2,740	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,703	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	277.71/cwt	271.00–280.00	2,858	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	840	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,722	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,117	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	454	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,429	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,722	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	366.01/cwt	362.00–371.50	2,829	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	361.31/cwt	358.00–367.50	2,565	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	385.03/cwt	381.00–388.00	2,784	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	447.48/cwt	442.50–455.00	2,390	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	481.30/cwt	475.00–482.50	2,705	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	752	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,594	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	447	561.00/cwt	561.00–561.00	2,508	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	425.19/cwt	422.00–426.00	2,606	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	338.50/cwt	338.50–338.50	3,124	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,130	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,221	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	347.61/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,847	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	613	451.00/cwt	451.00–451.00	2,765	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	944	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,615	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1300–1350	1,310	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	2,803	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	436.05/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,477	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,561	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	493.34/cwt	485.00–497.50	2,630	33
Steers	Medium 1-2	750–800	750	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,681	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	750–800	775	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,426	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	512	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,253	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	632	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,338	3
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	556	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	2,266	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	564	456.00/cwt	456.00–456.00	2,572	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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 2,270Last week 1,006Year ago 2,355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	478	467.50	467.50
3	500–550	548	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	556	407.50	407.50
39	600–650	635	387.00–390.00	388.77
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	594	387.50	387.50
3	600–650	632	370.00	370.00
3	750–800	775	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	495.00	495.00
15	450–500	462	475.00–482.50	480.05
7	500–550	547	432.50	432.50
5	550–600	558	413.00	413.00
20	600–650	621	398.00–406.00	400.85
63	650–700	682	365.00–367.00	366.91
5	700–750	720	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	388	560.00	560.00
4	400–450	415	510.00	510.00
9	450–500	477	475.00–487.50	483.24
92	500–550	534	442.50–455.00	447.48
12	550–600	568	435.00–437.50	436.05
108	600–650	613	422.00–426.00	425.19
97	650–700	660	369.00–380.00	372.93
37	700–750	710	358.00–367.50	361.31
28	750–800	752	345.00	345.00
7	950–1000	955	283.00	283.00
73	1000–1050	1,029	271.00–280.00	277.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	655	375.00	375.00
29	800–850	840	324.00	324.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	900–950	944	277.00	277.00
10	1300–1350	1,310	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	550–600	564	456.00	456.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	582	440.00	440.00
20	600–650	646	407.50–415.00	413.53
4	650–700	653	402.50	402.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	689	405.00	405.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	440.00	440.00
19	600–650	629	402.00	402.00
19	650–700	693	385.00	385.00
4	750–800	750	357.50	357.50
3	850–900	865	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	555.00	555.00
8	400–450	429	540.00	540.00
16	450–500	494	504.00	504.00
9	500–550	529	480.00–487.50	483.22
43	550–600	574	452.00–457.50	453.19
46	600–650	637	417.50–428.00	422.30
141	650–700	685	392.50–401.00	397.66
10	700–750	734	357.50–367.00	361.36
15	850–900	872	323.00	323.00
17	900–950	918	307.00–311.00	309.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	447	561.00	561.00
8	450–500	454	535.00	535.00
33	500–550	533	485.00–497.50	493.34
31	550–600	562	475.00–482.50	481.30
204	600–650	622	437.50–442.50	440.47
19	650–700	656	415.00	415.00
233	700–750	723	381.00–388.00	385.03
68	750–800	773	362.00–371.50	366.01
47	800–850	819	341.00–351.00	347.61
5	900–950	923	338.50	338.50
5	1100–1150	1,130	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	613	451.00	451.00

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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