Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-12-10

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Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
764 head
82 vs last sale 682 764 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
969 head
453 vs last sale 516 969 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded steady to 2.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 lower on a light test. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher, with instances of 19.00 higher on the youngest cattle. Replacement cattle traded 200.00 to 500.00 per head higher on a large run of bred cattle. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday December 17, 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
BullsAverage1,66775.931,26637
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,74254.9895885
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,48847.21703184
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16840.29471295

Every lot, as filed

30 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
Bulls1,78979.04/cwt76.00–85.001,41421
Bulls1,59170.62/cwt66.50–73.001,12412
BullsReturn to Feed1,25575.51/cwt75.00–77.009484
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68363.05/cwt57.00–65.501,06124
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,70170.27/cwt69.00–70.501,19513
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78346.81/cwt42.50–52.5083548
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50745.11/cwt40.00–53.00680140
CowsBoner 80-85%1,39058.25/cwt54.00–64.5081035
CowsLean 85-90%1,16746.36/cwt43.00–52.00541119
CowsBoner 80-85%1,58036.87/cwt35.50–39.505839
CowsLean 85-90%1,21226.13/cwt16.00–31.5031735
CowsLean 85-90%1,15838.69/cwt32.00–42.00448141
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,0671,454.28/cwt1,375.00–1,500.0015,51747
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,000108.77/cwt107.00–112.001,0887
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,35758.72/cwt52.00–62.50797136
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3091,342.75/cwt1,200.00–1,475.0017,57781
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,17869.04/cwt63.00–79.0081355
Stock CowsLarge 31,10277.94/cwt71.00–79.5085932
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,309878.31/cwt785.00–975.0011,49713
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,23148.75/cwt44.50–51.0060049
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,354902.47/cwt800.00–1,035.0012,219222
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,7031,060.00/cwt1,060.00–1,060.0018,0524
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,281705.16/cwt625.00–750.009,03323
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2331,448.88/cwt1,375.00–1,550.0017,86535
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5371,270.52/cwt1,175.00–1,375.0019,5285
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,1531,159.64/cwt1,085.00–1,250.0013,37110
Stock CowsMedium and Large 291892.43/cwt90.00–97.0084910
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,2971,034.97/cwt925.00–1,150.0013,42479
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,209730.46/cwt550.00–785.008,83152
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4691,650.00/cwt1,650.00–1,650.0024,23910

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.