Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-06-11

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jun 11
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
353 head
353 vs last sale 0 353 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
540 head
46 vs last sale 494 540 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
209 head
32 vs last sale 177 209 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 were moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady, while bulls traded 5.50 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly steady. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend and feeder cattle were not quoted last week. The next available report will be Thursday, June 18, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $104.50/cwt on 217 head.
Average price
$104.50
217 head · 960 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,004
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$282
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$19.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2596122.9873312thin
Medium and Large 1982103.421,015205
One grade step is worth $19.56/cwt here — about −$282 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 sale217 hd
104.50
CO average1 barns · 217 hd
104.50
+0.00
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
BullsHigh1,88494.031,77154
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41762.94892209
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,73562.811,090115
CowsLean 85-90%High1,15558.57676123

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bulls2,000104.89/cwt101.00–114.002,09813
Bulls1,79984.83/cwt76.00–91.501,52620
Bulls1,89296.06/cwt92.00–100.001,81721
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46072.20/cwt71.50–73.001,0542
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44758.93/cwt50.50–61.0085385
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39665.59/cwt62.00–71.00916122
Stock CowsLarge 498466.17/cwt65.00–68.006514
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,30172.26/cwt67.00–75.5094028
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2783108.50/cwt108.50–108.508502
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09782.00/cwt77.00–86.0090010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4821,020.01/cwt975.00–1,060.0015,1179
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,333868.47/cwt775.00–900.0011,5779
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,157873.23/cwt850.00–885.0010,1035
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 2962912.78/cwt825.00–925.008,7818
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,09480.42/cwt78.00–82.0088060
Stock CowsLarge 31,04974.83/cwt73.00–77.5078513
SteersMedium and Large 1841123.42/cwt123.00–123.501,03812
SteersMedium and Large 1954113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,07814
SteersMedium and Large 1864123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,06328
SteersMedium and Large 1-2709124.00/cwt124.00–124.008795
SteersMedium and Large 1-2819117.50/cwt117.50–117.509627
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5491,286.41/cwt1,200.00–1,375.0019,9267
HeifersMedium and Large 1991102.73/cwt102.00–102.751,01862
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2779109.00/cwt109.00–109.008494
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2505129.97/cwt127.00–131.006568
SteersMedium and Large 1910118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0744
SteersMedium and Large 1734137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0068
SteersMedium and Large 1568160.03/cwt158.00–161.0090912
HeifersMedium and Large 1411154.00/cwt154.00–154.006335
HeifersMedium and Large 1711118.25/cwt118.25–118.258416
HeifersMedium and Large 1537137.00/cwt137.00–137.007367
HeifersMedium and Large 1841109.50/cwt109.50–109.509217
HeifersMedium and Large 11,08296.00/cwt96.00–96.001,03955
HeifersMedium and Large 11,032100.60/cwt100.60–100.601,03859
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77061.06/cwt57.00–62.501,08153
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70664.30/cwt63.00–70.001,09762
CowsLean 85-90%1,10069.00/cwt69.00–69.007591
CowsLean 85-90%1,14152.70/cwt42.00–57.5060144
CowsLean 85-90%1,16361.74/cwt58.00–65.5071878
HeifersMedium and Large 1864103.00/cwt103.00–103.008904

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.