Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-04-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded steady to 9.00 lower, while bulls traded 3.50 lower. Feeding cows were unevenly steady and bred cows along with pairs did not have enough like comparisons for an accurate trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, April 30, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.67/cwt on 87 head.

Average price

$137.67

87 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$720

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$77

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

$1.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.92

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	526	137.78	725	82
Medium and Large 1-2	476	136.00	647	5thin

One grade step is worth $1.78/cwt here — about $77 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 sale87 hd

137.67

—

CO average2 barns · 311 hd

136.76

+0.92

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	—	High	1,844	83.50	1,540	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,750	55.07	964	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,506	49.09	739	279
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,191	44.14	526	192

Every lot, as filed

42 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	52.58/cwt	51.50–54.00	590	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,707	56.89/cwt	54.00–63.00	971	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,909	48.39/cwt	47.50–50.00	924	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,579	47.67/cwt	40.00–49.50	753	142
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,194	47.21/cwt	40.00–51.00	564	151
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,418	52.54/cwt	50.00–61.00	745	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	140.74/cwt	140.00–141.00	749	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	592	131.54/cwt	131.00–132.00	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	821	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	120.34/cwt	120.00–121.00	726	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	36.30/cwt	33.00–39.50	441	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,150	25.65/cwt	21.00–28.50	295	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	882	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	503	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	825	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	132.48/cwt	130.00–136.00	951	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	647	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	150.13/cwt	149.00–154.00	631	25
Bulls	—	—	2,345	98.44/cwt	94.50–102.00	2,308	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	137.65/cwt	137.00–140.00	732	9
Bulls	—	—	1,644	78.68/cwt	71.00–82.00	1,293	22
Bulls	—	—	1,954	85.96/cwt	83.00–90.50	1,680	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	63.58/cwt	63.00–65.00	838	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,533	35.70/cwt	30.00–39.00	547	18
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	71.10/cwt	66.00–80.00	759	22
Stock Cows	Large 3	—	1,053	67.13/cwt	60.00–71.50	707	92
Stock Cows	Large 4	—	606	42.96/cwt	35.00–59.50	260	37
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,026	86.42/cwt	86.00–93.00	887	15
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	51.01/cwt	50.00–52.00	606	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,392	58.68/cwt	53.50–65.00	817	41
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	1,121.51/cwt	1,025.00–1,210.00	14,557	27
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,484	1,389.56/cwt	1,300.00–1,475.00	20,621	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,319	978.80/cwt	825.00–1,035.00	12,910	27
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,451	1,085.16/cwt	1,050.00–1,135.00	15,746	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,474	1,327.93/cwt	1,275.00–1,385.00	19,574	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	16,333	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	602	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	885	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	827	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	926	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	156.69/cwt	156.00–157.00	769	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	825	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,264	871.06/cwt	825.00–950.00	11,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	143.16/cwt	142.00–146.00	706	16

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 Apr 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 308Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 611Last week 384Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 379Last week 132Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,123	51.50–54.00	52.58
151	—	1,194	40.00–51.00	47.21
20	—	1,214	33.00–39.50	36.30
18	—	1,150	21.00–28.50	25.65
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,707	54.00–63.00	56.89
9	—	1,909	47.50–50.00	48.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,579	40.00–49.50	47.67
116	—	1,418	50.00–61.00	52.54
3	—	1,318	63.00–65.00	63.58
18	—	1,533	30.00–39.00	35.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,345	94.50–102.00	98.44
22	—	1,644	71.00–82.00	78.68
31	—	1,954	83.00–90.50	85.96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	532	140.00–141.00	140.74
11	—	592	131.00–132.00	131.54
9	—	714	115.00	115.00
9	—	603	120.00–121.00	120.34
25	—	420	149.00–154.00	150.13
16	—	493	142.00–146.00	143.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	476	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	558	158.00	158.00
5	—	503	164.00	164.00
24	—	718	130.00–136.00	132.48
10	—	602	147.00	147.00
5	—	485	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	548	151.00	151.00
6	—	676	137.00	137.00
13	—	491	156.00–157.00	156.69
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	137.00–140.00	137.65

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,068	66.00–80.00	71.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,188	50.00–52.00	51.01
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	41	—	1,392	53.50–65.00	58.68
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	92	—	1,053	60.00–71.50	67.13
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	37	—	606	35.00–59.50	42.96
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,026	86.00–93.00	86.42
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,298	1,025.00–1,210.00	1,121.51
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,484	1,300.00–1,475.00	1,389.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,264	825.00–950.00	871.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	27	—	1,319	825.00–1,035.00	978.80
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,451	1,050.00–1,135.00	1,085.16
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	1,474	1,275.00–1,385.00	1,327.93
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,390	1,175.00	1,175.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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