Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-02-18

Brush

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Feb 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Slaughter Cattle receipts
276 head
▼ 109 vs last sale 385▲ 276 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
99 head
▼ 434 vs last sale 533▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: In slaughter cows, Breakers traded 2.00 lower, Boners traded steady and Lean cows traded 1.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady on a thin test. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle were not tested this week. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday February 25, 2021.

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—High1,98896.091,91120
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71265.721,12546
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,44163.75918161
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15557.6966644

Every lot

19 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
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed92095.00/cwt95.00–95.008741
Bulls——1,98296.02/cwt92.00–99.001,90313
Bulls——2,08591.02/cwt90.50–91.501,8983
Bulls——2,275101.82/cwt101.50–102.002,3163
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14361.04/cwt55.00–64.5069836
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16647.68/cwt41.00–51.005566
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33027.46/cwt25.00–30.003652
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42664.79/cwt62.00–70.00924132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50859.01/cwt50.00–61.5089029
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68666.89/cwt63.00–74.501,12836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80761.49/cwt61.00–62.001,11110
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Small and Medium 470638.50/cwt38.50–38.5027212
Stock Cows—Large 490463.34/cwt61.00–67.5057310
Stock Cows—Large 395879.00/cwt79.00–79.007573
Stock Cows—Large 2-397382.01/cwt80.00–86.0079836
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,119107.21/cwt105.00–112.501,2006
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,14572.25/cwt71.00–81.0082711
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,25893.49/cwt88.00–101.501,1765
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,25966.71/cwt63.00–69.0084010

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.