Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-03-26

Brush

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 26
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
686 head
318 vs last sale 368 686 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
37 head
258 vs last sale 295 37 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 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 6.00 higher. No comparable trades on stock cows. Bred cows and pairs too lightly tested to trend. The next available report will be Thursday, April 2, 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
BullsAverage1,65892.701,53755
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72967.191,16227
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41664.70916241
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19961.32735188

Every lot, as filed

22 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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,313825.00/cwt825.00–825.0010,8322
CowsLean 85-90%1,21860.28/cwt53.00–63.50734119
CowsLean 85-90%1,17565.97/cwt64.00–69.0077558
CowsLean 85-90%1,12448.10/cwt41.00–52.5054111
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74366.60/cwt62.50–71.001,16119
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,94158.62/cwt52.00–62.501,1384
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,45378.59/cwt77.00–80.001,1424
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41964.36/cwt62.00–69.00913164
CowsBoner 80-85%1,59859.77/cwt55.00–61.5095539
CowsBoner 80-85%1,20672.79/cwt69.00–76.0087836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45343.61/cwt40.00–48.506342
BullsReturn to Feed903110.42/cwt110.00–111.009977
Bulls1,71489.72/cwt82.50–95.501,53836
Bulls2,14398.92/cwt97.50–100.502,1208
Bulls1,51076.12/cwt69.00–79.501,1494
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,39282.81/cwt77.00–87.001,15310
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,03080.96/cwt76.00–85.008347
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fancy99599.50/cwt99.50–99.509901
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0501,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0013,6502
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,250900.00/cwt900.00–900.0011,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,045925.00/cwt925.00–925.009,6662
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0371,047.32/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0010,8616

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.