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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2026-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-22

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Oct 22

● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← Oct 15Oct 22Oct 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

390 head

▲ 294 vs last sale 96▲ 390 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

755 head

▲ 345 vs last sale 410▲ 755 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Dairy heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 6.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows and bulls traded slightly lower, 1.00 to 3.00. This sale included a large number of fed cows. Next available report will be Thursday, Oct 29, 2026.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 800–900 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

800–900 lb heifers averaged $261.50/cwt on 2 head.

Average price

$261.50

2 head · 848 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,216

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$23.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−25.58

vs CO average

−58.55 vs national

What quality paid 800–900 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	815	273.00	2,225	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	880	250.00	2,200	1thin

One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about $25 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 800–900 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2 hd

261.50

—

CO average5 barns · 107 hd

287.08

−25.58

National average111 barns · 5,011 hd

320.05

−58.55

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

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	1,723	170.21	2,932	42
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,806	142.02	2,564	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,686	139.06	2,344	61
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,371	135.84	1,863	374
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,231	116.66	1,436	173

Every lot, as filed

72 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,225	1
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	880	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,200	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	931	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,118	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,631	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	995	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,289	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1-2	1,038	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,502	2
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 2	1,050	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,415	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,065	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,705	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,130	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,656	1
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,175	235.99/cwt	235.00–237.00	2,773	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Large 3-4	225	244.50/cwt	244.50–244.50	550	5
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	410	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,148	2
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2	445	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,291	5
Dairy Heifers	500–550	Large 3	510	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,301	1
Dairy Heifers	550–600	Large 3	581	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,467	4
Dairy Heifers	600–650	Large 3	615	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,538	1
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Large 2-3	693	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	1,830	6
Dairy Heifers	650–700	Large 3	696	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,757	9
Dairy Heifers	700–750	Large 3-4Thin Fleshed	730	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,606	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2	775	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,038	10
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2-3	777	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,927	3
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 3-4Thin Fleshed	780	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,638	2
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 3-4	820	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,886	1
Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 2-3	890	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,207	2
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 2	912	249.80/cwt	249.00–250.00	2,278	5
Dairy Heifers	900–950	Large 3	936	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,209	11
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2-3	965	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,220	1
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 2	975	249.33/cwt	249.00–250.00	2,431	6
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 2-3	980	242.99/cwt	241.00–245.00	2,381	2
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 2-3	1,033	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	2,474	3
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 2	1,039	243.55/cwt	243.00–246.00	2,530	11
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 3-4	1,040	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,080	1
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,071	243.90/cwt	243.00–246.00	2,612	21
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2-3	1,075	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,548	2
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 3	1,090	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,453	1
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 2	1,118	239.66/cwt	238.00–242.00	2,679	21
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 2-3	1,135	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,690	1
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 2	1,160	236.36/cwt	235.00–236.50	2,742	18
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 2-3	1,195	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	2,760	1
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2	1,214	231.44/cwt	228.50–235.00	2,810	39
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 3	1,230	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,460	1
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2-3	1,234	223.78/cwt	219.00–225.00	2,761	15
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 2	1,254	224.86/cwt	220.00–226.00	2,820	7
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 3	1,288	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,318	2
Dairy Heifers	1300–1350	Large 2-3	1,334	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	2,268	9
Dairy Heifers	1350–1400	Large 2-3	1,381	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	2,210	3
Dairy Heifers	1400–1450	Large 2-3	1,409	154.39/cwt	151.00–160.00	2,175	8
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,431	170.27/cwt	165.00–176.00	2,437	5
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,438	163.65/cwt	159.00–171.00	2,353	3
Bulls	—	—	1,757	170.31/cwt	165.00–174.00	2,992	23
Bulls	—	—	1,814	160.89/cwt	160.00–162.50	2,919	4
Bulls	—	—	1,887	178.00/cwt	176.50–181.50	3,359	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows20 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	985	175.38/cwt	148.00–187.50	1,727	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,097	97.64/cwt	90.00–103.00	1,071	16
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,119	122.16/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,367	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,119	112.62/cwt	102.00–117.00	1,260	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,130	190.64/cwt	175.00–222.50	2,154	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,178	125.09/cwt	119.00–142.00	1,474	35
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,205	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	554	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,288	124.59/cwt	105.00–133.00	1,605	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,289	138.34/cwt	130.00–149.00	1,783	9
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,342	141.74/cwt	134.00–169.00	1,902	217
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,352	110.67/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,496	82
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,406	119.82/cwt	117.00–128.00	1,685	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,455	87.47/cwt	85.00–90.00	1,273	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,582	111.95/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,771	64
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,583	135.66/cwt	133.00–137.00	2,147	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,674	137.45/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,301	22
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,694	140.90/cwt	139.00–143.50	2,387	35
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,800	142.11/cwt	141.00–144.00	2,558	33
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,975	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,370	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,990	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	2,766	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 Oct 22, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 390Last week 96Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 755Last week 410Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,757	165.00–174.00	170.31
7	—	1,887	176.50–181.50	178.00
4	—	1,814	160.00–162.50	160.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,431	165.00–176.00	170.27
3	—	1,438	159.00–171.00	163.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,406	117.00–128.00	119.82
2	—	1,455	85.00–90.00	87.47
64	—	1,582	107.00–116.00	111.95
9	—	1,289	130.00–149.00	138.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,694	139.00–143.50	140.90
3	—	1,583	133.00–137.00	135.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,119	120.00–123.00	122.16
16	—	1,097	90.00–103.00	97.64
1	—	1,205	46.00	46.00
82	—	1,352	104.00–115.00	110.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,674	130.00–140.00	137.45
1	—	1,975	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,178	119.00–142.00	125.09
24	—	1,119	102.00–117.00	112.62
11	—	985	148.00–187.50	175.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,800	141.00–144.00	142.11
1	—	1,990	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	1,342	134.00–169.00	141.74
31	—	1,288	105.00–133.00	124.59
21	—	1,130	175.00–222.50	190.64

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	931	227.50	227.50
1	950–1000	995	230.00	230.00
1	1050–1100	1,050	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	800–850	815	273.00	273.00
5	950–1000	993	265.00	265.00
1	1050–1100	1,065	254.00	254.00
2	1150–1200	1,175	235.00–237.00	235.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	850–900	880	250.00	250.00
2	1000–1050	1,038	241.00	241.00
1	1100–1150	1,130	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	500–550	510	255.00	255.00
4	550–600	581	252.50	252.50
1	600–650	615	250.00	250.00
9	650–700	696	252.50	252.50
11	900–950	936	236.00	236.00
1	1050–1100	1,090	225.00	225.00
1	1200–1250	1,230	200.00	200.00
2	1250–1300	1,288	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	950–1000	965	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	410	280.00	280.00
6	650–700	693	264.00	264.00
3	750–800	777	248.00	248.00
2	850–900	890	248.00	248.00
2	950–1000	980	241.00–245.00	242.99
3	1000–1050	1,033	239.50	239.50
2	1050–1100	1,075	237.00	237.00
1	1100–1150	1,135	237.00	237.00
1	1150–1200	1,195	231.00	231.00
15	1200–1250	1,234	219.00–225.00	223.78
9	1300–1350	1,334	170.00	170.00
3	1350–1400	1,381	160.00	160.00
8	1400–1450	1,409	151.00–160.00	154.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	290.00	290.00
10	750–800	775	263.00	263.00
5	900–950	912	249.00–250.00	249.80
6	950–1000	975	249.00–250.00	249.33
11	1000–1050	1,039	243.00–246.00	243.55
21	1050–1100	1,071	243.00–246.00	243.90
21	1100–1150	1,118	238.00–242.00	239.66
18	1150–1200	1,160	235.00–236.50	236.36
39	1200–1250	1,214	228.50–235.00	231.44
7	1250–1300	1,254	220.00–226.00	224.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	225	244.50	244.50
1	800–850	820	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,040	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3-4 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	700–750	730	220.00	220.00
2	750–800	780	210.00	210.00

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.