Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2023-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand today was moderate to good. Majority of today's offering was weaned 30 to 60 days with balance coming off the cow. Feeder steers were trended mostly up 2.00 to 10.00, while feeder heifers trended mostly steady to 7.00 lower. High quality calves that were preconditioned, on a vaccination program and weaned 30 days and longer traded good and had strong undertones. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $257.40/cwt on 710 head.

Average price

$257.40

710 head · 590 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,519

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$176

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

$52.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.31

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	596	262.34	1,563	509
Medium and Large 1-2	560	256.84	1,439	125
Medium 1	559	241.00	1,347	19thin
Medium and Large 2	597	226.42	1,353	34
Medium 1-2	570	212.50	1,211	5thin
Large 1-2	661	209.89	1,387	18thin

One grade step is worth $52.45/cwt here — about $176 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 sale710 hd

257.40

—

CO average4 barns · 5,468 hd

251.09

+6.31

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

75 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 1-2	—	553	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,147	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	1,303	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	464	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,355	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	526	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,184	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	271.24/cwt	262.50–275.00	1,313	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	236.67/cwt	236.00–237.00	1,593	80
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	444	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,354	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	607	237.32/cwt	235.00–238.00	1,441	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	772	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,583	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	581	239.02/cwt	230.00–249.00	1,389	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	240.42/cwt	235.00–243.00	1,507	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	665	223.99/cwt	221.00–228.00	1,490	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	753	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,589	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	597	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,469	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	234.16/cwt	231.00–237.50	1,239	8
Steers	Large 1-2	—	597	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,313	11
Steers	Large 1-2	—	761	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,476	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	335	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,047	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	287	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	618	224.44/cwt	221.00–227.00	1,387	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	258.27/cwt	255.00–262.00	1,583	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	223.49/cwt	218.00–227.00	1,529	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	281.27/cwt	272.50–287.50	1,364	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	703	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,424	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	441	278.74/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,229	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	518	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,450	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	289.52/cwt	282.50–295.00	1,471	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	262.86/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,480	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	3
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	570	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,211	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	549	267.49/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,469	20
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	256.39/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,115	9
Steers	Medium 1	—	646	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,544	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	567	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,315	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	301.35/cwt	297.00–305.00	1,299	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	299.15/cwt	290.00–307.00	1,454	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	193.13/cwt	180.00–201.00	1,338	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	276.47/cwt	275.00–277.50	899	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,377	33
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	573	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	991	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	273.36/cwt	273.00–274.00	1,419	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	235.19/cwt	234.00–237.00	1,465	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	243.86/cwt	235.00–247.50	1,051	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	255.89/cwt	252.50–257.50	1,215	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	233.80/cwt	227.50–239.00	1,188	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	245.69/cwt	237.50–249.00	1,378	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	216.73/cwt	212.00–219.50	1,448	43
Heifers	Medium 1	—	492	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	532	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,266	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	478	258.70/cwt	250.00–266.00	1,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	275.93/cwt	272.50–277.00	1,181	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	211.09/cwt	202.50–217.00	1,315	18
Heifers	Medium 1	—	569	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,280	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	290.79/cwt	287.50–292.50	1,221	23
Steers	Medium 1	—	391	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	262	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	323	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	775	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	603	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,146	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	303	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	232.10/cwt	227.00–233.00	1,355	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	222.20/cwt	222.00–222.50	1,633	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	310.70/cwt	310.00–316.00	1,274	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	221.47/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,712	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	374	259.59/cwt	257.50–262.50	971	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	423	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,053	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	245.34/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,200	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	840	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,743	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,721	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,467	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	577	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,281	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	553	218.40/cwt	210.00–232.50	1,208	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	658	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,257	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	243.54/cwt	232.00–246.00	1,649	62
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,346	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 Dec 8, 2023

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

Receipts 1,558Last week 1,838Year ago 1,986

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	207.50	207.50
6	—	677	192.50	192.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	225.00	225.00
7	—	492	220.00	220.00
5	—	569	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	262.50–275.00	271.24
80	—	673	236.00–237.00	236.67
40	—	519	273.00–274.00	273.36
23	—	623	234.00–237.00	235.19
57	—	561	237.50–249.00	245.69
23	—	420	287.50–292.50	290.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	693	180.00–201.00	193.13
11	—	431	235.00–247.50	243.86
17	—	508	227.50–239.00	233.80
5	—	603	190.00	190.00
3	—	303	250.00	250.00
19	—	489	242.00–248.00	245.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	325	275.00–277.50	276.47
33	—	540	255.00	255.00
15	—	475	252.50–257.50	255.89
43	—	668	212.00–219.50	216.73
12	—	428	272.50–277.00	275.93
18	—	623	202.50–217.00	211.09
46	—	584	227.00–233.00	232.10
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	573	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	238.00	238.00
6	—	262	735.00	735.00
3	—	323	240.00	240.00
5	—	374	257.50–262.50	259.59
8	—	553	210.00–232.50	218.40
11	—	658	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	478	250.00–266.00	258.70
25	—	577	222.00	222.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	423	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	875	180.00	180.00
6	—	772	205.00	205.00
8	—	529	231.00–237.50	234.16
3	—	703	202.50	202.50
9	—	435	245.00–270.00	256.39
6	—	612	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	444	305.00	305.00
9	—	607	235.00–238.00	237.32
23	—	665	221.00–228.00	223.99
12	—	753	211.00	211.00
7	—	597	246.00	246.00
21	—	335	312.50	312.50
10	—	518	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	581	230.00–249.00	239.02
5	—	287	900.00	900.00
7	—	618	221.00–227.00	224.44
23	—	441	275.00–287.50	278.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	627	235.00–243.00	240.42
5	—	684	218.00–227.00	223.49
7	—	485	272.50–287.50	281.27
3	—	275	775.00	775.00
20	—	549	265.00–275.00	267.49
13	—	431	297.00–305.00	301.35
15	—	735	222.00–222.50	222.20
6	—	594	247.00	247.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	597	220.00	220.00
7	—	761	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	613	255.00–262.00	258.27
23	—	508	282.50–295.00	289.52
27	—	563	257.00–266.00	262.86
40	—	486	290.00–307.00	299.15
76	—	410	310.00–316.00	310.70
47	—	773	220.00–230.00	221.47
18	—	840	207.50	207.50
51	—	720	239.00	239.00
62	—	677	232.00–246.00	243.54
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	570	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	239.00	239.00
8	—	567	232.00	232.00
4	—	391	262.50	262.50

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