Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-04-22

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Apr 22
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
319 head
▲ 140 vs last sale 179▲ 11 vs year ago 308 · +3.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
563 head
▲ 168 vs last sale 395▼ 48 vs year ago 611 · −7.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
358 head
▼ 50 vs last sale 408▼ 21 vs year ago 379 · −5.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady. Slaughter bulls traded 1.25 lower. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Replacement cattle and feeder cattle had no comparisons to accurately trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, April 29, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.45/cwt on 120 head.
Average price
$132.45
120 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$911
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$24
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$7.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.23
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1675137.2792643
Medium and Large 1-2695129.7690277
One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about $24 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale120 hd
132.45
—
CO average3 barns · 849 hd
143.68
−11.23
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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—Low1,70289.401,52251
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,68967.261,13692
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,51262.62947227
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09456.10614158

Every lot

44 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1424186.00/cwt186.00–186.007895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2435181.00/cwt181.00–181.0078716
Steers—Medium and Large 1536174.34/cwt174.00–176.0093417
Steers—Medium and Large 1550169.00/cwt169.00–169.0093010
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607150.00/cwt150.00–150.009119
Steers—Medium and Large 1625158.50/cwt158.50–158.5099120
Steers—Medium and Large 1657162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,0648
Steers—Medium and Large 1717148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,0617
Steers—Medium 1-2792117.50/cwt117.50–117.509316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831122.67/cwt121.50–125.001,0199
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437156.00/cwt156.00–156.0068215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526155.50/cwt155.50–155.5081815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555148.00/cwt148.00–148.008216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2649131.00/cwt131.00–131.0085010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678130.48/cwt130.00–133.0088512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy721126.00/cwt126.00–126.009087
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741124.50/cwt124.50–124.509237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2756119.50/cwt119.50–119.509037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy765118.00/cwt118.00–118.0090310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,02015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2856118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,01010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2947118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1176
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,17490.40/cwt85.00–100.001,0617
Bulls——Return to Feed1,23082.00/cwt82.00–82.001,0091
Bulls——1,74184.94/cwt78.00–89.501,47925
Bulls——1,860109.00/cwt109.00–109.002,0271
Bulls——1,88294.82/cwt90.00–98.501,78517
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96148.98/cwt43.00–55.0047159
Cows—Lean 85-90%97571.50/cwt71.50–71.506971
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17560.23/cwt56.00–66.5070898
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47040.80/cwt36.00–44.506002
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50764.72/cwt62.00–73.50975132
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51960.11/cwt55.00–61.5091393
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64070.28/cwt64.50–76.501,15359
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,77761.87/cwt61.00–64.001,09933
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows8 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Large 379582.50/cwt82.50–82.506561
Stock Cows—Large 495061.00/cwt61.00–61.005803
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,038107.33/cwt102.50–110.001,1147
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,03896.23/cwt95.00–97.509993
Stock Cows—Large 2-31,10390.58/cwt85.00–92.00999116
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 11,22592.68/cwt87.50–98.001,1353
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,38068.09/cwt62.00–73.50940187
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,38175.23/cwt73.50–82.501,03919
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3181,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0018,12311

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.