Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-08-20

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 20
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
221 head
▼ 34 vs last sale 255▲ 221 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
597 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 580▲ 597 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
215 head
▲ 76 vs last sale 139▲ 215 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 and bulls traded mostly steady. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Feeder and replacement cattle did not have enough comparable trades to accurately trend. The next available report will be Thursday, August 27, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.13/cwt on 64 head.
Average price
$143.13
64 head · 563 lb average
Value per head Derived
$806
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$51
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$21.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.77
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2512148.4476031
Medium and Large 1638143.9591822
Medium and Large 2560126.5070811thin
One grade step is worth $21.94/cwt here — about $51 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 sale64 hd
143.13
—
CO average2 barns · 187 hd
133.36
+9.77
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,71586.261,48053
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,70364.781,10342
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,41163.20891258
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15457.63665178

Every lot

39 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2301202.50/cwt202.50–202.506105
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2362180.80/cwt177.50–185.006549
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428174.09/cwt168.00–175.0074516
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530157.00/cwt157.00–157.008323
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2599151.00/cwt151.00–151.009044
Steers—Medium and Large 1623155.00/cwt155.00–155.009667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2848135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,1499
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331164.08/cwt160.00–170.005437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1403162.23/cwt160.00–163.006548
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2426151.00/cwt151.00–151.006435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2558147.00/cwt147.00–147.008209
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560126.50/cwt126.50–126.5070811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2640137.51/cwt137.00–138.0088010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729136.50/cwt136.50–136.509957
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0627
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,09586.47/cwt86.00–87.009472
Bulls——1,66483.02/cwt66.50–89.501,38137
Bulls——1,92594.02/cwt90.00–99.001,81013
Bulls——2,135105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,2421
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07469.57/cwt66.50–74.007474
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07853.23/cwt45.00–56.0057453
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17834.55/cwt27.50–43.004076
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19060.45/cwt57.00–66.00719115
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38465.84/cwt63.00–72.50911133
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39376.95/cwt73.00–80.001,0726
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44159.56/cwt52.00–62.50858119
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68665.67/cwt64.00–72.001,10733
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,76761.52/cwt59.50–62.001,0879
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Large 442553.14/cwt45.00–63.0022641
Stock Cows—Large 2-392885.48/cwt81.00–88.0079335
Stock Cows—Large 31,07173.85/cwt71.00–79.0079113
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,089119.47/cwt115.00–123.001,3016
Stock Cows—Large 2-31,12563.00/cwt63.00–63.007091
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,12773.24/cwt71.00–74.508253
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,28591.08/cwt89.00–99.001,17013
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,282884.84/cwt800.00–935.0011,34428
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,347931.94/cwt910.00–985.0012,5535
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4801,265.05/cwt1,135.00–1,350.0018,72311
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5231,451.28/cwt1,400.00–1,510.0022,10327

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.