Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-04-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity moderate on good demand. No trend available as the last auction for this market was 3 weeks ago. The bulk of the feeders today were long weaned with multiple rounds of vaccinations. The next available report will be as receipts warrant coverage.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $307.14/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 2 comparable sales and sits −156.67 against this barn's trailing median of $463.81.

Average price

$307.14

154 head · 571 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$307

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$62.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.89

vs CO average

−3.62 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	574	317.94	1,825	96
Medium and Large 1-2	566	292.93	1,658	52
Medium and Large 2	545	262.50	1,431	2thin
Medium 1	595	255.00	1,517	4thin

One grade step is worth $62.94/cwt here — about $307 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 sale154 hd

307.14

—

CO average3 barns · 255 hd

315.03

−7.89

National average173 barns · 11,586 hd

310.76

−3.62

This barn, trailing median2 sales

463.81

−156.67

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

46 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	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,400	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,431	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	249.17/cwt	245.00–252.50	1,687	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	318.32/cwt	316.00–326.00	1,678	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	336.53/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,555	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	286.59/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,528	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	538	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,547	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,554	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,556	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	294.07/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,682	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	259.62/cwt	252.50–267.50	1,415	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	789	206.38/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,628	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,961	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	317.86/cwt	310.00–319.00	1,856	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	500–550	523	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,386	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	600–650	621	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,528	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	452	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,311	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,733	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	213	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	296.11/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,424	24
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	491	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,412	4
Steers	Large 1	750–800	765	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,893	2
Steers	Large 1	850–900	855	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,949	2
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	595	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	725	224.37/cwt	222.50–225.00	1,627	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	493	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,380	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	393	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,454	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	203	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	362.22/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,478	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,221	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	333.58/cwt	330.00–342.50	1,348	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	737	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,043	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	220.44/cwt	216.00–221.00	1,737	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	273.15/cwt	267.50–277.50	1,590	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	672	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,761	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	407	303.90/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,237	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	278.46/cwt	272.50–285.00	1,339	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	275.79/cwt	273.00–279.00	1,845	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	848	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,103	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,589	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	248.04/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,811	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,436	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	239.67/cwt	238.00–241.00	1,850	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	253.85/cwt	250.00–263.00	1,995	86

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 Apr 5, 2024

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

Receipts 947Last week 730Year ago 953

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	434	322.50	322.50
15	450–500	452	290.00	290.00
2	500–550	545	262.50	262.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	370.00	370.00
9	400–450	408	360.00–370.00	362.22
13	450–500	462	327.50–340.00	336.53
17	500–550	527	316.00–326.00	318.32
79	550–600	584	310.00–319.00	317.86
28	650–700	669	273.00–279.00	275.79
86	750–800	786	250.00–263.00	253.85
11	800–850	848	248.00	248.00
7	900–950	946	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	444	350.00	350.00
9	500–550	538	287.50	287.50
43	550–600	572	292.00–300.00	294.07
12	650–700	693	250.00	250.00
22	700–750	730	240.00–255.00	248.04
23	750–800	772	238.00–241.00	239.67
8	800–850	849	231.00	231.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	621	246.00	246.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	750–800	765	247.50	247.50
2	850–900	855	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	595	255.00	255.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	203	700.00	700.00
4	250–300	273	925.00	925.00
1	350–400	370	330.00	330.00
7	400–450	404	330.00–342.50	333.58
24	450–500	481	290.00–305.00	296.11
13	500–550	533	285.00–287.50	286.59
107	550–600	582	267.50–277.50	273.15
2	600–650	623	255.00	255.00
29	650–700	677	245.00–252.50	249.17
8	700–750	737	240.00	240.00
82	750–800	788	216.00–221.00	220.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	407	300.00–315.00	303.90
14	450–500	481	272.50–285.00	278.46
32	500–550	534	269.00	269.00
28	550–600	596	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	545	252.50–267.50	259.62
13	750–800	789	205.00–208.00	206.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	523	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	491	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	725	222.50–225.00	224.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	672	262.00	262.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
2	200–250	213	875.00	875.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	493	280.00	280.00

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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