Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-03-19

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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-03-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-19

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 19

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

368 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 316▲ 368 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

295 head

▲ 105 vs last sale 190▲ 295 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded mostly 4.50 to 7.50 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 7.00 higher. Feeding cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Bred cows did not have enough comparisons from last week to accurately trend. the next available report will be Thursday, March 26, 2020.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,541	82.34	1,269	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,750	64.24	1,124	53
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,446	63.43	917	205
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,169	55.88	653	87

Every lot

18 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,400	77.30/cwt	75.00–81.00	1,082	6
Bulls	—	—	1,711	88.39/cwt	86.50–90.00	1,512	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,130	63.19/cwt	62.00–68.00	714	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,152	57.68/cwt	52.00–61.00	664	53
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,248	45.07/cwt	40.00–51.00	562	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	69.88/cwt	67.50–75.50	936	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,466	62.45/cwt	58.00–67.00	916	158
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,514	55.14/cwt	50.00–57.50	835	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,675	69.52/cwt	69.00–70.00	1,164	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,753	64.03/cwt	60.00–67.00	1,122	51
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,207	775.35/cwt	750.00–810.00	9,358	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,235	914.52/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	11,294	70
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,294	1,095.29/cwt	1,025.00–1,175.00	14,173	34
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,339	1,375.77/cwt	1,275.00–1,425.00	18,422	22
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	745	54.13/cwt	52.50–61.00	403	15
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	994	64.71/cwt	63.00–67.00	643	82
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,201	67.33/cwt	66.00–72.00	809	20
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	1,348	65.74/cwt	60.50–67.00	886	8

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Mar 19, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Slaughter CattleReceipts 368Last week 316Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 295Last week 190Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,711	86.50–90.00	88.39
6	—	1,400	75.00–81.00	77.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,466	58.00–67.00	62.45
10	—	1,514	50.00–57.50	55.14
37	—	1,340	67.50–75.50	69.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,675	69.00–70.00	69.52
51	—	1,753	60.00–67.00	64.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,130	62.00–68.00	63.19
19	—	1,248	40.00–51.00	45.07
53	—	1,152	52.00–61.00	57.68

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	34	—	1,294	1,025.00–1,175.00	1,095.29
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	—	1,339	1,275.00–1,425.00	1,375.77
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	70	—	1,235	875.00–1,000.00	914.52
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,207	750.00–810.00	775.35

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,348	60.50–67.00	65.74
(<2 yrs)	Open	82	—	994	63.00–67.00	64.71

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	745	52.50–61.00	54.13

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	20	—	1,201	66.00–72.00	67.33

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.