Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. In slaughter cattle, Breakers traded 2.00 lower on a lighter test. Boner cattle traded steady and Lean cows traded 3.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 1.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded steady to 2.00 lower. All other classes of cattle did not have enough comparisons for an accurate trend. The next available report will be Thursday, May 26, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.38/cwt on 8 head.

Average price

$183.38

8 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,059

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$39.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+17.36

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	198.00	1,069	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	640	159.00	1,018	3thin

One grade step is worth $39.00/cwt here — about $52 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

183.38

—

CO average3 barns · 205 hd

166.02

+17.36

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	—	High	1,651	99.14	1,637	69
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,774	80.49	1,428	89
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,459	78.63	1,147	388
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,090	71.57	780	180
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,500	103.29	1,549	3thin

Every lot, as filed

65 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,333	1,646.27/cwt	1,625.00–1,675.00	21,945	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,013	101.08/cwt	100.50–102.00	1,024	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,059	102.14/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,082	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,187	101.23/cwt	101.00–101.50	1,202	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	860	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	602	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	246	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,378	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	296	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,554	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,080	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,048	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	340	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	196	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	458	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	309	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	768	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	522	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	923	73.55/cwt	73.00–77.50	679	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,116	97.75/cwt	97.50–98.00	1,091	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	985	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	990	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	358	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	260	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	725	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	562	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,255	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	1,249	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	868	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	842	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,112	101.37/cwt	101.00–102.00	1,127	22
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,231	94.53/cwt	92.00–97.00	1,164	8
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	971	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	966	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,221	100.87/cwt	100.50–102.00	1,232	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,345	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,332	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,255	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,280	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	468	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	339	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	330	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	172	430.77/cwt	425.00–435.00	741	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,018	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,069	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	175	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	243	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,118	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	569	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,769	86.25/cwt	82.00–93.00	1,526	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,421	53.76/cwt	45.00–58.00	764	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,513	72.20/cwt	62.50–74.50	1,092	105
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,461	93.47/cwt	88.00–99.00	1,366	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,441	79.27/cwt	75.00–87.50	1,142	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,157	86.83/cwt	85.00–89.00	1,005	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,777	76.58/cwt	69.50–81.00	1,361	53
Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,500	103.29/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,549	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,110	76.76/cwt	72.00–83.00	852	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,122	73.67/cwt	68.00–79.00	827	66
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,038	48.60/cwt	44.00–51.00	504	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,009	60.67/cwt	55.00–66.00	612	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,435	83.49/cwt	75.00–88.50	1,198	120
Bulls	—	—	2,247	117.67/cwt	114.00–120.50	2,644	6
Bulls	—	—	1,651	97.22/cwt	85.00–101.50	1,605	18
Bulls	—	—	1,914	106.19/cwt	102.00–112.00	2,032	24
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,217	83.79/cwt	75.00–95.00	1,020	17
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,024	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,055	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	105.94/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,092	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,359	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	13,386	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,166.88/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	16,161	22
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,222	1,725.00/cwt	1,725.00–1,725.00	21,080	5
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,208	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	18,724	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,381	1,598.16/cwt	1,525.00–1,675.00	22,071	25
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,490	1,260.14/cwt	1,185.00–1,350.00	18,776	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,466	1,228.89/cwt	1,200.00–1,350.00	18,016	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	92.56/cwt	90.00–97.00	929	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,067	102.69/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,096	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,386	1,135.00/cwt	1,135.00–1,135.00	15,731	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,526	1,400.09/cwt	1,275.00–1,435.00	21,365	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,536	1,587.52/cwt	1,500.00–1,675.00	24,384	97
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,556	1,438.12/cwt	1,425.00–1,450.00	22,377	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,424	1,575.00/cwt	1,575.00–1,575.00	22,428	7

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 May 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 415Last week 305Year ago 397

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,168Last week 701Year ago 730

Replacement CattleReceipts 318Last week 101Year ago 105

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,333	1,625.00–1,675.00	1,646.27
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,381	1,525.00–1,675.00	1,598.16
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	97	—	1,536	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,587.52
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,556	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,438.12
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,466	1,200.00–1,350.00	1,228.89
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,386	1,135.00	1,135.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	25	—	1,526	1,275.00–1,435.00	1,400.09
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,424	1,575.00	1,575.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,031	100.00–109.00	105.94
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	—	1,004	90.00–97.00	92.56
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,067	100.00–105.00	102.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,359	985.00	985.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,385	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,166.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	—	1,490	1,185.00–1,350.00	1,260.14
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,222	1,725.00	1,725.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	1,208	1,550.00	1,550.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,013	100.50–102.00	101.08
14	—	1,059	101.00–103.00	102.14
13	—	1,187	101.00–101.50	101.23
2	—	985	100.50	100.50
22	—	1,112	101.00–102.00	101.37
4	—	1,221	100.50–102.00	100.87
2	—	1,345	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,255	102.00	102.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	70.00	70.00
10	—	340	57.50	57.50
3	—	458	67.50	67.50
2	—	768	68.00	68.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,080	97.00	97.00
8	—	1,116	97.50–98.00	97.75
1	—	1,255	99.50	99.50
10	—	868	97.00	97.00
8	—	1,231	92.00–97.00	94.53
7	—	971	99.50	99.50
4	—	330	87.50	87.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	923	73.00–77.50	73.55
3	—	358	72.50	72.50
2	—	725	77.50	77.50
3	—	468	72.50	72.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	246	560.00	560.00
15	—	172	425.00–435.00	430.77
5	—	540	198.00	198.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	640	159.00	159.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	296	525.00	525.00
9	—	175	360.00	360.00
10	—	243	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	333	171.00	171.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,769	82.00–93.00	86.25
53	—	1,777	69.50–81.00	76.58
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,421	45.00–58.00	53.76
105	—	1,513	62.50–74.50	72.20
8	—	1,461	88.00–99.00	93.47
150	—	1,441	75.00–87.50	79.27
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,157	85.00–89.00	86.83
57	—	1,110	72.00–83.00	76.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,122	68.00–79.00	73.67
4	—	1,038	44.00–51.00	48.60
44	—	1,009	55.00–66.00	60.67
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,435	75.00–88.50	83.49
Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,500	101.00–108.00	103.29
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,247	114.00–120.50	117.67
18	—	1,651	85.00–101.50	97.22
24	—	1,914	102.00–112.00	106.19
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,217	75.00–95.00	83.79
4	—	1,024	103.00	103.00

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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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

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Feeder Cattle

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