Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-08-06

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
36 head
18 vs last sale 54 36 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
533 head
34 vs last sale 499 533 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
120 head
24 vs last sale 144 120 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 unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls traded steady to 1.50 higher. Feeding cattle were .50 to 6.50 higher. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle too thinly tested to trend. The next available report will be Thursday, August 13, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $128.57/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$128.57
7 head · 846 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,087
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$361
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$9.00/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 2610135.008242thin
Medium and Large 1940126.001,1845thin
One grade step is worth $9.00/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale7 hd
128.57
CO average1 barns · 7 hd
128.57
+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
BullsAverage1,86993.511,74845
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,76769.511,22832
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38668.70952233
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,19662.09743173

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
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6601,275.00/cwt1,275.00–1,275.0021,1651
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,314844.29/cwt835.00–850.0011,0945
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,403990.96/cwt950.00–1,035.0013,9039
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,530950.00/cwt950.00–950.0014,5352
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76769.51/cwt66.50–76.501,22832
CowsLean 85-90%95636.37/cwt30.00–42.003485
CowsLean 85-90%1,20051.01/cwt45.00–55.0061221
CowsLean 85-90%1,25369.59/cwt68.00–77.0087243
CowsLean 85-90%1,18362.46/cwt56.00–67.00739104
HeifersMedium and Large 2575129.00/cwt129.00–129.007423
SteersMedium and Large 2610135.00/cwt135.00–135.008242
SteersMedium and Large 1940126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1845
Stock CowsMedium and Large 295090.00/cwt90.00–90.008553
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2903109.48/cwt101.00–116.009893
Stock CowsLarge 371773.53/cwt70.00–76.0052714
Stock CowsLarge 2-389086.85/cwt80.00–90.0077368
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2978917.49/cwt825.00–925.008,97313
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38769.08/cwt65.00–74.00958190
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42262.41/cwt52.00–64.5088730
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28477.67/cwt75.00–81.0099713
Bulls2,05397.05/cwt91.00–103.001,99222
Bulls1,53686.04/cwt71.00–90.501,32218
Bulls2,261104.80/cwt104.00–106.502,3705

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.