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Brush

Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-18

Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 18

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

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Slaughter Cattle receipts

203 head

▼ 143 vs last sale 346▼ 165 vs year ago 368 · −44.8%

Replacement Cattle receipts

144 head

▼ 530 vs last sale 674▼ 151 vs year ago 295 · −51.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: In slaughter cows, breakers traded 5.00 lower on a light test. Boner cows traded 3.50 higher and lean cows traded 2.75 higher. Slaughter bulls traded steady on a thin test. Feeding cows traded steady to 5.00 lower on a light test. Replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, March 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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,567	88.03	1,379	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,645	59.27	975	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,446	58.37	844	112
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,132	52.94	599	54

Every lot

16 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	1,003	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	923	2
Bulls	—	—	1,443	82.43/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,189	2
Bulls	—	—	1,911	88.85/cwt	88.00–90.00	1,698	4
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,092	43.62/cwt	35.00–49.50	476	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	55.90/cwt	50.00–59.50	640	41
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,410	57.56/cwt	52.50–58.50	812	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,420	50.38/cwt	43.00–55.50	715	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,449	59.33/cwt	56.00–67.00	860	100
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,790	60.32/cwt	59.50–64.00	1,080	13
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows6 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	982	59.69/cwt	50.00–63.00	586	13
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,010	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,010	1
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,020	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	714	1
Stock Cows	—	Large 2-3	1,141	84.25/cwt	80.00–86.50	961	92
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	1,226	75.86/cwt	75.00–79.00	930	4
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,424	62.92/cwt	58.50–83.50	896	17
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	1,185	669.53/cwt	625.00–775.00	7,934	9

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 Mar 18, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 203Last week 346Year ago 368

Replacement CattleReceipts 144Last week 674Year ago 295

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	17	—	1,424	58.50–83.50	62.92
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,020	70.00	70.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,010	100.00	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	92	—	1,141	80.00–86.50	84.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,226	75.00–79.00	75.86

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	13	—	982	50.00–63.00	59.69

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,185	625.00–775.00	669.53

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,443	80.00–84.50	82.43
4	—	1,911	88.00–90.00	88.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,003	92.00	92.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,420	43.00–55.50	50.38
100	—	1,449	56.00–67.00	59.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,092	35.00–49.50	43.62
41	—	1,145	50.00–59.50	55.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,410	52.50–58.50	57.56
13	—	1,790	59.50–64.00	60.32

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.