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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2024-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-31

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Oct 31

● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Oct 24Oct 31Nov 7 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

173 head

▲ 15 vs last sale 158▼ 45 vs year ago 218 · −20.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

723 head

▼ 90 vs last sale 813▼ 36 vs year ago 759 · −4.7%

Replacement Cattle receipts

52 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 130▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available on feeder heifers due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded 1.0 to 3.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower. No trend available on replacement cattle due to low receipts. Next available report will be Thursday, November 7. 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $207.50/cwt on 1 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −125.54 against this barn's trailing median of $333.04.

Average price

$207.50

1 head · 660 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,370

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−29.09

vs CO average

−31.48 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	660	207.50	1,370	1thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1 hd

207.50

—

CO average6 barns · 989 hd

236.59

−29.09

National average187 barns · 12,226 hd

238.98

−31.48

This barn, trailing median1 sales

333.04

−125.54

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	—	High	1,552	140.99	2,189	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,654	128.12	2,119	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Low	1,935	125.26	2,424	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,403	117.48	1,648	417
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,111	107.53	1,194	205

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,529	$2,020	8
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,525	$1,900	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,825	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,466	$1,695	10
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,294	$1,500	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,250	$1,425	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,208	$1,200	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,208	$1,100	7

Every lot

61 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 · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	660	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,370	1
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	710	209.49/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,487	2
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	725	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	1,323	1
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	772	209.33/cwt	209.00–210.00	1,616	3
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	818	211.37/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,729	11
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	827	201.79/cwt	197.50–202.50	1,669	7
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,675	2
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	898	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,594	2
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	909	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,636	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	920	191.12/cwt	191.00–192.50	1,758	12
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	195.79/cwt	194.00–197.50	1,811	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,904	3
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	967	182.69/cwt	182.50–185.00	1,767	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,986	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,108	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,039	12
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 2	816	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,457	4
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 3	905	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,584	1
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 2	976	178.04/cwt	176.00–178.50	1,738	13
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 2	1,000	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,785	6
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,077	177.20/cwt	177.00–177.50	1,908	5
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 2	1,130	177.31/cwt	176.50–178.50	2,004	5
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 3	1,160	168.50/cwt	166.00–171.00	1,955	2
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 2	1,166	175.90/cwt	175.50–176.50	2,051	5
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2	1,227	174.71/cwt	174.50–175.00	2,144	7
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 2	1,258	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	2,195	7
Dairy Heifers	1300–1350	Large 2	1,333	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	2,253	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,014	192.25/cwt	182.50–194.00	1,949	7
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,254	123.80/cwt	117.00–127.50	1,552	6
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,414	135.87/cwt	134.00–137.50	1,921	6
Bulls	—	—	1,470	123.58/cwt	102.50–129.50	1,817	8
Bulls	—	—	1,723	135.81/cwt	131.00–141.00	2,340	24
Bulls	—	—	1,975	146.51/cwt	144.50–151.00	2,894	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows20 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	985	154.43/cwt	137.50–190.00	1,521	33
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,008	102.28/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,031	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,010	115.20/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,164	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,030	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	628	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,114	112.03/cwt	107.00–132.00	1,248	53
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,136	66.69/cwt	20.00–82.50	758	23
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,146	91.35/cwt	85.00–96.00	1,047	31
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,165	102.48/cwt	97.00–107.00	1,194	57
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,171	144.81/cwt	130.00–161.00	1,696	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,226	105.80/cwt	102.50–109.00	1,297	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,309	124.99/cwt	124.00–127.00	1,636	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,355	127.98/cwt	109.00–139.00	1,734	169
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,433	87.43/cwt	65.00–93.00	1,253	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,434	102.82/cwt	94.00–107.50	1,474	67
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,502	134.41/cwt	132.00–139.00	2,019	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,507	112.59/cwt	108.00–119.50	1,697	126
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,628	131.01/cwt	129.50–133.00	2,133	11
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,736	125.91/cwt	121.00–130.00	2,186	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,793	114.16/cwt	113.50–115.00	2,047	3
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,935	125.26/cwt	124.50–126.00	2,424	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,170	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,208	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	1,208	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,250	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,294	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,434	1,618.55/head	1,610.00–1,650.00	1,619	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,525	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,529	2,020.11/head	1,775.00–2,100.00	2,020	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,595	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2

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 Oct 31, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 173Last week 158Year ago 218

Slaughter CattleReceipts 723Last week 813Year ago 759

Replacement CattleReceipts 52Last week 130Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	650–700	660	207.50	207.50
2	700–750	710	209.00–210.00	209.49
3	750–800	772	209.00–210.00	209.33
11	800–850	818	210.00–215.00	211.37
2	850–900	850	197.00	197.00
6	900–950	925	194.00–197.50	195.79
3	950–1000	957	199.00	199.00
1	1000–1050	1,045	190.00	190.00
12	1100–1150	1,108	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	827	197.50–202.50	201.79
12	900–950	920	191.00–192.50	191.12
13	950–1000	967	182.50–185.00	182.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	725	182.50	182.50
2	850–900	898	177.50	177.50
9	900–950	909	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	816	178.50	178.50
13	950–1000	976	176.00–178.50	178.04
6	1000–1050	1,000	178.50	178.50
5	1050–1100	1,077	177.00–177.50	177.20
5	1100–1150	1,130	176.50–178.50	177.31
5	1150–1200	1,166	175.50–176.50	175.90
7	1200–1250	1,227	174.50–175.00	174.71
7	1250–1300	1,258	174.50	174.50
2	1300–1350	1,333	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	905	175.00	175.00
2	1150–1200	1,160	166.00–171.00	168.50

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	1,525	1,900.00	1,900.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	—	1,294	1,500.00	1,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,529	1,775.00–2,100.00	2,020.11
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,595	2,000.00	2,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,170	1,825.00	1,825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,208	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,434	1,610.00–1,650.00	1,618.55
Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	—	1,250	1,425.00	1,425.00
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	—	1,208	1,200.00	1,200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,171	130.00–161.00	144.81
169	—	1,355	109.00–139.00	127.98
19	—	1,226	102.50–109.00	105.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,030	61.00	61.00
53	—	1,114	107.00–132.00	112.03
5	—	1,008	101.00–104.00	102.28
33	—	985	137.50–190.00	154.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,010	110.00–120.00	115.20
57	—	1,165	97.00–107.00	102.48
23	—	1,136	20.00–82.50	66.69
31	—	1,146	85.00–96.00	91.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,935	124.50–126.00	125.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,507	108.00–119.50	112.59
67	—	1,434	94.00–107.50	102.82
4	—	1,309	124.00–127.00	124.99
15	—	1,433	65.00–93.00	87.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,793	113.50–115.00	114.16
3	—	1,502	132.00–139.00	134.41
4	—	1,736	121.00–130.00	125.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,628	129.50–133.00	131.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,975	144.50–151.00	146.51
24	—	1,723	131.00–141.00	135.81
8	—	1,470	102.50–129.50	123.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,414	134.00–137.50	135.87
6	—	1,254	117.00–127.50	123.80
7	—	1,014	182.50–194.00	192.25

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.