Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 700 lbs mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower and over 700 lbs steady to 5.50 higher. Feeder heifers across all weight classes traded mostly 3.50 to 7.00 lower. The bulk of the run were long weaned with 1-2 rounds of vaccinations. The next available report will be Friday, February 21, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.25/cwt on 683 head.

Average price

$154.25

683 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,033

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$228

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$22.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.61

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	431	173.00	746	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	559	167.52	937	85
Medium 1	583	161.00	939	16thin
Large 2	573	155.00	888	2thin
Medium and Large 1	700	151.92	1,064	492
Large 1	646	150.70	974	78

One grade step is worth $22.30/cwt here — about −$228 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 sale683 hd

154.25

—

CO average4 barns · 2,557 hd

152.64

+1.61

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

48 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 1	—	729	145.10/cwt	142.75–145.75	1,058	100
Steers	Medium 1	—	583	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	939	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	147.26/cwt	141.00–154.00	998	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	144.25/cwt	144.25–144.25	1,164	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	156.54/cwt	155.50–159.00	992	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	177.62/cwt	176.00–181.00	943	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	739	17
Steers	Large 1	—	551	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	926	18
Steers	Large 1	—	734	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,031	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	193.69/cwt	192.50–197.00	806	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	131.27/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,155	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	684	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,147	2
Steers	Large 2	—	573	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	888	2
Steers	Large 1	—	660	146.77/cwt	145.00–147.50	969	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	584	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	745	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	453	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	849	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	403	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	653	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	626	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	845	22
Heifers	Large 1	—	539	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	835	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	735	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	985	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	801	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	780	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	144.38/cwt	140.50–147.35	1,116	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	814	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	812	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,056	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,073	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	969	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	347	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	666	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	513	176.33/cwt	173.00–178.00	905	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,043	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	167.19/cwt	165.00–168.00	961	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	179.41/cwt	177.50–182.50	849	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	746	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	166.91/cwt	165.00–168.00	666	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	158.88/cwt	158.00–159.00	752	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	152.18/cwt	150.00–158.00	814	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	132.40/cwt	130.50–136.25	900	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	349	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	898	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	162.82/cwt	162.50–163.00	638	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	682	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	870	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	139.50/cwt	139.50–139.50	823	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	633	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	471	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	942	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 Feb 7, 2020

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

Receipts 1,109Last week 2,970Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	729	142.75–145.75	145.10
84	—	678	141.00–154.00	147.26
59	—	807	144.25	144.25
27	—	634	155.50–159.00	156.54
22	—	531	176.00–181.00	177.62
17	—	365	202.50	202.50
10	—	416	192.50–197.00	193.69
8	—	880	130.00–132.00	131.27
5	—	322	212.50	212.50
2	—	1,043	110.00	110.00
133	—	773	140.50–147.35	144.38
10	—	570	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	583	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	551	168.00	168.00
12	—	734	140.50	140.50
48	—	660	145.00–147.50	146.77
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	573	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	735	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	440	185.00	185.00
3	—	812	130.00	130.00
5	—	795	135.00	135.00
6	—	347	192.00	192.00
9	—	513	173.00–178.00	176.33
12	—	745	140.00	140.00
19	—	575	165.00–168.00	167.19
28	—	473	177.50–182.50	179.41
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	431	173.00	173.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	471	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	584	127.50	127.50
4	—	453	140.00	140.00
3	—	415	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	566	150.00	150.00
2	—	403	162.00	162.00
8	—	611	142.00	142.00
11	—	399	165.00–168.00	166.91
17	—	473	158.00–159.00	158.88
50	—	535	150.00–158.00	152.18
73	—	680	130.50–136.25	132.40
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	626	135.00	135.00
14	—	539	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	574	139.50	139.50
2	—	780	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	349	159.00	159.00
8	—	730	123.00	123.00
11	—	392	162.50–163.00	162.82
11	—	461	148.00	148.00
11	—	633	137.50	137.50
15	—	590	139.50	139.50

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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