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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-16

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Feb 16

● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906

← Feb 2Feb 16Mar 1 →

Receipts

1,364 head

▼ 267 vs last sale 1,631▲ 589 vs year ago 775 · +76.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Feeder steers and heifers under 400# traded 1.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher with a few sharply higher. Feeder heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 15.00 higher with a few sharply higher. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $273.17/cwt on 611 head.

Average price

$273.17

611 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,559

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$169

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

$43.99/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.81

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	278.99	1,544	182
Medium 1-2	474	278.64	1,320	11thin
Medium and Large 1	586	272.79	1,600	341
Medium and Large 2	545	265.65	1,448	55
Medium 1	580	248.04	1,439	20
Large 1	585	235.00	1,375	2thin

One grade step is worth $43.99/cwt here — about $169 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale611 hd

273.17

—

CO average5 barns · 2,380 hd

276.98

−3.81

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

53 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	342	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,129	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	421	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,421	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	439	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,350	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	445	349.52/cwt	347.50–357.00	1,555	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	331.84/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,556	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,491	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	490	358.39/cwt	351.00–360.00	1,756	28
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	1,788	11
Steers	—	Medium 1-2	508	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,334	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	512	290.52/cwt	277.50–295.00	1,487	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	561	325.65/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,827	51
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	577	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,630	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	585	303.32/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,774	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	591	276.86/cwt	275.00–287.00	1,636	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	300.42/cwt	291.00–303.00	1,881	90
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	638	268.80/cwt	268.00–270.00	1,715	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	640	281.85/cwt	280.00–284.00	1,804	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	672	269.96/cwt	263.00–278.00	1,814	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	688	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,899	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	261.57/cwt	251.00–265.00	1,881	66
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	743	239.61/cwt	236.00–242.50	1,780	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	772	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,799	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	858	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,913	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	863	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,791	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	949	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,779	7
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,031	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	361	312.97/cwt	305.00–317.50	1,130	14
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	413	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,239	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	328.77/cwt	323.00–335.00	1,378	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	435	310.25/cwt	307.50–317.50	1,350	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	442	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,326	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	281.86/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,319	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	481	308.56/cwt	306.00–312.50	1,484	29
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	482	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,362	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	524	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,284	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	306.46/cwt	303.00–312.50	1,633	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	535	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	1,546	23
Heifers	—	Medium 1-2	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	542	259.17/cwt	252.50–265.00	1,405	27
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	293.95/cwt	290.50–301.00	1,667	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	576	283.37/cwt	277.00–285.00	1,632	81
Heifers	—	Medium 1	580	248.04/cwt	247.50–249.00	1,439	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	262.54/cwt	256.00–269.00	1,531	21
Heifers	—	Large 1	585	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,375	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	247.71/cwt	244.00–252.50	1,553	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	637	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,449	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	667	242.16/cwt	237.00–247.00	1,615	75
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	235.00/cwt	234.00–240.00	1,669	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	765	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,607	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,734	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	830	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,502	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	832	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,685	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,794	2

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 Feb 16, 2024

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

Receipts 1,364Last week 1,631Year ago 775

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	949	187.50	187.50
5	—	772	233.00	233.00
6	—	863	207.50	207.50
6	—	688	276.00	276.00
81	—	585	295.00–306.00	303.32
30	—	640	280.00–284.00	281.85
21	—	512	277.50–295.00	290.52
3	—	421	337.50	337.50
24	—	469	330.00–335.00	331.84
9	—	743	236.00–242.50	239.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	577	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	591	275.00–287.00	276.86
6	—	485	307.50	307.50
3	—	342	330.00	330.00
8	—	439	307.50	307.50
15	—	638	268.00–270.00	268.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	858	223.00	223.00
28	—	490	351.00–360.00	358.39
11	—	505	354.00	354.00
90	—	626	291.00–303.00	300.42
14	—	445	347.50–357.00	349.52
66	—	719	251.00–265.00	261.57
26	—	672	263.00–278.00	269.96
51	—	561	315.00–330.00	325.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	508	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	419	323.00–335.00	328.77
16	—	765	210.00	210.00
14	—	361	305.00–317.50	312.97
12	—	710	234.00–240.00	235.00
75	—	667	237.00–247.00	242.16
71	—	567	290.50–301.00	293.95
29	—	481	306.00–312.50	308.56
3	—	330	312.50	312.50
29	—	533	303.00–312.50	306.46
61	—	627	244.00–252.50	247.71
3	—	832	202.50	202.50
2	—	920	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	580	247.50–249.00	248.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	585	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	540	235.00	235.00
3	—	413	300.00	300.00
6	—	482	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	830	181.00	181.00
9	—	774	224.00	224.00
23	—	535	289.00	289.00
17	—	468	275.00–285.00	281.86
8	—	637	227.50	227.50
81	—	576	277.00–285.00	283.37
32	—	435	307.50–317.50	310.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	542	252.50–265.00	259.17
21	—	583	256.00–269.00	262.54
7	—	442	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	524	245.00	245.00

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.