Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-03-05

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Mar 5
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
2,237 head
▲ 1,396 vs last sale 841▲ 2,237 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago: Trade activity and demand good. Feeder steers under 500 lbs traded 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 500-650 lbs mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower, and over 650 lbs 1.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 higher, and over 650 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower. The next available report will be Friday, March 19, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.14/cwt on 1,117 head.
Average price
$154.14
1,117 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$13.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.15
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2559159.79894119
Medium and Large 1676153.491,038995
Large 1692146.001,0103thin
One grade step is worth $13.79/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale1,117 hd
154.14
—
CO average4 barns · 2,761 hd
156.29
−2.15
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

52 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2381189.49/cwt187.50–191.0072224
Steers—Medium and Large 1387197.18/cwt195.00–200.0076316
Steers—Medium and Large 1414190.05/cwt189.00–192.0078749
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2419183.78/cwt182.50–185.007704
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2465177.29/cwt177.00–177.5082410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added485197.50/cwt197.50–197.5095813
Steers—Medium and Large 1485189.00/cwt189.00–189.0091711
Steers—Medium and Large 1519187.08/cwt180.00–193.0097175
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524166.03/cwt164.00–168.0087013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575161.32/cwt160.00–164.009289
Steers—Medium and Large 1577174.01/cwt169.00–178.001,004123
Steers—Medium and Large 1629161.56/cwt159.00–167.001,016125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644152.00/cwt152.00–152.009799
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2666139.62/cwt139.00–142.0093050
Steers—Medium and Large 1683148.37/cwt145.50–152.001,013170
Steers—Large 1692146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0103
Steers—Medium and Large 1732138.63/cwt135.00–144.501,015103
Steers—Medium and Large 1765137.46/cwt134.25–140.751,052131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy795120.00/cwt120.00–120.0095425
Steers—Medium and Large 1830132.65/cwt132.00–133.501,10127
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy845127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,07344
Steers—Medium and Large 1864130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,12317
Steers—Medium and Large 1911122.52/cwt122.00–123.501,11666
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1300185.00/cwt185.00–185.005555
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314159.27/cwt150.00–165.0050010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2327173.52/cwt170.00–179.005679
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372163.44/cwt161.00–166.0060815
Heifers—Medium and Large 2390167.00/cwt167.00–167.006515
Heifers—Medium 1410157.50/cwt157.50–157.506464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420164.69/cwt163.00–172.0069236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2431155.06/cwt152.00–161.0066834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480158.83/cwt156.00–164.0076230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482151.97/cwt151.00–152.5073216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521153.28/cwt147.00–155.0079950
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529141.87/cwt137.00–146.0075036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570133.75/cwt133.00–136.0076212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579142.55/cwt138.00–146.00825105
Heifers—Large 1580137.00/cwt137.00–137.007953
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585122.50/cwt122.50–122.507175
Heifers—Large 1-2588128.00/cwt128.00–128.007532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605126.00/cwt126.00–126.007624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618139.98/cwt136.50–144.00865182
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676126.42/cwt122.00–129.0085513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683135.32/cwt132.75–138.00924205
Heifers—Large 1683135.00/cwt135.00–135.009224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full696125.00/cwt125.00–125.008703
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2717118.32/cwt116.00–119.5084812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723127.13/cwt125.00–133.0091983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765121.50/cwt121.50–121.509292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2797111.00/cwt111.00–111.0088510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814119.00/cwt119.00–119.0096915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy895112.75/cwt112.75–112.751,00959

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.