Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-05-07

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, May 7
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
103 head
1 vs last sale 102 103 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
473 head
96 vs last sale 569 473 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
277 head
3 vs last sale 274 277 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 3.00 higher, while bulls traded 2.00 higher. Feeding cows traded 1.50 to 13.50 higher. Replacement cattle did not have enough like comparisons to accurately trend and feeder cattle were too thinly tested for any kind of market trend. The next available report will be Thursday, May 14, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.10/cwt on 39 head.
Average price
$164.10
39 head · 538 lb average
Value per head Derived
$883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$53
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$31.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.75
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2317185.005868thin
Medium and Large 1629159.731,00526
Medium and Large 2417153.376405thin
One grade step is worth $31.63/cwt here — about −$53 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 sale39 hd
164.10
CO average3 barns · 1,914 hd
153.35
+10.75
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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
BullsLow1,74581.171,41626
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44957.51833245
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74457.2099755
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,14351.15585130

Every lot, as filed

28 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44158.92/cwt55.00–66.00849197
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48252.04/cwt47.00–54.5077147
CowsBoner 80-85%1,52036.00/cwt36.00–36.005471
Bulls1,60076.74/cwt72.50–79.501,22814
Bulls1,91486.33/cwt82.00–91.001,65212
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08275.80/cwt70.00–79.008205
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30559.03/cwt55.00–62.5077029
Stock CowsMedium and Large 186588.81/cwt87.00–92.007683
Stock CowsLarge 463258.01/cwt51.00–63.5036739
Stock CowsLarge 31,03668.88/cwt64.50–71.5071468
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5011,269.26/cwt1,225.00–1,325.0019,0529
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,5711,014.43/cwt900.00–1,075.0015,93710
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,128952.77/cwt900.00–975.0010,7477
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3551,259.50/cwt1,200.00–1,400.0017,06650
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3101,099.00/cwt1,000.00–1,175.0014,39720
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,4551,608.40/cwt1,500.00–1,635.0023,40219
SteersMedium and Large 2417153.37/cwt151.00–155.006405
SteersMedium and Large 1-2317185.00/cwt185.00–185.005868
SteersMedium and Large 1674153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,03514
SteersMedium and Large 1577167.00/cwt167.00–167.0096412
HeifersMedium and Large 2513127.00/cwt127.00–127.006525
HeifersMedium 2330130.00/cwt130.00–130.004296
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78654.48/cwt52.00–56.5097323
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71359.15/cwt57.00–62.501,01332
CowsLean 85-90%91328.29/cwt25.00–31.002582
CowsLean 85-90%1,08959.02/cwt57.00–60.006434
CowsLean 85-90%1,10942.42/cwt35.00–47.5047014
CowsLean 85-90%1,15452.39/cwt47.00–56.50605110

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.