Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2023-06-08

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jun 8
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
22 vs last sale 219 419 vs year ago 616 · 68.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
651 head
19 vs last sale 632 5 vs year ago 656 · 0.8%
Replacement Cattle receipts
30 head
30 vs last sale 60 20 vs year ago 50 · 40.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate on good demand. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded for an accurate trend. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold unevenly steady. Slaughter bull offerings today were heavy muscled and carrying light flesh.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $207.14/cwt on 14 head.
Average price
$207.14
14 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,396
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$82
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 3
$60.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.27
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2583230.001,3406thin
Medium and Large 1743192.861,4337thin
Medium and Large 3740170.001,2581thin
One grade step is worth $60.00/cwt here — about $82 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 sale14 hd
207.14
CO average1 barns · 16 hd
199.88
+7.27
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
BullsAverage1,828125.372,29135
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,719112.731,93844
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,518108.101,64188
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,384103.041,426249
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18692.011,091208
HeifersChoiceAverage1,373149.002,0462thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,424$2,0934thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,155$2,0683thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,476$2,0004thin
Heifer PairsOpen(<2 yrs)1,065$2,1503thin

Every lot, as filed

76 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 2494247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,2235
SteersMedium and Large 1532262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,3973
SteersMedium and Large 1445275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,2241
SteersMedium and Large 11,029177.50/cwt177.50–177.501,8266
SteersMedium and Large 1150385.00/head385.00–385.003851
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy815177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,4435
BullsMedium and Large 195250.00/head250.00–250.002501
BullsMedium 1935144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3461
HeifersMedium and Large 1563232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3092
HeifersMedium and Large 3740170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2581
HeifersMedium and Large 21,025142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,4611
SteersMedium and Large 1605267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,6181
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2352,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,4872,123.88/head1,950.00–2,225.002,1243
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,388145.50/cwt145.50–145.502,0203
Dairy HeifersLarge 3495137.96/cwt127.50–140.0068312
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3743141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,04812
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,090144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,5754
Dairy HeifersLarge 2855144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2318
SteersMedium and Large 1960178.50/cwt178.50–178.501,7141
Dairy HeifersLarge 2902147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,33013
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,021148.98/cwt148.00–150.501,52118
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,430145.00/cwt145.00–145.002,0741
Dairy HeifersLarge 3850138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1731
Dairy HeifersLarge 3619135.00/cwt135.00–135.0083610
Dairy HeifersLarge 3808131.79/cwt120.00–143.501,0652
Dairy HeifersLarge 2986148.17/cwt147.50–151.001,46115
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,143147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,6862
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,183149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,7632
Dairy HeifersLarge 2635142.50/cwt142.50–142.509052
Dairy HeifersSmall and Medium 477591.00/cwt91.00–91.007052
Dairy HeifersLarge 21,056149.42/cwt148.50–150.001,57812
BullsMedium and Large 11,168153.55/cwt149.00–158.001,7932
BullsMedium and Large 11,110152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,6931
BullsMedium and Large 11,070150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,6051
BullsMedium and Large 11,010151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5251
BullsMedium and Large 1915151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3821
BullsMedium and Large 11,315150.01/cwt147.50–152.501,9732
CowsBoner 80-85%1,45293.79/cwt85.00–98.001,36269
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,74795.16/cwt87.00–98.001,6624
Bulls1,779122.87/cwt116.50–128.002,18611
Bulls2,073131.65/cwt128.50–136.502,72915
CowsLean 85-90%1,27985.91/cwt75.00–90.501,09950
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,707112.25/cwt104.50–117.001,91641
CowsBoner 80-85%1,374113.64/cwt113.00–114.501,5614
CowsBoner 80-85%1,74572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2561
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,08695.57/cwt92.00–99.001,03828
Bulls1,458109.88/cwt106.00–114.001,6022
CowsBoner 80-85%1,404102.39/cwt99.00–110.501,43890
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,887119.26/cwt118.00–121.002,2503
CowsLean 85-90%1,24969.59/cwt60.00–72.508699
CowsLean 85-90%1,21895.06/cwt91.00–104.001,15886
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,337105.50/cwt103.50–106.501,4113
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,455136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,9791
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,318109.74/cwt103.00–115.001,44656
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,40497.48/cwt91.00–102.001,3698
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed983115.98/cwt111.00–123.001,14013
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,226119.91/cwt117.00–128.001,47021
HeifersChoice1,373149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,0462
CowsLean 85-90%1,053106.62/cwt105.00–108.001,1232
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,583103.96/cwt101.00–112.501,64631
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed86862.17/cwt57.50–67.505405
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,13788.89/cwt77.50–91.501,01115
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,471111.37/cwt108.00–113.501,63849
BullsReturn to Feed1,530113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,7291
BullsReturn to Feed1,513117.78/cwt113.50–125.001,7825
BullsReturn to Feed1,295140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,8131
Stock CowsMedium and Large 3880115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,0121
Stock CowsMedium and Large 2Fleshy1,200127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,5241
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,4762,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0004
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 21,2252,350.00/head2,350.00–2,350.002,3501
Stock CowsLarge 21,057144.36/cwt138.00–147.501,5263
Stock CowsMedium and Large 21,124132.22/cwt122.50–142.001,4868
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1798155.59/cwt146.00–170.001,2423
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 21,0652,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1503
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 31,1201,927.23/head1,900.00–1,950.001,9272

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.