Sort order by variable?

Hi all,
Am wondering how to sort my results on a page by a variable.
My sql code now is this:
mysql_select_db($database_broker, $broker);
$query_brokers = "SELECT * FROM brokers";
$query_limit_brokers = sprintf("%s LIMIT %d, %d",
$query_brokers, $startRow_brokers, $maxRows_brokers);
$brokers = mysql_query($query_limit_brokers, $broker) or
die(mysql_error());
$row_brokers = mysql_fetch_assoc($brokers);
The variable I have written looks like this :
$valrate1 =
(($row_brokers['broker_rating']/$row_brokers['broker_num_votes'])+
($row_brokers['broker_rating_two']/$row_brokers['broker_num_votes_two'])+
($row_brokers['broker_rating_three']/$row_brokers['broker_num_votes_three']))/3;
basically, i want to add an ORDER BY $valrate1 to the sql
query, have tried a few different things with no luck. Am not sure
where the variable code should go , any ideas would be great.
xtian

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