Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded unevenly steady, 550-800 lbs mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower, and over 800 lbs 2.00 higher on a light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower, and heifers over 600 lbs were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, March 20, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.45/cwt on 598 head.

Average price

$157.45

598 head · 640 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium 2

$31.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.18

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	370	178.69	661	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	608	156.87	953	56
Medium and Large 1	655	156.84	1,027	521
Medium 2	377	147.50	556	3thin

One grade step is worth $31.19/cwt here — about $105 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 sale598 hd

157.45

—

CO average4 barns · 2,271 hd

157.63

−0.18

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	—	484	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,036	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	749	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	951	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	840	126.30/cwt	126.00–127.00	1,061	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	731	134.81/cwt	134.00–135.50	985	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	399	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	658	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	772	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,042	16
Heifers	Large 1	—	555	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	769	4
Heifers	Large 1	—	740	126.63/cwt	125.00–131.00	937	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	674	126.06/cwt	122.50–130.00	850	14
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	644	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	792	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	406	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	450	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	707	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	836	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	780	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,024	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	178.69/cwt	175.00–184.00	661	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	192.87/cwt	190.00–196.00	808	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	144.31/cwt	144.25–144.50	1,055	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	182.34/cwt	175.00–188.00	930	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	763	140.94/cwt	138.50–141.50	1,075	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	158.20/cwt	155.00–162.00	997	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	155.99/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,022	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	529	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	156.20/cwt	152.50–158.00	829	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	121.73/cwt	121.00–123.00	859	11
Steers	Medium 2	—	377	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	895	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	956	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	646	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	840	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	156.63/cwt	150.00–160.00	678	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	146.29/cwt	137.00–148.00	749	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	639	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,039	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	135.69/cwt	135.00–138.00	932	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	135.16/cwt	129.00–139.00	953	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	145.62/cwt	141.00–149.25	885	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	151.00/cwt	145.00–154.00	870	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	570	4

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 Mar 6, 2020

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

Receipts 1,260Last week 1,973Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	484	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	840	126.00–127.00	126.30
22	—	731	134.00–135.50	134.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	772	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	483	173.00	173.00
21	—	416	187.50	187.50
24	—	782	131.00	131.00
5	—	727	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	370	175.00–184.00	178.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	419	190.00–196.00	192.87
30	—	731	144.25–144.50	144.31
52	—	510	175.00–188.00	182.34
90	—	763	138.50–141.50	140.94
114	—	630	155.00–162.00	158.20
123	—	655	153.00–160.00	155.99
4	—	471	190.00	190.00
16	—	569	168.00	168.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	749	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	399	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	555	138.50	138.50
11	—	740	125.00–131.00	126.63
14	—	674	122.50–130.00	126.06
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	644	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	161.00	161.00
10	—	450	157.00	157.00
38	—	531	152.50–158.00	156.20
4	—	373	169.00	169.00
13	—	775	134.00	134.00
21	—	687	135.00–138.00	135.69
21	—	705	129.00–139.00	135.16
51	—	608	141.00–149.25	145.62
59	—	576	145.00–154.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	355	149.00	149.00
5	—	473	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	706	121.00–123.00	121.73
8	—	646	130.00	130.00
10	—	455	152.50	152.50
44	—	433	150.00–160.00	156.63
44	—	512	137.00–148.00	146.29
4	—	368	155.00	155.00

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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