Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-08-26

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 26
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
36 vs last sale 151 144 vs year ago 331 · 43.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
422 head
129 vs last sale 551 328 vs year ago 750 · 43.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
4 vs last sale 0 202 vs year ago 206 · 98.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 0.50 to 3.75 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 2.50 higher. Feeding cows were too thinly tested this week for an accurate comparison. Dairy heifers traded unevenly steady. All other classes of cattle were too thinly tested or had no comparison from last week. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, September 2, 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
BullsLow1,73083.301,44134
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69772.671,23347
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,41661.22867225
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17554.17636109

Every lot, as filed

25 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
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,13491.92/cwt90.00–93.001,04213
Dairy HeifersLarge 398088.34/cwt87.00–89.008663
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-386791.26/cwt90.00–92.007918
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,20594.00/cwt94.00–94.001,13310
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,16892.85/cwt89.00–94.001,08411
Dairy HeifersLarge 383185.43/cwt84.00–88.507107
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,02493.36/cwt92.50–93.5095625
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,27092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1682
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,06892.01/cwt88.00–94.009835
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-396390.00/cwt90.00–90.008676
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-391794.00/cwt94.00–94.008629
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,32488.93/cwt85.00–94.001,1774
BullsReturn to Feed1,17370.16/cwt61.00–76.008238
Bulls1,99791.68/cwt88.00–97.501,83112
Bulls1,82083.62/cwt76.00–87.001,52214
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,38469.15/cwt68.00–71.0095710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43556.93/cwt52.00–62.50817113
CowsBoner 80-85%1,36749.55/cwt45.50–50.0067711
CowsLean 85-90%1,18360.96/cwt57.00–63.0072148
CowsLean 85-90%1,16150.20/cwt43.00–56.5058355
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45076.67/cwt75.00–78.501,1122
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40066.86/cwt63.00–73.5093689
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,68575.45/cwt71.00–79.501,27139
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75559.11/cwt54.50–66.001,0378
CowsLean 85-90%1,23836.23/cwt31.00–41.004496

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.