Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-12-17

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 17
● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
60 vs last sale 0 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
535 head
229 vs last sale 764 535 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
336 head
633 vs last sale 969 336 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 1.00 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Replacement cattle were sharply lower on a thin test. Trade activity and demand were moderate. Livestock Exchange will be closed next week for the Christmas holiday. The next available report will be Thursday, December 31, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.46/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$137.46
12 head · 506 lb average
Value per head Derived
$696
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$263
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.40
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2348142.504963thin
Medium and Large 1-2559135.787599thin
One grade step is worth $6.72/cwt here — about −$263 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 sale12 hd
137.46
CO average5 barns · 2,125 hd
137.06
+0.40
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
BullsAverage1,84879.381,46718
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74157.781,00684
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,47252.73776286
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16343.77509127

Every lot, as filed

32 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%1,16646.71/cwt43.00–53.0054594
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76846.94/cwt44.00–49.0083029
Bulls1,91580.09/cwt77.00–84.001,5348
Bulls1,88986.60/cwt85.50–88.001,6364
Bulls1,73173.62/cwt71.00–76.501,2746
CowsLean 85-90%99126.77/cwt22.00–30.002658
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,08394.47/cwt92.00–97.501,02314
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12472.46/cwt67.50–82.0081467
SteersMedium and Large 1-2605147.00/cwt147.00–147.008892
SteersMedium and Large 1-2973119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1632
HeifersMedium and Large 2348142.50/cwt142.50–142.504963
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 21,085760.97/cwt750.00–775.008,2575
SteersMedium and Large 1-2855126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0775
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5901,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.0015,9001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,256746.32/cwt610.00–835.009,37426
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,38449.93/cwt47.00–52.006914
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,398850.00/cwt850.00–850.0011,8833
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2431151.00/cwt151.00–151.006514
Stock CowsMedium and Large 289786.50/cwt86.50–86.507767
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2281,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,3502
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33272.77/cwt66.00–76.0096936
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47960.84/cwt54.00–64.0090076
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2730120.00/cwt120.00–120.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2615126.00/cwt126.00–126.007753
Stock CowsLarge 31,03573.07/cwt70.00–75.0075654
Stock CowsLarge 498965.84/cwt65.00–66.006517
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48645.61/cwt42.00–53.00678158
CowsBoner 80-85%1,61039.42/cwt29.00–41.5063516
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,6131,020.68/cwt925.00–1,175.0016,46411
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,33758.78/cwt53.00–64.50786116
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72763.49/cwt60.00–65.001,09655
CowsLean 85-90%1,20838.17/cwt32.00–42.0046125

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.