Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-06-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was light to moderate. No trend on feeder steers and heifers as receipts were too light. Dairy heifers traded steady to 1.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower, but that trend is on fairly light receipts. Next available report will by on Thursday, June 20, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.00/cwt on 4 head.

Average price

$270.00

4 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

+4.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	500	270.00	1,350	4thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale4 hd

270.00

—

CO average1 barns · 4 hd

270.00

+0.00

National average154 barns · 8,969 hd

265.37

+4.63

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	1,826	155.92	2,847	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,662	140.96	2,343	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,370	135.74	1,860	166
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,214	120.16	1,459	102
Steers	Choice	Average	1,255	150.00	1,883	1thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,323	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,058	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,528	142.28/cwt	140.50–143.00	2,174	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,303	142.36/cwt	133.50–145.00	1,855	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,371	113.67/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,558	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,214	123.46/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,499	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	131.32/cwt	129.50–132.50	1,529	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	975	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,350	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,055	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,794	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,037	181.90/cwt	181.50–182.50	1,886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,940	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,431	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,980	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,739	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,138	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,963	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	982	182.29/cwt	181.50–185.50	1,790	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,205	180.33/cwt	179.50–180.50	2,173	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	850–900	860	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,570	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1250–1300	1,290	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	2,238	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	640	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,136	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,370	121.23/cwt	115.00–126.00	1,661	10
Steers	Choice	—	1,255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,883	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,074	181.71/cwt	180.50–182.50	1,952	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,129	180.54/cwt	175.00–181.50	2,038	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	926	181.99/cwt	181.50–182.50	1,685	31
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1300–1350	1,310	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	2,207	1
Bulls	—	—	1,798	142.13/cwt	130.00–147.50	2,555	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	133.70/cwt	128.50–138.00	1,885	101
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,317	149.01/cwt	145.50–155.00	1,962	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,674	142.52/cwt	138.50–147.00	2,386	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,485	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	2,250	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	143.21/cwt	138.50–148.00	1,813	15
Bulls	—	—	2,105	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	3,526	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,153	81.39/cwt	70.00–100.00	938	9
Bulls	—	—	1,895	158.21/cwt	155.00–165.50	2,998	18
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,403	153.59/cwt	150.00–157.50	2,155	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,168	125.82/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,470	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,754	137.22/cwt	132.00–137.50	2,407	19

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 Jun 13, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 176Last week 239Year ago 196

Slaughter CattleReceipts 383Last week 610Year ago 510

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,323	80.00	80.00
10	—	1,370	115.00–126.00	121.23
101	—	1,410	128.50–138.00	133.70
15	—	1,266	138.50–148.00	143.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,528	140.50–143.00	142.28
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,303	133.50–145.00	142.36
15	—	1,317	145.50–155.00	149.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,371	110.00–116.00	113.67
58	—	1,214	117.00–128.00	123.46
17	—	1,164	129.50–132.50	131.32
9	—	1,153	70.00–100.00	81.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,674	138.50–147.00	142.52
1	—	1,485	151.50	151.50
19	—	1,754	132.00–137.50	137.22
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,168	119.00–134.00	125.82
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,255	150.00	150.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,798	130.00–147.50	142.13
2	—	2,105	167.50	167.50
18	—	1,895	155.00–165.50	158.21
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,403	150.00–157.50	153.59

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	471	265.00	265.00
4	500–550	500	270.00	270.00
1	950–1000	975	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	795	180.00	180.00
1	900–950	925	188.00	188.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	183.00	183.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	640	177.50	177.50
1	1050–1100	1,055	170.00	170.00
3	1100–1150	1,138	172.50	172.50
1	1250–1300	1,290	173.50	173.50
1	1300–1350	1,310	168.50	168.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	860	182.50	182.50
31	900–950	926	181.50–182.50	181.99
5	950–1000	982	181.50–185.50	182.29
5	1000–1050	1,037	181.50–182.50	181.90
14	1050–1100	1,074	180.50–182.50	181.71
11	1100–1150	1,129	175.00–181.50	180.54
6	1200–1250	1,205	179.50–180.50	180.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	792	250.00	250.00

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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