Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-09-09

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Sep 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
32 vs last sale 154 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
553 head
36 vs last sale 517 136 vs year ago 417 · +32.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
34 vs last sale 6 103 vs year ago 143 · 72.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, while feeding cows traded 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady. There were no comparisons for replacement cattle and feeder cattle will be sold on Friday this week for the first feeder and yearling sale of the fall. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, September 16, 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
BullsAverage1,70583.061,41640
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77275.991,34734
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45065.49950253
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15151.27590194
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375100.001,3752thin

Every lot, as filed

39 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 2-393692.70/cwt92.50–93.008685
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-387392.69/cwt91.00–94.0080914
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,07493.57/cwt91.00–94.501,00515
Dairy HeifersLarge 384288.30/cwt88.00–88.507435
Dairy HeifersLarge 373586.50/cwt86.50–86.506361
Dairy HeifersLarge 397093.00/cwt93.00–93.009021
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-399296.03/cwt93.50–96.5095323
Dairy HeifersLarge 481863.00/cwt63.00–63.005152
Dairy HeifersLarge 464660.00/cwt60.00–60.003884
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,15384.00/cwt84.00–84.009692
Dairy HeifersLarge 378286.37/cwt84.00–88.5067525
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,25087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0881
Dairy HeifersLarge 390088.00/cwt88.00–88.007924
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-468771.00/cwt71.00–71.004883
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-379491.50/cwt91.50–91.507279
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,17493.62/cwt92.50–95.001,0994
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,23293.75/cwt93.00–94.001,1554
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,01095.08/cwt93.00–95.509606
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,28295.65/cwt93.00–97.001,2263
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,13093.12/cwt93.00–93.501,0524
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,3881,304.67/cwt1,250.00–1,325.0018,1098
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-29351,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.009,5844
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,360971.31/cwt800.00–1,050.0013,21018
BullsReturn to Feed1,08784.12/cwt82.00–85.009144
Bulls1,82886.56/cwt85.00–94.001,58220
Bulls1,70578.41/cwt71.00–84.501,33716
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,36470.64/cwt67.00–76.5096454
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed90869.50/cwt69.50–69.506316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48868.06/cwt65.00–75.001,01387
CowsLean 85-90%1,17332.21/cwt22.50–42.5037842
CowsLean 85-90%1,20461.70/cwt59.00–67.0074364
CowsLean 85-90%1,11751.55/cwt44.00–57.5057682
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,375100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3752
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80675.90/cwt72.00–80.001,37125
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,62587.52/cwt87.00–89.001,4224
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72067.21/cwt62.00–70.001,1565
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44481.93/cwt80.00–83.501,1837
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46560.01/cwt52.00–64.50879102
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42946.35/cwt42.00–48.506623

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.