Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 2.50 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 1.75 lower. Feeding cows traded steady to 6.50 lower. Dairy heifers traded steady. The next available report will be Thursday, October 21, 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	—	Low	1,875	77.07	1,445	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,640	70.70	1,160	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,427	60.73	866	325
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,182	49.23	582	159
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,685	80.36	1,354	8thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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	—	1,305	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,246	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,118	95.34/cwt	94.50–96.00	1,066	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,025	94.94/cwt	94.50–95.50	973	23
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	890	93.50/cwt	93.50–93.50	832	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	829	86.99/cwt	86.00–88.00	721	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	878	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	773	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	782	70.76/cwt	70.00–72.50	553	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	671	65.47/cwt	60.00–66.00	439	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	743	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	461	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	920	94.35/cwt	94.00–94.50	868	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	768	63.51/cwt	62.00–65.00	488	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,158	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,112	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,055	95.56/cwt	95.50–96.00	1,008	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	973	94.73/cwt	94.00–95.50	922	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	801	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	753	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,110	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	988	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,260	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	1,115	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	931	116.65/cwt	107.00–120.00	1,086	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	81.05/cwt	77.00–88.00	920	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,038	72.88/cwt	72.50–73.00	756	8
Bulls	—	—	1,789	74.11/cwt	70.00–78.50	1,326	17
Bulls	—	—	2,008	81.65/cwt	80.00–85.00	1,640	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,379	69.71/cwt	65.00–76.00	961	166
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,211	60.55/cwt	58.00–66.00	733	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,544	39.80/cwt	31.00–44.00	615	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	63.97/cwt	60.00–72.00	903	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,438	81.26/cwt	80.50–82.00	1,169	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,486	48.68/cwt	45.00–59.50	723	97
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,774	74.15/cwt	69.50–85.00	1,315	6
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,418	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,404	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,624	73.02/cwt	67.00–78.50	1,186	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	83.62/cwt	79.00–90.00	1,388	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,702	56.61/cwt	55.00–63.00	964	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,192	56.54/cwt	50.00–62.00	674	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,179	45.25/cwt	39.00–49.00	533	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	29.77/cwt	20.00–38.00	338	21

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 14, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 164Last week 128Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 643Last week 630Year ago 671

Replacement CattleReceipts 39Last week 27Year ago 285

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,305	95.50	95.50
19	—	1,118	94.50–96.00	95.34
23	—	1,025	94.50–95.50	94.94
3	—	890	93.50	93.50
13	—	920	94.00–94.50	94.35
5	—	1,158	96.00	96.00
9	—	1,055	95.50–96.00	95.56
15	—	973	94.00–95.50	94.73
4	—	801	94.00	94.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	829	86.00–88.00	86.99
6	—	878	88.00	88.00
1	—	1,110	89.00	89.00
1	—	1,260	88.50	88.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	782	70.00–72.50	70.76
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	671	60.00–66.00	65.47
2	—	743	62.00	62.00
2	—	768	62.00–65.00	63.51

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	931	107.00–120.00	116.65
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,135	77.00–88.00	81.05
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,038	72.50–73.00	72.88

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,789	70.00–78.50	74.11
11	—	2,008	80.00–85.00	81.65
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,379	65.00–76.00	69.71
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,211	58.00–66.00	60.55
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,544	31.00–44.00	39.80
37	—	1,411	60.00–72.00	63.97
2	—	1,438	80.50–82.00	81.26
97	—	1,486	45.00–59.50	48.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,624	67.00–78.50	73.02
3	—	1,660	79.00–90.00	83.62
9	—	1,702	55.00–63.00	56.61
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,192	50.00–62.00	56.54
61	—	1,179	39.00–49.00	45.25
21	—	1,135	20.00–38.00	29.77
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,774	69.50–85.00	74.15
2	—	1,418	99.00	99.00

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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