Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-08-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Dairy heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows and slaughter bulls traded mostly 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Next available report will be Thursday, August 28, 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	—	Average	1,774	188.03	3,335	31
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,880	179.00	3,365	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,324	166.10	2,198	415
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,656	165.23	2,735	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,177	140.58	1,655	137

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	—	1,871	190.17/cwt	185.50–193.50	3,558	8
Bulls	—	—	2,073	199.32/cwt	195.50–204.50	4,132	5
Bulls	—	—	1,594	173.66/cwt	157.50–180.50	2,768	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,200	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,532	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,603	167.75/cwt	160.00–173.00	2,689	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,728	189.62/cwt	186.00–194.50	3,277	10
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	900–950	935	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,384	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	950–1000	985	245.61/cwt	244.00–246.00	2,419	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	800–850	845	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,104	5
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1000–1050	1,012	249.37/cwt	248.00–250.00	2,524	16
Dairy Heifers	Small 3	1000–1050	1,020	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,499	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	950–1000	970	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,551	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1100–1150	1,127	244.84/cwt	242.50–246.00	2,759	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,253	231.42/cwt	229.50–236.00	2,900	6
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1200–1250	1,215	237.70/cwt	235.00–240.00	2,888	15
Dairy Heifers	Large 2	1150–1200	1,181	240.19/cwt	238.50–243.50	2,837	52
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	650–700	665	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,736	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1000–1050	1,040	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,475	1
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	700–750	733	245.53/cwt	236.00–255.00	1,800	2
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	350–400	382	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,031	3
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	850–900	872	243.87/cwt	240.00–252.50	2,127	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 3	1050–1100	1,080	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	2,641	4
Dairy Heifers	Large 2-3	400–450	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,261	168.67/cwt	155.00–175.00	2,127	272
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,523	145.01/cwt	136.00–148.00	2,209	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,134	198.31/cwt	164.00–215.00	2,249	24
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,267	149.78/cwt	143.00–159.00	1,898	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,536	154.82/cwt	149.00–161.00	2,378	81
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	164.45/cwt	162.00–172.00	2,250	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,058	133.55/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,413	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	720	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	738	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,115	154.11/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,718	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,177	129.09/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,519	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,204	97.47/cwt	82.50–121.00	1,174	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,880	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	3,365	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,651	165.43/cwt	162.00–172.00	2,731	25
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,737	160.92/cwt	160.00–162.00	2,795	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,508	173.46/cwt	172.00–175.00	2,616	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,285	141.69/cwt	136.00–148.00	1,821	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,070	155.11/cwt	140.50–166.00	1,660	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,055	189.59/cwt	172.50–198.50	2,000	3

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 Aug 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 555Last week 711Year ago 97

Slaughter CattleReceipts 751Last week 541Year ago 419

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,871	185.50–193.50	190.17
5	—	2,073	195.50–204.50	199.32
5	—	1,594	157.50–180.50	173.66
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,200	211.00	211.00
2	—	1,603	160.00–173.00	167.75
10	—	1,728	186.00–194.50	189.62
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
272	—	1,261	155.00–175.00	168.67
24	—	1,134	164.00–215.00	198.31
6	—	1,267	143.00–159.00	149.78
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,523	136.00–148.00	145.01
81	—	1,536	149.00–161.00	154.82
11	—	1,368	162.00–172.00	164.45
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,058	125.00–135.00	133.55
1	—	720	102.50	102.50
23	—	1,070	140.50–166.00	155.11
3	—	1,055	172.50–198.50	189.59
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	151.00–160.00	154.11
17	—	1,177	125.00–135.00	129.09
4	—	1,204	82.50–121.00	97.47
60	—	1,285	136.00–148.00	141.69
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,880	179.00	179.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,651	162.00–172.00	165.43
5	—	1,737	160.00–162.00	160.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,508	172.00–175.00	173.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	410	300.00	300.00
1	650–700	665	261.00	261.00
1	900–950	935	255.00	255.00
5	950–1000	985	244.00–246.00	245.61
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	270.00	270.00
1	550–600	560	265.00	265.00
2	700–750	733	236.00–255.00	245.53
5	800–850	845	249.00	249.00
4	850–900	872	240.00–252.50	243.87
1	1000–1050	1,040	238.00	238.00
4	1050–1100	1,080	244.50	244.50
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	970	263.00	263.00
16	1000–1050	1,012	248.00–250.00	249.37
6	1100–1150	1,127	242.50–246.00	244.84
52	1150–1200	1,181	238.50–243.50	240.19
15	1200–1250	1,215	235.00–240.00	237.70
6	1250–1300	1,253	229.50–236.00	231.42
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	1000–1050	1,020	245.00	245.00

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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