Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2023-11-16

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Nov 16
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
164 head
17 vs last sale 181 2 vs year ago 162 · +1.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
1,099 head
379 vs last sale 1,478 77 vs year ago 1,022 · +7.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend on feeder heifers as there was too light of a test. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Average dress slaughter cows traded 6.00 to 11.00 lower and average dress slaughter bulls traded mostly 5.00 lower. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $167.70/cwt on 12 head.
Average price
$167.70
12 head · 942 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,580
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$94
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$30.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
61.38
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1931170.221,58511thin
Medium 1-21,065140.001,4911thin
One grade step is worth $30.22/cwt here — about $94 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 sale12 hd
167.70
CO average5 barns · 3,477 hd
229.08
−61.38
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
BullsLow1,655106.601,76457
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,57598.501,5511thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,51991.951,39780
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30591.021,188516
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13583.57948176

Every lot, as filed

49 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 2-31,030153.60/cwt153.00–154.501,58215
Dairy HeifersSmall 377080.00/cwt80.00–80.006163
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,115153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,7126
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3927154.59/cwt153.00–159.001,4339
HeifersMedium and Large 1981169.74/cwt169.50–171.001,6656
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,275153.19/cwt152.00–154.001,9538
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,186154.06/cwt153.50–155.001,82723
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3983153.28/cwt153.00–153.501,5079
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,437149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,1415
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3841160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3464
Dairy HeifersLarge 3910140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,2741
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,083154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6682
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,363152.50/cwt152.50–152.502,0792
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3715158.11/cwt152.50–159.001,13011
Dairy HeifersMedium and Large 2-3226260.00/cwt260.00–260.005884
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3808154.50/cwt153.00–156.001,2482
Dairy HeifersLarge 3845139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,1752
Dairy HeifersSmall 363092.50/cwt92.50–92.505831
HeifersMedium and Large 1795171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,3591
HeifersMedium and Large 1935170.50/cwt170.00–171.001,5942
HeifersMedium 1-21,065140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4911
HeifersMedium and Large 1845171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,4452
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3855153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,3081
Dairy HeifersLarge 3179174.40/cwt160.00–280.0031217
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,26787.65/cwt80.00–125.001,111233
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,41281.06/cwt79.00–86.501,1455
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,14384.18/cwt77.00–88.0096241
CowsBreaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,47294.88/cwt92.00–98.501,39713
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,61597.25/cwt97.00–97.501,5712
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,34575.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0091
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,57598.50/cwt98.50–98.501,5511
CowsBoner 80-85%1,13557.50/cwt57.50–57.506531
CowsBoner 80-85%1,50070.75/cwt68.00–73.001,0613
CowsBoner 80-85%1,40885.11/cwt84.50–88.001,19826
CowsBoner 80-85%1,46780.34/cwt75.00–84.001,179165
CowsLean 85-90%1,21874.62/cwt67.50–79.0090960
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed938118.75/cwt85.00–160.001,11431
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed85585.00/cwt85.00–85.007271
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52891.46/cwt86.00–96.001,39864
CowsLean 85-90%1,24560.90/cwt55.00–65.0075813
CowsLean 85-90%1,10881.60/cwt80.00–86.0090424
CowsLean 85-90%1,18343.94/cwt32.50–51.005206
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,047125.27/cwt85.00–167.501,31283
Bulls1,74887.04/cwt80.00–92.001,52114
Bulls1,874110.67/cwt108.00–115.002,07410
Bulls1,703101.93/cwt95.00–106.501,73625
BullsReturn to Feed1,303101.24/cwt96.00–106.001,3192
BullsReturn to Feed992166.70/cwt101.00–184.001,6546
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,221154.36/cwt153.00–155.001,88515

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.