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Name: Brush livestock auction prices — 2025-05-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-22

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

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090

← May 15May 22May 29 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

596 head

▲ 428 vs last sale 168▲ 60 vs year ago 536 · +11.2%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

695 head

▲ 215 vs last sale 480▲ 305 vs year ago 390 · +78.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was good. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows mostly traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher with the exception of Premium Whites, which traded 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Average dress slaughter bulls traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Not enough receipts to trend feeder steers and heifers. Next available report will be Thursday, May 29, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $330.31/cwt on 16 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits −25.94 against this barn's trailing median of $356.25.

Average price

$330.31

16 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$109

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

$7.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs CO average

−3.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	335.00	1,807	6thin
Medium and Large 1-2	585	327.50	1,916	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.50/cwt here — about −$109 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale16 hd

330.31

—

CO average1 barns · 16 hd

330.31

+0.00

National average158 barns · 12,726 hd

334.26

−3.95

This barn, trailing median1 sales

356.25

−25.94

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	—	Low	1,798	186.45	3,353	45
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,795	159.14	2,857	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,576	156.78	2,470	101
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,472	146.02	2,149	326
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,239	130.01	1,611	169

Every lot

82 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	463	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,829	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	543	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,873	2
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	335.66/cwt	332.50–345.00	1,947	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	785	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,229	4
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,537	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	50–100	Medium and Large 1	88	773.01/head	675.00–825.00	773	5
Heifers	100–150	Medium and Large 1	120	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	363	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,525	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,453	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	510	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,734	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,878	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	585	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,916	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	753	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,890	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	794	264.67/cwt	262.00–270.00	2,101	9
Heifers	900–950	Medium 1-2	900	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,980	1
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,330	3
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 2	936	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,218	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	255.22/cwt	255.00–255.25	2,468	108
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	968	252.03/cwt	250.00–254.00	2,440	115
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	975	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,243	1
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 2	1,025	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,153	1
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1-2	1,065	214.63/cwt	210.00–217.00	2,286	3
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1-2	1,115	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,230	1
Heifers	1100–1150	Medium and Large 1	1,132	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,519	3
Heifers	1200–1250	Medium and Large 1	1,220	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	2,672	1
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	50–100	Medium and Large 1	88	854.29/head	750.00–950.00	854	4
Bulls	100–150	Medium and Large 1	130	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	353	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	1,580	12
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	405	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,569	4
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	993	190.50/cwt	190.00–191.00	1,892	2
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers	150–200	Large 3	172	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Dairy Heifers	150–200	Large 3	181	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	525	5
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Large 3	230	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	621	1
Dairy Heifers	200–250	Medium and Large 2	245	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	760	2
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 2	267	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	948	8
Dairy Heifers	250–300	Large 2-3	275	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Dairy Heifers	300–350	Large 2	313	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,064	3
Dairy Heifers	350–400	Large 2	398	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,333	2
Dairy Heifers	400–450	Large 2-3	430	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,247	1
Dairy Heifers	750–800	Large 2-3	786	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,729	11
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Large 2	830	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,843	4
Dairy Heifers	800–850	Small 3	833	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,050	3
Dairy Heifers	850–900	Large 2	860	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,883	1
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Small 3	960	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,776	1
Dairy Heifers	950–1000	Large 3	983	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	2,089	2
Dairy Heifers	1000–1050	Large 2-3	1,036	214.50/cwt	214.50–214.50	2,222	7
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2	1,082	215.17/cwt	214.50–215.50	2,328	12
Dairy Heifers	1050–1100	Large 2-3	1,093	205.31/cwt	205.00–207.50	2,244	8
Dairy Heifers	1100–1150	Large 2	1,119	213.81/cwt	212.00–214.50	2,393	8
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 2	1,170	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,480	1
Dairy Heifers	1150–1200	Large 2-3	1,187	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,433	7
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2-3	1,201	205.86/cwt	205.00–206.00	2,472	7
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 3	1,205	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	2,422	1
Dairy Heifers	1200–1250	Large 2	1,207	213.96/cwt	210.00–214.50	2,582	36
Dairy Heifers	1250–1300	Large 2	1,250	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,625	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,235	169.16/cwt	157.50–180.00	2,089	2
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,327	185.92/cwt	182.50–191.00	2,467	13
Bulls	—	—	1,778	167.25/cwt	150.00–177.50	2,974	2
Bulls	—	—	2,006	186.09/cwt	182.50–190.50	3,733	19
Bulls	—	—	2,170	196.06/cwt	191.50–202.50	4,255	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows22 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	980	82.50/cwt	82.50–82.50	809	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,010	173.46/cwt	158.00–182.50	1,752	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,041	127.66/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,329	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,084	196.53/cwt	182.00–222.50	2,130	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,131	142.42/cwt	135.00–155.00	1,611	40
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,215	139.10/cwt	135.00–145.00	1,690	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,311	91.27/cwt	70.00–111.00	1,197	19
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,315	139.74/cwt	134.00–142.50	1,838	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,318	129.96/cwt	125.00–136.50	1,713	70
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,340	152.65/cwt	148.50–159.00	2,046	20
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,344	121.25/cwt	120.00–124.00	1,630	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,360	152.23/cwt	144.00–170.00	2,070	64
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,514	131.80/cwt	125.00–136.50	1,995	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,525	158.73/cwt	155.50–163.00	2,421	66
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,546	143.32/cwt	137.00–148.00	2,216	195
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,595	102.50/cwt	102.50–102.50	1,635	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,637	151.83/cwt	148.50–157.50	2,485	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,665	159.65/cwt	158.50–160.00	2,658	11
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,716	159.73/cwt	159.00–162.50	2,741	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,749	146.60/cwt	144.00–150.50	2,564	8
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%Return to Feed	1,920	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	3,178	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	2,130	152.99/cwt	148.00–158.00	3,259	2

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.

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

Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) - Brush, CO

Thu May 22, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 596Last week 168Year ago 536

Slaughter CattleReceipts 695Last week 480Year ago 390

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	267	355.00	355.00
3	300–350	313	340.00	340.00
2	350–400	398	335.00	335.00
4	800–850	830	222.00	222.00
1	850–900	860	219.00	219.00
12	1050–1100	1,082	214.50–215.50	215.17
8	1100–1150	1,119	212.00–214.50	213.81
1	1150–1200	1,170	212.00	212.00
36	1200–1250	1,207	210.00–214.50	213.96
1	1250–1300	1,250	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	245	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	275	525.00	525.00
1	400–450	430	290.00	290.00
11	750–800	786	220.00	220.00
7	1000–1050	1,036	214.50	214.50
8	1050–1100	1,093	205.00–207.50	205.31
7	1150–1200	1,187	205.00	205.00
7	1200–1250	1,201	205.00–206.00	205.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Small 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	800–850	833	126.00	126.00
1	950–1000	960	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	150–200	181	290.00	290.00
2	150–200	172	500.00	500.00
1	200–250	230	270.00	270.00
2	950–1000	983	212.50	212.50
1	1200–1250	1,205	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	936	237.00	237.00
1	950–1000	975	230.00	230.00
1	1000–1050	1,025	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	900–950	900	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	50–100	88	675.00–825.00	773.01
1	100–150	120	675.00	675.00
11	350–400	363	420.00	420.00
3	500–550	510	340.00	340.00
3	550–600	569	330.00	330.00
9	750–800	794	262.00–270.00	264.67
3	900–950	910	256.00	256.00
108	950–1000	967	255.00–255.25	255.22
3	1100–1150	1,132	222.50	222.50
1	1200–1250	1,220	219.00	219.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	347.50	347.50
10	550–600	585	327.50	327.50
2	750–800	753	251.00	251.00
115	950–1000	968	250.00–254.00	252.03
3	1050–1100	1,065	210.00–217.00	214.63
1	1100–1150	1,115	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
4	50–100	88	750.00–950.00	854.29
1	100–150	130	825.00	825.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	353	447.50	447.50
4	400–450	405	387.50	387.50
2	950–1000	993	190.00–191.00	190.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	463	395.00	395.00
2	500–550	543	345.00	345.00
12	550–600	580	332.50–345.00	335.66
4	750–800	785	284.00	284.00
36	900–950	936	271.00	271.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,010	158.00–182.50	173.46
8	—	1,041	119.00–131.00	127.66
40	—	1,131	135.00–155.00	142.42
1	—	980	82.50	82.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
195	—	1,546	137.00–148.00	143.32
1	—	1,595	102.50	102.50
23	—	1,514	125.00–136.50	131.80
20	—	1,340	148.50–159.00	152.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,637	148.50–157.50	151.83
8	—	1,749	144.00–150.50	146.60
11	—	1,665	158.50–160.00	159.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,920	165.50	165.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,318	125.00–136.50	129.96
19	—	1,311	70.00–111.00	91.27
15	—	1,215	135.00–145.00	139.10
10	—	1,344	120.00–124.00	121.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,084	182.00–222.50	196.53
14	—	1,315	134.00–142.50	139.74
64	—	1,360	144.00–170.00	152.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,525	155.50–163.00	158.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,716	159.00–162.50	159.73
2	—	2,130	148.00–158.00	152.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,235	157.50–180.00	169.16
13	—	1,327	182.50–191.00	185.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	2,006	182.50–190.50	186.09
9	—	2,170	191.50–202.50	196.06
2	—	1,778	150.00–177.50	167.25

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.