Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-05-14

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, May 14
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
4 vs last sale 103 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
523 head
50 vs last sale 473 523 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
231 head
46 vs last sale 277 231 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 1.00 to 2.50 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 4.50 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Replacement cattle were too thinly tested to quote. Feeder cattle had no comparison on very light receipts. The next available report will be Thursday, May 21, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.99/cwt on 22 head.
Average price
$152.99
22 head · 604 lb average
Value per head Derived
$923
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$32
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$15.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.79
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1649157.751,02411thin
Medium and Large 2443153.006786thin
Medium and Large 1-2696142.509925thin
One grade step is worth $15.25/cwt here — about $32 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 sale22 hd
152.99
CO average3 barns · 330 hd
139.20
+13.79
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
BullsAverage1,78787.521,56463
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,70259.771,01786
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39058.91819260
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15151.6559495

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68561.52/cwt58.00–66.001,03757
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73456.34/cwt53.00–57.5097729
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37459.74/cwt56.00–66.00821189
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46054.16/cwt47.50–55.5079157
CowsBoner 80-85%1,32167.11/cwt66.50–70.0088714
Bulls1,96890.67/cwt86.00–95.001,78432
Bulls1,49981.21/cwt75.00–85.501,21726
Bulls2,121100.16/cwt96.50–105.002,1245
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15170.50/cwt66.00–78.5081127
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,39264.01/cwt61.50–65.0089151
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,41659.31/cwt57.00–61.0084013
Stock CowsLarge 468051.71/cwt50.00–57.0035261
Stock CowsLarge 31,03872.82/cwt68.50–74.5075642
SteersMedium and Large 2443153.00/cwt153.00–153.006786
SteersMedium and Large 1-2696142.50/cwt142.50–142.509925
SteersMedium and Large 1649157.75/cwt157.75–157.751,02411
HeifersMedium and Large 2511135.00/cwt135.00–135.006907
HeifersMedium and Large 2584128.00/cwt128.00–128.007485
HeifersMedium and Large 2462136.00/cwt136.00–136.006285
HeifersMedium and Large 1716121.50/cwt121.50–121.508705
BullsMedium and Large 1505155.50/cwt155.50–155.507857
BullsMedium and Large 1614142.00/cwt142.00–142.008724
CowsLean 85-90%1,08830.16/cwt26.00–35.003285
CowsLean 85-90%1,01060.73/cwt59.50–63.506136
CowsLean 85-90%1,12843.70/cwt36.00–48.5049319
CowsLean 85-90%1,17554.79/cwt50.00–58.5064465

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.