Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-02-25

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Feb 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
78 head
78 vs last sale 0 78 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
343 head
67 vs last sale 276 343 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
325 head
226 vs last sale 99 325 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 3.50 to 7.75 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 8.00 lower. Feeding cows traded mostly 2.50 to 4.50 lower. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle had no comparisons from last week. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, March 4, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.10/cwt on 24 head.
Average price
$137.10
24 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$928
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$310
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1-2
$52.54/cwt at this weight
vs the market
16.24
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2399169.006747thin
Medium and Large 1660142.009375thin
Medium and Large 1-2845116.4698412thin
One grade step is worth $52.54/cwt here — about −$310 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 sale24 hd
137.10
CO average5 barns · 1,374 hd
153.34
−16.24
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
BullsAverage1,96781.401,60214
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75157.271,00327
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,46754.95806170
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,11850.8856988
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,39976.481,07022

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
Bulls2,09487.91/cwt85.00–93.501,8416
Bulls1,84599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,8271
Bulls1,83475.03/cwt70.00–81.501,3765
BullsHeavy Weight2,70561.00/cwt61.00–61.001,6501
BullsReturn to Feed1,26077.00/cwt77.00–77.009701
Dairy HeifersChoice1,39976.48/cwt71.00–82.501,07022
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,29556.12/cwt55.00–57.5072710
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4191,093.89/cwt1,085.00–1,100.0015,5227
SteersMedium and Large 1660142.00/cwt142.00–142.009375
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy944105.00/cwt105.00–105.009917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2638126.50/cwt126.50–126.508078
Stock CowsSmall and Medium 471334.00/cwt34.00–34.002425
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,170122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,4335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,07384.43/cwt82.50–86.009062
SteersMedium and Large 1-2707132.50/cwt132.50–132.509375
SteersMedium and Large 2399169.00/cwt169.00–169.006747
HeifersMedium and Large 2447136.00/cwt136.00–136.006085
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,480975.00/cwt975.00–975.0014,4303
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,06885.42/cwt82.00–87.00912150
Stock CowsLarge 393775.87/cwt70.00–79.0071116
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,32462.37/cwt58.00–66.5082671
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2895115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0291
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,21969.69/cwt68.00–71.0085017
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5791,200.60/cwt1,175.00–1,225.0018,9576
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50252.87/cwt44.00–55.50794102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41558.07/cwt56.00–63.0082268
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67263.27/cwt60.50–70.001,0587
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77855.17/cwt50.00–57.5098120
CowsLean 85-90%1,06043.68/cwt39.00–49.5046322
CowsLean 85-90%1,13753.28/cwt50.50–57.0060666

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.