Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 550 lbs were unevenly steady, and steers over 550 lbs traded mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded 2.00 to 8.00 higher and heifers over 600 lbs traded 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Today's run was comprised mostly of long weaned calves with multiple rounds of vaccinations. The next available report will be Friday, January 10, 2020 for a Stock Show Special sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.37/cwt on 478 head.

Average price

$150.37

478 head · 603 lb average

Value per head Derived

$907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

per head · Large 1 over Medium 1-2

$26.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.71

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Large 1	438	162.50	712	3thin
Medium and Large 2	446	158.21	705	14thin
Medium and Large 1	616	151.80	935	390
Medium and Large 1-2	596	142.76	851	48
Medium 1-2	519	135.61	703	23

One grade step is worth $26.89/cwt here — about $8 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 sale478 hd

150.37

—

CO average4 barns · 5,383 hd

152.08

−1.71

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

41 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) - 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	556	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	892	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	404	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	695	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	476	162.81/cwt	162.00–164.00	775	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	665	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	891	12
Heifers	Medium 1	—	563	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	692	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	903	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,146	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	137.55/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,066	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	400	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	732	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,077	14
Steers	Large 1	—	438	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	712	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	453	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	675	9
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	561	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	712	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	808	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	172.32/cwt	170.00–174.00	827	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	181.71/cwt	178.00–183.50	936	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	140.59/cwt	138.50–144.50	949	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	152.32/cwt	146.00–157.00	887	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	138.13/cwt	137.00–140.00	997	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	492	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	750	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	145.71/cwt	142.00–153.00	924	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	998	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	1,213	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	910	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	152.99/cwt	147.00–159.00	831	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	141.73/cwt	140.00–142.50	904	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	128.60/cwt	126.00–133.00	738	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	594	138.76/cwt	138.75–139.00	824	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	129.01/cwt	127.50–131.00	819	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	156.92/cwt	151.00–160.00	738	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	797	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	161.39/cwt	160.00–162.50	678	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	389	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	646	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	152.39/cwt	151.00–156.00	788	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	132.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	687	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	129.20/cwt	125.00–131.00	871	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	147.75/cwt	147.50–148.00	618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	745	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	894	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	652	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	776	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	686	132.54/cwt	129.00–136.00	909	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	783	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	990	9

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 Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) - Brush, CO

Fri Dec 13, 2019

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	556	160.50	160.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	775	137.00–138.00	137.55
12	—	400	183.00	183.00
14	—	816	132.00	132.00
20	—	480	170.00–174.00	172.32
42	—	515	178.00–183.50	181.71
77	—	675	138.50–144.50	140.59
137	—	582	146.00–157.00	152.32
8	—	722	137.00–140.00	138.13
36	—	634	142.00–153.00	145.71
6	—	998	121.50	121.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	438	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	453	149.00	149.00
14	—	561	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	565	143.00	143.00
3	—	722	126.00	126.00
6	—	543	147.00–159.00	152.99
16	—	638	140.00–142.50	141.73
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	492	152.50	152.50
9	—	420	160.00–162.50	161.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	686	129.00–136.00	132.54
9	—	783	126.50	126.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	404	172.00	172.00
10	—	476	162.00–164.00	162.81
12	—	665	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	563	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	711	127.00	127.00
5	—	959	119.50	119.50
47	—	594	138.75–139.00	138.76
62	—	635	127.50–131.00	129.01
68	—	470	151.00–160.00	156.92
9	—	389	166.00	166.00
34	—	517	151.00–156.00	152.39
67	—	674	125.00–131.00	129.20
4	—	906	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	574	126.00–133.00	128.60
4	—	635	125.50	125.50
12	—	518	130.00–136.00	132.57
6	—	418	147.50–148.00	147.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	745	120.00	120.00
7	—	652	119.00	119.00

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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