Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-08-12

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 12
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
256 head
▲ 53 vs last sale 203▲ 1 vs year ago 255 · +0.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
461 head
▼ 123 vs last sale 584▼ 119 vs year ago 580 · −20.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 5.50 to 8.50 lower. Feeding cows traded 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 1.50 higher. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady. Feeder cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, August 19, 2021.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $131.54/cwt on 113 head.
Average price
$131.54
113 head · 902 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,187
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$27
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$12.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.96
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2700136.5095514thin
Medium and Large 1938131.201,23194
Medium and Large 2792124.009825thin
One grade step is worth $12.50/cwt here — about −$27 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 sale113 hd
131.54
—
CO average2 barns · 347 hd
143.50
−11.96
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—Average1,82393.821,71019
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,78168.391,21850
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,47563.76940242
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,19658.41699141

Every lot

40 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2538163.00/cwt163.00–163.008773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2705146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0292
Steers—Medium 1-2776144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,1216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2845145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2254
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2853140.50/cwt137.00–144.001,1986
Feeder Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2375167.50/cwt167.50–167.506282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610139.99/cwt138.00–141.008546
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2693138.00/cwt138.00–138.009562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2792124.00/cwt124.00–124.009825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1938131.20/cwt130.00–132.251,23194
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,001115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1514
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 440277.50/cwt77.50–77.5031210
Dairy Heifers—Large 458876.00/cwt76.00–76.004472
Dairy Heifers—Large 468573.00/cwt73.00–73.005004
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-477880.00/cwt80.00–80.0062210
Dairy Heifers—Large 386984.33/cwt84.00–85.007339
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-390595.50/cwt95.50–95.508641
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-395593.50/cwt93.50–93.508932
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,03595.69/cwt95.00–96.009908
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,07893.99/cwt93.50–95.001,0133
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,13395.27/cwt92.50–96.001,07913
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,16795.50/cwt95.50–95.501,1144
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,18384.00/cwt84.00–84.009942
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,21194.50/cwt94.50–94.501,1444
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,34790.00/cwt90.00–90.001,2123
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,36089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,2101
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,14580.00/cwt80.00–80.009161
Bulls——1,72588.98/cwt85.00–92.001,5357
Bulls——1,93497.48/cwt94.00–100.001,88510
Bulls——2,075105.00/cwt105.00–105.002,1791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15455.97/cwt46.00–59.5064655
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18137.94/cwt32.50–43.0044812
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,20369.37/cwt67.00–73.0083515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23762.06/cwt60.00–69.0076859
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,34071.47/cwt69.00–75.0095825
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43568.86/cwt66.00–75.0098875
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51760.21/cwt51.00–65.50913138
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,60142.66/cwt35.00–48.506834
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,77565.13/cwt57.50–72.001,15634
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,79375.31/cwt73.50–79.001,35016

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.