Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-02-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was light to moderate. Dairy heifers traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $173.40/cwt on 10 head.

Average price

$173.40

10 head · 1,156 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,004

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−107.70

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	1,156	173.40	2,004	10thin

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 sale10 hd

173.40

—

CO average4 barns · 3,550 hd

281.10

−107.70

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	1,748	126.98	2,220	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,880	121.00	2,275	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,610	112.64	1,813	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,445	109.92	1,589	134
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,318	96.80	1,276	137

Every lot, as filed

36 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 Heifers	Large 3	—	670	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,022	1
Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,570	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,135	120.90/cwt	105.00–130.00	1,372	3
Bulls	—	—	1,701	124.57/cwt	118.00–128.50	2,119	8
Bulls	—	—	2,109	134.73/cwt	130.00–139.50	2,841	8
Bulls	—	—	1,413	114.75/cwt	114.50–115.00	1,621	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	112.08/cwt	110.00–115.50	1,794	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,108	102.73/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,138	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,340	100.13/cwt	93.00–105.00	1,342	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,262	108.41/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,368	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,321	88.14/cwt	80.00–92.00	1,164	26
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,880	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,275	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,522	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,499	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,703	118.52/cwt	118.00–119.00	2,018	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,048	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,127	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,349	114.09/cwt	106.00–118.50	1,539	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,049	131.90/cwt	120.00–152.50	1,384	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,498	107.38/cwt	100.50–111.50	1,609	86
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,417	63.84/cwt	50.00–72.50	905	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,408	113.61/cwt	112.50–117.00	1,600	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	641	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	974	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,172	151.38/cwt	148.00–152.50	1,774	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	1,290	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,832	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	810	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,231	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	913	157.64/cwt	156.50–159.00	1,439	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,035	157.58/cwt	157.00–158.50	1,631	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,169	157.46/cwt	156.50–158.50	1,841	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,129	159.26/cwt	158.50–159.50	1,798	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	1,086	157.99/cwt	156.50–159.50	1,716	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	—	984	158.09/cwt	155.00–158.50	1,556	31
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	755	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,151	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,042	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,886	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,326	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	2,148	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,228	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	2,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,868	1

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 Feb 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 201Last week 271Year ago 86

Slaughter CattleReceipts 345Last week 492Year ago 368

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	670	152.50	152.50
12	—	641	152.00	152.00
4	—	1,172	148.00–152.50	151.38
2	—	1,290	142.00	142.00
2	—	810	152.00	152.00
1	—	755	152.50	152.50
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	960	163.50	163.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	913	156.50–159.00	157.64
18	—	1,035	157.00–158.50	157.58
13	—	1,169	156.50–158.50	157.46
12	—	1,129	158.50–159.50	159.26
10	—	1,086	156.50–159.50	157.99
31	—	984	155.00–158.50	158.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,042	181.00	181.00
4	—	1,326	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,228	163.00	163.00
1	—	1,000	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,125	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	105.00–130.00	120.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,701	118.00–128.50	124.57
8	—	2,109	130.00–139.50	134.73
2	—	1,413	114.50–115.00	114.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,601	110.00–115.50	112.08
2	—	1,703	118.00–119.00	118.52
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,108	100.00–105.00	102.73
3	—	1,048	107.50	107.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,340	93.00–105.00	100.13
18	—	1,262	106.00–111.00	108.41
26	—	1,321	80.00–92.00	88.14
9	—	1,417	50.00–72.50	63.84
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	121.00	121.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,522	98.50	98.50
86	—	1,498	100.50–111.50	107.38
13	—	1,408	112.50–117.00	113.61
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,349	106.00–118.50	114.09
4	—	1,049	120.00–152.50	131.90

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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