Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-10-09

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Oct 9
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
899 head
▲ 123 vs last sale 776▲ 899 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good on steers, moderate on heifers. Today's run comprised of long weaned calves with multiple rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers under 400 lbs traded 2.00 to 6.00 lower and steers over 400 lbs were 1.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded 1.00 to 7.00 lower with no test on heifers weighing over 600 lbs. The next available report will be Friday, October 16, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $152.21/cwt on 495 head.
Average price
$152.21
495 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$827
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$172
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$34.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.89
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538157.10844355
Medium and Large 1-2558144.6780870
Medium and Large 2559137.3976858
Medium 1547123.0067312thin
One grade step is worth $34.10/cwt here — about $172 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 sale495 hd
152.21
—
CO average4 barns · 3,464 hd
149.31
+2.89
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

53 lots · USDA AMS · Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) - 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full256177.50/cwt177.50–177.504547
Steers—Medium and Large 1290195.00/cwt195.00–195.005667
Steers—Medium and Large 1328192.08/cwt190.00–194.0063031
Steers—Medium and Large 1395184.33/cwt182.00–185.0072831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396175.00/cwt175.00–175.006934
Steers—Medium and Large 1408174.48/cwt170.00–180.0071211
Steers—Medium and Large 1460175.04/cwt173.00–176.0080525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489159.00/cwt159.00–159.007788
Steers—Medium and Large 1506157.04/cwt151.00–165.2579579
Steers—Medium and Large 2532136.00/cwt136.00–136.007247
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535145.72/cwt145.00–147.0078032
Steers—Medium 1547123.00/cwt123.00–123.0067312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568137.00/cwt137.00–137.007782
Steers—Medium and Large 2Full568127.00/cwt127.00–127.0072113
Steers—Medium and Large 1581146.69/cwt145.00–147.0085226
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598142.00/cwt142.00–142.0084928
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned612139.00/cwt139.00–139.008516
Steers—Medium and Large 1618143.93/cwt138.50–147.5088943
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618136.73/cwt134.00–139.0084519
Steers—Medium and Large 2630133.00/cwt133.00–133.0083831
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full636132.00/cwt132.00–132.008404
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy661131.00/cwt131.00–131.0086610
Steers—Medium and Large 1676140.44/cwt140.00–143.0094933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2718124.00/cwt124.00–124.008905
Steers—Medium and Large 1719131.50/cwt131.50–131.5094512
Steers—Medium and Large 1860137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1786
Steers—Medium and Large 11,022117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1963
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2289152.50/cwt152.50–152.5044119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2314157.00/cwt157.00–157.004939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2388148.49/cwt141.00–151.0057628
Heifers—Medium 1-2415129.00/cwt129.00–129.005356
Heifers—Medium and Large 2418120.00/cwt120.00–120.005025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2428138.00/cwt138.00–138.005912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433148.04/cwt145.00–151.0064135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476140.58/cwt140.00–142.0066919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2484133.47/cwt133.00–136.0064637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516127.89/cwt126.00–131.0066013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526139.87/cwt138.00–142.0073621
Heifers—Medium 1526119.00/cwt119.00–119.006269
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2561125.53/cwt121.00–130.007046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562136.90/cwt135.00–137.5076925
Heifers—Medium and Large 2564111.00/cwt111.00–111.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618132.03/cwt130.00–133.5081612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full642126.00/cwt126.00–126.008093
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665131.00/cwt131.00–131.0087119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned666115.00/cwt115.00–115.007664
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750123.00/cwt123.00–123.009233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2842123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856124.13/cwt122.00–125.001,0637
Heifers—Medium and Large 11,038105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0905
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1525135.00/cwt135.00–135.007094
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers—Large 282890.00/cwt90.00–90.007457
Dairy Heifers—Large 294590.00/cwt90.00–90.008512

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.