Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2022-12-01

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 1
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
122 head
40 vs last sale 162 92 vs year ago 214 · 43.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,192 head
170 vs last sale 1,022 51 vs year ago 1,243 · 4.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
50 head
37 vs last sale 87 480 vs year ago 530 · 90.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded steady. Feeding cows and dairy heifers both traded steady to 3.00 higher. The next available report will be Thursday, December 8, 2022.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.51/cwt on 11 head.
Average price
$128.51
11 head · 1,067 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,371
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
44.36
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,091132.441,4447thin
Medium and Large 1-21,025121.631,2474thin
One grade step is worth $10.80/cwt here — about $197 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 sale11 hd
128.51
CO average3 barns · 1,946 hd
172.86
−44.36
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
BullsAverage1,91585.571,63936
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,73875.451,31167
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,49466.33991476
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11554.32606337

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,1477
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,049$1,1003thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,492$1,0507
Bred CowsAll Stages (1-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,410$98620

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
HeifersMedium and Large 11,063137.81/cwt133.00–139.001,4655
HeifersMedium and Large 11,140120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,3681
HeifersMedium and Large 11,180118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3921
SteersMedium and Large 11,125132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4852
Dairy HeifersLarge 473085.00/cwt85.00–85.006211
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,010123.85/cwt122.00–125.001,25114
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,443110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,5873
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,068123.78/cwt123.00–124.501,32223
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3917121.76/cwt120.00–123.501,1174
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,241122.88/cwt122.00–123.001,5258
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,435116.50/cwt116.50–116.501,6723
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,183124.82/cwt122.00–125.501,47713
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,260122.72/cwt122.50–123.501,54614
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,110124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,38210
Dairy HeifersLarge 476882.98/cwt80.00–85.006375
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2900137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,2381
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,115110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2271
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,043119.52/cwt113.00–126.001,2472
Dairy HeifersLarge 461877.50/cwt77.50–77.504792
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,467114.00/cwt112.00–115.001,6723
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,410985.97/head875.00–1,125.0098620
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0491,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1003
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,0351,146.62/head1,085.00–1,185.001,1477
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4921,050.36/head1,025.00–1,110.001,0507
Bulls1,93790.73/cwt87.00–94.501,75716
Bulls1,89881.44/cwt70.00–86.501,54620
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,46065.30/cwt59.00–69.5095312
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,18668.06/cwt62.00–76.0080738
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed96690.98/cwt85.00–97.508796
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,45474.61/cwt70.00–82.001,08579
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,76469.62/cwt65.50–73.001,22820
CowsLean 85-90%87024.63/cwt11.00–45.0021458
CowsLean 85-90%1,23863.10/cwt59.00–70.00781105
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51552.00/cwt35.00–55.5078836
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51673.11/cwt70.00–79.001,108110
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72777.93/cwt76.50–89.001,34647
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3031
CowsBoner 80-85%1,49662.58/cwt56.00–69.50936238
CowsLean 85-90%1,11254.76/cwt46.00–58.50609130

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.