Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were too thinly tested to quote. Feeding cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded steady on a light test. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, November 18, 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,726	60.99	1,053	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,390	54.17	753	352
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,176	45.12	530	261
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,570	73.75	1,158	15

Every lot, as filed

41 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	—	1,210	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	1,156	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,338	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	1,264	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,418	91.50/cwt	91.50–91.50	1,297	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,280	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,165	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	995	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	940	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,143	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,074	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	728	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	437	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	917	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	862	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	790	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	553	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,655	1,318.83/cwt	1,300.00–1,350.00	21,827	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,273	1,437.29/cwt	1,310.00–1,500.00	18,297	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,396	1,307.96/cwt	1,200.00–1,450.00	18,259	69
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,202	1,187.28/cwt	1,000.00–1,275.00	14,271	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,336	808.00/cwt	760.00–900.00	10,795	37
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	649.48/cwt	535.00–735.00	8,041	121
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,081	75.59/cwt	69.00–81.00	817	52
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,123	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	1,323.73/cwt	1,250.00–1,360.00	18,069	11
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	842	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	9,262	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	95.03/cwt	88.00–97.50	883	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	1,167	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,696	55.68/cwt	50.00–60.00	944	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,481	37.75/cwt	31.00–42.00	559	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,409	47.86/cwt	43.00–54.00	674	154
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	57.04/cwt	48.00–60.00	773	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,259	24.35/cwt	20.00–32.00	307	27
Dairy Heifers	Select and Choice	—	1,570	73.75/cwt	73.00–75.00	1,158	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,748	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	769	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	40.76/cwt	35.00–43.00	477	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,158	46.04/cwt	44.00–49.00	533	74
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,751	66.03/cwt	62.00–73.00	1,156	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,101	65.50/cwt	65.50–65.50	721	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,180	54.08/cwt	48.00–61.00	638	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,210	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	835	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,372	61.29/cwt	55.00–66.00	841	151
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	954	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	11,284	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	1,492.28/cwt	1,400.00–1,585.00	14,207	241
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	833	1,075.24/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	8,957	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,485	990.20/cwt	975.00–1,075.00	14,704	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,353	1,024.99/cwt	900.00–1,160.00	13,868	46

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 Nov 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26Last week 221Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,371Last week 674Year ago 1,180

Replacement CattleReceipts 752Last week 110Year ago 983

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,210	95.50	95.50
5	—	1,338	94.50	94.50
2	—	1,418	91.50	91.50
1	—	1,280	91.00	91.00
2	—	995	94.50	94.50
2	—	1,143	94.00	94.00
3	—	917	94.00	94.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	728	60.00	60.00
3	—	790	70.00	70.00

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	3	—	1,655	1,300.00–1,350.00	1,318.83
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	—	1,273	1,310.00–1,500.00	1,437.29
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	69	—	1,396	1,200.00–1,450.00	1,307.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	37	—	1,336	760.00–900.00	808.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,365	1,250.00–1,360.00	1,323.73
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,485	975.00–1,075.00	990.20
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	26	—	1,202	1,000.00–1,275.00	1,187.28
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	121	—	1,238	535.00–735.00	649.48
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	46	—	1,353	900.00–1,160.00	1,024.99
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	52	—	1,081	69.00–81.00	75.59
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	935	102.00	102.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	117.00	117.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	—	929	88.00–97.50	95.03
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	842	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	—	868	1,300.00	1,300.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	241	—	952	1,400.00–1,585.00	1,492.28
Bred Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	—	833	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,075.24

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	76.00	76.00
16	—	1,696	50.00–60.00	55.68
3	—	1,748	44.00	44.00
24	—	1,751	62.00–73.00	66.03
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,481	31.00–42.00	37.75
154	—	1,409	43.00–54.00	47.86
33	—	1,355	48.00–60.00	57.04
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,259	20.00–32.00	24.35
80	—	1,170	35.00–43.00	40.76
74	—	1,158	44.00–49.00	46.04
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,101	65.50	65.50
69	—	1,180	48.00–61.00	54.08
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	69.00	69.00
151	—	1,372	55.00–66.00	61.29
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,570	73.00–75.00	73.75

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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