Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-09-30

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Sep 30
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
110 head
82 vs last sale 192 100 vs year ago 10 · +1,000.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
459 head
122 vs last sale 581 85 vs year ago 544 · 15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
18 vs last sale 45 133 vs year ago 160 · 83.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded steady to 5.00 higher. Feeding cows traded 0.75 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 5.75 higher on a very light test. Replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, October 7, 2021.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $77.61/cwt on 44 head.
Average price
$77.61
44 head · 1,145 lb average
Value per head Derived
$888
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$169
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$7.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
73.10
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-21,22283.501,02110thin
Medium and Large 21,12275.8885134
One grade step is worth $7.62/cwt here — about $169 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 sale44 hd
77.61
CO average3 barns · 1,432 hd
150.71
−73.10
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
BullsAverage1,75086.551,51511
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,72078.951,35831
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,44867.06971263
CowsLean 85-90%High1,16353.73625137
HeifersChoiceAverage1,23591.001,1241thin

Every lot, as filed

31 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,17485.00/cwt85.00–85.009987
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,17394.34/cwt93.00–95.001,1073
SteersMedium and Large 1-21,33580.00/cwt80.00–80.001,0683
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,07494.29/cwt94.00–94.501,0137
SteersMedium and Large 21,12275.88/cwt70.00–80.0085134
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-399193.40/cwt91.50–94.5092615
Dairy HeifersLarge 390588.00/cwt88.00–88.007962
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-386793.00/cwt93.00–93.008063
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,36090.86/cwt87.50–92.001,2368
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,28092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,1783
Dairy HeifersLarge 383187.38/cwt85.00–89.007265
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,12393.36/cwt92.00–94.001,04810
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,01994.50/cwt94.50–94.509633
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,294911.92/cwt860.00–935.0011,80015
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,10388.00/cwt88.00–88.009715
Bulls1,92793.46/cwt87.50–98.001,8017
Bulls1,44174.47/cwt70.00–80.001,0734
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,04177.28/cwt76.00–78.008047
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,37174.69/cwt70.00–77.501,024111
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,16967.70/cwt66.50–70.007917
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51767.07/cwt62.00–74.001,01759
CowsLean 85-90%1,15052.76/cwt46.00–56.0060766
CowsLean 85-90%1,18628.76/cwt20.00–41.0034118
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50542.94/cwt35.00–48.0064618
HeifersChoice1,23591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1241
CowsLean 85-90%1,19660.16/cwt57.00–68.0072039
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51677.90/cwt75.50–86.001,18116
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,73368.63/cwt65.00–70.001,1895
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48957.10/cwt52.00–62.5085059
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71379.31/cwt73.00–82.001,35918
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72884.59/cwt83.00–86.501,4628

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.