Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Feeder steers traded mostly 2.00 to 9.00 higher with a few sharply higher. Feeder heifers traded uneven. Heifers weighing 350 to 600 pounds traded mostly steady to 6.00 lower, while heifers 600 pounds and up traded mostly 4.00 to 11.00 higher. There seemed to be a fairly big variance in quality and vaccination programs. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $270.59/cwt on 670 head.

Average price

$270.59

670 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,545

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium 1 over Large 2

$61.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.28

vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	470	283.10	1,332	25
Medium and Large 1-2	495	282.32	1,397	149
Medium and Large 1	606	268.89	1,630	434
Medium and Large 2	550	254.49	1,399	52
Large 2	555	222.00	1,231	10thin

One grade step is worth $61.10/cwt here — about $100 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 sale670 hd

270.59

—

CO average3 barns · 2,300 hd

281.87

−11.28

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	—	528	301.74/cwt	295.00–304.00	1,593	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	379.67/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,374	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	276.09/cwt	272.00–282.00	1,819	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	225.33/cwt	222.50–231.00	1,749	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	314.78/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,813	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	351.62/cwt	351.00–352.50	1,698	15
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	465	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,279	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	861	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	2,097	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,584	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	304.74/cwt	302.50–308.00	1,923	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	354.61/cwt	330.00–357.00	1,383	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	298.98/cwt	286.00–304.50	1,890	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	335.25/cwt	325.00–338.00	1,884	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	402	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	1,483	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	257.77/cwt	257.50–258.00	1,753	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,731	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,107	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	581	270.84/cwt	260.00–287.50	1,574	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	300.95/cwt	288.00–307.00	1,770	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,577	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	254.68/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,869	35
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	296.47/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,601	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,567	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	336	323.72/cwt	317.00–330.00	1,088	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	294.63/cwt	277.50–315.00	1,385	17
Heifers	Medium 1	—	542	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,561	15
Heifers	Medium 1	—	363	275.75/cwt	275.00–277.50	1,001	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	554	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,662	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	599	244.60/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,465	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	753	211.00/cwt	210.00–212.50	1,589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	230.57/cwt	229.00–235.00	1,692	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	290.06/cwt	285.00–294.00	1,357	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	302.95/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,182	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	259.48/cwt	255.00–268.00	1,614	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	302.29/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,245	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,443	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	237.62/cwt	232.50–242.50	1,585	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	208	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	257.37/cwt	245.00–259.50	1,714	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	271.91/cwt	270.00–275.00	1,922	42
Steers	Large 1	—	542	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,748	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	278.89/cwt	273.00–285.00	1,467	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	312.71/cwt	307.50–320.00	1,201	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	261	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	276.42/cwt	267.50–281.50	1,598	63
Steers	Medium 1	—	526	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,688	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,485	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	2,487	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,407	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	485	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,140	6
Heifers	Large 2	—	659	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,334	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	229.29/cwt	227.50–230.00	1,442	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	319.54/cwt	317.50–320.00	1,486	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	337.07/cwt	332.50–340.00	1,793	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,304	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	832	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,780	60

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 1, 2024

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

Receipts 1,574Last week 1,364Year ago 830

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	528	295.00–304.00	301.74
23	—	336	317.00–330.00	323.72
17	—	470	277.50–315.00	294.63
42	—	734	229.00–235.00	230.57
76	—	622	255.00–268.00	259.48
42	—	666	245.00–259.50	257.37
27	—	384	307.50–320.00	312.71
8	—	261	850.00	850.00
63	—	578	267.50–281.50	276.42
60	—	832	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	637	246.00	246.00
5	—	753	210.00–212.50	211.00
32	—	468	285.00–294.00	290.06
17	—	390	292.50–305.00	302.95
35	—	412	297.50–305.00	302.29
4	—	555	260.00	260.00
12	—	667	232.50–242.50	237.62
3	—	300	975.00	975.00
39	—	526	273.00–285.00	278.89
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	542	288.00	288.00
10	—	363	275.00–277.50	275.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	554	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	599	242.00–255.00	244.60
10	—	208	650.00	650.00
18	—	629	227.50–230.00	229.29
24	—	470	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	485	235.00	235.00
4	—	659	202.50	202.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	362	375.00–385.00	379.67
92	—	659	272.00–282.00	276.09
15	—	483	351.00–352.50	351.62
57	—	861	243.50	243.50
72	—	631	302.50–308.00	304.74
70	—	562	325.00–338.00	335.25
9	—	402	369.00	369.00
2	—	928	227.00	227.00
3	—	1,577	155.00	155.00
42	—	707	270.00–275.00	271.91
3	—	1,485	167.50	167.50
18	—	532	332.50–340.00	337.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	776	222.50–231.00	225.33
46	—	576	310.00–322.50	314.78
7	—	459	345.00	345.00
33	—	390	330.00–357.00	354.61
24	—	632	286.00–304.50	298.98
9	—	680	257.50–258.00	257.77
2	—	975	177.50	177.50
35	—	734	245.00–257.00	254.68
6	—	417	337.50	337.50
13	—	297	1,150.00	1,150.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	465	275.00	275.00
5	—	581	260.00–287.50	270.84
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	588	288.00–307.00	300.95
11	—	540	290.00–302.00	296.47
22	—	465	317.50–320.00	319.54
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	542	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	526	321.00	321.00

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Brush