Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-07-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Dairy heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows were mostly steady to 1.00 lower, with the exception of Premium Whites that traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower on a very limited number. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Next available report will be Thursday, July 24th, 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	1,654	195.26	3,230	43
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,735	173.00	3,002	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	161.76	2,523	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,425	154.19	2,198	160
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,222	136.90	1,672	90

Every lot, as filed

39 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
Bulls	—	—	1,734	185.11/cwt	164.00–192.50	3,210	12
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,384	182.37/cwt	163.00–189.50	2,524	7
Bulls	—	—	1,848	199.33/cwt	193.50–205.50	3,684	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,366	163.15/cwt	149.00–181.00	2,229	47
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,505	87.50/cwt	87.50–87.50	1,317	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,563	162.50/cwt	158.50–167.00	2,540	29
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1050–1100	1,060	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,422	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,185	226.23/cwt	224.00–228.50	2,681	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,260	221.13/cwt	220.00–221.50	2,786	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1050–1100	1,079	226.34/cwt	225.00–227.00	2,442	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,126	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,567	7
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,216	223.68/cwt	222.00–224.50	2,720	14
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	600–650	645	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,516	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1000–1050	1,010	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,283	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	965	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,220	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,285	178.58/cwt	170.00–189.00	2,295	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	950–1000	995	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,214	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,085	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,387	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	850–900	893	229.50/cwt	229.50–229.50	2,049	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,026	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,360	29
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	1100–1150	1,128	225.25/cwt	223.00–227.00	2,541	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	163.19/cwt	157.00–174.00	1,984	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,020	106.83/cwt	85.00–116.00	1,090	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,100	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,475	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,525	140.72/cwt	137.00–143.00	2,146	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,162	148.66/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,727	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,337	124.89/cwt	120.00–131.00	1,670	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,117	151.56/cwt	139.00–174.00	1,693	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,265	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,720	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	2,508	3
Bulls	—	—	2,040	214.87/cwt	211.50–218.50	4,383	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	139.53/cwt	133.00–145.50	1,736	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,470	150.26/cwt	147.00–157.00	2,209	91
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,529	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,478	192.89/cwt	190.00–198.00	2,851	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	840	197.50/cwt	197.50–197.50	1,659	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,350	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	2,012	1
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,735	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	3,002	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,548	161.51/cwt	160.50–172.00	2,500	22

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.

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Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu Jul 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 209Last week 608Year ago 460

Slaughter CattleReceipts 371Last week 478Year ago 303

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,734	164.00–192.50	185.11
15	—	1,848	193.50–205.50	199.33
2	—	2,040	211.50–218.50	214.87
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,384	163.00–189.50	182.37
4	—	1,100	225.00	225.00
3	—	1,478	190.00–198.00	192.89
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,366	149.00–181.00	163.15
1	—	1,505	87.50	87.50
2	—	1,285	170.00–189.00	178.58
1	—	1,350	149.00	149.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,563	158.50–167.00	162.50
3	—	1,650	152.00	152.00
1	—	1,445	175.00	175.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,216	157.00–174.00	163.19
9	—	1,525	137.00–143.00	140.72
91	—	1,470	147.00–157.00	150.26
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,020	85.00–116.00	106.83
8	—	1,162	148.00–154.00	148.66
23	—	1,337	120.00–131.00	124.89
37	—	1,244	133.00–145.50	139.53
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,117	139.00–174.00	151.56
1	—	1,265	136.00	136.00
1	—	840	197.50	197.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,735	173.00	173.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,548	160.50–172.00	161.51

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	1000–1050	1,026	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,060	228.50	228.50
7	1100–1150	1,126	228.00	228.00
2	1150–1200	1,185	224.00–228.50	226.23
14	1200–1250	1,216	222.00–224.50	223.68
4	1250–1300	1,260	220.00–221.50	221.13
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	600–650	645	235.00	235.00
1	950–1000	965	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,010	226.00	226.00
3	1050–1100	1,079	225.00–227.00	226.34
4	1100–1150	1,128	223.00–227.00	225.25
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	893	229.50	229.50
1	950–1000	995	222.50	222.50
1	1050–1100	1,085	220.00	220.00

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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