Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers and heifers across all weights traded mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. The next available report will be Friday, December 4, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.03/cwt on 493 head.

Average price

$131.03

493 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$65

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2

$25.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.79

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	135.28	778	208
Medium and Large 1-2	575	129.49	745	254
Medium and Large 2	727	116.12	844	26
Large 2	648	110.00	713	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.28/cwt here — about $65 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 sale493 hd

131.03

—

CO average5 barns · 4,458 hd

136.82

−5.79

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

61 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	865	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	362	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	536	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	691	133.33/cwt	132.00–135.50	921	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,116	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	506	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	638	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	808	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,006	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	475	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	732	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	150.39/cwt	149.50–151.00	880	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	443	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	602	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	148.57/cwt	148.00–149.00	645	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	580	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	722	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	656	142.19/cwt	140.00–144.00	933	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	520	145.18/cwt	143.00–147.00	755	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,144	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	636	137.24/cwt	123.00–139.00	873	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	146.27/cwt	146.00–148.00	905	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	140.81/cwt	137.00–144.50	729	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	137.67/cwt	134.00–139.00	1,009	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	923	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,163	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	499	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	130.23/cwt	129.50–132.00	875	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	163.52/cwt	161.00–166.00	872	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	463	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	319	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	813	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,024	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	504	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	796	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	596	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	781	28
Heifers	Large 2	—	648	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	713	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	860	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	431	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	690	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	418	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	560	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	140.45/cwt	140.00–141.00	902	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	346	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	550	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	645	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	595	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	162.67/cwt	160.00–164.00	774	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	933	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	148.97/cwt	148.00–150.00	551	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	585	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	402	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	587	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	494	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	143.97/cwt	142.50–145.00	841	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	121.85/cwt	121.00–123.00	875	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	134.57/cwt	134.00–136.00	700	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	484	141.95/cwt	137.00–145.00	687	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	754	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	984	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	127.35/cwt	124.00–129.00	796	39
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	770	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	137.60/cwt	137.00–138.00	667	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	618	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	729	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	126.84/cwt	122.00–131.00	728	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	619	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	121.71/cwt	116.00–124.00	746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	832	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	761	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	766	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	119.10/cwt	116.00–120.00	972	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	142.63/cwt	138.00–144.00	656	27

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 Nov 20, 2020

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Receipts 1,146Last week 1,756Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate. Feeder steers and heifers across all weights traded mostly 2.00 to 7.00 lower. The next available report will be Friday, December 4, 2020.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	676	128.00	128.00
7	—	588	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	148.00	148.00
11	—	520	143.00–147.00	145.18
39	—	636	123.00–139.00	137.24
2	—	463	157.00	157.00
7	—	431	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	691	132.00–135.50	133.33
7	—	516	153.00	153.00
20	—	642	140.00–141.00	140.45
5	—	373	173.00	173.00
25	—	476	160.00–164.00	162.67
22	—	584	142.50–145.00	143.97
18	—	754	130.50	130.50
7	—	445	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,024	109.00	109.00
34	—	585	149.50–151.00	150.39
11	—	656	140.00–144.00	142.19
3	—	880	130.00	130.00
57	—	619	146.00–148.00	146.27
40	—	733	134.00–139.00	137.67
5	—	923	126.00	126.00
53	—	533	161.00–166.00	163.52
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	475	154.00	154.00
3	—	402	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	813	126.00	126.00
5	—	504	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	568	132.00	132.00
5	—	346	159.00	159.00
3	—	372	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	484	137.00–145.00	141.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	506	126.00	126.00
8	—	418	134.00	134.00
9	—	618	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	808	124.50	124.50
14	—	434	148.00–149.00	148.57
42	—	518	137.00–144.50	140.81
6	—	317	157.50	157.50
49	—	672	129.50–132.00	130.23
27	—	460	138.00–144.00	142.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	443	136.00	136.00
4	—	766	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	580	124.50	124.50
5	—	319	142.50	142.50
7	—	613	116.00–124.00	121.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	596	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	648	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	620	121.00	121.00
12	—	745	115.50	115.50
7	—	915	102.00	102.00
4	—	421	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	370	148.00–150.00	148.97
3	—	327	151.00	151.00
21	—	718	121.00–123.00	121.85
43	—	520	134.00–136.00	134.57
39	—	625	124.00–129.00	127.35
18	—	485	137.00–138.00	137.60
61	—	574	122.00–131.00	126.84
5	—	427	145.00	145.00
15	—	671	124.00	124.00
9	—	816	116.00–120.00	119.10

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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