Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2021-09-09

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Sep 9
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 32 vs last sale 154▲ 186 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
553 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 517▲ 136 vs year ago 417 · +32.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
40 head
▲ 34 vs last sale 6▼ 103 vs year ago 143 · −72.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows sold unevenly steady, while feeding cows traded 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 2.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady. There were no comparisons for replacement cattle and feeder cattle will be sold on Friday this week for the first feeder and yearling sale of the fall. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, September 16, 2021.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,70583.061,41640
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77275.991,34734
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45065.49950253
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15151.27590194
Dairy HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,375100.001,3752thin

Every lot

39 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 · Dairy Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 464660.00/cwt60.00–60.003884
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-468771.00/cwt71.00–71.004883
Dairy Heifers—Large 373586.50/cwt86.50–86.506361
Dairy Heifers—Large 378286.37/cwt84.00–88.5067525
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-379491.50/cwt91.50–91.507279
Dairy Heifers—Large 481863.00/cwt63.00–63.005152
Dairy Heifers—Large 384288.30/cwt88.00–88.507435
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-387392.69/cwt91.00–94.0080914
Dairy Heifers—Large 390088.00/cwt88.00–88.007924
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-393692.70/cwt92.50–93.008685
Dairy Heifers—Large 397093.00/cwt93.00–93.009021
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-399296.03/cwt93.50–96.5095323
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,01095.08/cwt93.00–95.509606
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,07493.57/cwt91.00–94.501,00515
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,13093.12/cwt93.00–93.501,0524
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,15384.00/cwt84.00–84.009692
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,17493.62/cwt92.50–95.001,0994
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,23293.75/cwt93.00–94.001,1554
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,25087.00/cwt87.00–87.001,0881
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,28295.65/cwt93.00–97.001,2263
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,08784.12/cwt82.00–85.009144
Bulls——1,70578.41/cwt71.00–84.501,33716
Bulls——1,82886.56/cwt85.00–94.001,58220
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed90869.50/cwt69.50–69.506316
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11751.55/cwt44.00–57.5057682
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17332.21/cwt22.50–42.5037842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20461.70/cwt59.00–67.0074364
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,36470.64/cwt67.00–76.5096454
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42946.35/cwt42.00–48.506623
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44481.93/cwt80.00–83.501,1837
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46560.01/cwt52.00–64.50879102
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48868.06/cwt65.00–75.001,01387
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62587.52/cwt87.00–89.001,4224
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72067.21/cwt62.00–70.001,1565
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80675.90/cwt72.00–80.001,37125
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Choice and Prime1,375100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3752
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3881,304.67/cwt1,250.00–1,325.0018,1098
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29351,025.00/cwt1,025.00–1,025.009,5844
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,360971.31/cwt800.00–1,050.0013,21018

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.