Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-02-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand good. Today's run comprised of long weaned steers and heifers with multiple rounds of shots carrying good quality and condition. Feeder steers across all weights sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs sold 11.00 to 16.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and over 700 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 higher. The next available report will be Friday, March 4, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.97/cwt on 605 head.

Average price

$183.97

605 head · 656 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,207

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$19

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

$18.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.51

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	567	191.73	1,087	78
Medium and Large 1	677	183.08	1,240	469
Large 1	652	182.00	1,186	24
Large 1-2	550	181.57	998	27
Medium 1	639	173.00	1,106	7thin

One grade step is worth $18.73/cwt here — about −$19 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 sale605 hd

183.97

—

CO average3 barns · 1,990 hd

180.46

+3.51

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

62 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 1-2	—	484	209.24/cwt	202.50–213.00	1,013	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	160.87/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,301	38
Steers	Large 1-2	—	555	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,010	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	893	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,295	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	827	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	149.60/cwt	148.00–150.00	1,213	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	211.26/cwt	207.50–216.00	904	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	183.18/cwt	176.00–190.00	1,224	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	189.72/cwt	184.00–197.50	1,169	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,053	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,285	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	219.65/cwt	218.00–222.50	1,043	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	167.36/cwt	161.00–170.50	1,190	43
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	337	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,382	11
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	—	257	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	771	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	475	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	891	7
Steers	Large 1-2	—	763	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,198	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	207.99/cwt	203.50–218.00	1,206	85
Steers	Medium 1	—	670	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,126	2
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	412	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	577	8
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	267	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,068	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,357	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	166.63/cwt	159.00–168.25	1,266	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	225.04/cwt	218.00–226.00	1,190	16
Steers	Medium 1	—	627	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,097	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	390	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	859	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,185	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	552	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,093	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	516	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,068	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,010	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	803	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	166.79/cwt	162.00–169.00	1,121	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	724	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	190.59/cwt	190.00–192.50	898	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	188.26/cwt	186.00–189.00	682	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	628	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	186.99/cwt	186.00–187.50	810	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	942	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	459	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	771	7
Heifers	Large 1	—	544	180.37/cwt	179.00–190.00	981	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,000	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,099	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	180.02/cwt	175.00–183.00	855	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	157.85/cwt	156.00–159.50	1,137	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	169.01/cwt	164.50–171.00	1,051	50
Steers	Large 1	—	613	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,091	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	663	171.27/cwt	168.00–173.00	1,136	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	151.60/cwt	151.50–152.00	1,158	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	599	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	994	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	576	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,037	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	191.68/cwt	190.00–192.00	840	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	190.00/cwt	181.00–197.50	1,089	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	395	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	869	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	187.45/cwt	181.50–190.00	1,074	79
Heifers	Medium 1	—	485	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	543	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,072	3
Steers	Large 1	—	543	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,179	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	641	180.80/cwt	180.00–182.00	1,159	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	734	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	642	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,172	5
Steers	Large 1	—	673	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,198	19

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 18, 2022

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

Receipts 1,228Last week 816Year ago 841

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	484	202.50–213.00	209.24
8	—	376	220.00	220.00
10	—	811	148.00–150.00	149.60
7	—	428	207.50–216.00	211.26
12	—	573	181.00–197.50	190.00
3	—	543	197.50	197.50
6	—	756	156.00	156.00
10	—	641	180.00–182.00	180.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	809	155.00–162.00	160.87
86	—	668	176.00–190.00	183.18
33	—	616	184.00–197.50	189.72
6	—	433	223.00	223.00
2	—	1,053	122.00	122.00
17	—	475	218.00–222.50	219.65
43	—	711	161.00–170.50	167.36
85	—	580	203.50–218.00	207.99
31	—	856	158.50	158.50
84	—	760	159.00–168.25	166.63
16	—	529	218.00–226.00	225.04
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	555	182.00	182.00
7	—	475	187.50	187.50
2	—	763	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	893	145.00	145.00
6	—	663	168.00–173.00	171.27
5	—	734	151.00	151.00
5	—	642	182.50	182.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	670	168.00	168.00
5	—	627	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	613	178.00	178.00
3	—	543	210.00	210.00
19	—	673	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	395	220.00	220.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	337	410.00	410.00
8	—	412	140.00	140.00
18	—	267	400.00	400.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	257	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	390	188.00	188.00
4	—	724	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	859	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	552	198.00	198.00
14	—	516	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	672	162.00–169.00	166.79
9	—	471	190.00–192.50	190.59
8	—	532	188.00	188.00
13	—	720	156.00–159.50	157.85
50	—	622	164.50–171.00	169.01
42	—	764	151.50–152.00	151.60
18	—	438	190.00–192.00	191.68
79	—	573	181.50–190.00	187.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	362	186.00–189.00	188.26
2	—	335	187.50	187.50
15	—	433	186.00–187.50	186.99
2	—	538	175.00	175.00
12	—	745	147.50	147.50
8	—	475	175.00–183.00	180.02
6	—	599	166.00	166.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	459	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	544	179.00–190.00	180.37
9	—	576	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	485	174.00	174.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	510	198.00	198.00
4	—	803	123.00	123.00

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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