Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate on good demand. Dairy heifers sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Breds and pairs too thinly tested to trend. The next available report will be Thursday, January 27, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $109.50/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$109.50

3 head · 1,328 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,454

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−65.50

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	1,328	109.50	1,454	3thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale3 hd

109.50

—

CO average6 barns · 6,849 hd

175.00

−65.50

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,866	90.26	1,684	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,779	82.64	1,470	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,513	70.19	1,062	220
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,282	59.33	760	202

Every lot, as filed

52 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 Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,218.49/cwt	1,150.00–1,300.00	13,342	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,312	1,450.00/cwt	1,450.00–1,450.00	19,024	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,558	1,086.08/cwt	975.00–1,175.00	16,921	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,463	984.98/cwt	950.00–1,035.00	14,410	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,272	812.51/cwt	810.00–825.00	10,335	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,397	1,069.57/cwt	950.00–1,160.00	14,942	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,574	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	18,495	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	16,065	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,433	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	13,255	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,100	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,350	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	895	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	895	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	795	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	537	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	1,200	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,308	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	505	42.50/cwt	42.50–42.50	215	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,105	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,116	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	964	104.32/cwt	104.00–106.50	1,006	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	630	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	362	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	975	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	985	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	677	78.68/cwt	78.00–80.00	533	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	775	78.50/cwt	77.50–79.00	608	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,021	107.31/cwt	104.50–108.50	1,096	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	927	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	992	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	870	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	931	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,130	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	1,181	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,073	106.76/cwt	105.50–108.00	1,146	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,328	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	1,454	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,228	34.77/cwt	30.00–40.00	427	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,692	74.99/cwt	74.00–76.00	1,269	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,540	66.75/cwt	62.50–74.00	1,028	84
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,397	60.29/cwt	57.00–62.00	842	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,490	80.28/cwt	79.00–82.00	1,196	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,432	70.64/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,012	82
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,803	84.73/cwt	82.00–88.00	1,528	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,667	79.78/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,330	38
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	870	37.50/cwt	37.50–37.50	326	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,540	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	1,194	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,291	59.02/cwt	50.00–65.00	762	120
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,398	68.55/cwt	66.00–78.00	958	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,208	46.70/cwt	42.50–49.50	564	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,082	60.14/cwt	57.00–64.00	651	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,458	63.73/cwt	63.50–64.00	929	2
Bulls	—	—	2,155	78.12/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,683	2
Bulls	—	—	2,303	100.98/cwt	99.00–102.00	2,326	3
Bulls	—	—	1,734	90.82/cwt	85.00–97.50	1,575	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,380	84.33/cwt	81.00–87.50	1,164	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	87.62/cwt	85.00–90.00	952	25
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,390	69.41/cwt	66.00–71.00	965	3
Stock Cows	Medium 1	—	1,145	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	802	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	1,071	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,405	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	13,699	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,938	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	995	78.06/cwt	72.00–83.00	777	4

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 20, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 56Last week 191Year ago 49

Slaughter CattleReceipts 454Last week 843Year ago 459

Replacement CattleReceipts 94Last week 50Year ago 295

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,095	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,218.49
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	1,312	1,450.00	1,450.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,558	975.00–1,175.00	1,086.08
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	1,463	950.00–1,035.00	984.98
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	—	1,397	950.00–1,160.00	1,069.57
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,350.00	1,350.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,433	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,275	1,250.00	1,250.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	1,272	810.00–825.00	812.51
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,405	975.00	975.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,574	1,175.00	1,175.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	850.00	850.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,086	85.00–90.00	87.62
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,245	86.00	86.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,390	66.00–71.00	69.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	995	72.00–83.00	78.06
Stock Cows — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	70.00	70.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	100.00	100.00
1	—	1,105	101.00	101.00
1	—	975	101.00	101.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	795	67.50	67.50
1	—	505	42.50	42.50
1	—	630	57.50	57.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	109.00	109.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	964	104.00–106.50	104.32
20	—	1,021	104.50–108.50	107.31
5	—	927	107.00	107.00
2	—	870	106.00–108.00	107.01
1	—	1,130	104.50	104.50
2	—	1,073	105.50–108.00	106.76
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	677	78.00–80.00	78.68
3	—	775	77.50–79.00	78.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,328	109.50	109.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,228	30.00–40.00	34.77
120	—	1,291	50.00–65.00	59.02
39	—	1,398	66.00–78.00	68.55
13	—	1,208	42.50–49.50	46.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,692	74.00–76.00	74.99
11	—	1,803	82.00–88.00	84.73
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,540	62.50–74.00	66.75
12	—	1,397	57.00–62.00	60.29
38	—	1,667	75.00–85.00	79.78
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	79.00–82.00	80.28
82	—	1,432	65.00–80.00	70.64
2	—	1,458	63.50–64.00	63.73
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	870	37.50	37.50
1	—	1,540	77.50	77.50
21	—	1,082	57.00–64.00	60.14
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,155	75.00–81.00	78.12
3	—	2,303	99.00–102.00	100.98
7	—	1,734	85.00–97.50	90.82
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	81.00–87.50	84.33

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle