Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows and feeding cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded 4.00 higher. Pairs traded 80.00 to 200.00 per head higher. Dairy heifers traded steady to 3.50 lower. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, June 2, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.69/cwt on 67 head.

Average price

$155.69

67 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,092

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$129

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

$62.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.03

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	561	167.00	937	25
Medium and Large 1	788	157.75	1,244	35
Medium 1-2	769	105.00	807	7thin

One grade step is worth $62.00/cwt here — about $129 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 sale67 hd

155.69

—

CO average3 barns · 233 hd

168.72

−13.03

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	1,704	102.33	1,743	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,835	78.90	1,448	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,493	77.59	1,158	191
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,155	70.74	817	136
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,578	89.25	1,408	22

Every lot, as filed

57 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,058	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	698	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,040	4
Steers	Medium 1-2Fleshy	—	769	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	807	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	120	217.26/cwt	200.00–250.00	261	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	92	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	299	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	173	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	735	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	171.42/cwt	170.00–172.50	907	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	144	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	504	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,274	100.00/cwt	95.00–101.00	1,274	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	1,295	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,133	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	975	98.20/cwt	98.00–98.50	957	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,351	99.70/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,347	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,223	99.45/cwt	99.00–99.50	1,216	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	891	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	911	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	893	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,067	98.65/cwt	98.00–99.50	1,053	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,315	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,223	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	895	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	806	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,018	99.05/cwt	98.50–99.50	1,008	19
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,165	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,177	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	578	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	332	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,125	99.73/cwt	98.00–100.00	1,122	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	801	157.35/cwt	157.35–157.35	1,260	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	155.02/cwt	150.00–159.00	815	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	183	402.96/cwt	350.00–410.00	737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	140	216.67/cwt	210.00–225.00	303	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	144.24/cwt	144.00–145.00	985	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	437	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	743	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,116	77.25/cwt	72.50–80.00	862	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,436	83.48/cwt	78.00–89.00	1,199	57
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,553	78.37/cwt	76.00–87.00	1,217	59
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,488	72.49/cwt	64.50–75.50	1,079	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,157	65.18/cwt	58.00–69.50	754	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,836	76.77/cwt	67.00–80.00	1,409	29
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,578	89.25/cwt	89.00–89.50	1,408	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,124	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	73.15/cwt	70.00–80.00	865	65
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,072	48.77/cwt	42.50–51.00	523	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,063	88.92/cwt	85.00–92.00	945	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,832	86.63/cwt	84.00–90.00	1,587	8
Bulls	—	—	1,603	94.58/cwt	85.00–103.00	1,516	16
Bulls	—	—	2,070	110.15/cwt	106.00–116.00	2,280	11
Bulls	—	—	2,084	120.14/cwt	118.00–125.00	2,504	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,040	89.76/cwt	86.00–96.00	934	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	868	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	885	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	1,444.35/cwt	1,400.00–1,475.00	21,737	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,456	1,344.56/cwt	1,275.00–1,385.00	19,577	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	1,162.70/cwt	1,125.00–1,225.00	16,278	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,293	1,675.00/cwt	1,675.00–1,675.00	21,658	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,156	1,310.02/cwt	1,300.00–1,325.00	15,144	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,587	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	24,599	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,750	1,425.00/cwt	1,425.00–1,425.00	24,938	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	14,163	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	163.83/cwt	163.00–165.00	929	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	114	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	95	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	874	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 May 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 314Last week 415Year ago 344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 691Last week 1,168Year ago 595

Replacement CattleReceipts 76Last week 318Year ago 96

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	653	162.00	162.00
3	—	92	325.00	325.00
6	—	173	425.00	425.00
32	—	801	157.35	157.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	698	149.00	149.00
14	—	529	170.00–172.50	171.42
5	—	144	350.00	350.00
2	—	495	180.00	180.00
5	—	567	163.00–165.00	163.83
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	769	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	120	200.00–250.00	217.26
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,274	95.00–101.00	100.00
5	—	975	98.00–98.50	98.20
10	—	1,351	98.00–100.00	99.70
10	—	1,223	99.00–99.50	99.45
5	—	911	98.00	98.00
7	—	1,067	98.00–99.50	98.65
1	—	1,315	93.00	93.00
19	—	1,018	98.50–99.50	99.05
1	—	1,165	101.00	101.00
15	—	1,125	98.00–100.00	99.73
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,295	87.50	87.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	895	90.00	90.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	578	57.50	57.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	526	150.00–159.00	155.02
9	—	140	210.00–225.00	216.67
8	—	683	144.00–145.00	144.24
2	—	575	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	183	350.00–410.00	402.96
1	—	95	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	114	175.00	175.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	437	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,116	72.50–80.00	77.25
7	—	1,063	85.00–92.00	88.92
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,436	78.00–89.00	83.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,553	76.00–87.00	78.37
75	—	1,488	64.50–75.50	72.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,157	58.00–69.50	65.18
1	—	1,135	99.00	99.00
65	—	1,182	70.00–80.00	73.15
8	—	1,072	42.50–51.00	48.77
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,836	67.00–80.00	76.77
8	—	1,832	84.00–90.00	86.63
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,578	89.00–89.50	89.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,603	85.00–103.00	94.58
11	—	2,070	106.00–116.00	110.15
5	—	2,084	118.00–125.00	120.14
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,040	86.00–96.00	89.76
2	—	868	102.00	102.00

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	20	—	1,505	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,444.35
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	—	1,456	1,275.00–1,385.00	1,344.56
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	—	1,400	1,125.00–1,225.00	1,162.70
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,293	1,675.00	1,675.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,156	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,310.02
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,587	1,550.00	1,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,750	1,425.00	1,425.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,030	1,375.00	1,375.00

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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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

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle