Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2023-02-23

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Feb 23
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
86 head
146 vs last sale 232 21 vs year ago 107 · 19.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
368 head
71 vs last sale 439 30 vs year ago 338 · +8.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
18 head
1 vs last sale 17 1 vs year ago 19 · 5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were good. Slaughter cows traded 4.00 to 13.00 higher and feeder dairy heifers traded steady to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls and feeding cows were too thinly tested for a comparison. The next available report will be Thursday, March 2, 2023.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.60/cwt on 5 head.
Average price
$126.60
5 head · 899 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,138
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$353
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
61.49
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1995135.001,3431thin
Medium and Large 1-2933128.001,1942thin
Medium and Large 2818121.009902thin
One grade step is worth $14.00/cwt here — about $353 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 sale5 hd
126.60
CO average5 barns · 1,082 hd
188.09
−61.49
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
BullsLow1,850109.872,0333thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,73397.301,68677
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,47089.811,320190
CowsLean 85-90%High1,17186.661,01589
Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,638100.021,6382thin

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,674$1,5464thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,425$1,4501thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)1,242$1,1964thin

Every lot, as filed

34 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 456577.50/cwt77.50–77.504381
BullsMedium and Large 1-2819142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1634
HeifersMedium and Large 1995135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3431
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2950130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,2351
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2915126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1531
HeifersMedium and Large 2818121.00/cwt121.00–121.009902
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,085124.25/cwt123.00–125.501,3482
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3953124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,1826
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,115127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,42218
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3930124.51/cwt122.00–125.001,1588
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,230120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,4761
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3888124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,1063
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,016126.74/cwt125.50–127.501,2888
Dairy HeifersMedium 391587.50/cwt87.50–87.508011
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,193127.70/cwt122.00–128.001,52320
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,215125.50/cwt124.50–126.501,5252
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,6741,546.31/head1,410.00–1,585.001,5464
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,044108.61/cwt105.00–116.001,1347
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,2421,195.87/head1,150.00–1,235.001,1964
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,4251,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Bulls1,815107.55/cwt105.50–109.001,9522
Bulls1,920114.50/cwt114.50–114.502,1981
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,38199.14/cwt98.50–101.001,3694
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53063.82/cwt60.00–67.509762
CowsBoner 80-85%1,47291.51/cwt86.00–97.001,347149
CowsLean 85-90%1,17496.45/cwt94.50–102.001,13238
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,740100.31/cwt94.00–105.001,74555
Dairy HeifersChoice1,638100.02/cwt99.00–101.001,6382
CowsLean 85-90%1,13571.76/cwt63.00–79.0081411
CowsLean 85-90%1,00247.40/cwt37.50–55.004755
CowsBoner 80-85%1,411101.68/cwt98.00–105.001,4358
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,71589.79/cwt88.00–92.501,54022
CowsLean 85-90%1,20386.33/cwt80.00–93.001,03935
CowsBoner 80-85%1,48677.47/cwt71.00–85.001,15127

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.