Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2022-07-28

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Jul 28
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
167 head
▼ 73 vs last sale 240▲ 24 vs year ago 143 · +16.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
518 head
▼ 317 vs last sale 835▼ 81 vs year ago 599 · −13.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
6 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 23▼ 1 vs year ago 7 · −14.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate. Slaughter cows traded steady to 1.00 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 1.50 higher. Feeding cows traded steady to 1.50 higher and dairy heifers traded mostly steady. The next available report will be Thursday, August 4, 2022.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.91/cwt on 9 head.
Average price
$144.91
9 head · 721 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,045
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−26.15
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1-2721144.911,0459thin
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 sale9 hd
144.91
—
CO average2 barns · 645 hd
171.06
−26.15
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—High1,708100.671,71936
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,72183.101,43057
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,48375.651,122251
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16967.93794152

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,044$1,5254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,455$1,2251thin

Every lot

38 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—Large 1-2805141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,1354
Feeder Cattle · Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Heifers—Large 1-2721144.91/cwt144.00–146.001,0459
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 447461.00/cwt61.00–61.002895
Dairy Heifers—Large 470567.50/cwt67.50–67.504762
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-472081.00/cwt81.00–81.005834
Dairy Heifers—Large 478075.00/cwt75.00–75.005851
Dairy Heifers—Large 381296.00/cwt96.00–96.007803
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3887112.00/cwt112.00–112.009937
Dairy Heifers—Large 3937101.00/cwt101.00–101.009463
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-3985111.35/cwt110.00–112.001,0973
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,030114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,17410
Dairy Heifers—Large 3-41,03581.00/cwt81.00–81.008381
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,067114.00/cwt113.50–114.501,21616
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,111113.17/cwt111.00–114.001,25724
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,179113.20/cwt113.00–114.001,33520
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,230113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,39011
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,263106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3392
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,320109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,4392
Dairy Heifers—Large 2-31,380111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,5321
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed975120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1701
Bulls——1,48589.07/cwt61.00–99.001,32315
Bulls——1,864105.52/cwt101.50–110.001,96714
Bulls——2,023115.16/cwt112.00–119.502,3306
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11564.11/cwt55.00–67.5071517
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15440.63/cwt25.00–51.0046919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17372.00/cwt68.00–79.0084587
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,19875.85/cwt70.00–80.0090929
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,36678.03/cwt73.00–79.001,0669
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,41286.83/cwt81.00–90.001,22614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44392.06/cwt89.00–95.001,3282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45846.35/cwt32.50–59.0067614
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48871.93/cwt61.00–75.501,07094
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49980.31/cwt76.00–87.001,204118
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68986.57/cwt83.00–93.001,46236
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75177.87/cwt73.00–81.001,36420
Cows—Breaker 75-80%2,24562.50/cwt62.50–62.501,4031
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0441,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5254
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4551,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251

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.