Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2023-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No trend available as the last market reported was 2 weeks ago. Today's run comprised mostly long weaned steers and heifers with vaccination programs. Trade activity moderated on good to very good buyer demand.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $222.72/cwt on 382 head.

Average price

$222.72

382 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,229

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

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

$34.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.06

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	448	227.20	1,017	71
Medium and Large 1	577	222.17	1,282	306
Large 1-2	490	192.50	943	5thin

One grade step is worth $34.70/cwt here — about $74 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 sale382 hd

222.72

—

CO average3 barns · 1,718 hd

204.66

+18.06

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

34 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
Heifers	Medium 1	—	495	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	851	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,025	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,167	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	174.33/cwt	171.00–176.00	1,062	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	868	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	204.36/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,292	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	235.96/cwt	233.00–240.00	1,133	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	542	229.89/cwt	225.00–239.00	1,246	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	774	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,401	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	195.48/cwt	192.00–197.00	1,394	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	407	238.18/cwt	237.00–240.00	969	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	536	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	1,321	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	405	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	942	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	233.33/cwt	222.50–236.00	1,008	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	199.49/cwt	199.00–200.00	1,331	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,014	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	223.81/cwt	218.00–229.00	1,296	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	593	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,002	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	202.26/cwt	201.00–208.00	965	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	806	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,443	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	205.88/cwt	204.00–209.00	1,176	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	198.33/cwt	191.00–201.00	1,011	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	890	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	179.83/cwt	177.00–183.00	953	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	236.38/cwt	231.00–240.00	875	13
Steers	Large 1-2	—	490	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	943	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	780	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	693	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	194.73/cwt	191.00–199.00	746	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	587	168.94/cwt	167.00–172.00	992	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	436	205.41/cwt	205.00–206.00	896	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	168.33/cwt	167.50–171.00	1,151	44

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 17, 2023

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

Receipts 775Last week 2,117Year ago 1,228

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	495	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	563	182.00	182.00
3	—	707	165.00	165.00
19	—	609	171.00–176.00	174.33
32	—	477	201.00–208.00	202.26
58	—	510	191.00–201.00	198.33
23	—	420	212.00	212.00
44	—	684	167.50–171.00	168.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	523	166.00	166.00
3	—	422	185.00	185.00
11	—	345	201.00	201.00
20	—	383	191.00–199.00	194.73
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	593	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	530	177.00–183.00	179.83
4	—	615	168.00	168.00
8	—	376	207.50	207.50
10	—	587	167.00–172.00	168.94
32	—	436	205.00–206.00	205.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	632	202.00–212.00	204.36
47	—	480	233.00–240.00	235.96
46	—	542	225.00–239.00	229.89
7	—	774	181.00	181.00
51	—	713	192.00–197.00	195.48
21	—	407	237.00–240.00	238.18
4	—	667	199.00–200.00	199.49
33	—	579	218.00–229.00	223.81
9	—	806	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	536	246.50	246.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	405	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	432	222.50–236.00	233.33
14	—	459	221.00	221.00
11	—	571	204.00–209.00	205.88
13	—	370	231.00–240.00	236.38
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	192.50	192.50

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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