Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-01-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate. Livestock Exchange hosted the 2nd of 3 stock show specials with the run comprising of calves weaned as far back as September. Steers and heifers were home raised, pre-conditioned on vaccination programs with up to 3 rounds. Feeder steers under 550 lbs traded mostly 2.00 to 6.00 lower, 550-700 lbs mostly 6.00 to 8.00 lower, and over 700 lbs mostly 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs traded 1.00 to 8.00 higher, 550-650 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, January 22, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $149.83/cwt on 929 head.

Average price

$149.83

929 head · 645 lb average

Value per head Derived

$966

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$253

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$29.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.16

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	421	161.73	681	18thin
Medium and Large 1	651	152.22	991	690
Medium 2	378	147.00	556	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	647	142.83	924	175
Medium 1	539	142.00	765	4thin
Large 1-2	636	133.00	846	5thin
Large 1	704	132.67	934	29

One grade step is worth $29.06/cwt here — about −$253 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 sale929 hd

149.83

—

CO average5 barns · 12,971 hd

151.99

−2.16

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

60 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	—	558	138.10/cwt	136.00–142.00	771	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	128.65/cwt	123.00–130.50	859	84
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	676	112.32/cwt	110.00–115.00	759	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	511	143.94/cwt	142.00–147.00	736	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,114	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	1,036	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	540	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	123.96/cwt	121.50–129.00	895	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	150.69/cwt	144.75–156.00	796	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	121.88/cwt	119.50–123.00	941	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	680	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	196.28/cwt	196.00–198.00	744	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	130.21/cwt	128.00–133.00	1,001	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	125.50/cwt	125.50–125.50	1,142	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	143.52/cwt	141.50–145.00	959	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	139.67/cwt	133.00–144.25	1,008	243
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	174.40/cwt	171.00–176.50	916	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	811	128.99/cwt	128.00–129.75	1,046	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	150.77/cwt	148.50–154.50	923	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	184.77/cwt	179.00–189.00	880	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	557	168.61/cwt	162.00–170.75	939	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	126.61/cwt	124.50–129.00	1,102	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	437	186.03/cwt	183.00–190.00	813	32
Heifers	Large 1	—	620	123.66/cwt	123.00–125.00	767	15
Heifers	Large 1	—	569	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	768	11
Heifers	Large 1	—	524	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	721	4
Steers	Large 1	—	662	134.32/cwt	133.00–135.00	889	6
Steers	Large 1	—	762	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	964	15
Steers	Large 1	—	626	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	895	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	857	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,080	3
Steers	Medium 2	—	378	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	556	8
Steers	Medium 1	—	539	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	765	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	636	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	846	5
Heifers	Large 1	—	685	121.56/cwt	121.00–123.00	833	25
Heifers	Large 1	—	766	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	904	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	161.73/cwt	158.00–164.00	681	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	431	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	694	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	576	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	801	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	420	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	756	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	875	108.00/cwt	103.00–110.00	945	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,026	103.50/cwt	103.50–103.50	1,062	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	748	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	352	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	475	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	744	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	671	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	138.03/cwt	135.00–140.00	932	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	145.52/cwt	140.00–147.50	924	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	884	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	131.65/cwt	128.00–135.00	768	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	595	150.38/cwt	148.50–151.00	895	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	788	125.56/cwt	124.00–126.25	989	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	149.01/cwt	147.50–151.00	630	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	813	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	135.13/cwt	134.00–136.00	696	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	147.29/cwt	147.00–147.50	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	125.16/cwt	124.00–127.00	792	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	120.93/cwt	118.00–122.00	826	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	162.71/cwt	155.00–166.00	761	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	131.36/cwt	130.00–132.50	796	31

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 Jan 15, 2021

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

Receipts 1,918Last week 1,493Year ago 2,611

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	558	136.00–142.00	138.10
84	—	668	123.00–130.50	128.65
7	—	1,114	93.00	93.00
6	—	331	163.00	163.00
74	—	722	121.50–129.00	123.96
59	—	528	144.75–156.00	150.69
31	—	772	119.50–123.00	121.88
4	—	995	105.00	105.00
17	—	412	165.00	165.00
46	—	468	155.00–166.00	162.71
31	—	606	130.00–132.50	131.36
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	620	123.00–125.00	123.66
11	—	569	135.00	135.00
4	—	524	137.50	137.50
25	—	685	121.00–123.00	121.56
22	—	766	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	857	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	875	103.00–110.00	108.00
6	—	1,026	103.50	103.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	598	125.00	125.00
9	—	352	135.00	135.00
8	—	620	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	834	106.00	106.00
84	—	583	128.00–135.00	131.65
9	—	423	147.50–151.00	149.01
8	—	767	106.00	106.00
7	—	515	134.00–136.00	135.13
5	—	480	147.00–147.50	147.29
73	—	633	124.00–127.00	125.16
37	—	683	118.00–122.00	120.93
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	676	110.00–115.00	112.32
8	—	511	142.00–147.00	143.94
7	—	431	161.00	161.00
5	—	576	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	379	196.00–198.00	196.28
20	—	769	128.00–133.00	130.21
5	—	910	125.50	125.50
5	—	319	199.00	199.00
22	—	668	141.50–145.00	143.52
243	—	722	133.00–144.25	139.67
75	—	525	171.00–176.50	174.40
66	—	811	128.00–129.75	128.99
61	—	612	148.50–154.50	150.77
49	—	476	179.00–189.00	184.77
46	—	557	162.00–170.75	168.61
39	—	870	124.50–129.00	126.61
32	—	437	183.00–190.00	186.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	662	133.00–135.00	134.32
15	—	762	126.50	126.50
8	—	626	143.00	143.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	378	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	539	142.00	142.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	636	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	421	158.00–164.00	161.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	420	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	379	177.00	177.00
73	—	675	135.00–140.00	138.03
54	—	635	140.00–147.50	145.52
23	—	595	148.50–151.00	150.38
16	—	788	124.00–126.25	125.56

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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