Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-04-01

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Apr 1
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
60 head
5 vs last sale 65 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
421 head
116 vs last sale 537 14 vs year ago 435 · 3.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
214 head
43 vs last sale 257 27 vs year ago 187 · +14.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded steady. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. All other classes did not have enough comparisons for an accurate trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, April 8, 2021.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.60/cwt on 20 head.
Average price
$139.60
20 head · 568 lb average
Value per head Derived
$793
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
11.18
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1572141.4780915thin
Medium and Large 1-2556134.007455thin
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about $64 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 sale20 hd
139.60
CO average3 barns · 2,220 hd
150.78
−11.18
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
BullsHigh1,72689.221,54034
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,79060.031,07466
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,47559.84882163
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,09354.96601138
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,73577.001,3361thin

Every lot, as filed

29 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 CowsLarge 2-31,04085.85/cwt80.00–87.5089382
CowsLean 85-90%84844.91/cwt42.00–52.0038117
Bulls1,824101.79/cwt98.50–106.001,8575
CowsLean 85-90%1,15859.28/cwt53.00–63.5068699
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80558.59/cwt46.00–61.501,05855
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51725.49/cwt22.50–31.003873
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2871,307.44/cwt1,300.00–1,325.0016,8277
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71267.21/cwt63.50–70.001,15111
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2989104.79/cwt100.00–112.501,03612
SteersMedium 2589136.00/cwt136.00–136.008017
Stock CowsLarge 496865.80/cwt62.00–69.006372
Stock CowsLarge 382474.52/cwt70.00–79.0061417
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2556134.00/cwt134.00–134.007455
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45262.50/cwt60.00–69.5090899
HeifersMedium and Large 1392161.00/cwt161.00–161.006313
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,38766.86/cwt61.00–69.5092761
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,08895.28/cwt87.50–97.501,03713
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1840120.76/cwt116.00–127.501,0142
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,16973.84/cwt70.00–82.5086315
HeifersMedium and Large 1636135.00/cwt135.00–135.008595
HeifersMedium and Large 1459151.00/cwt151.00–151.006934
HeifersMedium and Large 1795120.00/cwt120.00–120.009543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2437175.03/cwt173.00–177.007654
Bulls1,91892.90/cwt87.50–97.501,78214
Bulls1,51481.59/cwt77.00–86.001,23515
CowsLean 85-90%92327.71/cwt22.50–33.0025613
CowsLean 85-90%1,08465.83/cwt64.00–67.507149
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50957.22/cwt41.00–59.5086361
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,73577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,3361

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.