Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2023-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Today's run comprised of 75+ consignors bringing long weaned calves with 2-3 rounds of vaccinations. No trend available as the last market reported for this market was in early December. Trade activity and demand moderate to good. This is the 1st of two stock show specials with the 2nd special being held next Friday.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $193.35/cwt on 1,121 head.

Average price

$193.35

1,121 head · 680 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,315

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$72

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

$24.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.08

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	601	196.36	1,180	140
Medium and Large 1	689	195.89	1,349	831
Large 1	643	189.83	1,220	30
Medium 1	720	173.40	1,249	103
Medium and Large 2	728	171.94	1,252	17thin

One grade step is worth $24.41/cwt here — about −$72 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 sale1,121 hd

193.35

—

CO average5 barns · 9,817 hd

200.44

−7.08

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

76 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 1Fleshy	—	840	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,281	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	671	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	946	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,151	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	168.45/cwt	167.00–173.00	1,115	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	898	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	741	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,252	12
Steers	Medium 1	—	532	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,037	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	218.78/cwt	210.00–228.00	1,271	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	174.54/cwt	170.25–180.50	1,443	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	202.10/cwt	201.00–205.00	1,069	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	204.75/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,339	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	179.51/cwt	176.00–182.00	1,377	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,045	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	959	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	970	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,615	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	225.16/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,173	18
Steers	Large 1	—	622	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,200	25
Steers	Medium 1	—	583	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,096	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,209	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	354	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	788	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	734	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,116	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	236.72/cwt	225.00–240.00	1,124	45
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	542	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	748	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	—	550	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	666	11
Steers	Large 1	—	747	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	981	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 1-2	—	658	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	901	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 1-2	—	454	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	207.11/cwt	202.50–217.00	1,303	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	180.89/cwt	178.00–181.50	1,328	120
Dairy Steers	Large 2	—	621	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	882	9
Dairy Steers	Large 1-2	—	756	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,074	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	668	163.74/cwt	161.00–164.00	1,094	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	857	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,294	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	587	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,042	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	760	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,079	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	961	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,288	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	852	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,142	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	192.10/cwt	190.50–196.00	1,216	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	692	187.98/cwt	185.00–188.50	1,301	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	801	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	199.63/cwt	192.50–202.50	1,050	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	163.77/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,038	43
Steers	Medium 1	—	693	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,282	37
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	698	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,249	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	939	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,418	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	203.37/cwt	197.50–207.50	807	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	865	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	556	191.86/cwt	184.50–194.00	1,067	52
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	618	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	976	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	187.68/cwt	183.00–195.00	895	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	633	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,000	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	160.25/cwt	160.25–160.25	1,202	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	176.57/cwt	173.00–179.00	1,102	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	180.97/cwt	170.00–183.00	1,042	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	162.15/cwt	161.00–162.50	1,159	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	182.59/cwt	177.50–187.50	672	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,105	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	583	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	666	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	992	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	776	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	188.29/cwt	186.00–190.00	977	14
Heifers	Large 1	—	695	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,112	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,251	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	782	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,228	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	724	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,079	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	634	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	689	153.92/cwt	152.50–156.00	1,061	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	209.80/cwt	203.00–213.00	986	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	801	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,226	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	605	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	1,035	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	710	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	994	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	776	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,094	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	758	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,118	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 Jan 13, 2023

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

Receipts 2,780Last week 1,986Year ago 3,001

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	840	152.50	152.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	570	202.00	202.00
15	—	529	201.00–205.00	202.10
10	—	486	215.00	215.00
10	—	431	222.50	222.50
9	—	765	158.00	158.00
6	—	354	222.50	222.50
31	—	633	190.50–196.00	192.10
39	—	692	185.00–188.50	187.98
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	741	169.00	169.00
5	—	698	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	195.00	195.00
16	—	583	188.00	188.00
37	—	693	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	—	581	210.00–228.00	218.78
79	—	827	170.25–180.50	174.54
39	—	654	200.00–206.00	204.75
208	—	767	176.00–182.00	179.51
30	—	970	166.50	166.50
18	—	521	220.00–230.00	225.16
45	—	475	225.00–240.00	236.72
15	—	413	237.50	237.50
123	—	629	202.50–217.00	207.11
120	—	734	178.00–181.50	180.89
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	622	193.00	193.00
5	—	747	174.00	174.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	734	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	671	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	662	167.00–173.00	168.45
22	—	412	218.00	218.00
7	—	364	220.00	220.00
81	—	526	192.50–202.50	199.63
8	—	939	151.00	151.00
52	—	556	184.50–194.00	191.86
29	—	750	160.25	160.25
79	—	624	173.00–179.00	176.57
28	—	711	176.00	176.00
100	—	470	203.00–213.00	209.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	668	161.00–164.00	163.74
52	—	857	151.00	151.00
37	—	587	177.50	177.50
10	—	782	157.00	157.00
13	—	801	153.00	153.00
2	—	605	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	700	152.00	152.00
11	—	506	171.00	171.00
30	—	633	158.00	158.00
8	—	368	177.50–187.50	182.59
7	—	429	181.00	181.00
4	—	338	187.50	187.50
32	—	689	152.50–156.00	153.92
9	—	776	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	634	162.00–166.00	163.77
6	—	447	192.50	192.50
12	—	397	197.50–207.50	203.37
28	—	477	183.00–195.00	187.68
72	—	576	170.00–183.00	180.97
138	—	715	161.00–162.50	162.15
11	—	674	164.00	164.00
14	—	519	186.00–190.00	188.29
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	618	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	160.00	160.00
4	—	666	149.00	149.00
4	—	724	149.00	149.00
6	—	758	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	695	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	710	140.00	140.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	542	138.00	138.00
11	—	550	121.00	121.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	658	137.00	137.00
9	—	454	157.50	157.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	621	142.00	142.00
Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	756	142.00	142.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	760	142.00	142.00
4	—	961	134.00	134.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	852	134.00	134.00

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