Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate to good. Average dressing slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower on a light test. Young stock cows sold 2.00 - 8.00 higher. No comparable trades on bred cows and cow/calf pairs. Feeder cattle too thinly tested for an accurate market trend. The next available report will be May 20, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.42/cwt on 26 head.

Average price

$170.42

26 head · 506 lb average

Value per head Derived

$863

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$73

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

$68.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.70

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	183.78	950	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	463	177.00	819	12thin
Large 2	478	141.00	674	3thin
Medium and Large 2	763	115.00	877	2thin

One grade step is worth $68.78/cwt here — about $73 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 sale26 hd

170.42

—

CO average3 barns · 231 hd

152.73

+17.70

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	—	Low	1,946	86.99	1,693	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,809	64.49	1,166	74
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,468	63.45	931	357
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,154	57.04	658	174

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	675	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,825	1,360.00/cwt	1,360.00–1,360.00	24,820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	829	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	493	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	740	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	938	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	983	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	589	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	970	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	9,458	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	13,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	133.72/cwt	132.50–135.00	784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	976	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	11,235	2
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	851	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,125.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,125.00	12,488	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,608	1,397.22/cwt	1,250.00–1,500.00	22,467	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,177	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	90.51/cwt	83.50–94.00	1,052	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,038	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	768	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,309	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	18,981	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	988	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	8,892	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,594	1,060.67/cwt	1,050.00–1,100.00	16,907	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,508	1,318.41/cwt	1,250.00–1,400.00	19,882	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,372	1,045.62/cwt	1,000.00–1,175.00	14,346	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,078	5
Bred Heifers	Small 1-2	—	780	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,610	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	19,079	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,597	1,111.75/cwt	1,100.00–1,150.00	17,755	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,360	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	12,580	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	1,052	1
Bulls	—	—	1,949	74.21/cwt	69.50–82.00	1,446	7
Bulls	—	—	2,141	100.85/cwt	97.50–104.00	2,159	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,143	65.16/cwt	60.00–70.00	745	33
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,356	68.68/cwt	63.00–81.00	931	104
Bulls	—	—	1,899	88.99/cwt	84.50–95.50	1,690	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,452	66.52/cwt	63.00–73.00	966	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	58.39/cwt	50.50–62.50	904	162
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	52.02/cwt	45.00–55.50	571	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	38.30/cwt	25.00–46.00	441	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,747	69.59/cwt	65.50–74.50	1,216	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	60.19/cwt	56.00–66.00	717	79
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,236	84.77/cwt	84.50–85.00	1,048	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,842	61.72/cwt	55.00–65.00	1,137	48
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	918	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	854	2
Steers	Large 2	—	478	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	674	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	476	74.37/cwt	65.00–77.00	354	35
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,375	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	1,128	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	1,115	47.50/cwt	47.50–47.50	530	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,655	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	778	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,110	84.33/cwt	83.00–85.00	936	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	845	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	701	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,057	85.43/cwt	82.50–86.00	903	42
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	583	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	396	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	359	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	224	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,085	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	922	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	405	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	253	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	938	84.03/cwt	82.00–84.50	788	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,278	84.00/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,074	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	746	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	567	20
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	93.35/cwt	88.00–97.50	990	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,155	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	959	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,006	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,140	781.54/cwt	710.00–850.00	8,910	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,315	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	11,178	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,393	1,112.17/cwt	1,100.00–1,160.00	15,493	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	783	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	860	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	920	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	456	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	798	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 May 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 255Last week 285Year ago 99

Slaughter CattleReceipts 729Last week 630Year ago 523

Replacement CattleReceipts 96Last week 152Year ago 231

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	225	300.00	300.00
3	—	653	127.00	127.00
5	—	493	150.00	150.00
4	—	586	132.50–135.00	133.72
3	—	835	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	855	115.00	115.00
2	—	428	137.50	137.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	530	177.00	177.00
2	—	423	185.00	185.00
8	—	456	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	265	400.00	400.00
4	—	571	171.00	171.00
5	—	474	194.00	194.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	478	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	763	115.00	115.00
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	935	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,236	84.50–85.00	84.77
3	—	1,375	82.00	82.00
2	—	1,085	85.00	85.00
9	—	1,278	83.00–85.00	84.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	918	93.00	93.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	476	65.00–77.00	74.37
3	—	1,110	83.00–85.00	84.33
6	—	845	83.00	83.00
42	—	1,057	82.50–86.00	85.43
7	—	359	62.50	62.50
19	—	405	62.50	62.50
18	—	938	82.00–84.50	84.03
1	—	1,155	83.00	83.00
1	—	860	81.00	81.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	47.50	47.50
20	—	746	76.00	76.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	68.00	68.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,162	83.50–94.00	90.51
1	—	995	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,825	1,360.00	1,360.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	—	1,608	1,250.00–1,500.00	1,397.22
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,309	1,450.00	1,450.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,508	1,250.00–1,400.00	1,318.41
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,372	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,045.62
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,610	1,185.00	1,185.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	970	975.00	975.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,208	1,150.00	1,150.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,070	1,050.00	1,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,594	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,060.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,597	1,100.00–1,150.00	1,111.75
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,360	925.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,393	1,100.00–1,160.00	1,112.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	988	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,140	710.00–850.00	781.54
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,315	850.00	850.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,110	1,125.00	1,125.00
Bred Heifers — Small 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	780	625.00	625.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	915	875.00	875.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,038	74.00	74.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	929	116.00	116.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,060	88.00–97.50	93.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,275	82.50	82.50
89	—	1,452	63.00–73.00	66.52
162	—	1,548	50.50–62.50	58.39
1	—	1,655	47.00	47.00
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,143	60.00–70.00	65.16
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	1,356	63.00–81.00	68.68
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,097	45.00–55.50	52.02
15	—	1,152	25.00–46.00	38.30
79	—	1,192	56.00–66.00	60.19
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,747	65.50–74.50	69.59
48	—	1,842	55.00–65.00	61.72
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,949	69.50–82.00	74.21
4	—	2,141	97.50–104.00	100.85
17	—	1,899	84.50–95.50	88.99

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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Steers · 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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Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

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