Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher and over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs mostly steady to 1.00 lower, 550-650 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher and over 650 lbs steady to 7.00 lower. The next available report will be Friday, January 24, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.12/cwt on 826 head.

Average price

$163.12

826 head · 616 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,006

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$20.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.06

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	612	166.05	1,017	680
Medium and Large 1-2	645	150.21	968	123
Medium 1	590	145.59	860	23

One grade step is worth $20.46/cwt here — about $157 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 sale826 hd

163.12

—

CO average6 barns · 7,429 hd

162.06

+1.06

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 1Fleshy	—	690	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	911	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	642	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	989	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	446	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	636	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	697	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	934	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	171.71/cwt	171.00–172.00	663	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	128.63/cwt	128.00–129.00	940	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	147.84/cwt	143.00–152.00	784	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	138.04/cwt	135.00–141.00	810	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	143.63/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,038	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	182.51/cwt	176.00–191.00	967	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	150.31/cwt	148.50–152.50	1,004	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	145.64/cwt	143.00–146.00	980	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,161	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,048	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	726	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	973	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	195.27/cwt	195.00–197.50	744	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	151.16/cwt	147.00–153.00	945	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,346	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	853	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	580	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	798	11
Steers	Medium 1	—	600	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	918	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	312	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	518	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	157.97/cwt	156.00–161.00	671	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	867	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	142.12/cwt	140.00–147.00	887	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	701	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	139.47/cwt	138.00–140.00	936	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	160.27/cwt	158.00–164.00	769	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	164.18/cwt	163.00–168.00	673	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	356	178.60/cwt	176.00–179.00	636	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	160.11/cwt	155.00–162.00	857	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	154.60/cwt	154.00–155.00	730	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	133.24/cwt	132.00–134.50	943	12
Heifers	Large 1	—	710	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	944	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	968	17
Heifers	Medium 1	—	468	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	580	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	407	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	578	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	620	139.25/cwt	139.25–139.25	863	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	149.45/cwt	146.00–158.00	856	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	194.10/cwt	190.00–200.00	922	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	162.67/cwt	155.00–166.00	996	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	174.16/cwt	167.00–180.00	989	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	141.15/cwt	137.00–142.75	1,088	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	141.07/cwt	140.50–141.50	1,141	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	217.43/cwt	215.00–218.00	698	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	919	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,195	7

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 17, 2020

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

Receipts 1,642Last week 2,611Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	690	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	446	142.50	142.50
7	—	527	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	697	134.00	134.00
21	—	386	171.00–172.00	171.71
22	—	731	128.00–129.00	128.63
25	—	530	143.00–152.00	147.84
25	—	587	135.00–141.00	138.04
15	—	312	166.00	166.00
13	—	425	156.00–161.00	157.97
4	—	628	138.00	138.00
18	—	472	154.00–155.00	154.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	624	140.00–147.00	142.12
64	—	671	138.00–140.00	139.47
46	—	480	158.00–164.00	160.27
35	—	410	163.00–168.00	164.18
31	—	356	176.00–179.00	178.60
26	—	535	155.00–162.00	160.11
12	—	708	132.00–134.50	133.24
17	—	762	127.00	127.00
70	—	573	146.00–158.00	149.45
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	710	133.00	133.00
23	—	620	139.25	139.25
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	468	124.00	124.00
4	—	407	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	642	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	590	137.00	137.00
4	—	799	134.00	134.00
43	—	673	143.00–146.00	145.64
4	—	854	136.00	136.00
5	—	1,017	103.00	103.00
11	—	726	134.00	134.00
17	—	381	195.00–197.50	195.27
34	—	625	147.00–153.00	151.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	723	138.00–145.00	143.63
109	—	530	176.00–191.00	182.51
117	—	668	148.50–152.50	150.31
3	—	1,170	115.00	115.00
10	—	418	204.00	204.00
3	—	285	222.50	222.50
87	—	475	190.00–200.00	194.10
77	—	612	155.00–166.00	162.67
75	—	568	167.00–180.00	174.16
50	—	771	137.00–142.75	141.15
23	—	809	140.50–141.50	141.07
21	—	321	215.00–218.00	217.43
7	—	919	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	137.50	137.50
12	—	600	153.00	153.00

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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