Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.50 to 3.50 lower. Feeding cows traded steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 10.00 lower on a very light test. Dairy heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 2.50 higher with instances of 4.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, October 14, 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	1,804	79.44	1,433	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,770	80.04	1,417	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,481	58.41	865	258
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,169	48.94	572	240
Steers	Choice	Average	1,544	100.97	1,558	6thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,117	95.45/cwt	94.00–96.50	1,066	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	979	95.82/cwt	93.00–96.50	938	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,214	96.54/cwt	95.00–97.50	1,172	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	884	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	769	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,265	96.18/cwt	93.00–97.00	1,217	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	860	93.56/cwt	93.50–94.00	805	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	941	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	828	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	1,035	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	802	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,024	95.96/cwt	94.00–97.00	983	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,078	95.38/cwt	92.00–96.50	1,028	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	925	96.20/cwt	96.00–96.50	890	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,160	95.66/cwt	95.00–96.00	1,110	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,275	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,135	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,140	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,015	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,202	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,046	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	914	1,028.55/cwt	1,025.00–1,035.00	9,401	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,102	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	831	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,328	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	17,264	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,241	915.48/cwt	860.00–975.00	11,361	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,083	82.52/cwt	80.00–85.00	894	2
Bulls	—	—	1,943	83.44/cwt	81.00–86.50	1,621	12
Bulls	—	—	1,990	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,831	2
Bulls	—	—	1,743	71.52/cwt	61.00–81.00	1,247	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,411	68.94/cwt	64.00–75.00	973	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,070	77.99/cwt	76.00–81.50	834	12
Steers	Choice	—	1,612	91.94/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,482	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,078	67.08/cwt	60.00–71.00	723	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,488	43.99/cwt	35.00–49.00	655	77
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,526	65.51/cwt	61.00–72.00	1,000	54
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,814	63.65/cwt	57.00–69.00	1,155	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,745	75.70/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,321	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	57.40/cwt	55.00–61.00	703	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	53.78/cwt	50.00–60.00	790	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,593	83.75/cwt	77.00–99.00	1,334	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	86.34/cwt	83.00–90.00	1,524	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,187	45.88/cwt	40.00–54.00	545	119
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	30.35/cwt	20.00–38.00	339	40
Steers	Choice	—	1,475	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,623	3

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 7, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 128Last week 110Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 630Last week 459Year ago 696

Replacement CattleReceipts 27Last week 27Year ago 355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,117	94.00–96.50	95.45
10	—	979	93.00–96.50	95.82
10	—	1,214	95.00–97.50	96.54
11	—	1,265	93.00–97.00	96.18
8	—	860	93.50–94.00	93.56
14	—	1,024	94.00–97.00	95.96
15	—	1,078	92.00–96.50	95.38
5	—	925	96.00–96.50	96.20
6	—	1,160	95.00–96.00	95.66
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	884	87.00	87.00
4	—	941	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,275	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,140	89.00	89.00
3	—	1,202	87.00	87.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,035	77.50	77.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	914	1,025.00–1,035.00	1,028.55
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	918	120.00	120.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	978	85.00	85.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,328	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,241	860.00–975.00	915.48

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,083	80.00–85.00	82.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,943	81.00–86.50	83.44
2	—	1,990	92.00	92.00
10	—	1,743	61.00–81.00	71.52
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,411	64.00–75.00	68.94
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,070	76.00–81.50	77.99
18	—	1,078	60.00–71.00	67.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,488	35.00–49.00	43.99
54	—	1,526	61.00–72.00	65.51
55	—	1,469	50.00–60.00	53.78
15	—	1,593	77.00–99.00	83.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,814	57.00–69.00	63.65
9	—	1,745	73.00–80.00	75.70
27	—	1,765	83.00–90.00	86.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,225	55.00–61.00	57.40
119	—	1,187	40.00–54.00	45.88
40	—	1,116	20.00–38.00	30.35
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,612	88.00–94.00	91.94
3	—	1,475	110.00	110.00

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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