Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady, while slaughter bulls traded steady. Feeding cows traded 2.00 lower to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle were steady compared to the light test from last week. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, October 29, 2020.

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	—	Low	1,671	77.23	1,291	51
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,686	58.95	994	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,446	50.38	728	237
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,151	43.56	501	312

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Bulls	—	—	1,757	74.23/cwt	61.00–77.00	1,304	18
Bulls	—	—	1,813	80.90/cwt	77.50–85.50	1,467	22
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,248	74.81/cwt	71.00–77.00	934	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,144	45.32/cwt	40.00–49.50	518	203
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,595	72.36/cwt	71.00–72.50	1,154	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,461	49.89/cwt	45.00–56.50	729	184
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,331	59.82/cwt	57.00–64.50	796	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,220	52.94/cwt	50.00–57.00	646	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,119	28.39/cwt	20.00–39.50	318	57
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,169	949.06/cwt	850.00–1,025.00	11,095	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,033	62.75/cwt	61.00–64.50	648	2
Stock Cows	Large 2-3	—	1,014	84.76/cwt	82.50–86.00	859	81
Stock Cows	Large 4	—	855	64.57/cwt	60.00–68.00	552	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,615	65.03/cwt	60.00–69.50	1,050	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	42.69/cwt	36.00–44.50	627	24
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,291	54.78/cwt	48.00–59.50	707	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,736	47.28/cwt	43.00–48.50	821	5
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	991	998.31/cwt	960.00–1,075.00	9,893	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,326	885.07/cwt	800.00–975.00	11,736	121
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,344	1,219.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,225.00	16,383	11
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,063	74.84/cwt	70.00–85.00	796	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,639	1,263.08/cwt	1,200.00–1,300.00	20,702	5
Stock Cows	Large 3	—	732	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	571	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	986	106.55/cwt	102.00–109.50	1,051	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,361	1,096.78/cwt	985.00–1,185.00	14,927	130
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,343	65.70/cwt	62.00–69.00	882	68
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,271	706.90/cwt	575.00–785.00	8,985	126
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,464	1,377.93/cwt	1,325.00–1,425.00	20,173	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,092	96.87/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,058	7
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	1,175.33/cwt	1,085.00–1,350.00	12,094	64
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,739	53.79/cwt	50.00–58.50	935	30

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 Oct 22, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 938Last week 671Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 785Last week 285Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,757	61.00–77.00	74.23
22	—	1,813	77.50–85.50	80.90
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,248	71.00–77.00	74.81
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,144	40.00–49.50	45.32
50	—	1,220	50.00–57.00	52.94
57	—	1,119	20.00–39.50	28.39
2	—	1,033	61.00–64.50	62.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,595	71.00–72.50	72.36
13	—	1,615	60.00–69.50	65.03
5	—	1,736	43.00–48.50	47.28
30	—	1,739	50.00–58.50	53.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	1,461	45.00–56.50	49.89
29	—	1,331	57.00–64.50	59.82
24	—	1,469	36.00–44.50	42.69

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	—	1,169	850.00–1,025.00	949.06
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	121	—	1,326	800.00–975.00	885.07
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	—	1,344	1,210.00–1,225.00	1,219.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	130	—	1,361	985.00–1,185.00	1,096.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	126	—	1,271	575.00–785.00	706.90
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	81	—	1,014	82.50–86.00	84.76
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	855	60.00–68.00	64.57
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	26	—	1,291	48.00–59.50	54.78
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	38	—	1,063	70.00–85.00	74.84
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	986	102.00–109.50	106.55
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	68	—	1,343	62.00–69.00	65.70
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	732	78.00	78.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,092	90.00–98.50	96.87
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	—	991	960.00–1,075.00	998.31
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	64	—	1,029	1,085.00–1,350.00	1,175.33
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,639	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,263.08
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,464	1,325.00–1,425.00	1,377.93

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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