Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was light to moderate. No trend available on feeder steers and heifers due to light receipts. Dairy heifers traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower with the exception of lean cows that traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 1.00 lower. Next available report will be Thursday, Aug 1 , 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $270.00/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$270.00

2 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,499

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.80

vs CO average

+5.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	270.00	1,499	2thin

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 sale2 hd

270.00

—

CO average2 barns · 5 hd

253.20

+16.80

National average157 barns · 8,958 hd

264.63

+5.37

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	—	Average	1,687	163.75	2,763	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,666	140.24	2,337	63
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,355	135.09	1,830	111
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,236	117.49	1,452	44

Every lot, as filed

69 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	650–700	682	200.84/cwt	200.00–202.50	1,370	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,265	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,340	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	600–650	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,029	185.06/cwt	182.00–186.00	1,904	18
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	500–550	505	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,023	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,218	181.50/cwt	181.00–182.00	2,211	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	615	190.12/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,169	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,251	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,907	1
Heifers	Medium 2	350–400	369	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,135	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	700–750	710	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,314	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	550–600	560	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,134	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	969	185.00/cwt	184.00–186.00	1,793	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,412	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	262	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	178	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	50–100	73	540.52/head	450.00–625.00	541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	198.42/cwt	197.00–201.00	1,907	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	100–150	135	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	860.00/head	860.00–860.00	860	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	50–100	80	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	333.27/cwt	329.00–337.50	1,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1150–1200	1,155	184.50/cwt	184.50–184.50	2,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	408	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,265	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,030	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,751	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,791	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,678	142.41/cwt	139.50–148.00	2,390	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,550	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,155	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,247	121.44/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,514	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,369	139.91/cwt	134.50–146.00	1,915	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,338	133.31/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,784	57
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,564	138.50/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,166	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	75.88/cwt	55.00–92.50	874	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,225	110.98/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,360	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,457	160.86/cwt	153.00–172.50	2,344	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,155	143.74/cwt	142.50–145.00	1,660	2
Bulls	—	—	1,950	173.18/cwt	168.50–179.50	3,377	8
Bulls	—	—	1,716	158.53/cwt	155.50–160.00	2,720	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,228	120.65/cwt	120.00–121.50	1,482	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,660	134.32/cwt	129.00–139.00	2,230	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,693	150.67/cwt	150.00–153.00	2,551	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,332	143.57/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,912	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,538	110.18/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,695	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,765	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	2,136	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	750–800	785	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	1,472	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	800–850	806	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,491	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	918	183.20/cwt	181.50–184.50	1,682	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,383	124.90/cwt	120.00–127.50	1,727	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,354	152.96/cwt	144.50–165.00	2,071	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,297	128.25/cwt	122.00–131.50	1,663	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	850–900	895	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,387	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	1350–1400	1,355	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,100	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 4	700–750	733	157.53/cwt	150.00–165.00	1,155	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,057	183.22/cwt	171.00–185.00	1,937	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	850–900	877	184.91/cwt	183.00–185.50	1,622	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,170	184.08/cwt	182.50–185.50	2,154	23
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1350–1400	1,370	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	2,322	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,045	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,839	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	650–700	665	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,280	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,180	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,095	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1100–1150	1,130	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	2,000	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1300–1350	1,313	173.52/cwt	169.50–177.50	2,278	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	580	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,131	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	720	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,260	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,120	184.58/cwt	182.50–186.00	2,067	13
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	770	182.84/cwt	178.00–187.50	1,408	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	290	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	435	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 Jul 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 205Last week 460Year ago 269

Slaughter CattleReceipts 246Last week 303Year ago 355

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	505	202.50	202.50
1	550–600	560	202.50	202.50
2	600–650	620	200.00	200.00
3	650–700	682	200.00–202.50	200.84
1	700–750	710	185.00	185.00
1	750–800	785	187.50	187.50
7	800–850	806	185.00	185.00
5	850–900	877	183.00–185.50	184.91
5	900–950	918	181.50–184.50	183.20
4	950–1000	969	184.00–186.00	185.00
18	1000–1050	1,029	182.00–186.00	185.06
11	1050–1100	1,057	171.00–185.00	183.22
13	1100–1150	1,120	182.50–186.00	184.58
23	1150–1200	1,170	182.50–185.50	184.08
2	1200–1250	1,218	181.00–182.00	181.50
2	1250–1300	1,265	185.00	185.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	150.00	150.00
1	550–600	580	195.00	195.00
2	600–650	615	185.00–195.00	190.12
1	650–700	665	192.50	192.50
1	700–750	720	175.00	175.00
2	750–800	770	178.00–187.50	182.84
1	1000–1050	1,045	176.00	176.00
1	1100–1150	1,130	177.00	177.00
1	1150–1200	1,180	177.50	177.50
2	1300–1350	1,313	169.50–177.50	173.52
1	1350–1400	1,370	169.50	169.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	700–750	733	150.00–165.00	157.53
1	850–900	895	155.00	155.00
1	1350–1400	1,355	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	150–200	178	825.00	825.00
3	250–300	262	950.00	950.00
3	300–350	325	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	438	329.00–337.50	333.27
6	600–650	633	283.00	283.00
1	1150–1200	1,155	184.50	184.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	50–100	73	450.00–625.00	540.52
1	100–150	135	600.00	600.00
3	200–250	210	860.00	860.00
2	550–600	555	270.00	270.00
1	900–950	930	205.00	205.00
5	950–1000	961	197.00–201.00	198.42
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	369	307.50	307.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	340.00	340.00
3	400–450	408	310.00	310.00
1	700–750	715	197.50	197.50
1	1000–1050	1,030	170.00	170.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
1	50–100	80	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,678	139.50–148.00	142.41
18	—	1,660	129.00–139.00	134.32
6	—	1,693	150.00–153.00	150.67
1	—	1,765	121.00	121.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	139.00	139.00
4	—	1,564	138.00–139.00	138.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,247	116.00–127.00	121.44
3	—	1,152	55.00–92.50	75.88
3	—	1,225	110.00–112.50	110.98
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,369	134.50–146.00	139.91
8	—	1,354	144.50–165.00	152.96
3	—	1,297	122.00–131.50	128.25
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,338	128.00–139.00	133.31
7	—	1,332	140.00–148.00	143.57
4	—	1,538	105.00–117.00	110.18
9	—	1,383	120.00–127.50	124.90
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,228	120.00–121.50	120.65
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,457	153.00–172.50	160.86
2	—	1,155	142.50–145.00	143.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,950	168.50–179.50	173.18
4	—	1,716	155.50–160.00	158.53

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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