Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2020-11-06

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Fri, Nov 6
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1906
Receipts
943 head
▲ 309 vs last sale 634▼ 1,185 vs year ago 2,128 · −55.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand good. Today's run comprised mostly of long weaned calves with multiple rounds of vaccinations. Feeder steers under 700 lbs traded mostly 5.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. Steers over 700 lbs too lightly tested to trend. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs traded 8.00 to 9.00 higher. Heifers over 600 lbs too lightly tested to trend. The next available report will be Friday, November 13, 2020.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.09/cwt on 436 head.
Average price
$158.09
436 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$852
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$336
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 2
$56.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.86
vs CO average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2294172.505078thin
Medium and Large 1547161.57884342
Medium and Large 1-2524152.8480053
Small and Medium 1-2434129.7556318thin
Medium 1645125.5080912thin
Large 2727116.008433thin
One grade step is worth $56.50/cwt here — about −$336 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 sale436 hd
158.09
—
CO average5 barns · 4,218 hd
149.23
+8.86
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

57 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2294172.50/cwt172.50–172.505078
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331187.50/cwt187.50–187.506216
Steers—Medium and Large 1366191.60/cwt184.00–200.0070133
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2375152.50/cwt152.50–152.505725
Steers—Medium and Large 1420176.36/cwt175.00–178.0074126
Steers—Small and Medium 1-2457121.00/cwt121.00–121.0055313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464162.00/cwt162.00–162.0075213
Steers—Medium and Large 1469175.26/cwt172.00–179.0082246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521155.11/cwt152.00–156.0080813
Steers—Medium and Large 1529164.05/cwt159.00–168.5086863
Steers—Medium and Large 1568155.59/cwt152.00–159.2588476
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570138.00/cwt138.00–138.0078710
Steers—Medium 1597133.00/cwt133.00–133.007946
Steers—Medium and Large 1631147.69/cwt142.00–151.5093256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2642135.00/cwt135.00–135.008675
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2675133.00/cwt133.00–133.008986
Steers—Medium and Large 1681140.80/cwt140.00–144.0095915
Steers—Medium 1693118.00/cwt118.00–118.008186
Steers—Medium and Large 1724140.21/cwt139.00–141.001,01520
Steers—Large 2727116.00/cwt116.00–116.008433
Steers—Medium and Large 1833137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,1414
Steers—Medium and Large 1900130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,1753
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2266335.00/cwt335.00–335.008918
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2334125.00/cwt125.00–125.0041811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2336148.24/cwt145.00–149.0049820
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2338225.00/cwt225.00–225.007616
Heifers—Small and Medium 1-2366225.00/cwt225.00–225.008248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1369162.50/cwt162.50–162.506007
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2399146.00/cwt146.00–146.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417149.61/cwt149.00–150.0062420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Full430130.00/cwt130.00–130.005594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440141.81/cwt140.00–145.0062411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1465146.26/cwt142.00–152.5068031
Heifers—Medium and Large 2477123.00/cwt123.00–123.005879
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491140.07/cwt140.00–141.0068828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516133.00/cwt133.00–133.006867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524142.07/cwt137.00–145.5074441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555140.50/cwt140.50–140.5078014
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Full570106.00/cwt106.00–106.006043
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573127.00/cwt127.00–127.007283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1607138.84/cwt129.00–141.0084357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full643121.00/cwt121.00–121.007784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy667116.00/cwt116.00–116.007746
Heifers—Medium and Large 2697121.00/cwt121.00–121.008433
Heifers—Medium and Large 2712120.00/cwt120.00–120.008543
Heifers—Medium and Large 2841115.00/cwt115.00–115.009675
Heifers—Medium and Large 2876117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,0254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open890126.50/cwt126.50–126.501,12618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2919118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open1,004117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-21,085108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,1722
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1398175.00/cwt175.00–175.006973
Bulls—Medium and Large 2520126.00/cwt126.00–126.006552
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2530142.50/cwt142.50–142.507558
Bulls—Medium and Large 2683119.00/cwt119.00–119.008133
Bulls—Medium and Large 2842111.00/cwt111.00–111.009358
Bulls—Medium and Large 2950105.00/cwt105.00–105.009983

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.