Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded 2.75 to 4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 1.25 lower. Feeding cows and dairy heifers both traded steady. Stock cows traded 3.50 to 5.00 higher on a light test. Replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week, but sold with weak undertones. The next available report will be Thursday, October 28, 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	1,763	75.61	1,333	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,707	69.01	1,178	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,421	61.03	867	399
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,166	50.56	589	196
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,584	86.21	1,366	12

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	—	1,213	96.23/cwt	93.50–96.50	1,167	48
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	896	95.28/cwt	94.50–95.50	854	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,380	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,325	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,115	95.00/cwt	94.00–96.50	1,059	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,063	92.68/cwt	90.00–96.00	985	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,279	96.28/cwt	93.50–97.50	1,231	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,314	96.83/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,272	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	982	93.51/cwt	92.00–95.00	918	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	928	94.83/cwt	94.00–95.50	880	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,035	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	994	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,172	95.54/cwt	92.50–96.50	1,120	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,542	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	21,588	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,515	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	18,180	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,518	1,384.29/cwt	1,300.00–1,400.00	21,014	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,204	1,204.33/cwt	1,125.00–1,250.00	14,500	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,196	689.90/cwt	625.00–725.00	8,251	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,305	1,136.10/cwt	1,025.00–1,260.00	14,826	36
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,109	76.42/cwt	74.00–79.00	847	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	107.00/cwt	101.00–116.00	1,250	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,560	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	22,620	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	864.91/cwt	750.00–1,000.00	11,806	95
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,378	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	12,402	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,110	1,122.85/cwt	1,085.00–1,150.00	12,464	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	86.35/cwt	85.00–88.50	876	9
Bulls	—	—	1,693	74.23/cwt	66.00–76.50	1,257	27
Bulls	—	—	1,998	80.27/cwt	78.00–83.50	1,604	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,355	68.81/cwt	65.00–76.00	932	154
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,179	61.09/cwt	55.50–66.00	720	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,484	34.50/cwt	34.00–36.00	512	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,174	52.46/cwt	49.00–57.00	616	94
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,697	56.22/cwt	53.50–62.50	954	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	26.71/cwt	18.00–35.00	314	14
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,584	86.21/cwt	85.50–87.00	1,366	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	45.35/cwt	37.50–48.00	515	49
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,706	70.08/cwt	65.00–78.00	1,196	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,722	80.54/cwt	78.50–83.00	1,387	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,407	60.46/cwt	57.00–68.00	851	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	74.13/cwt	71.00–77.00	1,089	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,503	51.87/cwt	45.00–56.00	780	132

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 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 220Last week 164Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 730Last week 643Year ago 938

Replacement CattleReceipts 261Last week 39Year ago 785

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,213	93.50–96.50	96.23
9	—	896	94.50–95.50	95.28
1	—	1,380	96.00	96.00
13	—	1,115	94.00–96.50	95.00
6	—	1,063	90.00–96.00	92.68
12	—	1,279	93.50–97.50	96.28
12	—	1,314	96.00–97.00	96.83
19	—	982	92.00–95.00	93.51
20	—	928	94.00–95.50	94.83
1	—	1,035	96.00	96.00
33	—	1,172	92.50–96.50	95.54

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,542	1,400.00	1,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,515	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,518	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,384.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,560	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	—	1,204	1,125.00–1,250.00	1,204.33
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	36	—	1,305	1,025.00–1,260.00	1,136.10
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	95	—	1,365	750.00–1,000.00	864.91
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	—	1,196	625.00–725.00	689.90
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,378	900.00	900.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,109	74.00–79.00	76.42
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,168	101.00–116.00	107.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,015	85.00–88.50	86.35
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,110	1,085.00–1,150.00	1,122.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,693	66.00–76.50	74.23
8	—	1,998	78.00–83.50	80.27
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,355	65.00–76.00	68.81
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,179	55.50–66.00	61.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,484	34.00–36.00	34.50
96	—	1,407	57.00–68.00	60.46
13	—	1,469	71.00–77.00	74.13
132	—	1,503	45.00–56.00	51.87
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,174	49.00–57.00	52.46
14	—	1,175	18.00–35.00	26.71
49	—	1,136	37.50–48.00	45.35
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,697	53.50–62.50	56.22
32	—	1,706	65.00–78.00	70.08
7	—	1,722	78.50–83.00	80.54
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,584	85.50–87.00	86.21

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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