Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 25, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	859	347	723
Feeder cattle	65	—	0
Slaughter cattle	537	203	686
Replacement cattle	257	144	37

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate on good demand for slaughter cows and bulls. Trade activity moderate on stock cows. Average dressing slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher. No comparable trades for breds and pairs. The next available report will be Thursday, April, 1, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	8	181.00	$181.00	$762	—
480	480	2	174.00	$174.00	$835	—
618–648	639	7	140.00–152.00	$143.31	$916	—
744	744	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,019	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697	697	3	131.00	$131.00	$913	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
396	396	8	166.00	$166.00	$657	—
642	642	3	136.00	$136.00	$873	—
680	680	4	133.00	$133.00	$904	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385	1385	80-85%	1	76.50	$76.50	$1,060	—
1025–1753	1403	80-85%	147	60.00–70.00	$63.59	$892	+13.21
1495–1505	1500	80-85%	2	32.00–35.00	$33.51	$503	—
995–2090	1557	80-85%	26	51.00–61.00	$58.42	$910	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1165	1138	85-90%	2	67.50–68.50	$68.01	$774	+12.11
855–1705	1196	85-90%	15	17.50–38.00	$32.41	$388	—
895–1530	1244	85-90%	126	54.00–64.00	$59.21	$737	—
1005–1790	1332	85-90%	19	39.50–52.50	$46.98	$626	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1804	1646	75-80%	24	60.50–63.50	$61.55	$1,013	—
1475–1965	1690	75-80%	21	64.00–73.00	$66.65	$1,126	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–1080	935	3	52.50–77.50	$69.15	$647	—
1005–1380	1235	14	77.50–87.50	$82.42	$1,018	—
1011–2410	1548	27	85.00–95.00	$90.53	$1,401	—
1175–1970	1552	6	78.00–84.00	$82.09	$1,274	—
1043–2355	1761	10	95.50–106.00	$100.44	$1,769	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
810–1175	974	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	97.00–115.00	$104.68	$1,020
1000–1290	1196	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	65.00–74.00	$69.13	$827
1240–1635	1450	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	31	64.00–69.50	$66.83	$969

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–1220	1067	(<2 yrs)	Open	34	79.00–85.00	$82.33	$878
1050–1575	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	60.00–84.00	$74.03	$903
1126–1768	1501	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	21	58.00–67.00	$62.67	$941

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–1120	956	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	68.50–92.50	$79.82	$763
1105–1570	1378	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	60.50–68.50	$64.96	$895

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1215–1325	1248	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	86.00–108.00	$97.94	$1,222

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1059–1340	1109	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	85.50–90.00	$87.94	$975
1360	1360	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,156

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
573–1065	718	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	60.00–74.00	$66.11	$475

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1025	965	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	59.00–65.00	$62.08	$599

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1158–1406	1307	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1468	1468	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1470	1470	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025	1025	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1078–1341	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,410.00–1,600.00	$1,503.29	—
1248	1248	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1315	1315	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1019	1019	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.