Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-06-17

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jun 17
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
187 head
▼ 206 vs last sale 393▼ 166 vs year ago 353 · −47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
527 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 586▼ 13 vs year ago 540 · −2.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 42▼ 190 vs year ago 209 · −90.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 4.50 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 1.25 lower. Feeding cows traded steady. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Feeder cattle and replacement cattle had no comparison from last week and were both very thinly tested this week. The next available report will be Thursday, June 24, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.83/cwt on 41 head.
Average price
$148.83
41 head · 634 lb average
Value per head Derived
$944
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$313
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2446150.006695thin
Medium and Large 1660148.6798236
One grade step is worth $1.33/cwt here — about −$313 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 sale41 hd
148.83
—
CO average1 barns · 41 hd
148.83
+0.00
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—Average1,78993.721,67724
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,75168.081,19246
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45365.66954252
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,16556.13654188

Every lot

35 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 · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446150.00/cwt150.00–150.006695
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616144.51/cwt143.00–147.0089011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy680150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,02325
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 352376.31/cwt75.00–77.003996
Dairy Heifers—Large 363379.00/cwt79.00–79.005006
Dairy Heifers—Small 474357.50/cwt57.50–57.504278
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-392886.50/cwt86.50–86.508032
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,02189.29/cwt88.50–90.5091228
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,08788.53/cwt86.50–89.5096219
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,11089.00/cwt89.00–89.009883
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,16888.00/cwt87.50–89.001,02818
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,19079.00/cwt79.00–79.009404
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,21288.32/cwt85.50–89.501,07011
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,27386.27/cwt84.50–88.001,0982
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,30488.71/cwt88.50–89.001,1577
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,03385.49/cwt85.00–86.008832
Bulls——1,57183.77/cwt80.00–89.501,3167
Bulls——1,91094.40/cwt90.00–99.501,80310
Bulls——2,156109.57/cwt103.50–118.002,3625
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97433.06/cwt21.00–44.0032216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04070.70/cwt70.00–72.507353
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17852.28/cwt45.00–57.5061670
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,18667.43/cwt63.00–71.5080023
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19160.53/cwt58.00–65.0072176
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,39471.68/cwt66.00–76.0099995
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42577.85/cwt77.00–78.501,1092
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48858.05/cwt50.00–62.5086472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49145.17/cwt42.00–48.006734
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49266.09/cwt63.00–75.0098679
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71170.70/cwt65.00–77.001,21034
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80583.50/cwt83.50–83.501,5071
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,87158.59/cwt51.00–64.001,09611
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4141,202.09/cwt1,100.00–1,250.0016,9985
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4501,413.99/cwt1,375.00–1,450.0020,5036
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,6691,375.00/cwt1,375.00–1,375.0022,9494

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.