Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 16, 2021

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	603	779	1,539
Feeder cattle	260	186	548
Slaughter cattle	318	553	803
Replacement cattle	25	40	188

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 1.25 higher. Slaughter bulls traded 3.25 higher on a light test. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady to 1.00 lower. No other classes of cattle had any comparisons to make an accurate market trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, September 23, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
426	426	5	173.00	$173.00	$737	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
591	591	4	139.00	$139.00	$821	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525–530	529	5	131.00–135.00	$134.21	$710	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
693 unweaned	693	2	120.00	$120.00	$832	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,310	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1565	1403	80-85%	20	68.00–78.00	$72.03	$1,011	+25.68
1280–1692	1469	80-85%	59	64.00–75.00	$69.43	$1,020	+9.42
1235–1670	1478	80-85%	39	51.00–63.50	$59.28	$876	-8.78
1460–1498	1487	80-85%	5	79.00–83.00	$82.21	$1,222	+14.15
1410–1580	1512	80-85%	14	31.00–48.50	$43.30	$655	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1240	1152	85-90%	10	63.00–74.00	$67.47	$777	+35.26
960–1490	1158	85-90%	14	30.00–41.00	$34.43	$399	+2.22
975–1430	1164	85-90%	33	42.50–56.50	$51.79	$603	+19.58
1015–1325	1187	85-90%	35	59.50–70.00	$62.60	$743	+30.39

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1885	1706	75-80%	29	74.00–81.00	$77.25	$1,318	+10.04
1635–1870	1742	75-80%	5	59.50–68.50	$63.18	$1,101	-4.03

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	85.00	$85.00	$710	—
1215–2275	1491	22	66.00–86.50	$78.50	$1,170	—
1535–2270	1812	9	87.50–96.00	$89.91	$1,629	+3.35
1995	1995	1	99.50	$99.50	$1,985	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1165	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	82.00–95.00	$87.69	$871

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–970	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	105.00–106.00	$105.50	$1,021

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1032–1400	1254	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	14	900.00–1,000.00	$971.61

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	1	92.50	$92.50	$823	-0.19
918–949	932	15	92.00–94.00	$93.21	$869	+0.51
960–990	964	22	93.50–95.00	$94.11	$907	-1.92
1004–1043	1023	35	90.00–94.50	$93.61	$958	-1.47
1070–1080	1076	5	93.00–94.50	$93.80	$1,009	+0.23
1102–1133	1117	5	91.50–93.50	$92.51	$1,033	-0.61
1170–1199	1187	5	91.50–94.00	$92.29	$1,095	-1.33
1200–1235	1206	10	90.00–93.50	$91.84	$1,108	-1.91
1290	1290	1	93.50	$93.50	$1,206	-2.15

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
761	761	11	84.50	$84.50	$643	-1.87
800–845	825	31	84.00–89.00	$87.42	$721	-0.88
890	890	1	89.00	$89.00	$792	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
714	714	21	81.00	$81.00	$578	—
850	850	1	79.00	$79.00	$672	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	6	61.00	$61.00	$221	—
422	422	3	64.00	$64.00	$270	—
589–590	589	8	70.00–71.00	$70.87	$417	—
668	668	3	70.00	$70.00	$468	—

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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.