Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-03-26

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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-26

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 26

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

686 head

▲ 318 vs last sale 368▲ 686 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

37 head

▼ 258 vs last sale 295▲ 37 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 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls steady to 6.00 higher. No comparable trades on stock cows. Bred cows and pairs too lightly tested to trend. The next available report will be Thursday, April 2, 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	1,658	92.70	1,537	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,729	67.19	1,162	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,416	64.70	916	241
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	61.32	735	188

Every lot

22 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 · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	903	110.42/cwt	110.00–111.00	997	7
Bulls	—	—	1,510	76.12/cwt	69.00–79.50	1,149	4
Bulls	—	—	1,714	89.72/cwt	82.50–95.50	1,538	36
Bulls	—	—	2,143	98.92/cwt	97.50–100.50	2,120	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,124	48.10/cwt	41.00–52.50	541	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,175	65.97/cwt	64.00–69.00	775	58
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,206	72.79/cwt	69.00–76.00	878	36
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,218	60.28/cwt	53.00–63.50	734	119
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,419	64.36/cwt	62.00–69.00	913	164
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	78.59/cwt	77.00–80.00	1,142	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,453	43.61/cwt	40.00–48.50	634	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,598	59.77/cwt	55.00–61.50	955	39
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,743	66.60/cwt	62.50–71.00	1,161	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,941	58.62/cwt	52.00–62.50	1,138	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,313	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	10,832	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	995	99.50/cwt	99.50–99.50	990	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,030	80.96/cwt	76.00–85.00	834	7
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,392	82.81/cwt	77.00–87.00	1,153	10
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	13,650	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,037	1,047.32/cwt	1,025.00–1,100.00	10,861	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	9,666	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,250	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	11,250	1

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 26, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 686Last week 368Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 37Last week 295Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,313	825.00	825.00

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	10	—	1,392	77.00–87.00	82.81
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,030	76.00–85.00	80.96

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	995	99.50	99.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,050	1,300.00	1,300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,250	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,045	925.00	925.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	1,037	1,025.00–1,100.00	1,047.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,218	53.00–63.50	60.28
58	—	1,175	64.00–69.00	65.97
11	—	1,124	41.00–52.50	48.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,743	62.50–71.00	66.60
4	—	1,941	52.00–62.50	58.62
4	—	1,453	77.00–80.00	78.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
164	—	1,419	62.00–69.00	64.36
39	—	1,598	55.00–61.50	59.77
36	—	1,206	69.00–76.00	72.79
2	—	1,453	40.00–48.50	43.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	903	110.00–111.00	110.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,714	82.50–95.50	89.72
8	—	2,143	97.50–100.50	98.92
4	—	1,510	69.00–79.50	76.12

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.