Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-12-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand good. Today's run comprised mostly of long weaned feeders with 2-3 rounds of vaccinations. Offerings carrying a lot of quality and condition. Feeder steers across all weights mostly 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers across all weights 2.00 to 10.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, December 11, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $155.24/cwt on 781 head.

Average price

$155.24

781 head · 597 lb average

Value per head Derived

$927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$337

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 2

$40.80/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.06

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	609	158.30	965	578
Medium and Large 1-2	562	148.82	836	188
Medium and Large 2	724	118.00	854	4thin
Small and Medium 1	464	117.50	545	4thin
Medium 2	534	117.50	627	7thin

One grade step is worth $40.80/cwt here — about $337 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 sale781 hd

155.24

—

CO average4 barns · 4,428 hd

155.30

−0.06

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

54 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 1	—	620	133.64/cwt	130.00–138.50	829	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	706	144.84/cwt	144.00–145.25	1,023	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,219	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,170	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	139.35/cwt	136.50–141.00	1,069	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	717	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	133.75/cwt	133.00–134.00	916	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	150.60/cwt	150.50–151.00	639	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,063	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,212	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	138.88/cwt	133.00–141.00	793	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	618	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	810	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	908	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	171.54/cwt	170.00–174.00	823	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	162.43/cwt	156.00–167.50	952	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	151.49/cwt	145.50–157.00	730	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	959	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	1,146	21
Heifers	Small and Medium 1	—	424	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	498	4
Steers	Small and Medium 1	—	464	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	545	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	853	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,134	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	151.54/cwt	141.00–157.50	949	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	186.20/cwt	180.00–187.00	760	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	678	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	902	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	860	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,015	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	576	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	982	21
Steers	Medium 2	—	534	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	627	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	778	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	965	17
Heifers	Medium 1	—	726	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	799	8
Bulls	Large 1	—	537	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	725	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,064	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	610	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	973	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	805	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,143	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	870	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,190	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,100	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	170.59/cwt	163.00–173.00	737	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	145.97/cwt	141.00–150.00	617	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	724	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	129.16/cwt	125.00–131.00	619	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	434	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	599	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,025	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	763	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	160.31/cwt	158.00–165.00	596	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	150.15/cwt	145.00–160.00	800	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	145.24/cwt	140.00–152.00	835	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	160.33/cwt	156.00–166.00	760	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	887	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	816	126.06/cwt	124.00–128.50	1,029	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	133.33/cwt	131.00–134.25	961	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	799	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	975	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	139.16/cwt	138.00–141.00	661	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	875	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	146.19/cwt	141.00–147.00	984	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	169.87/cwt	162.00–175.00	863	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	150.70/cwt	143.00–156.00	788	88

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 Dec 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,581Last week 1,146Year ago 2,047

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	620	130.00–138.50	133.64
7	—	1,219	96.00	96.00
27	—	685	133.00–134.00	133.75
15	—	424	150.50–151.00	150.60
14	—	1,063	114.00	114.00
89	—	571	133.00–141.00	138.88
82	—	482	145.50–157.00	151.49
6	—	1,000	110.00	110.00
12	—	372	158.00–165.00	160.31
41	—	816	124.00–128.50	126.06
37	—	721	131.00–134.25	133.33
88	—	523	143.00–156.00	150.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	618	131.00	131.00
11	—	678	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	959	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	424	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	860	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	778	124.00	124.00
8	—	726	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	423	141.00–150.00	145.97
2	—	545	140.00	140.00
6	—	799	122.00	122.00
5	—	635	126.00	126.00
16	—	475	138.00–141.00	139.16
4	—	673	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	479	125.00–131.00	129.16
4	—	434	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	706	144.00–145.25	144.84
23	—	767	136.50–141.00	139.35
8	—	366	196.00	196.00
24	—	480	170.00–174.00	171.54
94	—	586	156.00–167.50	162.43
5	—	853	133.00	133.00
76	—	626	141.00–157.50	151.54
46	—	408	180.00–187.00	186.20
78	—	673	141.00–147.00	146.19
77	—	508	162.00–175.00	169.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	693	131.00	131.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	464	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	576	170.50	170.50
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	534	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,107	96.00	96.00
3	—	872	122.00	122.00
11	—	432	163.00–173.00	170.59
7	—	801	128.00	128.00
61	—	533	145.00–160.00	150.15
50	—	575	140.00–152.00	145.24
34	—	474	156.00–166.00	160.33
19	—	629	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	610	159.50	159.50
25	—	805	142.00	142.00
21	—	870	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	724	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	135.00	135.00

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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