Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-04-08

Brush

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Apr 8
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
372 head
49 vs last sale 421 43 vs year ago 415 · 10.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
256 head
42 vs last sale 214 92 vs year ago 164 · +56.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 3.50 to 5.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 5.50 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were good to very good. The next available report will be Thursday, April 15, 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
BullsAverage1,75798.531,73153
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69571.381,21067
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,47266.65981142
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14460.5669381

Every lot, as filed

23 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,11371.04/cwt70.00–72.007912
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,69571.15/cwt66.00–76.501,20658
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5151,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0018,1802
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80964.25/cwt61.00–65.501,1624
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-21,2231,550.00/cwt1,550.00–1,550.0018,9572
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,34676.72/cwt73.00–85.001,03335
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,035105.54/cwt102.00–108.001,09218
Stock CowsLarge 476866.51/cwt63.00–71.005115
Stock CowsLarge 2-31,12391.90/cwt87.50–94.501,03255
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46567.32/cwt63.50–73.00986129
Stock CowsLarge 373978.74/cwt75.00–82.505827
CowsLean 85-90%1,18853.14/cwt48.00–58.006319
CowsLean 85-90%1,02138.86/cwt36.00–43.0039710
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,37869.88/cwt66.00–72.0096378
Stock CowsMedium and Large 11,24387.41/cwt86.00–96.001,08719
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1898118.31/cwt116.00–127.001,06212
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,6001,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0020,0001
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53759.99/cwt49.00–62.5092213
CowsLean 85-90%1,15964.94/cwt59.00–69.0075360
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,59879.79/cwt77.00–82.501,2755
Bulls1,73298.39/cwt94.00–104.001,70432
Bulls1,55888.91/cwt85.00–93.001,38512
Bulls2,112111.87/cwt105.50–118.502,3639

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.