Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available as the last reported market was two weeks ago. Trade activity and demand moderate. Buyer interest mainly on the lighter end of the run of heifers. The next available report will be Friday, March 18, 2022.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $168.03/cwt on 865 head.

Average price

$168.03

865 head · 698 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,174

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$183

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 2

$47.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.60

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	431	188.43	812	28
Medium and Large 1-2	654	172.72	1,130	202
Medium and Large 1	736	167.31	1,232	461
Medium 1	692	161.66	1,118	170
Large 2	706	141.00	995	4thin

One grade step is worth $47.43/cwt here — about −$183 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 sale865 hd

168.03

—

CO average4 barns · 2,294 hd

176.62

−8.60

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

70 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 1	—	589	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,013	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	655	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,826	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	908	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	192.89/cwt	191.00–194.00	839	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,104	18
Steers	Medium 1	—	720	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	1,148	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	639	187.50/cwt	184.00–195.00	1,198	120
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	386	190.70/cwt	190.00–192.50	736	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	665	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,114	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	877	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,193	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	872	14
Steers	Large 2	—	706	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	995	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	781	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,211	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	166.29/cwt	164.00–174.00	1,176	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	174.92/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,184	48
Steers	Medium 1	—	487	184.15/cwt	182.50–185.00	897	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,081	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	964	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,263	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	209.16/cwt	207.00–211.00	1,088	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	152.25/cwt	152.25–152.25	1,118	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	504	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	945	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	795	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	459	213.58/cwt	212.50–215.00	980	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	146.82/cwt	143.25–152.00	1,147	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	199.01/cwt	191.00–202.00	1,075	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	189.41/cwt	187.50–192.00	1,083	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	977	140.25/cwt	140.25–140.25	1,370	55
Steers	Medium 1	—	660	162.06/cwt	160.00–162.50	1,070	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	938	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	966	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	739	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	909	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	956	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	1,076	3
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	—	801	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,009	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	635	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,086	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	447	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	939	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,811	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	169.07/cwt	168.00–175.00	888	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	810	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,013	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	835	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,044	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	865	126.75/cwt	126.75–126.75	1,096	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,141	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	137.51/cwt	134.00–141.00	869	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	664	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	936	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	759	131.61/cwt	123.00–134.00	999	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	182.63/cwt	180.00–186.00	891	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	457	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	795	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	654	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	948	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	442	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	760	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	739	132.00/cwt	131.00–135.00	975	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	161.93/cwt	160.00–165.00	923	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	912	6
Heifers	Medium 1	—	818	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,006	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,156	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	771	135.83/cwt	130.00–136.25	1,047	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	168.51/cwt	165.50–170.00	1,036	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	156.25/cwt	150.00–161.00	980	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	176.58/cwt	171.00–179.50	1,007	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	190.56/cwt	189.00–195.00	877	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	144.87/cwt	138.50–147.00	1,030	58
Heifers	Medium 1	—	489	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	719	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	156.86/cwt	155.00–162.00	1,043	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	840	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,193	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	157.15/cwt	154.50–157.50	1,202	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	996	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	699	2
Heifers	Medium 1	—	549	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	747	6

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 Mar 4, 2022

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

Receipts 1,873Last week 1,228Year ago 2,237

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	589	172.00	172.00
10	—	720	159.50	159.50
67	—	781	155.00	155.00
15	—	487	182.50–185.00	184.15
68	—	660	160.00–162.50	162.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	326	560.00	560.00
120	—	639	184.00–195.00	187.50
41	—	707	164.00–174.00	166.29
48	—	677	172.00–178.00	174.92
36	—	520	207.00–211.00	209.16
14	—	459	212.50–215.00	213.58
55	—	977	140.25	140.25
51	—	765	154.50–157.50	157.15
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	488	186.00	186.00
10	—	386	190.00–192.50	190.70
4	—	504	187.50	187.50
10	—	424	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	665	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	877	136.00	136.00
3	—	840	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	415	210.00	210.00
7	—	632	171.00	171.00
4	—	964	131.00	131.00
12	—	734	152.25	152.25
80	—	781	143.25–152.00	146.82
58	—	540	191.00–202.00	199.01
27	—	572	187.50–192.00	189.41
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	655	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	435	191.00–194.00	192.89
18	—	731	151.00	151.00
7	—	315	575.00	575.00
25	—	787	145.00	145.00
9	—	1,051	110.00	110.00
61	—	615	165.50–170.00	168.51
31	—	570	171.00–179.50	176.58
26	—	460	189.00–195.00	190.56
87	—	665	155.00–162.00	156.86
68	—	527	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	938	103.00	103.00
4	—	739	123.00	123.00
3	—	956	112.50	112.50
6	—	835	125.00	125.00
19	—	865	126.75	126.75
82	—	759	123.00–134.00	131.61
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	801	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	525	168.00–175.00	169.07
12	—	348	190.00	190.00
7	—	488	180.00–186.00	182.63
13	—	654	145.00	145.00
18	—	570	160.00–165.00	161.93
79	—	771	130.00–136.25	135.83
45	—	627	150.00–161.00	156.25
10	—	818	133.00	133.00
58	—	711	138.50–147.00	144.87
2	—	368	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	810	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	632	134.00–141.00	137.51
10	—	457	174.00	174.00
3	—	442	172.00	172.00
2	—	388	183.00	183.00
12	—	739	131.00–135.00	132.00
6	—	688	132.50	132.50
3	—	340	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	818	123.00	123.00
6	—	489	147.00	147.00
6	—	549	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	171.00	171.00
6	—	447	210.00	210.00

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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