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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-10-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-08

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Oct 8

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

696 head

▲ 152 vs last sale 544▲ 696 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

355 head

▲ 195 vs last sale 160▲ 355 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 steady to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 2.50 lower. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, October 15, 2020.; Compared to last week: Slaughter cattle traded steady to 2.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 0.75 higher. Feeding cows traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparisons to fully trend, though a softer undertone was noted. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, October 8, 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	1,767	76.76	1,357	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,704	65.04	1,108	85
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,460	55.89	816	232
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,173	48.08	564	259

Every lot

26 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	1,336	72.60/cwt	69.50–76.00	970	9
Bulls	—	—	1,783	72.86/cwt	67.00–76.00	1,299	13
Bulls	—	—	1,921	80.26/cwt	77.00–86.00	1,542	22
Bulls	—	—	2,070	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,822	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,080	35.57/cwt	20.00–41.00	384	30
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,184	58.73/cwt	55.00–63.00	695	31
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,186	48.31/cwt	42.00–54.50	573	198
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,443	65.01/cwt	60.00–68.00	938	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,462	47.96/cwt	43.00–49.50	701	36
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,468	53.45/cwt	50.00–59.50	785	130
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,652	69.13/cwt	63.00–72.50	1,142	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,680	76.45/cwt	74.00–79.00	1,284	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,733	48.73/cwt	48.50–49.00	844	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,783	59.09/cwt	51.50–61.00	1,054	32
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	743	61.61/cwt	60.00–62.50	458	3
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	110.42/cwt	105.00–113.00	1,049	4
Stock Cows	—	Large 2-3	1,001	86.64/cwt	83.00–88.00	867	70
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,115	66.31/cwt	65.00–69.00	739	10
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,120	75.41/cwt	71.50–82.00	845	23
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,362	53.87/cwt	50.50–60.00	734	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,378	68.22/cwt	62.50–71.50	940	94
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	847	931.28/cwt	900.00–950.00	7,888	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,168	638.03/cwt	500.00–760.00	7,452	33
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,289	827.67/cwt	725.00–1,075.00	10,669	75
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,328	935.78/cwt	900.00–950.00	12,427	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,790	1,328.68/cwt	1,200.00–1,385.00	23,783	3

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 Oct 8, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 696Last week 544Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 355Last week 160Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	3	—	743	60.00–62.50	61.61

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	23	—	1,120	71.50–82.00	75.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	950	105.00–113.00	110.42
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,378	62.50–71.50	68.22
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	—	1,362	50.50–60.00	53.87

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,115	65.00–69.00	66.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	70	—	1,001	83.00–88.00	86.64

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	—	847	900.00–950.00	931.28

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)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	75	—	1,289	725.00–1,075.00	827.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	—	1,328	900.00–950.00	935.78
Aged (>8 yrs)	All Stages (1-9 mo)	33	—	1,168	500.00–760.00	638.03

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,790	1,200.00–1,385.00	1,328.68

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,680	74.00–79.00	76.45
49	—	1,652	63.00–72.50	69.13
32	—	1,783	51.50–61.00	59.09
2	—	1,733	48.50–49.00	48.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	1,186	42.00–54.50	48.31
30	—	1,080	20.00–41.00	35.57
31	—	1,184	55.00–63.00	58.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,468	50.00–59.50	53.45
36	—	1,462	43.00–49.50	47.96
66	—	1,443	60.00–68.00	65.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,921	77.00–86.00	80.26
13	—	1,783	67.00–76.00	72.86
1	—	2,070	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,336	69.50–76.00	72.60

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.