Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-03-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available as this market was last reported 3/6/20. Trade activity and demand moderate. The next available sale will be Friday, April 10, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.69/cwt on 550 head.

Average price

$132.69

550 head · 636 lb average

Value per head Derived

$844

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.99

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	629	136.08	856	380
Medium and Large 1-2	656	125.79	825	160
Medium and Large 2	616	114.00	702	10thin

One grade step is worth $22.08/cwt here — about $154 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 sale550 hd

132.69

—

CO average3 barns · 1,908 hd

140.68

−7.99

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

35 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	—	414	187.54/cwt	186.00–191.00	776	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	166.93/cwt	166.00–172.00	875	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	130.84/cwt	126.00–131.00	988	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	827	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	111.33/cwt	111.00–112.00	967	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	160.15/cwt	152.00–164.00	1,006	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	149.21/cwt	140.00–151.00	980	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	353	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	680	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	147.92/cwt	142.00–158.00	853	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	130.94/cwt	130.00–134.00	766	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	112.81/cwt	112.00–115.00	886	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	616	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	702	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	933	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	454	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	749	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	841	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	958	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	578	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	798	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	416	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	655	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	619	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	157.83/cwt	157.50–158.00	653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	901	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	164.47/cwt	164.00–165.00	636	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	158.80/cwt	151.00–163.00	851	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	133.10/cwt	129.00–135.00	882	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	150.31/cwt	149.50–152.00	785	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	829	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	630	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	140.31/cwt	138.00–141.00	724	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	135.77/cwt	134.00–141.00	846	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	126.92/cwt	124.00–128.50	900	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	126.89/cwt	125.00–129.00	791	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	147.22/cwt	143.00–150.00	705	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	155.42/cwt	152.00–160.00	727	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	143.12/cwt	141.00–145.00	816	34

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 27, 2020

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

Receipts 1,016Last week 1,260Year ago 0

No trend available as this market was last reported 3/6/20. Trade activity and demand moderate. The next available sale will be Friday, April 10, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	414	186.00–191.00	187.54
44	—	524	166.00–172.00	166.93
64	—	755	126.00–131.00	130.84
3	—	452	183.00	183.00
6	—	869	111.00–112.00	111.33
89	—	628	152.00–164.00	160.15
91	—	657	140.00–151.00	149.21
2	—	353	192.50	192.50
9	—	720	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	577	142.00–158.00	147.92
3	—	723	129.00	129.00
4	—	454	165.00	165.00
6	—	673	125.00	125.00
40	—	536	151.00–163.00	158.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	585	130.00–134.00	130.94
73	—	785	112.00–115.00	112.81
2	—	360	155.00	155.00
5	—	727	114.00	114.00
6	—	413	152.50	152.50
9	—	516	138.00–141.00	140.31
17	—	623	125.00–129.00	126.89
24	—	479	143.00–150.00	147.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	616	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	414	157.50–158.00	157.83
14	—	834	108.00	108.00
15	—	387	164.00–165.00	164.47
36	—	663	129.00–135.00	133.10
43	—	522	149.50–152.00	150.31
87	—	623	134.00–141.00	135.77
129	—	709	124.00–128.50	126.92
19	—	468	152.00–160.00	155.42
34	—	570	141.00–145.00	143.12
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	578	138.00	138.00
4	—	416	157.50	157.50
5	—	619	137.50	137.50

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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