Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-08-27

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 27
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
110 vs last sale 221 331 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
750 head
153 vs last sale 597 750 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
206 head
9 vs last sale 215 206 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compare to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded 0.50 to 1.50 lower, while slaughter bulls traded steady to 1.00 higher. Feeding cattle traded 3.00 to sharply higher. Feeder cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparable trades, though a firm undertone was noted. The next available report will be Thursday, September 3, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $159.47/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$159.47
125 head · 460 lb average
Value per head Derived
$734
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$26
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.76/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 1451163.21736104
Medium and Large 1-2480150.007208thin
Medium and Large 2524135.4571013thin
One grade step is worth $27.76/cwt here — about $26 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 sale125 hd
159.47
CO average1 barns · 125 hd
159.47
+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
BullsHigh1,75089.071,55931
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,67063.631,06356
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,42360.59862433
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15855.14638213

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Bulls2,168106.77/cwt105.50–108.002,3152
Bulls1,89895.34/cwt90.00–99.001,8107
Bulls1,78186.95/cwt81.00–89.501,54918
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46943.53/cwt35.00–49.006395
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38764.02/cwt62.00–70.00888180
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44858.45/cwt50.00–61.50846248
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,04177.52/cwt73.00–82.508076
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3131,010.00/cwt1,010.00–1,010.0013,2613
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 29341,006.39/cwt975.00–1,110.009,4006
Stock CowsLarge 2-398784.38/cwt80.00–87.5083361
Stock CowsLarge 386277.25/cwt75.50–78.006667
Stock CowsLarge 441668.26/cwt65.00–69.002847
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,069113.48/cwt109.00–128.001,21311
SteersMedium and Large 1363202.00/cwt202.00–202.007339
SteersMedium and Large 1421186.23/cwt181.00–187.0078432
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6411,342.91/cwt1,285.00–1,410.0022,03712
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5831,490.24/cwt1,425.00–1,510.0023,59021
HeifersMedium and Large 1379170.38/cwt170.00–176.0064640
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,400855.80/cwt725.00–900.0011,98116
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,390977.45/cwt925.00–1,000.0013,58735
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654144.00/cwt144.00–144.009426
SteersMedium and Large 1-2446174.00/cwt174.00–174.007767
SteersMedium and Large 1-2531152.00/cwt152.00–152.008077
SteersMedium and Large 1-2772136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0508
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550154.00/cwt154.00–154.0084713
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480164.15/cwt164.00–165.0078839
HeifersMedium and Large 1934118.65/cwt118.00–120.001,1089
HeifersMedium and Large 1439163.86/cwt163.50–164.0071948
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007208
HeifersMedium and Large 2524135.45/cwt135.00–136.0071013
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3268321.20/cwt300.00–335.0086113
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75960.12/cwt55.50–63.501,05816
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63565.03/cwt64.00–71.001,06340
CowsLean 85-90%1,00140.24/cwt32.50–44.5040311
CowsLean 85-90%1,14851.24/cwt45.00–55.5058879
CowsLean 85-90%1,17858.97/cwt56.00–63.00695123
HeifersMedium and Large 1319175.00/cwt175.00–175.005587
BullsReturn to Feed1,14378.76/cwt76.00–80.009004

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.