Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-03-19

Brush

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 19
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
368 head
52 vs last sale 316 368 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
295 head
105 vs last sale 190 295 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded mostly 4.50 to 7.50 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 7.00 higher. Feeding cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Bred cows did not have enough comparisons from last week to accurately trend. the next available report will be Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,54182.341,26911
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,75064.241,12453
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44663.43917205
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16955.8865387

Every lot, as filed

18 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Bulls1,71188.39/cwt86.50–90.001,5125
Bulls1,40077.30/cwt75.00–81.001,0826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46662.45/cwt58.00–67.00916158
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67569.52/cwt69.00–70.001,1642
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75364.03/cwt60.00–67.001,12251
CowsLean 85-90%1,13063.19/cwt62.00–68.0071415
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2941,095.29/cwt1,025.00–1,175.0014,17334
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3391,375.77/cwt1,275.00–1,425.0018,42222
Stock CowsLarge 31,34865.74/cwt60.50–67.008868
Stock CowsLarge 399464.71/cwt63.00–67.0064382
Stock CowsLarge 474554.13/cwt52.50–61.0040315
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,20167.33/cwt66.00–72.0080920
CowsLean 85-90%1,24845.07/cwt40.00–51.0056219
CowsLean 85-90%1,15257.68/cwt52.00–61.0066453
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51455.14/cwt50.00–57.5083510
CowsBoner 80-85%1,34069.88/cwt67.50–75.5093637
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,235914.52/cwt875.00–1,000.0011,29470
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,207775.35/cwt750.00–810.009,3589

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.