Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, July 22, 2021

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.37/cwt ≈ $1,099/hd at 877 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	607	821	583
Feeder cattle	242	208	29
Slaughter cattle	359	607	353
Replacement cattle	6	6	201

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded steady. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady to 1.50 higher. Feeder cattle and replacement cattle had no comparable trades on a very thin test. The next available report will be Thursday, July 29, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1098	1098	6	105.00	$105.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519	519	4	155.00	$155.00	$804	—
868	868	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,102	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
768	768	8	134.00	$134.00	$1,029	—
870–879	877	15	125.00–125.50	$125.37	$1,099	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	2	137.50	$137.50	$591	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240–1430	1314	80-85%	9	70.00–75.00	$71.78	$943	—
1215–1650	1437	80-85%	88	65.00–76.00	$69.43	$998	—
1355–1550	1448	80-85%	9	78.00–82.00	$79.53	$1,152	—
1170–1670	1463	80-85%	34	50.50–64.50	$59.93	$877	—
1505–1625	1579	80-85%	9	39.00–48.00	$44.93	$709	-22.58

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1280	1131	85-90%	59	60.00–70.00	$64.23	$726	+25.72
1150–1190	1170	85-90%	2	74.00–76.00	$74.98	$877	+18.47
945–1279	1176	85-90%	28	64.00–70.50	$66.26	$779	+9.75
785–1510	1194	85-90%	17	45.00–59.50	$52.36	$625	-4.15
805–1470	1266	85-90%	11	25.00–44.00	$37.02	$469	-17.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1515–2110	1707	75-80%	56	70.00–80.00	$75.45	$1,288	+3.21
1795–1870	1833	75-80%	2	65.00–65.50	$65.26	$1,196	+0.52

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1188–1255	1210	6	71.00–81.00	$77.31	$935	—
1420–2145	1799	7	85.50–89.50	$88.41	$1,590	—
1259–2215	1822	12	90.00–98.50	$94.72	$1,726	—
2045–2405	2262	5	102.50–113.50	$108.74	$2,460	+3.24

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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
1536	1536	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	5	1,310.00	$1,310.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
938	938	8	93.00	$93.00	$872	+1.44
950–958	953	7	92.00–92.50	$92.22	$879	+0.72
1008–1030	1014	15	92.00–93.00	$92.70	$940	+0.75
1057–1090	1078	22	91.50–93.00	$92.68	$999	+0.61
1135	1135	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,050	+1.33
1180–1198	1196	19	91.50–93.00	$92.79	$1,110	+0.97
1220	1220	1	92.00	$92.00	$1,122	+2.50
1336–1342	1339	13	88.00–89.00	$88.54	$1,186	-1.81

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551–590	555	9	70.00–71.00	$70.88	$393	—
638	638	4	71.00	$71.00	$453	—
690	690	1	70.00	$70.00	$483	—
700	700	1	70.00	$70.00	$490	-1.00
755–780	776	6	70.00–71.00	$70.84	$550	-5.16
805	805	1	70.00	$70.00	$564	-1.08

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
853–877	867	12	88.00–90.00	$89.08	$772	—
1015	1015	1	86.00	$86.00	$873	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
752	752	3	38.00	$38.00	$286	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	65.00	$65.00	$419	—
705	705	1	66.00	$66.00	$465	—

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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.