Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2024-03-28

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 28
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
160 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 313▼ 45 vs year ago 205 · −22.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
587 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 543▲ 123 vs year ago 464 · +26.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available on feeder steers and heifers due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Average dress weigh cows traded 6.00 to 8.00 higher, while average dress bulls traded steady. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $305.00/cwt on 3 head.
Average price
$305.00
3 head · 585 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,784
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−34.45
vs CO average
−5.26 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1585305.001,7843thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
305.00
—
CO average3 barns · 354 hd
339.45
−34.45
National average156 barns · 8,291 hd
310.26
−5.26
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—Average1,866152.472,84545
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,002140.902,82122
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,686137.722,32273
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,450130.551,893263
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,236114.891,420155

Every lot

43 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,7843
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,8873
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1898222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,9944
Steers1300–1350Medium and Large 11,310167.00/cwt167.00–167.002,1881
Steers1400–1450Medium and Large 11,435163.00/cwt163.00–163.002,3391
Steers1650–1700Medium and Large 11,655152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,5161
Feeder Cattle · Heifers5 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1532287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,5273
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1703242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,7054
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1845200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,6902
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,060180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,9081
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,148172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,9752
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3503170.00/cwt170.00–170.008559
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 3845161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,3601
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3857164.16/cwt157.50–169.001,4073
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2-3985174.50/cwt174.50–174.501,7191
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 2-31,015175.00/cwt174.50–175.501,7768
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 31,065162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,7251
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 2-31,077173.81/cwt173.00–175.501,87213
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 2-31,131174.71/cwt172.50–175.501,97610
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 2-31,188174.50/cwt174.50–174.502,0736
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 2-31,217173.99/cwt173.00–174.502,1179
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 31,245169.00/cwt169.00–169.002,1041
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,015130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3201
Bulls——Return to Feed1,240152.09/cwt143.00–168.001,8863
Bulls——1,643132.07/cwt121.00–140.002,1705
Bulls——1,954147.61/cwt142.50–154.502,88413
Bulls——1,983160.67/cwt156.00–164.503,18623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows16 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,063124.62/cwt118.00–135.001,3254
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13879.04/cwt57.50–91.0089916
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,194150.84/cwt137.00–167.501,8018
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,207128.29/cwt126.00–133.001,54828
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,241107.79/cwt100.00–111.001,33822
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,271118.60/cwt112.00–124.001,50785
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,357116.47/cwt113.00–119.001,58011
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,376135.39/cwt125.00–144.001,86343
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,463136.88/cwt133.00–145.002,00341
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,486127.86/cwt120.00–132.001,900158
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,495105.88/cwt105.00–107.001,5832
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,534144.49/cwt142.50–146.502,2164
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,554137.92/cwt137.50–138.002,1436
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,698126.07/cwt121.00–130.002,1413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,709137.83/cwt134.00–141.002,35660
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,002140.90/cwt137.00–142.002,82122

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.