Sale reports / Colorado / Brush / 2025-09-11

Brush

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Brush, Colorado · Thu, Sep 11
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 3090
Feeder Cattle receipts
295 head
▼ 453 vs last sale 748▼ 94 vs year ago 389 · −24.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
468 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 406▲ 4 vs year ago 464 · +0.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Dairy heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Average dress slaughter cows traded mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 9.00 lower, but on very limited receipts. Next available report will be Thursday, September 18, 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—Average1,696184.743,13219
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,713164.632,8213thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,775149.082,64713
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,447148.892,155222
CowsLean 85-90%High1,154126.611,461219

Every lot

54 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 Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers350–400Large 3-4380280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,0641
Dairy Heifers500–550Large 3-4520260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3522
Dairy Heifers600–650Large 2646335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,16416
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 2724300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1726
Dairy Heifers700–750Large 3735260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,9111
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 3-4775240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,8601
Dairy Heifers750–800Large 2-3795265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,1071
Dairy Heifers800–850Small 3820155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,2711
Dairy Heifers800–850Large 2-3830257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,1371
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3-4855227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,9451
Dairy Heifers850–900Large 3880250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,2001
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 3-4920225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,0701
Dairy Heifers900–950Large 3932248.10/cwt241.00–251.502,3123
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2-3972255.50/cwt255.50–255.502,4833
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 2986261.50/cwt259.50–265.002,5788
Dairy Heifers950–1000Large 3988250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,4702
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 21,015260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6392
Dairy Heifers1000–1050Large 31,037245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,5414
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 31,078231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,4907
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Large 2-31,079247.54/cwt244.50–250.002,67116
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 21,103249.00/cwt248.50–250.002,7463
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 2-31,130241.75/cwt240.00–243.502,7322
Dairy Heifers1100–1150Large 31,135212.50/cwt212.50–212.502,4121
Dairy Heifers1150–1200Large 21,163243.50/cwt240.00–248.002,8326
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 21,211238.61/cwt238.00–239.502,89014
Dairy Heifers1200–1250Large 2-31,240233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,8891
Dairy Heifers1250–1300Large 21,256235.59/cwt232.00–236.002,95922
Dairy Heifers1300–1350Large 21,310224.00/cwt221.00–227.002,9342
Dairy Heifers1300–1350Large 2-31,310217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,8431
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,215170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,0661
Bulls——Return to Feed1,425199.20/cwt197.00–201.002,8392
Bulls——Return to Feed1,619184.93/cwt180.00–189.002,99410
Bulls——1,768168.33/cwt161.00–175.002,9762
Bulls——1,950178.50/cwt178.50–178.503,4811
Bulls——2,158192.38/cwt190.00–194.504,1523
Slaughter Cattle · Cows19 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,01075.00/cwt75.00–75.007581
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,053119.85/cwt113.00–123.001,26239
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05688.95/cwt55.00–107.5093919
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,060137.22/cwt137.00–137.501,4552
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,078173.51/cwt172.00–175.001,8702
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,079140.26/cwt131.00–168.001,51337
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,170124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,4511
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,231130.11/cwt124.00–136.001,602118
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,236202.21/cwt181.00–210.002,49910
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,326161.48/cwt144.00–178.502,14182
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,440149.00/cwt149.00–149.002,1462
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,483133.39/cwt126.00–136.001,97846
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,564142.16/cwt137.50–148.002,22370
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,601129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,0658
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,70893.31/cwt80.00–110.001,5944
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,710166.44/cwt166.00–167.002,8462
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,720161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,7691
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,751146.74/cwt146.00–148.002,5694
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,786150.12/cwt149.00–154.002,6819

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.