Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2022-02-04

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Feb 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
816 head
▼ 1,424 vs last sale 2,240▼ 701 vs year ago 1,517 · −46.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold mostly steady on a light test, and over 600 lbs mostly 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers across all weight classes sold mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Today's offerings were long weaned, multiple rounds of vaccinations and carrying good quality and flesh. The next available report will be Friday, February 18, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.88/cwt on 373 head.
Average price
$172.88
373 head · 669 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,157
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$162
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.61
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2535182.1397519thin
Medium and Large 1676173.171,170334
Medium 1586168.009855thin
Large 1728156.201,13715thin
One grade step is worth $25.93/cwt here — about −$162 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 sale373 hd
172.88
—
CO average5 barns · 2,474 hd
180.48
−7.61
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

44 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1319217.49/cwt215.00–220.0069414
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411202.50/cwt202.50–202.508325
Steers—Medium and Large 1440205.00/cwt205.00–205.009023
Steers—Medium and Large 1458212.00/cwt212.00–212.009718
Steers—Medium 1512174.00/cwt174.00–174.008913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy554176.00/cwt176.00–176.009759
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2565176.00/cwt176.00–176.0099410
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy615159.00/cwt159.00–159.009783
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,0604
Steers—Medium and Large 1634185.34/cwt184.00–188.001,17550
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned643169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,0875
Steers—Medium and Large 1676173.23/cwt168.00–174.251,171108
Steers—Large 1Full692151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0453
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy693152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,0534
Steers—Medium 1698159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1102
Steers—Large 1Fleshy735157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1546
Steers—Large 1739158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,1686
Steers—Medium and Large 1744167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,24627
Steers—Medium and Large 1758161.09/cwt160.00–161.501,22194
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy775148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1473
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy833147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2296
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316184.00/cwt184.00–184.005817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349195.00/cwt195.00–195.006814
Heifers—Medium and Large 3371152.50/cwt152.50–152.505668
Heifers—Medium and Large 1381193.72/cwt193.00–197.5073812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485179.74/cwt177.50–181.5087222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539164.46/cwt163.00–165.0088611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570154.00/cwt154.00–154.008783
Heifers—Medium 1Fleshy576130.00/cwt130.00–130.007493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579161.52/cwt156.00–168.0093540
Heifers—Medium and Large 2585142.00/cwt142.00–142.008318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full638143.00/cwt143.00–143.009122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639155.00/cwt155.00–155.009905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664151.68/cwt149.50–152.001,00780
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683145.00/cwt145.00–145.009908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy716144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,03126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720149.57/cwt148.50–149.851,07775
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762150.32/cwt149.00–151.001,14518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy806131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy882135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1916
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2941128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2044
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1457190.00/cwt190.00–190.008683
Bulls—Medium and Large 1644158.99/cwt157.00–161.001,02412
Bulls—Medium and Large 1808132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0674

How this sale compares

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.