Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-07-02

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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-07-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-07-02

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

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Jun 25Jul 2Jul 9 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

571 head

▲ 45 vs last sale 526▲ 571 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

207 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 219▲ 207 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. Slaughter cows traded 0.50 to 1.50 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 1.00 higher. Feeding cows and replacements traded mostly steady. Feeder cattle were too thinly tested to quote. The next available report will be Thursday, July 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	—	Low	1,764	92.42	1,630	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,782	60.92	1,086	69
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,438	59.57	856	314
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,152	53.50	616	133

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,551	83.03/cwt	80.00–85.50	1,288	5
Bulls	—	—	1,699	90.75/cwt	87.00–95.00	1,542	13
Bulls	—	—	2,083	103.86/cwt	98.50–108.50	2,163	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,105	52.10/cwt	45.00–56.50	576	51
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,142	66.60/cwt	65.50–68.50	761	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,160	35.01/cwt	22.50–43.00	406	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,193	59.54/cwt	57.00–63.50	710	57
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,424	58.58/cwt	50.00–61.50	834	154
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,437	63.79/cwt	62.00–70.00	917	134
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,468	73.81/cwt	73.00–74.50	1,084	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,526	41.16/cwt	22.50–49.00	628	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,761	58.06/cwt	53.00–62.50	1,022	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,813	65.10/cwt	63.00–69.00	1,180	28
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,227	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	13,497	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,436	1,070.67/cwt	1,000.00–1,150.00	15,375	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,688	1,303.74/cwt	1,225.00–1,335.00	22,007	45
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	633	72.28/cwt	70.00–73.00	458	14
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	739	57.91/cwt	50.00–67.50	428	24
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	974	86.49/cwt	81.00–88.00	842	7
Stock Cows	—	Large 2-3	974	80.37/cwt	78.00–89.00	783	77

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 Jul 2, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 571Last week 526Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 207Last week 219Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	45	—	1,688	1,225.00–1,335.00	1,303.74

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	10	—	1,436	1,000.00–1,150.00	1,070.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,227	1,100.00	1,100.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	77	—	974	78.00–89.00	80.37

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	14	—	633	70.00–73.00	72.28

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	24	—	739	50.00–67.50	57.91

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	7	—	974	81.00–88.00	86.49

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,551	80.00–85.50	83.03
6	—	2,083	98.50–108.50	103.86
13	—	1,699	87.00–95.00	90.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,468	73.00–74.50	73.81
24	—	1,526	22.50–49.00	41.16
134	—	1,437	62.00–70.00	63.79
154	—	1,424	50.00–61.50	58.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,193	57.00–63.50	59.54
51	—	1,105	45.00–56.50	52.10
19	—	1,160	22.50–43.00	35.01
6	—	1,142	65.50–68.50	66.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,761	53.00–62.50	58.06
28	—	1,813	63.00–69.00	65.10

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.