Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 13, 2021

1,080 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,080	1,067	853
Feeder cattle	255	285	99
Slaughter cattle	729	630	523
Replacement cattle	96	152	231

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate to good. Average dressing slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Average dressing slaughter bulls sold 2.00 lower on a light test. Young stock cows sold 2.00 - 8.00 higher. No comparable trades on bred cows and cow/calf pairs. Feeder cattle too thinly tested for an accurate market trend. The next available report will be May 20, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	2	185.00	$185.00	$783	—
456	456	8	175.00	$175.00	$798	—
530	530	2	177.00	$177.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	5	194.00	$194.00	$920	—
571	571	4	171.00	$171.00	$976	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	141.00	$141.00	$674	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
763	763	2	115.00	$115.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
265	265	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	5	150.00	$150.00	$740	—
573–598	586	4	132.50–135.00	$133.72	$784	—
653	653	3	127.00	$127.00	$829	-4.00
835	835	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,177	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	2	137.50	$137.50	$588	—
855	855	1	115.00	$115.00	$983	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	1	100.00	$100.00	$995	—
1160–1163	1162	3	83.50–94.00	$90.51	$1,052	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	80-85%	1	82.50	$82.50	$1,052	+22.79
995–1550	1356	80-85%	104	63.00–81.00	$68.68	$931	+0.43
1110–1697	1452	80-85%	89	63.00–73.00	$66.52	$966	+8.14
1210–1927	1548	80-85%	162	50.50–62.50	$58.39	$904	—
1655	1655	80-85%	1	47.00	$47.00	$778	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1445	1097	85-90%	47	45.00–55.50	$52.02	$571	—
855–1290	1143	85-90%	33	60.00–70.00	$65.16	$745	+11.71
845–1595	1152	85-90%	15	25.00–46.00	$38.30	$441	-30.69
910–1445	1192	85-90%	79	56.00–66.00	$60.19	$717	-0.32

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1500–1943	1747	75-80%	26	65.50–74.50	$69.59	$1,216	-0.16
1730–1972	1842	75-80%	48	55.00–65.00	$61.72	$1,137	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–2570	1899	17	84.50–95.50	$88.99	$1,690	—
1415–2635	1949	7	69.50–82.00	$74.21	$1,446	—
2000–2425	2141	4	97.50–104.00	$100.85	$2,159	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
929	929	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	116.00	$116.00	$1,078
925–1195	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	88.00–97.50	$93.35	$990

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1038	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	74.00	$74.00	$768

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1360	1360	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
1359–1690	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,100.00–1,160.00	$1,112.17
1555–1715	1594	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,050.00–1,100.00	$1,060.67
1488–1657	1597	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,100.00–1,150.00	$1,111.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
988	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	900.00	$900.00
1115–1165	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	710.00–850.00	$781.54
1315	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1110	1110	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1309	1309	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1352–1430	1372	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,045.62	—
1375–1640	1508	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,318.41	—
1500–1705	1608	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	1,250.00–1,500.00	$1,397.22	—
1610	1610	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—
1825	1825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1208	1208	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
359	359	7	62.50	$62.50	$224	—
405	405	19	62.50	$62.50	$253	—
456–482	476	35	65.00–77.00	$74.37	$354	—
845	845	6	83.00	$83.00	$701	—
860	860	1	81.00	$81.00	$697	-2.00
933–948	938	18	82.00–84.50	$84.03	$788	—
1050–1090	1057	42	82.50–86.00	$85.43	$903	—
1110	1110	3	83.00–85.00	$84.33	$936	-0.17
1155	1155	1	83.00	$83.00	$959	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	2	85.00	$85.00	$922	-1.82
1220–1248	1236	20	84.50–85.00	$84.77	$1,048	-1.68
1275–1282	1278	9	83.00–85.00	$84.00	$1,074	-2.00
1375	1375	3	82.00	$82.00	$1,128	-4.50

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
746	746	20	76.00	$76.00	$567	—
1115	1115	1	47.50	$47.50	$530	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
918	918	2	93.00	$93.00	$854	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	2	68.00	$68.00	$396	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	91.00	$91.00	$851	—

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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.