Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls, good on dairy heifers. Dairy heifers sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher on heifers weighing 900 lbs and up. Average dressing slaughter cows sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls to thinly tested to trend. The next available report will be Thursday, January 20, 2022.

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	1,877	84.76	1,591	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,713	67.13	1,150	113
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,461	61.99	906	275
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,327	51.99	690	397

Every lot, as filed

51 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	—	1,015	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,135	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	792	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	475	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,161	107.67/cwt	104.50–108.00	1,250	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,238	107.43/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,330	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,265	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	1,126	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	680	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	476	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	800	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	620	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,075	107.63/cwt	104.00–109.00	1,157	33
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	981	106.39/cwt	105.00–108.00	1,044	62
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	738	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	443	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	922	105.68/cwt	103.00–107.00	974	27
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,123	106.87/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,200	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	775	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	891	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	678	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	525	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,029	106.74/cwt	102.00–108.50	1,098	23
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	838	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	746	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,590	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	20,670	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,283	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,585	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,206	710.00/cwt	710.00–710.00	8,563	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,028	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	5,757	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,465	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	13,918	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	956	91.95/cwt	87.00–96.00	879	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	14,108	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	104.48/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,055	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,073	75.96/cwt	73.00–81.00	815	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	910	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	592	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,210	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	847	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,580	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,390	54.90/cwt	50.00–61.00	763	251
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,749	70.72/cwt	66.00–73.00	1,237	72
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,359	59.56/cwt	54.00–62.50	809	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,097	78.24/cwt	72.00–85.00	858	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,261	45.10/cwt	37.50–49.50	569	51
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,560	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	998	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	60.79/cwt	55.00–65.00	1,004	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,432	66.43/cwt	63.50–74.50	951	88
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,234	56.00/cwt	50.00–64.00	691	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,169	44.72/cwt	38.00–47.50	523	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,539	64.08/cwt	61.00–69.00	986	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,540	48.63/cwt	46.00–52.00	749	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,627	56.73/cwt	53.00–60.50	923	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,105	29.04/cwt	20.00–36.00	321	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,191	67.82/cwt	65.00–73.00	808	5
Bulls	—	—	1,778	78.29/cwt	72.00–81.50	1,392	10
Bulls	—	—	2,045	88.66/cwt	82.50–94.00	1,813	18
Bulls	—	—	2,143	96.82/cwt	95.00–98.50	2,075	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,210	72.49/cwt	69.00–75.50	877	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,045	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	836	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	17,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,155	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	8,374	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,365	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	11,261	2

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 Jan 13, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 191Last week 127Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 843Last week 474Year ago 664

Replacement CattleReceipts 50Last week 371Year ago 693

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,015	900.00	900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,283	825.00	825.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,206	710.00	710.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,028	560.00	560.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,465	950.00	950.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,155	725.00	725.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,365	825.00	825.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,590	1,300.00	1,300.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	956	87.00–96.00	91.95
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,010	100.00–116.00	104.48
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,073	73.00–81.00	75.96
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	910	65.00	65.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,045	1,350.00	1,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,325	1,300.00	1,300.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	792	60.00	60.00
3	—	680	70.00	70.00
2	—	738	60.00	60.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,161	104.50–108.00	107.67
14	—	1,238	102.00–108.00	107.43
33	—	1,075	104.00–109.00	107.63
62	—	981	105.00–108.00	106.39
27	—	922	103.00–107.00	105.68
4	—	1,123	105.00–107.50	106.87
23	—	1,029	102.00–108.50	106.74
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,265	89.00	89.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	800	77.50	77.50
3	—	678	77.50	77.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	115.00	115.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	838	89.00	89.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,210	70.00	70.00
43	—	1,539	61.00–69.00	64.08
8	—	1,540	46.00–52.00	48.63
52	—	1,627	53.00–60.50	56.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,580	62.50	62.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
251	—	1,390	50.00–61.00	54.90
51	—	1,261	37.50–49.50	45.10
2	—	1,560	64.00	64.00
28	—	1,105	20.00–36.00	29.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,749	66.00–73.00	70.72
40	—	1,651	55.00–65.00	60.79
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,359	54.00–62.50	59.56
5	—	1,097	72.00–85.00	78.24
88	—	1,432	63.50–74.50	66.43
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,234	50.00–64.00	56.00
7	—	1,169	38.00–47.50	44.72
5	—	1,191	65.00–73.00	67.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,778	72.00–81.50	78.29
18	—	2,045	82.50–94.00	88.66
3	—	2,143	95.00–98.50	96.82
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,210	69.00–75.50	72.49
1	—	1,045	80.00	80.00

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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