Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-03-19

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Mar 19
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
551 head
▼ 1,686 vs last sale 2,237▲ 551 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compare two weeks ago: trade activity was light on moderate demand. Feeder steers under 600 lbs. traded mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower, 600-800 lbs. 6.00 to 7.00 lower, over 800 lbs. 1.00 to 2.00 lower on light test. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs. 9.00 to 12.00 lower, and over 600 lbs. 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Next available report will be Friday, April 2, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $140.25/cwt on 295 head.
Average price
$140.25
295 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$332
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$33.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.85
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2474170.0680633
Medium and Large 1834136.491,138262
One grade step is worth $33.57/cwt here — about −$332 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 sale295 hd
140.25
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CO average3 barns · 637 hd
148.09
−7.85
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

27 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2308185.00/cwt185.00–185.005706
Steers—Medium and Large 1373190.00/cwt190.00–190.007095
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2409182.00/cwt182.00–182.007449
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2458172.21/cwt170.00–175.007899
Steers—Medium and Large 1494190.00/cwt190.00–190.009397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2502166.00/cwt166.00–166.008335
Steers—Medium and Large 1505182.98/cwt181.50–187.0092419
Steers—Medium and Large 1586173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,0175
Steers—Medium and Large 1612167.18/cwt166.50–168.501,02321
Steers—Medium and Large 1737145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0695
Steers—Medium and Large 1829132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,09657
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full829127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0579
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0534
Steers—Medium and Large 1894128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,14959
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,010112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,13619
Steers—Medium and Large 11,025116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,18956
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2276160.00/cwt160.00–160.004424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367155.00/cwt155.00–155.005696
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427156.73/cwt154.00–158.0066925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1491146.50/cwt146.50–146.507196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522144.20/cwt141.00–147.0075315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624138.51/cwt134.00–139.5086417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834118.75/cwt118.75–118.7599066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy860112.00/cwt112.00–112.0096324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1862117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,05355
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1376183.00/cwt183.00–183.006885

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.