Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady on a light test, and over 600 lbs mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers across all weight classes sold mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Today's offerings were long weaned, multiple rounds of vaccinations and carrying good quality and flesh. The next available report will be Friday, February 18, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.88/cwt on 373 head.

Average price

$172.88

373 head · 669 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,157

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$162

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

$25.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.61

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	535	182.13	975	19thin
Medium and Large 1	676	173.17	1,170	334
Medium 1	586	168.00	985	5thin
Large 1	728	156.20	1,137	15thin

One grade step is worth $25.93/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale373 hd

172.88

—

CO average5 barns · 2,474 hd

180.48

−7.61

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

44 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	—	644	158.99/cwt	157.00–161.00	1,024	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	457	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	868	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	808	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,067	4
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	576	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	749	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	882	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,191	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	716	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,031	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	971	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	994	10
Steers	Medium 1	—	512	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	891	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	978	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	643	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,087	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	744	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,246	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	676	173.23/cwt	168.00–174.25	1,171	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	902	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	554	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	975	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	693	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,053	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	217.49/cwt	215.00–220.00	694	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	185.34/cwt	184.00–188.00	1,175	50
Steers	Large 1	—	739	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,168	6
Steers	Medium 1	—	698	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,110	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	161.52/cwt	156.00–168.00	935	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	381	193.72/cwt	193.00–197.50	738	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	638	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	912	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	806	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,056	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	990	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	151.68/cwt	149.50–152.00	1,007	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	831	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	539	164.46/cwt	163.00–165.00	886	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	581	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	—	371	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	566	8
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	735	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	150.32/cwt	149.00–151.00	1,145	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	941	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,204	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	485	179.74/cwt	177.50–181.50	872	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	349	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	990	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	832	5
Steers	Large 1Full	—	692	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,045	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	149.57/cwt	148.50–149.85	1,077	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	878	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	833	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	775	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,147	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	758	161.09/cwt	160.00–161.50	1,221	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,060	4

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 Feb 4, 2022

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

Receipts 816Last week 2,240Year ago 1,517

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	644	157.00–161.00	158.99
3	—	457	190.00	190.00
4	—	808	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	576	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	882	135.00	135.00
26	—	716	144.00	144.00
9	—	806	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	579	156.00–168.00	161.52
12	—	381	193.00–197.50	193.72
80	—	664	149.50–152.00	151.68
18	—	762	149.00–151.00	150.32
22	—	485	177.50–181.50	179.74
4	—	349	195.00	195.00
5	—	639	155.00	155.00
75	—	720	148.50–149.85	149.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	638	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	683	145.00	145.00
11	—	539	163.00–165.00	164.46
7	—	316	184.00	184.00
4	—	941	128.00	128.00
3	—	570	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	585	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	371	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	458	212.00	212.00
27	—	744	167.50	167.50
108	—	676	168.00–174.25	173.23
3	—	440	205.00	205.00
14	—	319	215.00–220.00	217.49
50	—	634	184.00–188.00	185.34
94	—	758	160.00–161.50	161.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	565	176.00	176.00
5	—	411	202.50	202.50
4	—	616	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	512	174.00	174.00
2	—	698	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	615	159.00	159.00
9	—	554	176.00	176.00
4	—	693	152.00	152.00
6	—	833	147.50	147.50
3	—	775	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	643	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	739	158.00	158.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	735	157.00	157.00
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	692	151.00	151.00

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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