Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-07-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 6.00 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 8.00 lower on a light test. Feeding cows traded 2.00 to 7.50 lower and dairy heifers traded steady to 8.00 higher. The next available report will be Thursday, July 21, 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.50/cwt on 3 head.

Average price

$232.50

3 head · 292 lb average

Value per head Derived

$679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+53.60

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	292	232.50	679	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

232.50

—

CO average2 barns · 62 hd

178.90

+53.60

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	1,530	106.60	1,630	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,698	88.07	1,495	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,417	77.83	1,103	319
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,156	68.10	787	337

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,172	$1,085	3thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,087	$1,231	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,421	$1,469	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,367	$1,449	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,396	$1,385	6

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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,396	1,385.00/head	1,385.00–1,385.00	1,385	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,388	1,475.77/head	1,400.00–1,510.00	1,476	33
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,174	116.22/cwt	108.50–117.50	1,364	17
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,119	115.72/cwt	115.00–116.50	1,295	16
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	725	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	580	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	800	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	648	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	799	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	759	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	819	103.88/cwt	102.50–107.00	851	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	590	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	369	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	630	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	410	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,355	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,545	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,270	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	1,492	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	855	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	923	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,216	116.25/cwt	114.00–116.50	1,414	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,032	116.43/cwt	115.00–117.50	1,202	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	774	81.84/cwt	81.00–82.50	633	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,079	114.44/cwt	103.00–116.50	1,235	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,403	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,515	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	920	115.25/cwt	115.00–115.50	1,060	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	746	72.52/cwt	62.50–75.00	541	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	677	72.34/cwt	70.00–75.00	490	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	974	114.91/cwt	114.00–115.50	1,119	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	835	97.34/cwt	96.00–98.00	813	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	212	476.25/head	460.00–485.00	476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	281	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	686	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	224	478.22/head	450.00–485.00	478	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	292	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	679	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,428	73.79/cwt	66.00–79.50	1,054	177
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,378	97.07/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,338	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	53.28/cwt	36.00–58.50	576	65
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	103.85/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,708	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,481	83.93/cwt	80.00–91.00	1,243	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,353	78.55/cwt	73.00–79.50	1,063	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,170	67.63/cwt	60.00–74.50	791	129
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,148	90.72/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,041	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,783	76.69/cwt	73.00–84.00	1,367	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,321	85.07/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,124	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,192	71.02/cwt	65.00–73.00	847	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	974	93.37/cwt	90.00–95.00	909	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,664	90.06/cwt	86.00–98.00	1,499	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,178	77.23/cwt	75.00–85.00	910	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,488	62.55/cwt	61.00–65.00	931	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,172	79.13/cwt	75.00–87.50	927	23
Bulls	—	—	1,561	101.87/cwt	90.00–109.50	1,590	15
Bulls	—	—	2,053	113.74/cwt	110.00–118.50	2,335	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,250	95.86/cwt	95.00–97.50	1,198	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	827	130.32/cwt	130.00–131.00	1,078	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	900	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	990	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	97.32/cwt	95.00–99.00	1,113	10
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,087	1,230.73/head	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,231	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,172	1,085.00/head	1,085.00–1,085.00	1,085	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,520	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,381	1,406.86/head	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,407	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	112.47/cwt	103.00–117.50	949	21
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	730	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,029	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,023	110.10/cwt	107.50–118.00	1,126	5

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 Jul 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 311Last week 190Year ago 208

Slaughter CattleReceipts 931Last week 781Year ago 607

Replacement CattleReceipts 106Last week 77Year ago 6

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,396	1,385.00	1,385.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,388	1,400.00–1,510.00	1,475.77
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,231	1,275.00	1,275.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,520	1,625.00	1,625.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,381	1,375.00–1,425.00	1,406.86
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,144	95.00–99.00	97.32
(<2 yrs)	Open	21	—	844	103.00–117.50	112.47
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	730	141.00	141.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,023	107.50–118.00	110.10
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	1,087	1,210.00–1,275.00	1,230.73
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	1,172	1,085.00	1,085.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,174	108.50–117.50	116.22
16	—	1,119	115.00–116.50	115.72
10	—	819	102.50–107.00	103.88
1	—	1,355	114.00	114.00
1	—	1,270	117.50	117.50
1	—	855	108.00	108.00
20	—	1,216	114.00–116.50	116.25
20	—	1,032	115.00–117.50	116.43
13	—	1,079	103.00–116.50	114.44
2	—	1,403	108.00	108.00
2	—	920	115.00–115.50	115.25
10	—	974	114.00–115.50	114.91
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	725	80.00	80.00
1	—	800	81.00	81.00
9	—	774	81.00–82.50	81.84
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	799	95.00	95.00
6	—	835	96.00–98.00	97.34
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	62.50	62.50
1	—	630	65.00	65.00
5	—	746	62.50–75.00	72.52
11	—	677	70.00–75.00	72.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
6	—	212	460.00–485.00	476.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	281	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
10	—	224	450.00–485.00	478.22
3	—	292	232.50	232.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,428	66.00–79.50	73.79
10	—	1,378	95.00–99.00	97.07
56	—	1,481	80.00–91.00	83.93
8	—	1,488	61.00–65.00	62.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,082	36.00–58.50	53.28
129	—	1,170	60.00–74.50	67.63
3	—	1,148	87.00–95.00	90.72
40	—	1,178	75.00–85.00	77.23
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,645	100.00–105.00	103.85
8	—	1,783	73.00–84.00	76.69
14	—	1,664	86.00–98.00	90.06
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,353	73.00–79.50	78.55
39	—	1,321	80.00–92.00	85.07
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,192	65.00–73.00	71.02
5	—	974	90.00–95.00	93.37
23	—	1,172	75.00–87.50	79.13
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,561	90.00–109.50	101.87
7	—	2,053	110.00–118.50	113.74
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,250	95.00–97.50	95.86
3	—	827	130.00–131.00	130.32
1	—	900	110.00	110.00

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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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Replacement Cattle

Feeder Cattle

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