Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, August 12, 2021

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.20/cwt ≈ $1,231/hd at 938 lb · 94 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	717	787	835
Feeder cattle	256	203	255
Slaughter cattle	461	584	580

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 5.50 to 8.50 lower. Feeding cows traded 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 1.50 higher. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady. Feeder cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, August 19, 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
538	538	3	163.00	$163.00	$877	—
705	705	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,029	—
845	845	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,225	—
853	853	6	137.00–144.00	$140.50	$1,198	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
776	776	6	144.50	$144.50	$1,121	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
931–944	938	94	130.00–132.25	$131.20	$1,231	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	167.50	$167.50	$628	—
608–613	610	6	138.00–141.00	$139.99	$854	—
693	693	2	138.00	$138.00	$956	—
1001	1001	4	115.00	$115.00	$1,151	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
792	792	5	124.00	$124.00	$982	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1194–1560	1340	80-85%	25	69.00–75.00	$71.47	$958	—
1150–1680	1435	80-85%	75	66.00–75.00	$68.86	$988	-9.89
1240–1785	1517	80-85%	138	51.00–65.50	$60.21	$913	—
1430–1730	1601	80-85%	4	35.00–48.50	$42.66	$683	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1460	1154	85-90%	55	46.00–59.50	$55.97	$646	—
965–1365	1181	85-90%	12	32.50–43.00	$37.94	$448	—
1053–1290	1203	85-90%	15	67.00–73.00	$69.37	$835	-5.22
1020–1441	1237	85-90%	59	60.00–69.00	$62.06	$768	-5.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640–1980	1775	75-80%	34	57.50–72.00	$65.13	$1,156	—
1545–2040	1793	75-80%	16	73.50–79.00	$75.31	$1,350	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	1	80.00	$80.00	$916	—
1500–2015	1725	7	85.00–92.00	$88.98	$1,535	+2.55
1715–2195	1934	10	94.00–100.00	$97.48	$1,885	-9.99
2075	2075	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,179	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905	905	1	95.50	$95.50	$864	±0.00
955	955	2	93.50	$93.50	$893	-0.97
1000–1043	1035	8	95.00–96.00	$95.69	$990	-0.13
1055–1090	1078	3	93.50–95.00	$93.99	$1,013	-1.84
1113–1147	1133	13	92.50–96.00	$95.27	$1,079	-1.25
1150–1173	1167	4	95.50	$95.50	$1,114	-0.37
1211	1211	4	94.50	$94.50	$1,144	-1.43
1347	1347	3	90.00	$90.00	$1,212	—
1360	1360	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,210	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
402	402	10	77.50	$77.50	$312	—
588	588	2	76.00	$76.00	$447	+18.49
685	685	4	73.00	$73.00	$500	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–878	869	9	84.00–85.00	$84.33	$733	—
1183	1183	2	84.00	$84.00	$994	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
778	778	10	80.00	$80.00	$622	+8.00

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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.