Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2025-08-21

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Aug 21
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
555 head
▼ 156 vs last sale 711▲ 458 vs year ago 97 · +472.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
751 head
▲ 210 vs last sale 541▲ 332 vs year ago 419 · +79.2%
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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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,774188.033,33531
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,880179.003,3653thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,324166.102,198415
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,656165.232,73532
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,177140.581,655137

Every lot

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3382270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,0313
Dairy Heifers400–450Large 2-3410300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2301
Dairy Heifers550–600Large 3560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4841
Dairy Heifers650–700Large 2-3665261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,7361
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3733245.53/cwt236.00–255.001,8002
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 3845249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,1045
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3872243.87/cwt240.00–252.502,1274
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 2-3935255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,3841
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2970263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,5511
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2-3985245.61/cwt244.00–246.002,4195
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 21,012249.37/cwt248.00–250.002,52416
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Small 31,020245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,4991
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 31,040238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,4751
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 31,080244.50/cwt244.50–244.502,6414
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 21,127244.84/cwt242.50–246.002,7596
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 21,181240.19/cwt238.50–243.502,83752
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 21,215237.70/cwt235.00–240.002,88815
Dairy Heifers1250–1300Large 21,253231.42/cwt229.50–236.002,9006
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,200211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,5321
Bulls——1,594173.66/cwt157.50–180.502,7685
Bulls——Return to Feed1,603167.75/cwt160.00–173.002,6892
Bulls——Return to Feed1,728189.62/cwt186.00–194.503,27710
Bulls——1,871190.17/cwt185.50–193.503,5588
Bulls——2,073199.32/cwt195.50–204.504,1325
Slaughter Cattle · Cows18 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed720102.50/cwt102.50–102.507381
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,055189.59/cwt172.50–198.502,0003
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,058133.55/cwt125.00–135.001,41326
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,070155.11/cwt140.50–166.001,66023
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,115154.11/cwt151.00–160.001,7183
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,134198.31/cwt164.00–215.002,24924
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,177129.09/cwt125.00–135.001,51917
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20497.47/cwt82.50–121.001,1744
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,261168.67/cwt155.00–175.002,127272
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,267149.78/cwt143.00–159.001,8986
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,285141.69/cwt136.00–148.001,82160
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,368164.45/cwt162.00–172.002,25011
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,508173.46/cwt172.00–175.002,6162
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,523145.01/cwt136.00–148.002,20921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,536154.82/cwt149.00–161.002,37881
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,651165.43/cwt162.00–172.002,73125
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,737160.92/cwt160.00–162.002,7955
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,880179.00/cwt179.00–179.003,3653

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.