Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-04-02

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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-04-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-02

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Apr 2

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Mar 26Apr 2Apr 9 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

435 head

▼ 251 vs last sale 686▲ 435 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

187 head

▲ 150 vs last sale 37▲ 187 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 10.00 to 13.00 lower while bulls traded steady. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparisons for an accurate trend. Trade activity and demand was moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, April 9, 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	1,641	82.35	1,351	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,721	50.77	874	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,479	46.50	688	134
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,220	44.62	545	250

Every lot

20 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	—	—	1,484	79.03/cwt	72.00–84.50	1,173	8
Bulls	—	—	1,955	88.99/cwt	85.50–93.00	1,740	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	937	53.23/cwt	53.00–54.00	499	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	984	16.28/cwt	12.50–20.00	160	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,210	46.72/cwt	40.00–52.00	565	195
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,323	37.71/cwt	25.00–43.00	499	45
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,345	52.95/cwt	50.00–60.00	712	35
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,527	44.22/cwt	38.00–49.00	675	99
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,698	56.23/cwt	52.00–59.00	955	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,744	45.32/cwt	42.00–49.50	790	14
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	1,020	45.81/cwt	43.50–50.00	467	15
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	1,046	52.11/cwt	50.00–55.00	545	46
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,107	84.18/cwt	81.00–87.00	932	6
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,392	53.19/cwt	50.00–71.00	740	46
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,188	940.39/cwt	935.00–975.00	11,172	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,203	693.32/cwt	610.00–785.00	8,341	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,255	1,177.71/cwt	1,100.00–1,260.00	14,780	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,308	1,003.81/cwt	985.00–1,035.00	13,130	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,264	878.59/cwt	635.00–975.00	11,105	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,432	1,142.40/cwt	1,050.00–1,200.00	16,359	23

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.

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Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Apr 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 435Last week 686Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 187Last week 37Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,210	40.00–52.00	46.72
45	—	1,323	25.00–43.00	37.71
5	—	937	53.00–54.00	53.23
5	—	984	12.50–20.00	16.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,527	38.00–49.00	44.22
35	—	1,345	50.00–60.00	52.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,698	52.00–59.00	56.23
14	—	1,744	42.00–49.50	45.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,955	85.50–93.00	88.99
8	—	1,484	72.00–84.50	79.03

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,107	81.00–87.00	84.18
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,392	50.00–71.00	53.19

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	46	—	1,046	50.00–55.00	52.11

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	15	—	1,020	43.50–50.00	45.81

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	1,188	935.00–975.00	940.39
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,203	610.00–785.00	693.32
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	—	1,308	985.00–1,035.00	1,003.81
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	—	1,255	1,100.00–1,260.00	1,177.71

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,264	635.00–975.00	878.59
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,432	1,050.00–1,200.00	1,142.40

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.