Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-07-30

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jul 30
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
25 vs last sale 29 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
499 head
146 vs last sale 353 499 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
144 head
57 vs last sale 201 144 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 2.50 to 3.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 5.00 higher. Feeding cattle were mostly steady. Replacement cattle traded steady to 50.00 per head higher and feeder cattle had no comparisons from last week. The next available report will be Thursday, August 6, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.08/cwt on 38 head.
Average price
$135.08
38 head · 657 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$224
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$0.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.11
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675135.1591234
Medium and Large 1-2511134.506874thin
One grade step is worth $0.65/cwt here — about $224 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 sale38 hd
135.08
CO average2 barns · 239 hd
146.19
−11.11
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
BullsHigh1,61590.911,46960
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,66569.721,16185
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,37568.85947254
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12264.6172570
HeifersChoiceAverage1,51579.001,1974thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,48482.001,2177thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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
Bulls2,121106.31/cwt103.00–112.502,2556
Bulls1,83396.17/cwt91.00–101.501,76317
Bulls1,54985.45/cwt70.00–90.001,32428
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37475.93/cwt74.00–80.001,04318
CowsLean 85-90%1,11463.97/cwt58.00–67.5071348
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38259.51/cwt50.00–63.5082220
Stock CowsLarge 450961.88/cwt57.50–65.003156
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,080109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,1831
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,07083.44/cwt80.00–95.0089310
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6421,432.07/cwt1,375.00–1,475.0023,51516
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5021,522.95/cwt1,475.00–1,600.0022,87516
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5141,623.85/cwt1,575.00–1,650.0024,58510
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,218924.98/cwt810.00–1,025.0011,2666
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,04282.67/cwt79.50–83.5086158
Stock CowsLarge 31,28570.50/cwt70.50–70.509061
HeifersMedium and Large 1692134.48/cwt134.00–134.5093125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2511134.50/cwt134.50–134.506874
HeifersChoice1,51579.00/cwt79.00–79.001,1974
SteersMedium and Large 1-2510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007914
SteersChoice1,48482.00/cwt82.00–82.001,2177
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5561,064.07/cwt1,025.00–1,225.0016,5575
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37569.13/cwt64.00–73.50951216
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62760.55/cwt55.00–64.509853
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66670.06/cwt65.00–74.501,16782
CowsLean 85-90%1,18251.00/cwt45.50–56.006036
CowsLean 85-90%1,12371.62/cwt68.50–77.0080416
HeifersMedium and Large 1626137.00/cwt137.00–137.008589
BullsReturn to Feed98896.51/cwt96.00–97.009542
BullsReturn to Feed1,09985.19/cwt82.00–88.009367

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.