Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-12-03

Brush

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 3
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
682 head
60 vs last sale 742 682 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
516 head
42 vs last sale 558 516 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 3.50 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, December 10, 2020.

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
BullsLow1,75574.071,30034
CowsBreaker 75-80%Very Low1,67558.5298096
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,46152.22763214
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,16440.78475169

Every lot, as filed

26 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,19823.41/cwt17.50–31.0028018
Bulls1,62770.01/cwt57.50–75.501,13920
BullsReturn to Feed1,20372.02/cwt71.00–73.008662
Bulls2,05981.18/cwt77.50–85.001,67112
CowsLean 85-90%1,09059.05/cwt55.00–61.006443
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,85531.00/cwt31.00–31.005751
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,35757.00/cwt51.00–61.50773143
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,09989.48/cwt82.00–98.009839
CowsLean 85-90%1,13338.24/cwt32.00–50.0043362
Stock CowsLarge 31,19175.90/cwt71.00–79.5090433
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3651,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.0013,9911
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,143689.20/cwt600.00–750.007,87813
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,24047.37/cwt44.00–50.0058727
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,290849.93/cwt800.00–910.0010,96410
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49665.98/cwt64.00–69.009878
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43446.19/cwt39.00–52.00662109
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10666.31/cwt62.00–77.0073394
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,8331,232.25/cwt1,200.00–1,260.0022,5872
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69348.46/cwt44.00–52.5082028
CowsLean 85-90%1,18145.61/cwt42.00–52.5053986
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,63160.48/cwt54.00–64.0098643
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72767.88/cwt65.00–70.501,17224
Stock CowsLarge 498264.61/cwt60.00–68.006345
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,04581.94/cwt80.00–83.0085695
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48958.64/cwt53.00–62.5087394
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47833.29/cwt30.00–38.004923

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.