Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-10-16

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Oct 16
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
1,381 head
▲ 482 vs last sale 899▼ 175 vs year ago 1,556 · −11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Feeder steers under 450 lbs traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 450-500 lbs 6.00 lower, 500-750 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 higher and no test on steers over 750 lbs. Feeder heifers across all weights traded 1.00 to 5.00 higher. Today's run had several large packages of weaned, vaccinated calves. The next available report will be Friday, October 23, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.92/cwt on 621 head.
Average price
$157.92
621 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$293
per head · Large 1-2 over Large 1
$47.25/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.59
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2365175.0063912thin
Medium and Large 1540158.47855497
Medium and Large 1-2497156.75779100
Large 1729127.7593112thin
One grade step is worth $47.25/cwt here — about −$293 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 sale621 hd
157.92
—
CO average4 barns · 4,951 hd
147.33
+10.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

51 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) - Brush, CO
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2292197.50/cwt197.50–197.505778
Steers—Large 1-2365175.00/cwt175.00–175.0063912
Steers—Medium and Large 1371186.77/cwt180.00–200.0069338
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391178.00/cwt178.00–178.0069620
Steers—Medium and Large 1429176.01/cwt170.00–179.0075570
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2430165.04/cwt162.50–166.0071011
Steers—Medium and Large 1473169.39/cwt168.50–171.0080180
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474155.78/cwt153.00–158.0073817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509147.00/cwt147.00–147.007488
Steers—Medium and Large 1522158.14/cwt151.00–164.75825107
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full552140.25/cwt139.00–141.007748
Steers—Large 1552136.00/cwt136.00–136.007513
Steers—Medium and Large 1566151.59/cwt146.50–155.2585860
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2571142.27/cwt139.00–144.5081215
Steers—Medium and Large 1605144.83/cwt140.00–145.5087649
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2643132.79/cwt131.00–136.0085414
Steers—Medium and Large 1651141.56/cwt138.00–142.7592240
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2727128.84/cwt128.00–131.009377
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy750130.00/cwt130.00–130.0097514
Steers—Medium and Large 1777137.91/cwt133.00–139.501,07220
Steers—Large 1788125.00/cwt125.00–125.009859
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full887119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,0605
Steers—Medium and Large 1977119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,1686
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full313155.00/cwt155.00–155.004856
Heifers—Medium and Large 1314157.60/cwt157.00–158.0049510
Heifers—Large 3376103.00/cwt103.00–103.003877
Heifers—Medium and Large 2383136.00/cwt136.00–136.005217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1384158.76/cwt157.50–160.5061056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391146.00/cwt146.00–146.005715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full397145.00/cwt145.00–145.005766
Heifers—Medium and Large 2427120.00/cwt120.00–120.005123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430148.48/cwt147.00–149.0063844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473127.06/cwt125.00–131.0060130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481145.13/cwt140.50–150.00698131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515127.78/cwt124.00–131.5065811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523144.83/cwt139.50–145.5075751
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full539122.50/cwt122.50–122.506604
Heifers—Large 1539116.00/cwt116.00–116.006254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550141.10/cwt133.00–141.2577658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571127.25/cwt122.00–130.0072733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full572118.00/cwt118.00–118.006756
Heifers—Large 259298.00/cwt98.00–98.005803
Heifers—Medium and Large 1602133.00/cwt133.00–133.0080122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full658120.00/cwt120.00–120.007909
Heifers—Large 1684117.00/cwt117.00–117.008008
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720115.00/cwt115.00–115.008285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy799115.00/cwt115.00–115.009196
Heifers—Medium and Large 1969112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,0855
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy573112.50/cwt112.50–112.506454
Bulls—Medium and Large 1622121.84/cwt121.00–123.007587
Bulls—Medium and Large 1715100.00/cwt100.00–100.007156

This sale against other markets

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.