Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate today. Feeder steers were mostly 2.00 to 14.00 higher with a few sharply higher. Feeder heifers were mostly 5.00 to 15.00 higher with a few sharply higher. 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 $297.16/cwt on 697 head.

Average price

$297.16

697 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$182

per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 1

$24.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+23.40

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	505	318.75	1,610	24
Medium and Large 1-2	532	303.54	1,614	127
Medium and Large 1	608	294.73	1,792	546

One grade step is worth $24.02/cwt here — about −$182 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 sale697 hd

297.16

—

CO average4 barns · 4,354 hd

273.77

+23.40

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

57 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 and Large 1	—	326	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	981	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	257.49/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,748	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	749	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,798	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	323.36/cwt	320.00–329.00	1,694	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	560	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	1,800	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	651	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,855	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	603	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,797	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	288.96/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,797	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,840	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	343.36/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,603	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	358.57/cwt	352.50–365.00	1,538	48
Steers	Medium 1	—	460	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,530	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	420	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,562	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	327.65/cwt	320.00–333.00	1,396	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	861	209.31/cwt	201.00–215.00	1,802	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,156	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,814	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	307.82/cwt	306.00–309.50	1,641	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	342.35/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,277	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	304.44/cwt	298.00–306.00	1,790	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,040	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,894	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	300.82/cwt	290.00–306.00	1,239	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	225.29/cwt	217.50–227.00	1,600	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,076	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,749	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	551	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,692	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	526	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,567	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	602	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,577	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	284.47/cwt	280.00–288.00	1,511	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,501	11
Heifers	Medium 2	—	423	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,068	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	265.41/cwt	262.50–269.50	1,537	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	804	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,656	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	252.02/cwt	249.50–255.00	1,565	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	274.95/cwt	272.50–277.50	1,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,471	5
Heifers	Large 2	—	465	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,139	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	314.99/cwt	307.50–319.00	1,471	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	879	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	445	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,213	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,599	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	204.52/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,452	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,038	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	301.47/cwt	296.00–311.00	1,137	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	237.43/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,474	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	272.16/cwt	271.00–275.00	1,423	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	275.48/cwt	270.00–278.00	1,749	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	324.34/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,567	21
Steers	Medium 1	—	550	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	293.94/cwt	289.00–298.00	1,420	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,716	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,198	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	252.07/cwt	244.00–254.00	1,795	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	291.35/cwt	285.00–293.00	1,719	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	486	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,324	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,413	2

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 19, 2024

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

Receipts 1,363Last week 1,893Year ago 788

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	326	301.00	301.00
9	—	412	290.00–306.00	300.82
48	—	710	217.50–227.00	225.29
6	—	1,076	162.50	162.50
62	—	531	280.00–288.00	284.47
59	—	579	262.50–269.50	265.41
9	—	804	206.00	206.00
52	—	621	249.50–255.00	252.02
49	—	467	307.50–319.00	314.99
18	—	695	230.00	230.00
13	—	377	296.00–311.00	301.47
4	—	913	188.00	188.00
2	—	1,198	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	551	307.00	307.00
8	—	526	298.00	298.00
7	—	602	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	790	190.00	190.00
6	—	438	272.50–277.50	274.95
5	—	579	254.00	254.00
7	—	314	280.00	280.00
4	—	710	200.00–206.00	204.52
7	—	374	277.50	277.50
10	—	621	231.00–240.00	237.43
10	—	523	271.00–275.00	272.16
32	—	483	289.00–298.00	293.94
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	423	252.50	252.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	465	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	445	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	486	272.50	272.50
2	—	635	222.50	222.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	679	254.00–266.00	257.49
83	—	524	320.00–329.00	323.36
67	—	622	281.00–290.00	288.96
38	—	807	228.00	228.00
22	—	467	340.00–345.00	343.36
48	—	429	352.50–365.00	358.57
4	—	799	227.00	227.00
106	—	588	298.00–306.00	304.44
2	—	1,040	194.00	194.00
2	—	913	207.50	207.50
105	—	712	244.00–254.00	252.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	749	240.00	240.00
14	—	426	320.00–333.00	327.65
5	—	861	201.00–215.00	209.31
4	—	345	335.00	335.00
18	—	533	306.00–309.50	307.82
18	—	373	340.00–345.00	342.35
23	—	635	270.00–278.00	275.48
21	—	483	320.00–327.50	324.34
19	—	590	285.00–293.00	291.35
2	—	685	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	560	321.50	321.50
19	—	651	285.00	285.00
8	—	603	298.00	298.00
10	—	420	372.00	372.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	460	332.50	332.50
12	—	550	305.00	305.00

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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