Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-03-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand moderate to good. No trend is available as this is the first time reporting this market.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,754	79.99	1,403	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,736	56.08	974	65
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,481	53.77	796	275
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,212	45.43	550	148

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - 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
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	8,381	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,956	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,222	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,165	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,347	918.10/cwt	850.00–985.00	12,367	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	18,285	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,289	1,531.10/cwt	1,475.00–1,550.00	19,736	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,048	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,266	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	1,032.63/cwt	975.00–1,050.00	13,992	21
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,368	1,218.83/cwt	1,150.00–1,300.00	16,674	53
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,461	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,151	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,359	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,338	1,054.90/cwt	1,025.00–1,110.00	14,115	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,479	982.52/cwt	900.00–1,050.00	14,531	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,600	1,277.11/cwt	1,250.00–1,450.00	20,434	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,736	57.64/cwt	56.00–65.00	1,001	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,737	53.89/cwt	50.00–54.50	936	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,472	52.71/cwt	44.00–55.50	776	184
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,498	57.93/cwt	55.50–64.00	868	82
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	37.54/cwt	31.00–42.00	564	9
Bulls	—	—	1,796	82.01/cwt	78.50–85.50	1,473	18
Bulls	—	—	1,521	72.25/cwt	70.00–76.00	1,099	6
Bulls	—	—	2,405	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	2,165	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,134	74.52/cwt	66.50–82.50	845	27
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	927	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,369	61.43/cwt	56.00–65.00	841	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,373	57.25/cwt	56.50–57.50	786	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,315	19.35/cwt	12.50–29.00	254	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,145	34.14/cwt	30.00–43.00	391	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,216	51.13/cwt	44.00–55.00	622	98

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 Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Mar 5, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 633Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 308Last week 0Year ago 0

Trade activity and demand moderate to good. No trend is available as this is the first time reporting this market.

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	906	925.00	925.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,264	1,025.00	1,025.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,222	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	31	—	1,347	850.00–985.00	918.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,305	725.00	725.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,380	1,325.00	1,325.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,289	1,475.00–1,550.00	1,531.10
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,048	1,075.00	1,075.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	21	—	1,355	975.00–1,050.00	1,032.63
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	53	—	1,368	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,218.83
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,151	900.00	900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	—	1,338	1,025.00–1,110.00	1,054.90
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,479	900.00–1,050.00	982.52
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,600	1,250.00–1,450.00	1,277.11
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,134	66.50–82.50	74.52
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	799	116.00	116.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	—	1,369	56.00–65.00	61.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,736	56.00–65.00	57.64
27	—	1,737	50.00–54.50	53.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,472	44.00–55.50	52.71
82	—	1,498	55.50–64.00	57.93
9	—	1,503	31.00–42.00	37.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,373	56.50–57.50	57.25
9	—	1,315	12.50–29.00	19.35
35	—	1,145	30.00–43.00	34.14
98	—	1,216	44.00–55.00	51.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,796	78.50–85.50	82.01
6	—	1,521	70.00–76.00	72.25
1	—	2,405	90.00	90.00

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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