Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-01-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available as the last report was four weeks ago. Trade activity and demand moderate. This is the first of three stock show specials for this market. Today's run consisted of mostly long weaned calves with 1-2 rounds of vaccinations. The next available report will be Friday, January 17, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $162.64/cwt on 1,249 head.

Average price

$162.64

1,249 head · 620 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$142

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$39.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.30

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	623	164.53	1,024	973
Medium and Large 1-2	605	157.05	950	263
Medium 1	594	140.00	832	8thin
Large 1	933	125.00	1,166	5thin

One grade step is worth $39.53/cwt here — about −$142 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 sale1,249 hd

162.64

—

CO average5 barns · 9,992 hd

161.33

+1.30

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

49 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	966	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,101	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,321	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,337	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,080	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,372	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	186.00/cwt	182.00–190.00	684	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	142.74/cwt	140.50–143.00	1,102	50
Heifers	Medium 1	—	332	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	814	139.52/cwt	138.00–140.00	1,136	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	160.23/cwt	154.50–166.00	982	95
Steers	Large 1	—	933	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,166	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	594	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	832	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	208.22/cwt	204.00–212.00	789	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	180.80/cwt	176.00–189.50	955	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	146.77/cwt	142.50–150.50	1,058	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	200.88/cwt	197.50–202.00	844	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	777	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	211.62/cwt	210.00–212.00	720	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	136.38/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,172	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	169.81/cwt	167.50–171.50	917	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	191.43/cwt	190.00–193.00	852	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	191.29/cwt	185.00–196.00	916	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	144.75/cwt	141.00–147.00	974	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	150.57/cwt	147.50–154.00	1,007	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	176.29/cwt	167.00–179.50	994	145
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	139.55/cwt	138.00–141.00	864	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	145.19/cwt	142.00–158.00	842	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	158.20/cwt	155.00–161.00	913	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	150.65/cwt	145.00–154.00	958	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	689	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	140.22/cwt	139.50–142.00	1,033	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	683	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	128.32/cwt	126.00–130.50	946	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	140.17/cwt	139.75–140.75	969	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	152.24/cwt	150.00–153.00	737	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	177.80/cwt	176.00–181.00	749	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	134.10/cwt	131.00–135.50	1,019	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	139.22/cwt	135.00–143.00	814	98
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	134.61/cwt	131.00–139.00	835	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	124.52/cwt	123.00–130.75	1,102	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	769	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	160.27/cwt	155.00–164.00	825	116
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	160.32/cwt	158.00–169.50	770	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	479	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	148.55/cwt	146.00–152.00	663	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	616	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	969	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	144.18/cwt	138.00–151.00	757	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	132.33/cwt	125.00–135.00	888	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	642	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	937	8

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 Jan 10, 2020

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

Receipts 2,611Last week 1,073Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	721	134.00	134.00
9	—	1,101	120.00	120.00
9	—	1,163	115.00	115.00
10	—	1,080	127.00	127.00
18	—	368	182.00–190.00	186.00
60	—	619	138.00–141.00	139.55
69	—	580	142.00–158.00	145.19
107	—	691	139.75–140.75	140.17
24	—	421	176.00–181.00	177.80
44	—	760	131.00–135.50	134.10
76	—	885	123.00–130.75	124.52
116	—	515	155.00–164.00	160.27
138	—	480	158.00–169.50	160.32
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	332	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	414	165.00	165.00
23	—	737	126.00–130.50	128.32
38	—	484	150.00–153.00	152.24
98	—	585	135.00–143.00	139.22
120	—	620	131.00–139.00	134.61
24	—	775	125.00	125.00
55	—	525	138.00–151.00	144.18
63	—	671	125.00–135.00	132.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	587	131.00	131.00
9	—	290	165.00	165.00
14	—	446	146.00–152.00	148.55
24	—	385	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	772	140.50–143.00	142.74
67	—	814	138.00–140.00	139.52
95	—	613	154.50–166.00	160.23
19	—	379	204.00–212.00	208.22
147	—	528	176.00–189.50	180.80
173	—	721	142.50–150.50	146.77
16	—	420	197.50–202.00	200.88
21	—	340	210.00–212.00	211.62
29	—	859	131.00–138.00	136.38
87	—	479	185.00–196.00	191.29
116	—	669	147.50–154.00	150.57
145	—	564	167.00–179.50	176.29
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	933	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	594	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	383	203.00	203.00
21	—	540	167.50–171.50	169.81
23	—	445	190.00–193.00	191.43
48	—	673	141.00–147.00	144.75
47	—	577	155.00–161.00	158.20
102	—	636	145.00–154.00	150.65
5	—	340	202.50	202.50
14	—	737	139.50–142.00	140.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	642	146.00	146.00

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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