Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-11-13

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Nov 13
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
1,756 head
▲ 813 vs last sale 943▲ 75 vs year ago 1,681 · +4.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand good on long weaned, vaccinated calves. Feeder steers across all weights were mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of 9.00 higher on steers over 650 lbs. Trade mixed on the feeder heifers, mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower with instances of steady to 2.00 higher on the lighter calves. The next available report will be Friday, November 20, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $139.44/cwt on 791 head.
Average price
$139.44
791 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$759
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$185
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1-2
$33.09/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544143.09779595
Large 1506135.006834thin
Medium and Large 1-2570129.77739150
Large 1-2540125.006754thin
Medium and Large 2439123.5154335
Medium 1-2540110.005943thin
One grade step is worth $33.09/cwt here — about $185 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 sale791 hd
139.44
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CO average5 barns · 5,089 hd
137.20
+2.23
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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1372192.47/cwt192.00–192.5071649
Steers—Medium 1392167.00/cwt167.00–167.006557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2400172.00/cwt172.00–172.006884
Steers—Medium and Large 1436181.48/cwt180.00–186.00791114
Steers—Medium and Large 1460172.89/cwt170.00–175.007957
Steers—Medium and Large 2470145.00/cwt145.00–145.006826
Steers—Medium 1476159.00/cwt159.00–159.007576
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489167.40/cwt167.00–167.5081914
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full509144.00/cwt144.00–144.007337
Steers—Medium and Large 1511165.87/cwt165.00–169.50848114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512154.00/cwt154.00–154.0078816
Steers—Medium 1Fleshy534122.00/cwt122.00–122.006515
Steers—Medium and Large 2538142.00/cwt142.00–142.0076418
Steers—Medium and Large 1563154.88/cwt152.00–164.00872120
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578145.42/cwt142.50–149.0084166
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621139.63/cwt136.00–143.0086711
Steers—Medium and Large 1623150.94/cwt146.00–159.5094054
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned637134.18/cwt134.00–135.0085522
Steers—Medium 1Unweaned666122.84/cwt120.00–126.0081817
Steers—Medium and Large 1667149.73/cwt141.00–155.0099969
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned672125.00/cwt125.00–125.008406
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy692131.00/cwt131.00–131.009075
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711133.50/cwt133.50–133.509496
Steers—Medium and Large 1771146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1264
Steers—Large 1935125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1693
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332153.00/cwt153.00–153.005083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342163.74/cwt157.00–169.0056029
Heifers—Medium and Large 2374125.00/cwt125.00–125.0046825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385159.43/cwt156.00–162.0061423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431150.90/cwt146.00–152.00650132
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461137.53/cwt134.00–139.0063410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474146.31/cwt145.50–148.00694159
Heifers—Large 1506135.00/cwt135.00–135.006834
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516133.29/cwt132.00–134.0068814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522138.22/cwt137.00–141.0072226
Heifers—Large 1-2540125.00/cwt125.00–125.006754
Heifers—Medium 1-2540110.00/cwt110.00–110.005943
Heifers—Medium and Large 2546121.00/cwt121.00–121.006618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565137.49/cwt136.00–139.0077754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573132.88/cwt128.00–135.5076163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full593122.00/cwt122.00–122.007234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned596120.00/cwt120.00–120.0071519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617125.00/cwt125.00–125.0077137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625140.20/cwt137.00–142.5087658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672137.60/cwt133.50–139.0092531
Heifers—Medium and Large 1788126.00/cwt126.00–126.009932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy840119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,00043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1864126.93/cwt123.00–128.001,09732
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,054115.34/cwt115.00–116.001,2166
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1665120.00/cwt120.00–120.007982

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.