Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-01-21

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jan 21
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
49 head
49 vs last sale 0 49 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
459 head
205 vs last sale 664 459 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
295 head
398 vs last sale 693 295 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 moderate to good. In slaughter cattle, breakers traded 3.00 lower, boning cows traded steady and lean cows traded 3.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 6.75 higher. Feeding cows traded uneven on a light test. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. The next available report will be Thursday, January 28, 2021.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $85.00/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$85.00
11 head · 1,039 lb average
Value per head Derived
$883
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
22.22
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,03985.0088311thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale11 hd
85.00
CO average5 barns · 167 hd
107.22
−22.22
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
BullsHigh1,64681.391,34025
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73853.2392565
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46048.65710214
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,15142.22486138
HeifersChoice and PrimeLow1,44796.051,39011

Every lot, as filed

31 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
HeifersChoice and Prime1,55078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,2093
CowsLean 85-90%1,10737.47/cwt31.00–41.0041513
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46853.71/cwt52.00–58.0078853
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45448.37/cwt41.50–51.50703144
Bulls1,88586.95/cwt86.50–87.501,6392
Bulls1,61575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,2112
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,45054.59/cwt52.50–62.0079272
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,3121,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0015,4163
BullsMedium and Large 11,03985.00/cwt85.00–85.0088311
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10470.68/cwt63.00–77.5078022
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,06294.00/cwt87.50–97.509985
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,16483.40/cwt78.00–86.0097114
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29149.19/cwt48.00–51.0063525
Stock CowsLarge 31,12275.63/cwt72.00–77.50849109
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,385900.00/cwt900.00–900.0012,4652
Dairy SteersLarge 3-464568.00/cwt68.00–68.004392
Dairy HeifersLarge 426461.00/cwt60.00–70.0016110
Dairy HeifersLarge 4306119.98/cwt100.00–130.0036718
Dairy SteersLarge 380269.00/cwt69.00–69.005533
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49931.14/cwt22.00–36.0046715
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,148103.58/cwt103.50–104.001,1895
Bulls1,62681.47/cwt77.50–85.501,32521
HeifersChoice and Prime1,408102.82/cwt102.50–104.001,4488
Stock CowsLarge 470368.00/cwt68.00–68.004785
Bred HeifersLarge 1-21,2531,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0013,4702
CowsBoner 80-85%1,37866.48/cwt66.00–67.009162
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-4394210.00/cwt210.00–210.008275
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68357.92/cwt54.50–62.5097526
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77450.10/cwt42.50–53.5088939
CowsLean 85-90%1,19022.81/cwt15.00–29.0027126
CowsLean 85-90%1,14647.94/cwt42.50–53.0054999

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.