Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2022-01-20

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jan 20
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 135 vs last sale 191▲ 7 vs year ago 49 · +14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
454 head
▼ 389 vs last sale 843▼ 5 vs year ago 459 · −1.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
94 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 50▼ 201 vs year ago 295 · −68.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate on good demand. Dairy heifers sold unevenly steady. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Breds and pairs too thinly tested to trend. The next available report will be Thursday, January 27, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $109.50/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$109.50
3 head · 1,328 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,454
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−65.50
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 11,328109.501,4543thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
109.50
—
CO average6 barns · 6,849 hd
175.00
−65.50
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—Low1,86690.261,68414
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,77982.641,47014
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,51370.191,062220
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,28259.33760202

Every lot

52 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 · Steers1 lot · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 11,328109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,4543
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 450542.50/cwt42.50–42.502151
Dairy Heifers—Large 463057.50/cwt57.50–57.503621
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-467778.68/cwt78.00–80.005333
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-477578.50/cwt77.50–79.006083
Dairy Heifers—Large 479567.50/cwt67.50–67.505371
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3870107.01/cwt106.00–108.009312
Dairy Heifers—Large 3895100.00/cwt100.00–100.008951
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3927107.00/cwt107.00–107.009925
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3964104.32/cwt104.00–106.501,0068
Dairy Heifers—Large 3975101.00/cwt101.00–101.009851
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,021107.31/cwt104.50–108.501,09620
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,073106.76/cwt105.50–108.001,1462
Dairy Heifers—Large 31,105101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,1161
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,130104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,1811
Dairy Heifers—Large 21,200109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,3083
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,38084.33/cwt81.00–87.501,1642
Bulls——1,73490.82/cwt85.00–97.501,5757
Bulls——2,15578.12/cwt75.00–81.001,6832
Bulls——2,303100.98/cwt99.00–102.002,3263
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed87037.50/cwt37.50–37.503261
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,08260.14/cwt57.00–64.0065121
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20846.70/cwt42.50–49.5056413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22834.77/cwt30.00–40.004277
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29159.02/cwt50.00–65.00762120
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39760.29/cwt57.00–62.0084212
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,39868.55/cwt66.00–78.0095839
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,43270.64/cwt65.00–80.001,01282
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,45863.73/cwt63.50–64.009292
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,49080.28/cwt79.00–82.001,1962
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,54077.50/cwt77.50–77.501,1941
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54066.75/cwt62.50–74.001,02884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,66779.78/cwt75.00–85.001,33038
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69274.99/cwt74.00–76.001,2693
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,80384.73/cwt82.00–88.001,52811
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,0951,218.49/cwt1,150.00–1,300.0013,3422
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,3121,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0019,0245
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1901,350.00/cwt1,350.00–1,350.0016,0651
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,272812.51/cwt810.00–825.0010,3356
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2751,250.00/cwt1,250.00–1,250.0015,9386
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3971,069.57/cwt950.00–1,160.0014,94216
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,405975.00/cwt975.00–975.0013,6991
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,433925.00/cwt925.00–925.0013,2555
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,463984.98/cwt950.00–1,035.0014,4105
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,5581,086.08/cwt975.00–1,175.0016,9212
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,5741,175.00/cwt1,175.00–1,175.0018,4958
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,100850.00/cwt850.00–850.009,3501
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 299578.06/cwt72.00–83.007774
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,08687.62/cwt85.00–90.0095225
Stock Cows—Medium 11,14570.00/cwt70.00–70.008021
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,24586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0711
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,39069.41/cwt66.00–71.009653

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.