Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-09-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate on feeder cattle. Receipts on feeder cattle from last week too light to trend. Good supply of offerings today of feeder cattle and yearlings coming off grass. Trade activity and demand good on slaughter cows. Average dressing Breakers traded steady to 2.00 higher, average dressing Boners steady to 5.00 higher, and average dressing Leans 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade activity and demand moderate on slaughter bulls. Average dressing Bulls traded sharply lower. Trade activity and demand moderate on Replacement cattle. The next available report will be Thursday, September 10, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $130.69/cwt on 545 head.

Average price

$130.69

545 head · 769 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$146

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

$9.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.12

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	796	133.42	1,062	343
Medium and Large 1-2	756	126.50	956	148
Medium 1-2	660	125.75	830	24
Medium 2	505	124.60	629	15thin
Medium and Large 2	740	123.67	916	15thin

One grade step is worth $9.75/cwt here — about $146 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 sale545 hd

130.69

—

CO average3 barns · 1,000 hd

133.81

−3.12

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	—	Average	1,639	80.71	1,323	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,552	68.77	1,068	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,456	63.43	923	194
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,327	57.75	766	266

Every lot, as filed

69 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
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,357	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	19,337	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,452	1,195.67/cwt	1,125.00–1,250.00	17,361	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	497	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	765	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	691	10
Stock Cows	Medium 2	—	803	105.29/cwt	104.00–107.50	845	2
Stock Cows	Large 3	—	1,278	78.37/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	830	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	727	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	945	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,081	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	144.65/cwt	144.00–147.00	678	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	436	153.68/cwt	153.00–154.00	670	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,160	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	588	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,015	7
Heifers	Medium 2	—	528	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	660	9
Heifers	Medium 2	—	470	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	583	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	660	125.75/cwt	125.75–125.75	830	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,358	60.48/cwt	58.00–66.00	821	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,302	54.48/cwt	47.00–57.50	709	99
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	982	41.43/cwt	35.00–45.00	407	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,537	68.14/cwt	64.00–73.00	1,047	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,769	61.74/cwt	58.50–63.50	1,092	8
Stock Cows	Large 3	—	903	82.86/cwt	70.00–87.00	748	107
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,109.65/cwt	1,035.00–1,125.00	11,873	7
Steers	Medium 2	—	461	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	604	8
Steers	Medium 2	—	613	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	815	5
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	846	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,066	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	627	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	853	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	852	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	869	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	—	840	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,071	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	125.59/cwt	121.00–128.50	892	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	128.20/cwt	125.50–129.50	983	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	301	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	476	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	124.39/cwt	124.00–125.00	708	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	571	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	897	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,054	43
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,053	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,898	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,213	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	11,827	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,227	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	12,577	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	12,707	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,277	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	11,812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	832	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	994	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	882	129.67/cwt	127.00–132.10	1,144	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,108	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	628	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	627	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,286	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,153	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	509	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	764	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,013	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,148	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,371	79.50/cwt	79.50–79.50	1,090	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	65.29/cwt	62.00–75.00	920	133
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,558	59.38/cwt	55.00–61.50	925	61
Bulls	—	—	1,651	83.85/cwt	79.00–88.50	1,384	32
Bulls	—	—	1,558	74.05/cwt	69.00–78.00	1,154	18
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,333	960.00/cwt	960.00–960.00	12,797	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	955.33/cwt	935.00–960.00	12,161	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	920.73/cwt	910.00–935.00	11,739	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	366	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	177.50/cwt	176.00–178.00	760	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	889	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,093	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,176	19
Bulls	—	—	2,185	90.43/cwt	89.50–91.50	1,976	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	950	78.43/cwt	73.00–85.00	745	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	109.21/cwt	96.00–116.00	1,160	8

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 Sep 3, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 981Last week 331Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 621Last week 750Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 170Last week 206Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,357	1,425.00	1,425.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,452	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,195.67
Stock Cows — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	803	104.00–107.50	105.29
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,278	77.00–80.00	78.37
(<2 yrs)	Open	107	—	903	70.00–87.00	82.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	950	73.00–85.00	78.43
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,062	96.00–116.00	109.21
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,070	1,035.00–1,125.00	1,109.65
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,053	750.00	750.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,213	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,227	1,025.00	1,025.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,290	985.00	985.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,277	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,333	960.00	960.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,273	935.00–960.00	955.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	—	1,275	910.00–935.00	920.73

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	497	154.00	154.00
10	—	443	156.00	156.00
5	—	366	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	589	141.00	141.00
55	—	1,011	127.25	127.25
29	—	851	135.50	135.50
19	—	509	150.00	150.00
13	—	687	147.50	147.50
11	—	915	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	727	130.00	130.00
8	—	461	131.00	131.00
5	—	613	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	846	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	627	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	830	133.50	133.50
10	—	335	187.50	187.50
7	—	356	176.00	176.00
5	—	258	212.50	212.50
43	—	428	176.00–178.00	177.50
22	—	889	123.00	123.00
19	—	956	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	805	134.25	134.25
32	—	469	144.00–147.00	144.65
15	—	436	153.00–154.00	153.68
9	—	963	120.50	120.50
9	—	382	154.00	154.00
7	—	781	130.00	130.00
204	—	882	127.00–132.10	129.67
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	528	125.00	125.00
6	—	470	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	660	125.75	125.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	676	126.00	126.00
5	—	869	119.00	119.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	840	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	710	121.00–128.50	125.59
19	—	767	125.50–129.50	128.20
11	—	301	158.00	158.00
10	—	569	124.00–125.00	124.39
4	—	805	130.00	130.00
4	—	366	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	897	117.50	117.50
15	—	832	119.50	119.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	1,358	58.00–66.00	60.48
99	—	1,302	47.00–57.50	54.48
7	—	982	35.00–45.00	41.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,537	64.00–73.00	68.14
8	—	1,769	58.50–63.50	61.74
7	—	1,371	79.50	79.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,409	62.00–75.00	65.29
61	—	1,558	55.00–61.50	59.38
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,651	79.00–88.50	83.85
18	—	1,558	69.00–78.00	74.05
2	—	2,185	89.50–91.50	90.43

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

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How it compared 0–100 lb

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Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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Replacement Cattle

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