Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2022-02-24

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Feb 24
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
107 head
24 vs last sale 83 29 vs year ago 78 · +37.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
338 head
186 vs last sale 524 5 vs year ago 343 · 1.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
46 vs last sale 65 306 vs year ago 325 · 94.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were good to very good. Slaughter cows traded 2.50 to 3.50 higher. Feeding cows traded 3.75 to 5.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 4.00 higher on a very thin test. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher on a light test. All other classes of cattle were too thinly tested for an accurate comparison. The next available report will be Thursday, March 3, 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.11/cwt on 27 head.
Average price
$126.11
27 head · 714 lb average
Value per head Derived
$901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
42.75
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2714126.1190127
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale27 hd
126.11
CO average4 barns · 1,019 hd
168.86
−42.75
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
BullsLow1,979100.321,9855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,74587.631,52937
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,43381.331,165204
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19668.5081980
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,485115.001,7081thin

Every lot, as filed

28 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned656132.50/cwt132.50–132.5086912
Dairy HeifersLarge 2777121.00/cwt121.00–121.009403
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,178112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,3253
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,036111.82/cwt108.00–112.501,1588
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,265113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,4361
Dairy HeifersLarge 3-460487.50/cwt87.50–87.505296
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3881110.99/cwt109.50–112.009785
Dairy HeifersLarge 475072.50/cwt72.50–72.505444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned761121.00/cwt121.00–121.0092115
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3915106.48/cwt105.50–107.509742
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,123112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,26310
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,223112.31/cwt107.00–114.001,3748
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,059111.17/cwt110.50–112.501,1773
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy1,05895.00/cwt95.00–95.001,0054
BullsReturn to Feed1,24096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,1901
Bulls2,12593.00/cwt90.00–97.501,9762
Bulls2,203109.79/cwt108.00–112.002,4192
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,43984.59/cwt78.00–89.001,21741
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,14480.22/cwt78.00–85.0091816
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43187.92/cwt85.00–96.001,25833
CowsLean 85-90%1,30439.80/cwt30.00–43.0051910
Dairy HeifersChoice and Prime1,485115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,7081
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76571.00/cwt71.00–71.001,2531
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74488.09/cwt80.00–94.001,53636
CowsLean 85-90%1,18275.62/cwt67.00–79.5089438
CowsLean 85-90%1,21557.82/cwt50.00–66.0070316
CowsBoner 80-85%1,41061.91/cwt51.00–65.0087311
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43380.18/cwt70.00–84.501,149119

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.