Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2023-12-28

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 28
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
112 head
325 vs last sale 437 435 vs year ago 547 · 79.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
283 head
113 vs last sale 396 571 vs year ago 854 · 66.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand this week was light. With a light test, average dress slaughter cows traded down 1.00 to 3.00, while bulls were too light to trend. Dairy heifers traded steady. To light of a run to trend feeder cattle. 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 $175.91/cwt on 18 head.
Average price
$175.91
18 head · 951 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,672
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$69
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1920179.841,65516thin
Medium and Large 1-21,193144.501,7242thin
One grade step is worth $35.34/cwt here — about −$69 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 sale18 hd
175.91
CO average1 barns · 18 hd
175.91
+0.00
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
BullsLow1,63494.331,5413thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,87797.391,8283thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,69290.381,5297thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,49488.641,324105
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,30075.36980151

Every lot, as filed

33 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 1585225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3164
HeifersMedium and Large 11,032164.78/cwt156.00–171.001,70112
SteersMedium 11,360158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,1491
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3845141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1914
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,346142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,91810
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,072144.67/cwt144.00–145.001,55112
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,409139.97/cwt139.50–141.001,97219
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,155143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,6572
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,280142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,8241
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,385141.75/cwt141.50–143.001,9636
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,531135.72/cwt135.00–137.002,07814
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,490136.00/cwt136.00–136.002,0261
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3966143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,3866
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,193144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,7242
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,315131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,7231
Dairy HeifersLarge 3676126.00/cwt126.00–126.008526
Dairy HeifersSmall 3-481581.00/cwt81.00–81.006601
SteersMedium and Large 11,185164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,9431
SteersMedium and Large 1883212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,8762
Bulls1,60391.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4592
Bulls1,695101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,7121
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,252101.94/cwt76.00–110.001,2763
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,33189.59/cwt88.50–95.001,19216
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,164129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5028
CowsLean 85-90%1,19940.54/cwt37.50–47.504866
CowsLean 85-90%1,27862.49/cwt56.00–67.507998
CowsBoner 80-85%1,53889.13/cwt89.00–89.501,3714
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,72491.69/cwt87.00–95.501,5816
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,50082.50/cwt82.50–82.501,2381
CowsLean 85-90%1,30777.09/cwt71.00–83.001,008134
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,87797.39/cwt96.50–99.001,8283
CowsBoner 80-85%1,42875.34/cwt72.50–77.001,0763
CowsBoner 80-85%1,56584.59/cwt76.00–88.001,32474

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.