Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-04-16

Brush

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Apr 16
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
384 head
31 vs last sale 415 384 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
132 head
32 vs last sale 164 132 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 0.50 to 13.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 6.00 higher. Feeding cattle traded mostly 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Bred cows and pairs were too thinly tested to accurately trend. The next available report will be Thursday, April 23, 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
BullsHigh1,76284.711,49327
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,50158.31875142
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,71655.7695774
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,10753.43591115

Every lot, as filed

20 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
Bulls1,95299.68/cwt97.50–104.001,9463
Bulls1,48476.05/cwt70.00–84.001,12912
Bulls1,99389.63/cwt85.50–94.001,78612
CowsLean 85-90%1,17956.44/cwt50.00–62.0066571
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50268.65/cwt66.50–71.001,0317
CowsLean 85-90%1,19460.28/cwt59.00–63.0072017
Stock CowsLarge 476256.07/cwt51.00–59.0042748
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-293675.00/cwt70.50–76.007027
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3641,239.50/cwt1,200.00–1,300.0016,9075
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1981,510.04/cwt1,450.00–1,525.0018,09010
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2601,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0019,8453
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,317826.09/cwt810.00–835.0010,8805
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1711,196.05/cwt1,135.00–1,275.0014,0068
Stock CowsLarge 31,13761.54/cwt59.00–67.0070017
CowsLean 85-90%86241.21/cwt35.00–49.5035527
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54751.24/cwt48.00–54.5079310
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49758.30/cwt55.00–65.00873125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,89650.77/cwt46.00–54.0096310
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68856.54/cwt55.00–61.0095464
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4731,093.33/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0016,1055

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.