Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2022-03-18

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Mar 18
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
783 head
▼ 1,090 vs last sale 1,873▲ 232 vs year ago 551 · +42.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two week's ago: Trade activity and demand moderate. Today's run comprised of mostly weaned calves on a vaccination program. Market too thinly tested for an accurate comparison though unevenly steady undertones noted. The next available report will be Friday, April 1, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $155.44/cwt on 400 head.
Average price
$155.44
400 head · 636 lb average
Value per head Derived
$988
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$434
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Small and Medium 3
$76.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.31
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2512161.3082512thin
Large 1610161.0098210thin
Medium and Large 1-2615157.69970200
Large 1-2630155.509804thin
Medium and Large 1691154.471,068156
Medium 3443152.506758thin
Medium and Large 3613132.508124thin
Medium and Large 4452122.505543thin
Small and Medium 346085.003913thin
One grade step is worth $76.30/cwt here — about $434 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 sale400 hd
155.44
—
CO average4 barns · 1,522 hd
159.75
−4.31
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

54 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full368205.00/cwt205.00–205.007542
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned398196.00/cwt196.00–196.007804
Steers—Medium and Large 2413188.00/cwt188.00–188.007762
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473197.29/cwt195.00–201.009338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned504180.00/cwt180.00–180.009077
Steers—Medium and Large 1511206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538199.43/cwt194.00–200.001,07330
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned576180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,0377
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577192.57/cwt186.00–193.001,11133
Steers—Medium and Large 1591200.12/cwt199.25–205.001,18313
Steers—Medium and Large 1627190.04/cwt188.00–194.001,19265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631178.98/cwt175.00–183.001,1294
Steers—Medium and Large 1654175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1454
Steers—Medium and Large 2662155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,0263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2695167.36/cwt167.00–168.001,16325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2732161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,17913
Steers—Medium and Large 1734166.99/cwt162.00–168.001,22637
Steers—Medium and Large 2756140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0585
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,1393
Steers—Medium and Large 1781153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,19921
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full795146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1613
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy871135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,17610
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 3390165.00/cwt165.00–165.006444
Heifers—Medium and Large 2431175.14/cwt172.50–179.007555
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned438169.00/cwt169.00–169.007405
Heifers—Medium and Large 4Gaunt452122.50/cwt122.50–122.505543
Heifers—Small and Medium 346085.00/cwt85.00–85.003913
Heifers—Medium 3495140.00/cwt140.00–140.006934
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520173.78/cwt168.00–177.0090451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned529164.00/cwt164.00–164.008687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1539179.00/cwt179.00–179.009654
Heifers—Medium and Large 2569151.42/cwt147.50–153.008627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585158.29/cwt158.00–161.0092658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606168.46/cwt165.00–169.001,02148
Heifers—Large 1610161.00/cwt161.00–161.0098210
Heifers—Medium and Large 3613132.50/cwt132.50–132.508124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621157.98/cwt148.00–159.0098117
Heifers—Large 1-2630155.50/cwt155.50–155.509804
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned630150.00/cwt150.00–150.009457
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy637160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678146.20/cwt144.00–147.5099129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714146.38/cwt142.00–148.001,04542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy715147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,05524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy763138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1769143.21/cwt143.00–143.251,10121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2780140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full810133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,0771
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,1524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,21312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added1,034130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3448
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2427192.50/cwt192.50–192.508223
Bulls—Small and Medium 356575.00/cwt75.00–75.004244
Bulls—Medium and Large 2568141.00/cwt141.00–141.008013

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.