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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2020-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-12-03

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Dec 3

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Nov 19Dec 3Dec 10 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

682 head

▼ 60 vs last sale 742▲ 682 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

516 head

▼ 42 vs last sale 558▲ 516 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale: Slaughter cows traded steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 3.50 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Replacement cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, December 10, 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	1,755	74.07	1,300	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,675	58.52	980	96
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,461	52.22	763	214
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,164	40.78	475	169

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 · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,203	72.02/cwt	71.00–73.00	866	2
Bulls	—	—	1,627	70.01/cwt	57.50–75.50	1,139	20
Bulls	—	—	2,059	81.18/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,671	12
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	59.05/cwt	55.00–61.00	644	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	38.24/cwt	32.00–50.00	433	62
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,181	45.61/cwt	42.00–52.50	539	86
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	23.41/cwt	17.50–31.00	280	18
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,434	46.19/cwt	39.00–52.00	662	109
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,478	33.29/cwt	30.00–38.00	492	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,489	58.64/cwt	53.00–62.50	873	94
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,496	65.98/cwt	64.00–69.00	987	8
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,631	60.48/cwt	54.00–64.00	986	43
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,693	48.46/cwt	44.00–52.50	820	28
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,727	67.88/cwt	65.00–70.50	1,172	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,855	31.00/cwt	31.00–31.00	575	1
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows7 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	982	64.61/cwt	60.00–68.00	634	5
Stock Cows	—	Large 2-3	1,045	81.94/cwt	80.00–83.00	856	95
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,099	89.48/cwt	82.00–98.00	983	9
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,106	66.31/cwt	62.00–77.00	733	94
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	1,191	75.90/cwt	71.00–79.50	904	33
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,240	47.37/cwt	44.00–50.00	587	27
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,357	57.00/cwt	51.00–61.50	773	143
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,365	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	13,991	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,833	1,232.25/cwt	1,200.00–1,260.00	22,587	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,143	689.20/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,878	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,290	849.93/cwt	800.00–910.00	10,964	10

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 Dec 3, 2020

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 682Last week 742Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 516Last week 558Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,198	17.50–31.00	23.41
3	—	1,090	55.00–61.00	59.05
62	—	1,133	32.00–50.00	38.24
86	—	1,181	42.00–52.50	45.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	31.00	31.00
28	—	1,693	44.00–52.50	48.46
43	—	1,631	54.00–64.00	60.48
24	—	1,727	65.00–70.50	67.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,496	64.00–69.00	65.98
109	—	1,434	39.00–52.00	46.19
94	—	1,489	53.00–62.50	58.64
3	—	1,478	30.00–38.00	33.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,627	57.50–75.50	70.01
12	—	2,059	77.50–85.00	81.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,203	71.00–73.00	72.02

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	143	—	1,357	51.00–61.50	57.00
(<2 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,099	82.00–98.00	89.48
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	27	—	1,240	44.00–50.00	47.37
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	94	—	1,106	62.00–77.00	66.31

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	33	—	1,191	71.00–79.50	75.90

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	982	60.00–68.00	64.61

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	95	—	1,045	80.00–83.00	81.94

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	1	—	1,365	1,025.00	1,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,833	1,200.00–1,260.00	1,232.25

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,143	600.00–750.00	689.20
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	—	1,290	800.00–910.00	849.93

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.