Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-08-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 4.00 higher. Feeding cows traded steady to 4.00 higher and dairy heifers traded steady to 5.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, September 1, 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $156.37/cwt on 37 head.

Average price

$156.37

37 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,190

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$7.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.93

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	771	161.18	1,243	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	755	153.45	1,158	23

One grade step is worth $7.73/cwt here — about $84 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 sale37 hd

156.37

—

CO average1 barns · 38 hd

155.44

+0.93

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	1,634	109.72	1,793	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,722	93.04	1,602	51
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,443	84.75	1,223	290
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,129	72.48	818	159
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,725	104.03	1,795	20
Heifers	Choice and Prime	Average	1,235	121.00	1,494	1thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,415	$1,375	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,247	$1,585	6

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
Dairy Steers	Large 3-4	—	858	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	858	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,365	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,447	2
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	812	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	406	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	—	596	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	432	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,168	120.08/cwt	118.50–122.50	1,403	20
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	990	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,119	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3-4	—	670	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	586	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	867	116.60/cwt	114.00–118.50	1,011	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	826	114.85/cwt	114.00–115.00	949	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,250	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,531	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	963	121.25/cwt	120.50–121.50	1,168	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	817	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,307	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,534	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,136	119.90/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,362	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	932	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	191.60/cwt	187.50–195.00	743	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	118.48/cwt	118.00–124.00	1,293	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	747	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,270	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,005	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,382	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,078	120.14/cwt	115.00–121.50	1,295	17
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,017	120.50/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,225	24
Dairy Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	660	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	413	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,202	122.10/cwt	121.50–123.00	1,468	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,247	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	39.94/cwt	32.50–50.00	414	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	87.10/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,279	156
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,469	77.86/cwt	70.00–82.50	1,144	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,176	79.79/cwt	75.00–86.00	938	79
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,411	99.06/cwt	95.00–103.50	1,398	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,549	57.63/cwt	40.00–67.50	893	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	68.93/cwt	61.00–74.00	743	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,748	85.26/cwt	81.00–89.00	1,490	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,740	105.50/cwt	105.00–106.00	1,836	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,343	88.13/cwt	84.00–94.50	1,184	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,191	85.81/cwt	82.00–89.00	1,022	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	990	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	921	1
Dairy Heifers	Choice and Prime	—	1,725	104.03/cwt	101.00–108.00	1,795	20
Heifers	Choice and PrimeReturn to Feed	—	1,235	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,494	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	95.74/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,637	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,126	90.80/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,022	9
Bulls	—	—	1,563	102.90/cwt	85.00–109.50	1,608	13
Bulls	—	—	1,993	122.86/cwt	121.50–123.50	2,449	4
Bulls	—	—	1,787	113.36/cwt	110.00–120.50	2,026	29
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,098	95.36/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,047	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	975	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,219	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,090	110.39/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,203	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,129	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	98.17/cwt	98.00–98.50	1,132	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	109.69/cwt	105.00–111.00	938	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 Aug 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 254Last week 193Year ago 187

Slaughter CattleReceipts 627Last week 802Year ago 422

Replacement CattleReceipts 19Last week 40Year ago 4

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	858	100.00	100.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,365	106.00	106.00
1	—	990	113.00	113.00
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	812	50.00	50.00
2	—	660	62.50	62.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	596	72.50	72.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,168	118.50–122.50	120.08
6	—	867	114.00–118.50	116.60
7	—	826	114.00–115.00	114.85
1	—	1,250	122.50	122.50
4	—	963	120.50–121.50	121.25
17	—	1,136	115.00–123.00	119.90
17	—	1,078	115.00–121.50	120.14
24	—	1,017	120.00–122.00	120.50
15	—	1,202	121.50–123.00	122.10
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	87.50	87.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	817	160.00	160.00
4	—	515	181.00	181.00
3	—	1,005	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	388	187.50–195.00	191.60
12	—	1,091	118.00–124.00	118.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	965	159.00	159.00
3	—	747	170.00	170.00
3	—	932	160.00	160.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,247	1,585.00	1,585.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	107.00	107.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,153	98.00–98.50	98.17
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	855	105.00–111.00	109.69
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,415	1,375.00	1,375.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,036	32.50–50.00	39.94
79	—	1,176	75.00–86.00	79.79
38	—	1,078	61.00–74.00	68.93
9	—	1,126	87.00–95.00	90.80
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,468	83.00–94.00	87.10
46	—	1,469	70.00–82.50	77.86
10	—	1,411	95.00–103.50	99.06
15	—	1,549	40.00–67.50	57.63
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,748	81.00–89.00	85.26
2	—	1,740	105.00–106.00	105.50
34	—	1,710	90.00–100.00	95.74
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,343	84.00–94.50	88.13
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,191	82.00–89.00	85.81
1	—	990	93.00	93.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,725	101.00–108.00	104.03
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,235	121.00	121.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,563	85.00–109.50	102.90
4	—	1,993	121.50–123.50	122.86
29	—	1,787	110.00–120.50	113.36
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	90.00–101.00	95.36
1	—	975	125.00	125.00
2	—	1,090	109.00–112.00	110.39

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

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Replacement Cattle

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