Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher while slaughter bulls traded steady. Feeding cows traded steady to 2.00 higher. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle were too thinly tested to quote. The next available report will be Thursday, August 5, 2021.

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	1,811	90.05	1,631	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,717	75.26	1,292	110
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,470	68.42	1,006	187
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,158	60.48	700	84

Every lot, as filed

32 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	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	46.71/cwt	45.00–47.50	654	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,017	39.75/cwt	35.00–47.50	404	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,419	72.38/cwt	68.00–80.00	1,027	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,729	77.78/cwt	73.00–83.00	1,345	81
Bulls	—	—	1,980	95.22/cwt	92.00–100.00	1,885	10
Bulls	—	—	1,681	86.07/cwt	80.00–89.50	1,447	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,478	85.17/cwt	85.00–85.50	1,259	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	810	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	599	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	988	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	909	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	560	73.73/cwt	71.00–74.00	413	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,280	91.49/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,171	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	938	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	872	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	995	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	881	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	834	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	709	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,069	93.00/cwt	92.50–93.50	994	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,268	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,110	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	771	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	547	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,244	93.59/cwt	92.00–94.00	1,164	22
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,034	93.76/cwt	92.00–94.50	969	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,384	84.25/cwt	82.00–85.00	1,166	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,479	70.88/cwt	68.00–78.00	1,048	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,156	68.69/cwt	67.00–70.00	794	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	744	70.75/cwt	70.00–71.00	526	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,065	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	937	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,163	53.97/cwt	49.50–59.50	628	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,180	93.17/cwt	92.50–94.00	1,099	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,471	63.84/cwt	53.00–67.50	939	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,683	68.21/cwt	65.50–71.00	1,148	29
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	932	89.50/cwt	89.50–89.50	834	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,139	93.13/cwt	92.00–93.50	1,061	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,190	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	863	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,172	64.56/cwt	60.00–69.50	757	51

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 Jul 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 143Last week 242Year ago 54

Slaughter CattleReceipts 599Last week 359Year ago 499

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	45.00–47.50	46.71
112	—	1,479	68.00–78.00	70.88
55	—	1,471	53.00–67.50	63.84
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,017	35.00–47.50	39.75
21	—	1,163	49.50–59.50	53.97
1	—	1,190	72.50	72.50
51	—	1,172	60.00–69.50	64.56
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,419	68.00–80.00	72.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,729	73.00–83.00	77.78
29	—	1,683	65.50–71.00	68.21
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,156	67.00–70.00	68.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,980	92.00–100.00	95.22
13	—	1,681	80.00–89.50	86.07

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,478	85.00–85.50	85.17
2	—	988	92.00	92.00
2	—	1,280	91.00–92.00	91.49
2	—	938	93.00	93.00
11	—	1,069	92.50–93.50	93.00
22	—	1,244	92.00–94.00	93.59
6	—	1,034	92.00–94.50	93.76
9	—	1,180	92.50–94.00	93.17
4	—	1,139	92.00–93.50	93.13
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	810	74.00	74.00
11	—	560	71.00–74.00	73.73
10	—	771	71.00	71.00
4	—	744	70.00–71.00	70.75
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	88.50	88.50
7	—	834	85.00	85.00
2	—	1,268	87.50	87.50
4	—	1,384	82.00–85.00	84.25
2	—	1,065	88.00	88.00
3	—	932	89.50	89.50

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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