Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-02-18

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Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Feb 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
109 vs last sale 385 276 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
434 vs last sale 533 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: In slaughter cows, Breakers traded 2.00 lower, Boners traded steady and Lean cows traded 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady on a thin test. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle were not tested this week. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday February 25, 2021.

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
BullsHigh1,98896.091,91120
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71265.721,12546
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,44163.75918161
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15557.6966644

Every lot, as filed

19 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
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,25893.49/cwt88.00–101.501,1765
Stock CowsLarge 490463.34/cwt61.00–67.5057310
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 470638.50/cwt38.50–38.5027212
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,25966.71/cwt63.00–69.0084010
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,119107.21/cwt105.00–112.501,2006
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,14572.25/cwt71.00–81.0082711
CowsLean 85-90%1,33027.46/cwt25.00–30.003652
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68666.89/cwt63.00–74.501,12836
Bulls2,275101.82/cwt101.50–102.002,3163
Bulls2,08591.02/cwt90.50–91.501,8983
CowsLean 85-90%1,16647.68/cwt41.00–51.005566
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50859.01/cwt50.00–61.5089029
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80761.49/cwt61.00–62.001,11110
Stock CowsLarge 2-397382.01/cwt80.00–86.0079836
Stock CowsLarge 395879.00/cwt79.00–79.007573
BullsReturn to Feed92095.00/cwt95.00–95.008741
Bulls1,98296.02/cwt92.00–99.001,90313
CowsLean 85-90%1,14361.04/cwt55.00–64.5069836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42664.79/cwt62.00–70.00924132

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.