Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-04-08

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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2021-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-08

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

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Apr 1Apr 8Apr 15 →

Slaughter Cattle receipts

372 head

▼ 49 vs last sale 421▼ 43 vs year ago 415 · −10.4%

Replacement Cattle receipts

256 head

▲ 42 vs last sale 214▲ 92 vs year ago 164 · +56.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 3.50 to 5.50 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 5.50 higher. Feeding cows traded mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Trade activity and demand were good to very good. The next available report will be Thursday, April 15, 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	—	Average	1,757	98.53	1,731	53
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,695	71.38	1,210	67
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,472	66.65	981	142
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,144	60.56	693	81

Every lot

23 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	—	—	1,558	88.91/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,385	12
Bulls	—	—	1,732	98.39/cwt	94.00–104.00	1,704	32
Bulls	—	—	2,112	111.87/cwt	105.50–118.50	2,363	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,021	38.86/cwt	36.00–43.00	397	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,113	71.04/cwt	70.00–72.00	791	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,159	64.94/cwt	59.00–69.00	753	60
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,188	53.14/cwt	48.00–58.00	631	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,465	67.32/cwt	63.50–73.00	986	129
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,537	59.99/cwt	49.00–62.50	922	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,598	79.79/cwt	77.00–82.50	1,275	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,695	71.15/cwt	66.00–76.50	1,206	58
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,809	64.25/cwt	61.00–65.50	1,162	4
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,515	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	18,180	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,600	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	20,000	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,223	1,550.00/cwt	1,550.00–1,550.00	18,957	2
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows	—	Large 3	739	78.74/cwt	75.00–82.50	582	7
Stock Cows	—	Large 4	768	66.51/cwt	63.00–71.00	511	5
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	898	118.31/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,062	12
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	105.54/cwt	102.00–108.00	1,092	18
Stock Cows	—	Large 2-3	1,123	91.90/cwt	87.50–94.50	1,032	55
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,243	87.41/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,087	19
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,346	76.72/cwt	73.00–85.00	1,033	35
Stock Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,378	69.88/cwt	66.00–72.00	963	78

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 Apr 8, 2021

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

Slaughter CattleReceipts 372Last week 421Year ago 415

Replacement CattleReceipts 256Last week 214Year ago 164

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,113	70.00–72.00	71.04
9	—	1,188	48.00–58.00	53.14
10	—	1,021	36.00–43.00	38.86
60	—	1,159	59.00–69.00	64.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,695	66.00–76.50	71.15
4	—	1,809	61.00–65.50	64.25
5	—	1,598	77.00–82.50	79.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,465	63.50–73.00	67.32
13	—	1,537	49.00–62.50	59.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,732	94.00–104.00	98.39
12	—	1,558	85.00–93.00	88.91
9	—	2,112	105.50–118.50	111.87

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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	2	—	1,515	1,200.00	1,200.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,600	1,250.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,223	1,550.00	1,550.00

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	35	—	1,346	73.00–85.00	76.72
(<2 yrs)	Open	18	—	1,035	102.00–108.00	105.54
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	78	—	1,378	66.00–72.00	69.88

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	5	—	768	63.00–71.00	66.51

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	55	—	1,123	87.50–94.50	91.90

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	7	—	739	75.00–82.50	78.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	—	1,243	86.00–96.00	87.41
(<2 yrs)	Open	12	—	898	116.00–127.00	118.31

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.