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Brush

Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jul 22

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Jul 15Jul 22Jul 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

242 head

▲ 34 vs last sale 208▲ 213 vs year ago 29 · +734.5%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

359 head

▼ 248 vs last sale 607▲ 6 vs year ago 353 · +1.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

6 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 6▼ 195 vs year ago 201 · −97.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded steady. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady to 1.50 higher. Feeder cattle and replacement cattle had no comparable trades on a very thin test. The next available report will be Thursday, July 29, 2021.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $129.10/cwt on 25 head.

Average price

$129.10

25 head · 806 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$486

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

$9.13/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	430	137.50	591	2thin
Medium and Large 1	839	128.37	1,077	23

One grade step is worth $9.13/cwt here — about −$486 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 sale25 hd

129.10

—

CO average1 barns · 25 hd

129.10

+0.00

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,768	92.10	1,628	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,711	75.10	1,285	58
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,445	66.53	961	149
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,164	60.62	706	117

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	804	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	868	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,102	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	1,098	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,153	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	591	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	768	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,029	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	125.37/cwt	125.00–125.50	1,099	15
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3-4	555	70.88/cwt	70.00–71.00	393	9
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3-4	638	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	453	4
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	645	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	419	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3-4	690	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	483	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3-4	700	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	490	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 4	705	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	465	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Small and Medium 4	752	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	286	3
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3-4	776	70.84/cwt	70.00–71.00	550	6
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3-4	805	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	564	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	867	89.08/cwt	88.00–90.00	772	12
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	938	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	872	8
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	953	92.22/cwt	92.00–92.50	879	7
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,014	92.70/cwt	92.00–93.00	940	15
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 3	1,015	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	873	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,078	92.68/cwt	91.50–93.00	999	22
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,135	92.50/cwt	92.50–92.50	1,050	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,196	92.79/cwt	91.50–93.00	1,110	19
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,220	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,122	1
Dairy Heifers	—	Large 2-3	1,339	88.54/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,186	13
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,210	77.31/cwt	71.00–81.00	935	6
Bulls	—	—	1,799	88.41/cwt	85.50–89.50	1,590	7
Bulls	—	—	1,822	94.72/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,726	12
Bulls	—	—	2,262	108.74/cwt	102.50–113.50	2,460	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,131	64.23/cwt	60.00–70.00	726	59
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,170	74.98/cwt	74.00–76.00	877	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,176	66.26/cwt	64.00–70.50	779	28
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,194	52.36/cwt	45.00–59.50	625	17
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,266	37.02/cwt	25.00–44.00	469	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,314	71.78/cwt	70.00–75.00	943	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,437	69.43/cwt	65.00–76.00	998	88
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,448	79.53/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,152	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,463	59.93/cwt	50.50–64.50	877	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,579	44.93/cwt	39.00–48.00	709	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,707	75.45/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,288	56
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,833	65.26/cwt	65.00–65.50	1,196	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,536	1,310.00/cwt	1,310.00–1,310.00	20,122	5

This sale against other markets

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 Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Jul 22, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 242Last week 208Year ago 29

Slaughter CattleReceipts 359Last week 607Year ago 353

Replacement CattleReceipts 6Last week 6Year ago 201

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,822	90.00–98.50	94.72
5	—	2,262	102.50–113.50	108.74
7	—	1,799	85.50–89.50	88.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,210	71.00–81.00	77.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,463	50.50–64.50	59.93
88	—	1,437	65.00–76.00	69.43
9	—	1,579	39.00–48.00	44.93
9	—	1,448	78.00–82.00	79.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,314	70.00–75.00	71.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,833	65.00–65.50	65.26
56	—	1,707	70.00–80.00	75.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,131	60.00–70.00	64.23
17	—	1,194	45.00–59.50	52.36
11	—	1,266	25.00–44.00	37.02
2	—	1,170	74.00–76.00	74.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,176	64.00–70.50	66.26

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	877	125.00–125.50	125.37
8	—	768	134.00	134.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	430	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	868	127.00	127.00
4	—	519	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,098	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small and Medium 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	752	38.00	38.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	776	70.00–71.00	70.84
1	—	805	70.00	70.00
1	—	690	70.00	70.00
9	—	555	70.00–71.00	70.88
4	—	638	71.00	71.00
1	—	700	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	645	65.00	65.00
1	—	705	66.00	66.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	867	88.00–90.00	89.08
1	—	1,015	86.00	86.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	953	92.00–92.50	92.22
1	—	1,220	92.00	92.00
22	—	1,078	91.50–93.00	92.68
8	—	938	93.00	93.00
19	—	1,196	91.50–93.00	92.79
1	—	1,135	92.50	92.50
13	—	1,339	88.00–89.00	88.54
15	—	1,014	92.00–93.00	92.70

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,536	1,310.00	1,310.00

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.