Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-02-11

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Feb 11
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
54 head
54 vs last sale 0 54 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
385 head
109 vs last sale 494 385 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
533 head
130 vs last sale 403 533 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 4.75 to 7.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 6.00 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. The next available report will be Thursday, February 18, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.84/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$164.84
12 head · 437 lb average
Value per head Derived
$720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$130
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$7.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.76
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2411166.786859thin
Medium and Large 1513159.008163thin
One grade step is worth $7.78/cwt here — about −$130 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
164.84
CO average5 barns · 3,327 hd
152.07
+12.76
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
BullsLow1,70688.391,50835
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,65168.901,13896
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,46663.03924174
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08655.6560471
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,508103.501,5612thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls1,54181.38/cwt70.00–89.501,25414
Bulls1,81693.06/cwt90.00–96.501,69021
HeifersChoice and Prime1,508103.50/cwt103.50–103.501,5612
CowsBoner 80-85%1,38358.19/cwt51.00–59.5080538
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,64769.23/cwt63.00–73.001,14093
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,78558.69/cwt57.00–60.001,0483
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21871.41/cwt70.00–80.0087045
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 21,045994.07/cwt975.00–1,000.0010,3885
HeifersMedium and Large 1658130.00/cwt130.00–130.008558
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,2871,224.03/cwt1,150.00–1,275.0015,75371
SteersMedium and Large 1513159.00/cwt159.00–159.008163
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411166.78/cwt163.00–168.006859
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,40567.06/cwt60.00–69.5094259
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,1771,066.86/cwt1,050.00–1,075.0012,5573
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,118108.61/cwt106.00–109.501,2148
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1611,193.82/cwt1,125.00–1,235.0013,86010
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,175945.92/cwt900.00–1,025.0011,1159
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,031117.27/cwt116.00–120.001,2095
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1571,309.46/cwt1,260.00–1,350.0015,15017
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,23786.18/cwt81.00–94.001,0669
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,206885.00/cwt885.00–885.0010,67311
Stock CowsLarge 41,01965.56/cwt60.00–69.0066813
Bred HeifersLarge 1-21,0551,041.77/cwt1,000.00–1,125.0010,9916
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,06084.88/cwt82.50–86.0090081
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,3551,017.44/cwt1,000.00–1,050.0013,7866
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1551,535.60/cwt1,400.00–1,585.0017,73674
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 11,1541,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0015,0024
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48964.38/cwt60.00–69.00959136
CowsLean 85-90%1,03848.88/cwt40.00–53.0050716
CowsLean 85-90%92234.86/cwt32.50–37.503215
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4681,410.00/cwt1,410.00–1,410.0020,6998
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,394986.95/cwt910.00–1,060.0013,75823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,310849.70/cwt835.00–885.0011,1317
CowsLean 85-90%1,09267.78/cwt66.50–69.007403
CowsLean 85-90%1,11959.39/cwt54.00–64.5066547
Stock CowsLarge 31,28976.58/cwt71.00–79.509878
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4201,068.28/cwt1,025.00–1,100.0015,17017
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,255890.51/cwt875.00–910.0011,1765
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,7931,585.00/cwt1,585.00–1,585.0028,4193

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.