Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-08-05

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 5
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
203 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 143▲ 149 vs year ago 54 · +275.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
584 head
▼ 15 vs last sale 599▲ 85 vs year ago 499 · +17.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls. Average dressing slaughter cows sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 1.00 higher. Feeding cows sold 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Dairy heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Trade activity light on moderate demand for feeder steers and heifers with no comparable trades from the prior week for a trend. The next available report will be Thursday, August 12, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.46/cwt on 28 head.
Average price
$148.46
28 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$922
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$85
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$0.59/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 1-2633148.5994122
Medium and Large 2578148.008556thin
One grade step is worth $0.59/cwt here — about $85 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 sale28 hd
148.46
—
CO average1 barns · 28 hd
148.46
+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—Low1,64993.771,54656
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,71183.391,42763
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,47575.101,108223
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21866.88815223

Every lot

46 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 · Steers3 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428172.55/cwt169.00–174.0073913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573159.00/cwt159.00–159.009113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2893136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2144
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2160185.00/cwt185.00–185.002961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432155.00/cwt155.00–155.006707
Heifers—Medium and Large 2578148.00/cwt148.00–148.008556
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2704147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,03812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2818138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,1293
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 451852.50/cwt52.50–52.502722
Dairy Heifers—Large 459257.51/cwt52.50–60.003405
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-476572.00/cwt72.00–72.005511
Dairy Heifers—Large 379885.00/cwt85.00–85.006782
Dairy Heifers—Large 381589.50/cwt89.00–90.007292
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-383593.00/cwt93.00–93.007774
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-388294.67/cwt94.50–95.508359
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-392695.50/cwt95.50–95.5088410
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-397694.47/cwt92.50–95.5092213
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,02995.82/cwt94.00–96.509868
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,08095.83/cwt95.00–97.001,03515
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-41,08570.50/cwt70.50–70.507651
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,11096.52/cwt96.00–97.001,07120
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,15895.87/cwt93.50–96.501,1108
Dairy Heifers—Medium and Large 2-31,18875.00/cwt75.00–75.0089114
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,21595.93/cwt94.00–97.001,16614
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,30494.50/cwt94.50–94.501,2328
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,39586.76/cwt81.50–88.001,2106
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Large 31,08570.00/cwt70.00–70.007602
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,15087.13/cwt80.00–90.001,00215
Bulls——Return to Feed1,27557.50/cwt57.50–57.507331
Bulls——1,71786.43/cwt77.50–90.501,4846
Bulls——1,84696.04/cwt92.00–103.001,77325
Bulls——1,929107.47/cwt104.00–112.502,0739
Slaughter Cattle · Cows14 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05240.40/cwt31.00–45.004257
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,08472.90/cwt70.00–77.5079010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14054.48/cwt49.00–60.0062114
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,14593.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0651
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21974.59/cwt72.00–88.5090914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23867.95/cwt61.00–71.50841178
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41182.95/cwt81.00–86.001,1707
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,44878.75/cwt73.00–87.001,1407
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47175.69/cwt70.00–80.001,113185
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55066.83/cwt54.00–69.001,03622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,56550.00/cwt50.00–50.007831
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57591.00/cwt91.00–91.001,4331
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70683.86/cwt77.00–86.501,43159
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,85271.51/cwt70.00–73.501,3243

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.