Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-12-02

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 2
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
214 head
84 vs last sale 130 214 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,243 head
84 vs last sale 1,327 561 vs year ago 682 · +82.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
530 head
391 vs last sale 139 14 vs year ago 516 · +2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 5.50 higher, while feeding cows traded 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 5.00 higher on a thin test. Replacement cattle traded 150.00 to 300.00 per head higher that those from two weeks ago. Dairy heifers traded 2.50 to 4.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Today's run included a large run of slaughter cows as well as a bred cow special that were mostly younger running age cows to short term older cows. The next available report will be Thursday, December 9, 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
BullsLow1,47472.501,0696thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,68762.991,063110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46757.25840258
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18847.69567260
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,51187.171,3176thin

Every lot, as filed

48 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
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3501,296.48/cwt1,100.00–1,425.0017,50242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5581,603.56/cwt1,500.00–1,675.0024,98341
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,232670.10/cwt500.00–775.008,25667
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,347886.34/cwt800.00–1,050.0011,93992
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,0951,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,2355
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,1371,425.00/cwt1,425.00–1,425.0016,2023
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-472475.00/cwt75.00–75.005434
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-462070.00/cwt70.00–70.004341
Dairy HeifersLarge 383681.00/cwt81.00–81.006777
Dairy HeifersLarge 377785.00/cwt85.00–85.006605
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,21496.68/cwt95.00–98.501,1746
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-369590.84/cwt90.00–92.506316
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,26191.00/cwt91.00–91.001,1482
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-387095.00/cwt95.00–95.008271
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-477771.44/cwt70.00–75.0055530
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-469070.00/cwt70.00–70.004835
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,07486.32/cwt85.00–89.009273
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,17198.23/cwt98.00–98.501,15015
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-381097.50/cwt97.50–97.507901
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,11997.74/cwt97.00–98.501,09432
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-398497.12/cwt96.50–98.0095625
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-392797.24/cwt96.00–97.5090123
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,07996.69/cwt95.00–98.001,04319
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,00297.69/cwt97.50–98.0097918
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,238964.57/cwt875.00–1,075.0011,94130
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,5131,575.00/cwt1,575.00–1,575.0023,8304
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1811,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.0014,1724
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3601,026.22/cwt950.00–1,100.0013,95771
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,340899.97/cwt875.00–925.0012,0608
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,4351,069.06/cwt950.00–1,225.0015,34165
BullsReturn to Feed1,43570.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0055
Bulls1,67085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,4201
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,39966.21/cwt61.00–70.0092661
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,21057.35/cwt53.00–65.0069440
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,12969.44/cwt67.50–72.007845
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50836.92/cwt32.50–45.0055710
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49652.52/cwt47.00–57.00786133
CowsLean 85-90%1,06928.11/cwt20.00–32.5030033
CowsLean 85-90%1,26252.06/cwt49.00–60.0065798
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,66570.60/cwt65.00–76.001,17547
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,48485.00/cwt85.00–85.001,2615
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,64598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,6121
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,75149.73/cwt39.00–51.0087112
CowsLean 85-90%1,14244.40/cwt35.00–48.5050784
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,77986.73/cwt83.00–96.001,5437
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,67854.71/cwt52.50–64.5091844
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46462.18/cwt59.00–70.0091052
CowsBoner 80-85%1,54872.01/cwt71.00–73.001,1152

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.