Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity good on moderate to good demand for slaughter cows. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 1.00 to 5.00 higher. No comparison for slaughter bulls. Dairy heifers sold mostly steady. Few breds and pairs. The next available report will be Thursday, December 2, 2021 for a Bred Cow Special.

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	—	High	1,689	75.85	1,281	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,620	68.64	1,112	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,391	59.11	822	333
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,252	45.38	568	370

Every lot, as filed

61 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,113	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,330	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	8,645	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	939	93.35/cwt	93.00–93.50	877	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,125	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,024	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	985	93.36/cwt	93.00–93.50	920	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	70.50/cwt	70.50–70.50	742	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	848	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	952	71.51/cwt	50.00–78.00	681	24
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	12,120	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,544	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	14,436	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	117.25/cwt	108.00–124.00	1,202	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	82.59/cwt	80.00–87.50	747	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,281	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,608	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	17,940	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,174	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	6,398	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,392	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	10,927	5
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	635	12.50/cwt	12.50–12.50	79	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	995	94.50/cwt	94.50–94.50	940	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	970	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	815	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	573	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	315	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	850	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	774	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,025	94.37/cwt	93.00–95.50	967	38
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	861	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	732	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	765	65.87/cwt	62.50–67.50	504	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	804	85.99/cwt	81.00–88.00	691	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,076	94.16/cwt	94.00–94.50	1,013	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,113	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,046	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,205	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,133	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,320	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,201	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,180	93.85/cwt	93.50–94.00	1,107	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,780	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,388	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,205	71.19/cwt	67.00–85.00	858	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,533	50.07/cwt	45.00–52.00	768	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,376	59.90/cwt	53.00–66.00	824	131
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,446	52.45/cwt	43.00–58.00	758	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,548	21.24/cwt	12.50–29.00	329	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	38.36/cwt	33.00–41.00	444	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,343	57.25/cwt	55.00–67.00	769	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,256	46.49/cwt	41.00–54.00	584	240
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,695	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	831	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	55.72/cwt	51.00–61.00	878	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,455	64.98/cwt	61.00–75.00	945	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,790	80.24/cwt	73.50–84.00	1,436	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,610	67.28/cwt	62.50–72.50	1,083	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,665	67.27/cwt	67.00–67.50	1,120	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	62.07/cwt	58.50–66.00	850	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,320	47.45/cwt	42.00–56.00	626	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,151	21.79/cwt	10.00–30.00	251	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,116	67.11/cwt	60.00–73.50	749	9
Bulls	—	—	1,835	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	1,587	1
Bulls	—	—	1,842	79.24/cwt	73.50–83.50	1,460	20
Bulls	—	—	1,838	58.85/cwt	50.00–69.00	1,082	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,400	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	805	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,189	77.00/cwt	70.00–80.00	916	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,482	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	14,450	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,251	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	12,510	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,244	1,058.31/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	13,165	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,523	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	13,098	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,390	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	862	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,479	1,113.62/cwt	1,100.00–1,125.00	16,470	25
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,172	55.14/cwt	45.00–63.50	646	22

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.

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Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Nov 18, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 130Last week 26Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,327Last week 1,371Year ago 1,180

Replacement CattleReceipts 139Last week 752Year ago 983

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	1,270	875.00	875.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,281	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	10	—	1,174	545.00	545.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,392	785.00	785.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,251	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,523	860.00	860.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,544	935.00	935.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,482	975.00	975.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,244	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,058.31
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	25	—	1,479	1,100.00–1,125.00	1,113.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,330	650.00	650.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,380	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,053	70.50	70.50
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	905	80.00–87.50	82.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,390	62.00	62.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,060	80.00	80.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,025	108.00–124.00	117.25
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	24	—	952	50.00–78.00	71.51
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	—	1,172	45.00–63.50	55.14
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,010	1,200.00	1,200.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	939	93.00–93.50	93.35
2	—	1,125	91.00	91.00
14	—	985	93.00–93.50	93.36
8	—	850	91.00	91.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	12.50	12.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	995	94.50	94.50
38	—	1,025	93.00–95.50	94.37
13	—	1,076	94.00–94.50	94.16
8	—	1,113	94.00	94.00
2	—	1,205	94.00	94.00
1	—	1,320	91.00	91.00
17	—	1,180	93.50–94.00	93.85
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	970	84.00	84.00
3	—	861	85.00	85.00
7	—	804	81.00–88.00	85.99
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	573	55.00	55.00
3	—	765	62.50–67.50	65.87

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,780	78.00	78.00
10	—	1,455	61.00–75.00	64.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,205	67.00–85.00	71.19
21	—	1,533	45.00–52.00	50.07
131	—	1,376	53.00–66.00	59.90
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,446	43.00–58.00	52.45
2	—	1,548	12.50–29.00	21.24
9	—	1,665	67.00–67.50	67.27
55	—	1,370	58.50–66.00	62.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,157	33.00–41.00	38.36
16	—	1,343	55.00–67.00	57.25
240	—	1,256	41.00–54.00	46.49
25	—	1,151	10.00–30.00	21.79
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,695	49.00	49.00
3	—	1,575	51.00–61.00	55.72
11	—	1,790	73.50–84.00	80.24
31	—	1,610	62.50–72.50	67.28
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,320	42.00–56.00	47.45
9	—	1,116	60.00–73.50	67.11
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,835	86.50	86.50
20	—	1,842	73.50–83.50	79.24
4	—	1,838	50.00–69.00	58.85
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,400	57.50	57.50
7	—	1,189	70.00–80.00	77.00

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