Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 1.50 lower. Feeding cows traded steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Replacement cattle traded mostly steady on a light amount of comparisons. Dairy heifers traded steady to 1.50 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, June 3, 2021.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.17/cwt on 95 head.

Average price

$137.17

95 head · 592 lb average

Value per head Derived

$812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$84

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

$31.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.75

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	143.17	802	51
Medium and Large 1-2	576	136.27	785	33
Medium and Large 2	791	112.00	886	11thin

One grade step is worth $31.17/cwt here — about −$84 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 sale95 hd

137.17

—

CO average3 barns · 412 hd

137.91

−0.75

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	1,691	86.71	1,466	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,725	68.56	1,183	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,436	64.43	925	320
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,143	59.71	682	137

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2	—	395	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	596	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	376	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	145.66/cwt	145.00–146.00	702	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,476	1,234.71/cwt	1,150.00–1,310.00	18,224	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,290	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	9,482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	150.02/cwt	149.00–151.00	704	36
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,398	930.88/cwt	900.00–975.00	13,014	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	793	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	748	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	394	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	666	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	644	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	921	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	501	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	731	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	166.07/cwt	160.00–167.00	840	24
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,495	1,372.53/cwt	1,200.00–1,450.00	20,519	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	963.10/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	13,040	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	791	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	886	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,109	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,064	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,165	7
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	728	52.50/cwt	52.50–52.50	382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	125.51/cwt	121.00–127.00	861	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,028	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,096	104.71/cwt	103.00–107.00	1,148	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,380	69.27/cwt	65.00–74.00	956	147
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,477	64.50/cwt	62.00–71.00	953	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,496	57.19/cwt	50.00–61.50	856	70
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,223	89.48/cwt	87.00–96.00	1,094	23
Bulls	—	—	2,064	91.18/cwt	88.00–96.00	1,882	29
Bulls	—	—	2,100	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	2,100	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,748	79.65/cwt	78.50–81.00	1,392	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	40.45/cwt	35.00–47.50	415	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	61.09/cwt	59.00–67.50	701	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,836	58.50/cwt	51.00–64.00	1,074	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,141	65.85/cwt	62.00–69.00	751	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,167	54.54/cwt	48.00–58.50	636	43
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,229	84.88/cwt	82.50–85.50	1,043	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,090	72.49/cwt	70.00–76.00	790	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	78.38/cwt	76.00–81.00	1,013	4
Bulls	—	—	1,846	82.23/cwt	70.00–87.50	1,518	21
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,225	72.60/cwt	60.00–84.00	889	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,507	44.05/cwt	40.00–48.50	664	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,028	84.86/cwt	83.00–86.00	872	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,684	71.36/cwt	65.00–76.50	1,202	28
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	900	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	693	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,411	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,185	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	923	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	766	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	988	85.07/cwt	84.50–85.50	840	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	875	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	722	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,265	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,063	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	825	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	586	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	685	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	514	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,184	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,006	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,070	84.00/cwt	83.50–84.50	899	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,406	912.70/cwt	810.00–960.00	12,833	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	346	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	234	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	81.08/cwt	77.00–88.00	923	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,241	1,224.17/cwt	1,200.00–1,250.00	15,192	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,340	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	938	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,136	84.25/cwt	84.00–84.50	957	4

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 27, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 344Last week 397Year ago 272

Slaughter CattleReceipts 595Last week 730Year ago 472

Replacement CattleReceipts 96Last week 105Year ago 275

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	395	151.00	151.00
6	—	482	145.00–146.00	145.66
8	—	686	121.00–127.00	125.51
5	—	1,018	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	469	149.00–151.00	150.02
8	—	501	146.00	146.00
7	—	1,096	103.00–107.00	104.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	791	112.00	112.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	70.00	70.00
17	—	1,229	82.50–85.50	84.88
21	—	1,028	83.00–86.00	84.86
4	—	1,411	84.00	84.00
2	—	923	83.00	83.00
7	—	988	84.50–85.50	85.07
5	—	875	82.50	82.50
2	—	1,265	84.00	84.00
4	—	1,184	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,070	83.50–84.50	84.00
4	—	1,136	84.00–84.50	84.25
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	52.50	52.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	900	77.00	77.00
1	—	825	71.00	71.00
1	—	685	75.00	75.00
1	—	1,340	70.00	70.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	346	67.50	67.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	786	121.00	121.00
19	—	464	171.00	171.00
4	—	440	170.00	170.00
6	—	644	143.00	143.00
24	—	506	160.00–167.00	166.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	394	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	884	125.50	125.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,064	109.50	109.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,476	1,150.00–1,310.00	1,234.71
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,495	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,372.53
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,354	925.00–1,025.00	963.10
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,241	1,200.00–1,250.00	1,224.17
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,290	735.00	735.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	—	1,398	900.00–975.00	930.88
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,406	810.00–960.00	912.70
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,138	77.00–88.00	81.08

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	1,380	65.00–74.00	69.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,477	62.00–71.00	64.50
70	—	1,496	50.00–61.50	57.19
4	—	1,292	76.00–81.00	78.38
13	—	1,507	40.00–48.50	44.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,748	78.50–81.00	79.65
10	—	1,836	51.00–64.00	58.50
28	—	1,684	65.00–76.50	71.36
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,025	35.00–47.50	40.45
58	—	1,148	59.00–67.50	61.09
43	—	1,167	48.00–58.50	54.54
11	—	1,090	70.00–76.00	72.49
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,141	62.00–69.00	65.85
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,223	87.00–96.00	89.48
8	—	1,225	60.00–84.00	72.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	2,064	88.00–96.00	91.18
1	—	2,100	100.00	100.00
21	—	1,846	70.00–87.50	82.23

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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Reporter comment USDA

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

Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle