Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available as the last report for this market was December 10th. Today's Stock Show Special comprised of pre-conditioned, long weaned (mostly 60-90 days) steers and heifers with multiple rounds of vaccinations. Trade activity and demand moderate. The next available report will be Friday, January 21, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.23/cwt on 1,402 head.

Average price

$176.23

1,402 head · 639 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,127

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$47

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

$59.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.57

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	649	180.21	1,169	854
Medium and Large 1-2	616	176.85	1,090	331
Medium and Large 2	593	165.51	982	163
Medium 1-2	670	148.00	992	7thin
Medium 1	765	143.68	1,099	41
Large 1-2	927	121.00	1,122	6thin

One grade step is worth $59.21/cwt here — about $47 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 sale1,402 hd

176.23

—

CO average5 barns · 10,871 hd

174.65

+1.57

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

75 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 2	—	675	158.37/cwt	151.00–162.00	1,069	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	662	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,106	8
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	634	163.50/cwt	158.00–169.00	1,037	10
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	681	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,062	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	165.39/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,025	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	152.74/cwt	144.00–154.50	1,317	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	198.48/cwt	195.00–200.00	937	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	176.82/cwt	175.00–182.50	836	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	179.55/cwt	172.50–183.25	1,192	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	166.38/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,208	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,272	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	201.50/cwt	196.00–204.00	840	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	769	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	647	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,026	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	209.75/cwt	206.00–210.00	973	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,009	15
Steers	Medium 1	—	984	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,181	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	172.83/cwt	172.50–173.00	1,063	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	396	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	733	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	783	156.93/cwt	156.50–157.50	1,229	93
Steers	Medium 1	—	750	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,065	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	728	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,099	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	192.91/cwt	188.50–199.00	1,115	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	214.36/cwt	211.00–216.00	911	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	199.94/cwt	195.00–208.50	1,056	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	187.27/cwt	185.00–192.50	981	21
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	688	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	998	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	187.09/cwt	182.00–192.50	1,164	148
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	184.44/cwt	177.00–187.50	1,066	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	833	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,058	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	458	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	863	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	98	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	132	6
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	—	728	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	801	8
Bulls	Small and Medium 1	—	554	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	853	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	699	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,028	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	614	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	169.22/cwt	168.00–171.00	1,156	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	179.30/cwt	176.00–183.50	846	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	404	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	739	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	704	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	852	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	212.55/cwt	205.00–217.50	691	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	859	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,082	6
Steers	Large 1-2Full	—	927	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,122	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	150.27/cwt	148.00–151.50	1,082	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	151.33/cwt	149.00–157.00	1,011	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	147.76/cwt	146.00–149.00	1,126	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	832	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,215	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	876	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,121	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,302	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	136.86/cwt	133.00–140.00	832	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	165.05/cwt	161.00–174.00	937	119
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	161.42/cwt	160.00–163.00	844	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	613	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	748	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,140	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	136.75/cwt	136.75–136.75	1,300	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	721	135.28/cwt	132.00–141.00	975	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	159.08/cwt	152.00–161.00	729	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	151.11/cwt	150.00–153.00	863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	174.62/cwt	167.00–177.00	903	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	157.16/cwt	152.00–162.00	987	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	650	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,060	14
Heifers	Medium 1	—	563	141.75/cwt	136.00–147.00	798	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	149.42/cwt	149.00–151.00	925	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	172.73/cwt	172.00–173.00	675	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	170.08/cwt	165.00–172.00	804	21
Heifers	Medium 1	—	352	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	567	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	157.49/cwt	154.00–159.00	913	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	153.78/cwt	145.00–156.00	810	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	358	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium 1	—	525	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	725	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	632	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	174.41/cwt	172.50–175.00	743	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	130.89/cwt	130.50–132.00	1,026	11

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 14, 2022

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

Receipts 3,001Last week 1,312Year ago 1,918

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	675	151.00–162.00	158.37
61	—	620	162.00–168.00	165.39
28	—	473	175.00–182.50	176.82
6	—	425	181.00	181.00
8	—	703	146.00	146.00
11	—	396	185.00	185.00
3	—	330	186.00	186.00
6	—	859	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	662	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	634	158.00–169.00	163.50
4	—	681	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	862	144.00–154.50	152.74
124	—	664	172.50–183.25	179.55
123	—	726	161.00–172.00	166.38
24	—	826	154.00	154.00
31	—	464	206.00–210.00	209.75
93	—	783	156.50–157.50	156.93
110	—	578	188.50–199.00	192.91
43	—	425	211.00–216.00	214.36
88	—	528	195.00–208.50	199.94
148	—	622	182.00–192.50	187.09
2	—	1,103	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	472	195.00–200.00	198.48
22	—	417	196.00–204.00	201.50
5	—	764	153.00	153.00
54	—	615	172.50–173.00	172.83
21	—	524	185.00–192.50	187.27
42	—	578	177.00–187.50	184.44
166	—	683	168.00–171.00	169.22
5	—	325	205.00–217.50	212.55
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	647	152.00	152.00
4	—	688	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	668	151.00	151.00
10	—	728	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	984	120.00	120.00
16	—	750	142.00	142.00
5	—	876	128.00	128.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	927	121.00	121.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	832	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	833	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	458	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	472	176.00–183.50	179.30
16	—	404	183.00	183.00
104	—	720	148.00–151.50	150.27
109	—	668	149.00–157.00	151.33
34	—	762	146.00–149.00	147.76
119	—	568	161.00–174.00	165.05
10	—	832	137.00	137.00
54	—	951	136.75	136.75
71	—	517	167.00–177.00	174.62
275	—	628	152.00–162.00	157.16
3	—	358	460.00	460.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	704	121.00	121.00
11	—	613	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	608	133.00–140.00	136.86
45	—	458	152.00–161.00	159.08
8	—	571	150.00–153.00	151.11
30	—	391	172.00–173.00	172.73
36	—	527	145.00–156.00	153.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	523	160.00–163.00	161.42
21	—	721	132.00–141.00	135.28
29	—	619	149.00–151.00	149.42
21	—	473	165.00–172.00	170.08
35	—	580	154.00–159.00	157.49
4	—	361	175.00	175.00
16	—	426	172.50–175.00	174.41
11	—	784	130.50–132.00	130.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	650	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	563	136.00–147.00	141.75
9	—	352	161.00	161.00
5	—	525	138.00	138.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	98	135.00	135.00
30	—	699	147.00	147.00
Bulls — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	728	110.00	110.00
4	—	554	154.00	154.00

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