Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-03-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was light. No trend available for feeder steers and heifers as last reported sale was 2 weeks ago and numbers and quality were much higher at that sale. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.14/cwt on 89 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −175.40 against this barn's trailing median of $422.54.

Average price

$247.14

89 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$364

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

$93.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−42.81

vs CO average

−29.03 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	523	295.94	1,547	23
Medium and Large 1-2	559	282.50	1,578	8thin
Medium and Large 2	581	225.71	1,311	51
Medium 1-2	584	202.50	1,183	7thin

One grade step is worth $93.44/cwt here — about $364 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale89 hd

247.14

—

CO average3 barns · 1,626 hd

289.95

−42.81

National average176 barns · 16,729 hd

276.17

−29.03

This barn, trailing median2 sales

422.54

−175.40

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

45 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	Large 2	800–850	826	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,466	7
Steers	Large 2	950–1000	975	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,658	2
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	432	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,307	3
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	630	221.40/cwt	218.00–232.50	1,395	48
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	584	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	1,183	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,839	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	317.08/cwt	312.50–321.00	1,899	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,043	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,032	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,108	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,791	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,160	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	236.97/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,687	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	412	316.63/cwt	312.50–320.00	1,305	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	302.94/cwt	295.00–309.75	1,893	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	295.61/cwt	295.00–298.00	1,528	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,537	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	198.77/cwt	198.00–200.00	1,751	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,605	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,162	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	965	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,500	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,637	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,179	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	1,374	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,736	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	330.63/cwt	322.50–337.50	1,567	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	303.70/cwt	295.00–312.50	1,476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	249.51/cwt	247.00–258.00	1,779	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	340.51/cwt	337.00–347.50	1,457	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	292.13/cwt	285.00–295.00	1,262	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,515	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,385	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	225.71/cwt	220.00–235.00	1,311	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,269	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,096	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,885	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,636	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,770	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	260.03/cwt	258.00–261.00	1,597	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	240.65/cwt	237.00–249.00	1,653	54
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,653	8

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 15, 2024

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

Receipts 730Last week 1,574Year ago 1,606

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	826	177.50	177.50
2	950–1000	975	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	432	302.50	302.50
48	600–650	630	218.00–232.50	221.40
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	599	312.50–321.00	317.08
57	600–650	625	295.00–309.75	302.94
3	650–700	657	285.00	285.00
17	850–900	882	239.00	239.00
13	900–950	904	226.00	226.00
16	1000–1050	1,011	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	355.00	355.00
8	350–400	386	356.00	356.00
12	400–450	428	337.00–347.50	340.51
22	450–500	474	322.50–337.50	330.63
3	550–600	574	302.50	302.50
36	700–750	713	247.00–258.00	249.51
3	750–800	782	241.00	241.00
3	950–1000	965	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	320	342.50	342.50
6	450–500	486	295.00–312.50	303.70
8	600–650	618	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	584	202.50	202.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	373	311.00	311.00
9	400–450	412	312.50–320.00	316.63
3	450–500	470	295.00	295.00
19	500–550	517	295.00–298.00	295.61
4	550–600	550	297.50	297.50
37	600–650	614	258.00–261.00	260.03
54	650–700	687	237.00–249.00	240.65
18	700–750	712	232.00–239.00	236.97
30	750–800	782	229.00	229.00
26	850–900	881	198.00–200.00	198.77
8	950–1000	978	181.00	181.00
2	1050–1100	1,098	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	394	295.00	295.00
7	400–450	432	285.00–295.00	292.13
4	500–550	531	282.50	282.50
4	550–600	586	282.50	282.50
15	600–650	647	253.00	253.00
9	800–850	819	185.00	185.00
3	850–900	882	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	493	257.50	257.50
51	550–600	581	220.00–235.00	225.71
34	650–700	669	207.00	207.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	521	295.00	295.00

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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