Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-06-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady. Average dress slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 1.00 higher with the exception being Premium Whites that traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher with limited numbers. Average dress slaughter bulls traded mostly steady. Next available report will be Thursday, June 26, 2025.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,591	199.28	3,170	35
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	High	1,623	169.00	2,743	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,673	160.60	2,686	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,381	156.69	2,163	189
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,189	135.17	1,607	93

Every lot, as filed

58 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	600–650	632	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,409	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	650–700	655	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,588	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,074	218.57/cwt	217.00–219.00	2,347	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,035	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,236	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1250–1300	1,275	208.25/cwt	208.00–211.00	2,655	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	600–650	603	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,628	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1350–1400	1,363	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	2,699	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1300–1350	1,315	200.33/cwt	199.00–201.00	2,634	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	960	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,088	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	850–900	875	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,925	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,075	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,311	1
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Large 2	750–800	764	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,929	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	900–950	907	219.64/cwt	218.50–220.50	1,992	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1200–1250	1,224	212.63/cwt	211.00–215.00	2,603	30
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1250–1300	1,250	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	2,538	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,170	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,410	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	745	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	1,583	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	750–800	788	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,734	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	971	219.83/cwt	219.00–220.00	2,135	6
Dairy Heifers	Small 2-3	1100–1150	1,130	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,921	1
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	1050–1100	1,055	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,662	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	700–750	716	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,582	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	800–850	813	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,789	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,037	91.98/cwt	82.50–102.50	954	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,081	145.53/cwt	139.00–155.00	1,573	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,462	145.34/cwt	141.00–151.00	2,125	49
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,520	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,393	178.24/cwt	165.00–185.00	2,483	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,088	227.36/cwt	225.00–228.00	2,474	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,514	136.08/cwt	131.00–138.00	2,060	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,328	141.14/cwt	136.00–146.00	1,874	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,160	196.00/cwt	175.00–221.00	2,274	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,335	163.99/cwt	149.00–173.00	2,189	77
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,555	167.62/cwt	162.50–169.00	2,606	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,330	162.85/cwt	152.00–177.50	2,166	24
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,635	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	2,771	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,621	168.90/cwt	166.00–173.00	2,738	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,338	194.62/cwt	193.00–196.00	2,604	3
Bulls	—	—	1,704	183.08/cwt	176.00–186.00	3,120	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,880	138.79/cwt	135.00–142.50	2,609	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,533	168.30/cwt	165.00–169.50	2,580	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,361	121.14/cwt	118.00–128.00	1,649	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,224	134.26/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,643	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	990	133.44/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,321	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,013	178.85/cwt	169.00–190.00	1,812	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	148.25/cwt	143.00–152.00	1,745	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,786	155.32/cwt	154.00–161.00	2,774	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 3Thin Fleshed	750–800	763	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,602	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	200–250	237	471.17/head	425.00–485.00	471	21
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	250–300	285	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	750–800	790	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,718	1
Bulls	—	—	2,156	211.14/cwt	206.50–214.50	4,552	4
Bulls	—	—	1,853	191.62/cwt	187.50–199.50	3,551	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,275	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,754	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,100	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,398	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,042	218.50/cwt	218.00–219.00	2,277	12
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,170	215.71/cwt	215.00–217.00	2,524	37
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	450–500	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1

How this sale compares

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.

Colorado feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Jun 19, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Greeley, CO (LS-GL)

Feeder CattleReceipts 378Last week 278Year ago 228

Slaughter CattleReceipts 398Last week 496Year ago 509

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
21	200–250	237	425.00–485.00	471.17
1	250–300	285	500.00	500.00
1	450–500	475	260.00	260.00
5	600–650	632	223.00	223.00
1	700–750	745	212.50	212.50
1	750–800	790	217.50	217.50
1	1150–1200	1,170	206.00	206.00
1	1250–1300	1,250	203.00	203.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	603	270.00	270.00
2	650–700	655	242.50	242.50
7	900–950	907	218.50–220.50	219.64
6	950–1000	971	219.00–220.00	219.83
12	1000–1050	1,042	218.00–219.00	218.50
14	1050–1100	1,074	217.00–219.00	218.57
1	1100–1150	1,100	218.00	218.00
37	1150–1200	1,170	215.00–217.00	215.71
1	1250–1300	1,275	216.00	216.00
3	1300–1350	1,315	199.00–201.00	200.33
2	1350–1400	1,363	198.00	198.00
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	716	221.00	221.00
6	750–800	788	220.00	220.00
2	800–850	813	220.00	220.00
1	850–900	875	220.00	220.00
1	950–1000	960	217.50	217.50
1	1000–1050	1,035	216.00	216.00
1	1050–1100	1,075	215.00	215.00
30	1200–1250	1,224	211.00–215.00	212.63
12	1250–1300	1,275	208.00–211.00	208.25
Dairy Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1100–1150	1,130	170.00	170.00
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1050–1100	1,055	157.50	157.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 3 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	763	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	764	252.50	252.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,037	82.50–102.50	91.98
16	—	1,361	118.00–128.00	121.14
34	—	1,224	130.00–140.00	134.26
13	—	1,177	143.00–152.00	148.25
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,081	139.00–155.00	145.53
2	—	990	132.00–135.00	133.44
2	—	1,013	169.00–190.00	178.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,462	141.00–151.00	145.34
1	—	1,310	116.00	116.00
25	—	1,514	131.00–138.00	136.08
24	—	1,330	152.00–177.50	162.85
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,328	136.00–146.00	141.14
11	—	1,160	175.00–221.00	196.00
77	—	1,335	149.00–173.00	163.99
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,555	162.50–169.00	167.62
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,635	169.50	169.50
5	—	1,621	166.00–173.00	168.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	135.00–142.50	138.79
5	—	1,533	165.00–169.50	168.30
15	—	1,786	154.00–161.00	155.32
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,393	165.00–185.00	178.24
8	—	1,088	225.00–228.00	227.36
3	—	1,338	193.00–196.00	194.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,704	176.00–186.00	183.08
4	—	2,156	206.50–214.50	211.14
10	—	1,853	187.50–199.50	191.62

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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