Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-07-09

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jul 9
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
66 head
40 vs last sale 26 66 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
518 head
53 vs last sale 571 518 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
124 head
83 vs last sale 207 124 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. Slaughter cows traded mostly steady, while slaughter bulls traded 0.50 higher. Feeding cows traded steady to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle were too thinly tested to accurately trend. The next available report will be Thursday, July 16, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $118.63/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$118.63
20 head · 700 lb average
Value per head Derived
$830
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$16
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.80
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1652125.1781715thin
Medium and Large 1-284199.008335thin
One grade step is worth $26.17/cwt here — about −$16 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 sale20 hd
118.63
CO average2 barns · 96 hd
130.42
−11.80
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
BullsAverage1,68790.351,52428
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69862.691,06479
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,42162.39886256
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,17358.43685124

Every lot, as filed

23 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
Bulls1,77491.30/cwt87.00–95.001,6208
Bulls1,94699.06/cwt97.50–101.501,9289
Bulls1,41182.54/cwt75.00–86.001,16511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,55049.00/cwt49.00–49.007601
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,1431
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39859.25/cwt50.00–62.5082895
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6031,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0023,2442
Cow-Calf PairsSmall 2-3889607.00/cwt425.00–625.005,39610
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,03580.04/cwt78.00–82.0082859
Stock CowsLarge 391972.47/cwt70.00–74.0066610
Stock CowsLarge 481162.91/cwt53.50–67.0051030
HeifersMedium and Large 1645128.00/cwt128.00–128.008265
HeifersMedium and Large 1656123.75/cwt123.00–125.5081210
CowsLean 85-90%1,16253.75/cwt46.00–56.5062538
CowsLean 85-90%88566.00/cwt66.00–66.005841
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70064.26/cwt63.00–68.501,09260
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69057.74/cwt55.00–61.5097619
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43264.30/cwt63.00–69.50921159
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6941,280.81/cwt1,210.00–1,350.0021,6978
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4731,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0014,8772
SteersMedium and Large 1986109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,0804
HeifersMedium and Large 1-284199.00/cwt99.00–99.008335
CowsLean 85-90%1,18160.43/cwt57.00–64.5071485

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.