Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2024-01-18

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jan 18
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
120 head
0 vs last sale 120 30 vs year ago 150 · 20.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
400 head
277 vs last sale 677 174 vs year ago 226 · +77.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand this week was light. Average dress slaughter cows traded10.00 to 15.00 higher, while bulls traded 13.00 to 14.00 higher on a light test. Dairy heifers traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher on a light test. 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 $151.13/cwt on 4 head.
Average price
$151.13
4 head · 1,111 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,679
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$14.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
90.75
vs CO average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-21,108154.831,7163thin
Medium and Large 21,120140.001,5681thin
One grade step is worth $14.83/cwt here — about $148 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 sale4 hd
151.13
CO average5 barns · 4,013 hd
241.87
−90.75
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
BullsHigh1,961125.182,45512
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,678109.471,83712
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,613105.011,69455
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,420100.821,432184
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,22791.381,12197

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
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,263149.24/cwt140.50–151.501,8858
Dairy HeifersLarge 3732122.50/cwt122.50–122.508973
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,140154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,7611
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3960147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,4113
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,154148.71/cwt146.50–149.001,7169
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,130151.36/cwt149.50–151.501,71014
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,029149.14/cwt143.50–151.501,53529
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,250139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,7382
Dairy SteersLarge 3400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
Dairy HeifersLarge 3366147.50/cwt147.50–147.505404
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-3825148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,2211
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,175155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,8211
HeifersMedium and Large 21,120140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,5681
HeifersMedium and Large 1-21,010155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,5661
Dairy HeifersLarge 31,325142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,8883
Dairy HeifersLarge 2-31,083150.33/cwt147.50–151.001,62817
Bulls2,027129.79/cwt126.50–134.502,6317
Bulls1,869118.72/cwt112.50–121.002,2195
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,18098.42/cwt97.00–110.001,16122
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,410120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,6921
CowsBoner 80-85%Return to Feed1,244106.76/cwt100.00–127.501,32822
CowsLean 85-90%1,37061.52/cwt52.50–68.008438
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,612104.96/cwt101.00–106.501,69252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,28587.70/cwt86.00–89.001,1273
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,80599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7871
CowsLean 85-90%1,19199.50/cwt99.00–100.001,1857
CowsLean 85-90%1,31879.47/cwt75.00–85.501,0477
CowsBoner 80-85%1,51075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,1331
CowsBoner 80-85%1,478106.56/cwt105.00–107.501,57528
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,550109.44/cwt109.00–110.001,6962
CowsLean 85-90%1,21893.47/cwt88.00–98.001,13853
CowsBoner 80-85%1,44098.92/cwt94.00–103.501,424129
CowsPremium White 65-75%1,678109.47/cwt109.00–112.001,83712

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.