Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend on feeder steers and heifers as there was nothing to trend from the previous week. Strong tones on feeder cattle above 800#. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Average dress Breaker Slaughter Cows traded steady, while average dress Boner and Lean cows traded 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Next available report will be Thursday, July 25, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

800–900 lb heifers averaged $227.97/cwt on 174 head.

Average price

$227.97

174 head · 842 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,919

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$164

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

$14.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

+0.11 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	849	233.23	1,981	109
Medium and Large 2	829	219.16	1,817	65

One grade step is worth $14.07/cwt here — about $164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale174 hd

227.97

—

CO average1 barns · 174 hd

227.97

+0.00

National average78 barns · 2,177 hd

227.86

+0.11

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	—	High	1,700	155.50	2,643	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,671	141.06	2,357	60
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,324	135.22	1,791	140
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,136	110.59	1,256	44

Every lot, as filed

45 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 2	1000–1050	1,029	188.16/cwt	187.00–188.50	1,936	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,075	186.33/cwt	185.00–188.00	2,003	9
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	909	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	1,713	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	650–700	675	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,046	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,335	133.91/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,788	81
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,655	151.46/cwt	151.00–152.00	2,507	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,354	121.85/cwt	111.00–127.00	1,650	14
Bulls	—	—	2,002	169.00/cwt	166.00–175.00	3,383	9
Bulls	—	—	1,593	135.98/cwt	121.00–148.00	2,166	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	119.57/cwt	115.00–125.00	1,363	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	829	219.16/cwt	215.00–219.50	1,817	65
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,688	9
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	900–950	943	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,179	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	792	235.69/cwt	231.00–236.00	1,867	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,140	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	903	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,680	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	851	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,983	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	235.99/cwt	232.00–237.00	2,077	63
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	700–750	710	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,030	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	991	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	907	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,841	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	847	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	1,978	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,048	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,106	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,167	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	2,188	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	143.76/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,924	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,130	157.28/cwt	150.50–167.50	1,777	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,268	143.96/cwt	136.00–148.50	1,825	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,467	94.11/cwt	80.00–113.00	1,381	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,083	93.37/cwt	65.00–101.00	1,011	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	109.86/cwt	101.00–114.00	1,296	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,696	135.37/cwt	127.00–137.50	2,296	23
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,666	144.13/cwt	139.00–150.00	2,401	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,483	145.56/cwt	143.00–148.00	2,159	2
Bulls	—	—	1,837	159.83/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,936	14
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,206	140.43/cwt	127.00–146.00	1,694	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,361	154.70/cwt	150.00–165.00	2,105	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	850–900	865	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,574	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,212	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,242	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,107	187.32/cwt	185.00–188.50	2,074	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	963	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,806	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1400–1450	1,425	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,166	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	500–550	537	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	977	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,140	161.25/cwt	145.00–177.50	1,838	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 Jul 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 460Last week 517Year ago 496

Slaughter CattleReceipts 303Last week 400Year ago 366

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	900–950	909	188.50	188.50
6	950–1000	963	187.50	187.50
6	1000–1050	1,029	187.00–188.50	188.16
9	1050–1100	1,075	185.00–188.00	186.33
3	1100–1150	1,107	185.00–188.50	187.32
4	1150–1200	1,167	187.50	187.50
3	1200–1250	1,212	185.00	185.00
2	1400–1450	1,425	152.00	152.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	675	155.00	155.00
1	700–750	710	145.00	145.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	900–950	943	125.00	125.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	537	182.00	182.00
1	850–900	865	182.00	182.00
2	1100–1150	1,140	145.00–177.50	161.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	800–850	829	215.00–219.50	219.16
3	900–950	903	186.00	186.00
1	1000–1050	1,005	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	800–850	847	233.50	233.50
59	850–900	851	233.00	233.00
13	900–950	907	203.00	203.00
5	950–1000	991	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	675	250.00	250.00
48	750–800	792	231.00–236.00	235.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	804	241.00	241.00
63	850–900	880	232.00–237.00	235.99
7	950–1000	951	225.00	225.00
5	1000–1050	1,048	201.00	201.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,335	128.00–139.00	133.91
14	—	1,354	111.00–127.00	121.85
17	—	1,338	140.00–149.00	143.76
3	—	1,467	80.00–113.00	94.11
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,655	151.00–152.00	151.46
23	—	1,696	127.00–137.50	135.37
33	—	1,666	139.00–150.00	144.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,140	115.00–125.00	119.57
11	—	1,083	65.00–101.00	93.37
11	—	1,180	101.00–114.00	109.86
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,130	150.50–167.50	157.28
21	—	1,268	136.00–148.50	143.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	143.00–148.00	145.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	2,002	166.00–175.00	169.00
6	—	1,593	121.00–148.00	135.98
14	—	1,837	155.00–165.00	159.83
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,206	127.00–146.00	140.43
6	—	1,361	150.00–165.00	154.70

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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