Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2025-03-27

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Mar 27
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
303 head
▼ 355 vs last sale 658▲ 143 vs year ago 160 · +89.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
501 head
▲ 220 vs last sale 281▼ 86 vs year ago 587 · −14.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 63▲ 52 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available on feeder steers and heifers due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded mostly 3.00 to 6.00 higher with a few sharply higher. Average dress Premium White slaughter cows traded 6.00 to 8.00 higher with higher than normal receipts of fed cows. Average dress Breaker and Boner slaughter cows traded steady to 1.00 higher, while average dress Lean slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 4.00 to 7.00 higher due to a larger number of receipts than in any sale in the previous month. Next available report will by Thursday, April 3, 2025.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
600–700 lb heifers averaged $225.00/cwt on 3 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −108.04 against this barn's trailing median of $333.04.
Average price
$225.00
3 head · 697 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,568
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−69.27
vs CO average
−68.79 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2-3697225.001,5683thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale3 hd
225.00
—
CO average3 barns · 817 hd
294.27
−69.27
National average175 barns · 15,489 hd
293.79
−68.79
This barn, trailing median1 sales
333.04
−108.04
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,883163.073,07045
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,736144.082,50137
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,643140.142,30270
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,457137.442,003216
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,141123.911,414127

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)939$2,75615
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,161$2,6426
Bred Heifers3rd Stage (7-9 mo)(<2 yrs)907$2,4005

Every lot

75 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 178422.58/head300.00–500.004232
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2-3697225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5683
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2735230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,6911
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2811224.56/cwt220.00–226.001,82121
Heifers850–900Medium 1850200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7001
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2893214.71/cwt200.00–216.001,91712
Heifers900–950Medium 1900200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,8001
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 2955200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9101
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 21,035220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2771
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 21,068190.02/cwt187.50–192.502,0292
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 21,120185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0721
Heifers1250–1300Medium and Large 1-21,274188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,3955
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1130525.00/head525.00–525.005251
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718277.56/cwt275.00–280.001,9932
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1728287.50/cwt287.50–287.502,0931
Bulls800–850Large 2835197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,6491
Bulls900–950Medium 1922181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,6693
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,018205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,0875
Bulls1100–1150Medium and Large 11,140187.50/cwt187.50–187.502,1383
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers250–300Large 3251400.00/head400.00–400.004004
Dairy Heifers300–350Large 3335255.00/cwt255.00–255.008541
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 2358265.00/cwt265.00–265.009492
Dairy Heifers400–450Large 2-3433220.00/cwt220.00–220.009532
Dairy Heifers450–500Large 2490245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2012
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3598207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,2411
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 3605200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,2101
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3770197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5211
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 2772218.37/cwt210.00–222.501,6863
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 2830204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,6931
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 2860210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8066
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3865195.51/cwt195.00–196.001,6912
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 3929197.84/cwt196.50–200.501,8383
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 2935199.50/cwt199.50–199.501,8651
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3950180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7101
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2-3972197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,9208
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2975203.36/cwt201.00–206.001,9838
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 2-31,011199.00/cwt198.00–200.002,0124
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 2-31,075195.95/cwt190.00–197.002,10618
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 21,085201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1811
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 31,087188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,0443
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 21,113196.52/cwt193.00–200.002,1872
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 31,155185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,1371
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 21,165194.00/cwt193.50–195.502,26018
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 21,218194.00/cwt194.00–194.002,3633
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 31,225186.00/cwt186.00–186.002,2791
Dairy Heifers1250–1300Large 21,262185.26/cwt184.50–186.002,3382
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers1150–1200Large 31,185143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,6952
Dairy Steers1350–1400Large 2-31,353158.00/cwt158.00–158.002,1382
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,377161.22/cwt157.50–167.502,2206
Bulls——1,930162.54/cwt153.50–166.503,13729
Bulls——2,040140.32/cwt139.00–141.002,8632
Bulls——2,051172.05/cwt167.50–177.503,5298
Slaughter Cattle · Cows19 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed989171.79/cwt150.00–192.501,69914
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,120133.55/cwt123.00–147.501,49629
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,143107.11/cwt100.00–113.001,22417
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,168119.59/cwt114.50–128.001,39741
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,193135.25/cwt129.00–140.001,61410
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20986.36/cwt75.00–92.501,04416
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,319129.19/cwt127.00–131.001,7044
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,338155.14/cwt150.50–166.002,07628
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,387143.09/cwt139.00–155.001,9859
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,437140.92/cwt134.00–150.002,02544
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,453143.81/cwt142.50–145.002,0902
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,473122.69/cwt121.00–124.001,8074
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,498133.02/cwt126.00–138.001,993126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,641134.02/cwt128.50–137.002,1994
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,64587.50/cwt87.50–87.501,4391
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,649140.27/cwt138.50–142.002,31363
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,650149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,4591
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,725142.50/cwt142.50–142.502,4581
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,736144.12/cwt142.50–148.502,50236
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed9392,755.98/head2,725.00–2,800.002,75615
Bred Cows—Medium 29902,575.00/head2,575.00–2,575.002,5752
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,2462,675.00/head2,675.00–2,675.002,6754
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium 1-29072,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4005

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.