Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, November 11, 2021

2,149 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,149	1,005	2,163
Feeder cattle	26	221	0
Slaughter cattle	1,371	674	1,180
Replacement cattle	752	110	983

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter bulls were too thinly tested to quote. Feeding cows traded 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded steady on a light test. Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. The next available report will be Thursday, November 18, 2021.

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210	1210	80-85%	1	69.00	$69.00	$835	—
1240–1538	1355	80-85%	33	48.00–60.00	$57.04	$773	—
1190–1645	1372	80-85%	151	55.00–66.00	$61.29	$841	-5.11
1220–1615	1409	80-85%	154	43.00–54.00	$47.86	$674	—
1370–1645	1481	80-85%	13	31.00–42.00	$37.75	$559	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1101	1101	85-90%	11	65.50	$65.50	$721	—
970–1270	1158	85-90%	74	44.00–49.00	$46.04	$533	—
880–1350	1170	85-90%	80	35.00–43.00	$40.76	$477	—
1013–1302	1180	85-90%	69	48.00–61.00	$54.08	$638	—
965–1424	1259	85-90%	27	20.00–32.00	$24.35	$307	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535	1535	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,167	—
1503–1945	1696	75-80%	16	50.00–60.00	$55.68	$944	—
1748	1748	75-80%	3	44.00	$44.00	$769	-23.46
1565–1918	1751	75-80%	24	62.00–73.00	$66.03	$1,156	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	102.00	$102.00	$954
900–1218	1081	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	52	69.00–81.00	$75.59	$817

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
913–961	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	23	88.00–97.50	$95.03	$883
960	960	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,123

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
954–1385	1202	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	26	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,187.28
1153–1372	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	121	535.00–735.00	$649.48
1098–1527	1353	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	46	900.00–1,160.00	$1,024.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1062–1399	1273	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	1,310.00–1,500.00	$1,437.29
1229–1515	1336	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	37	760.00–900.00	$808.00
1115–1583	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,250.00–1,360.00	$1,323.73
1217–1685	1396	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	69	1,200.00–1,450.00	$1,307.96
1469–1580	1485	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	975.00–1,075.00	$990.20

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
863–1022	952	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	241	1,400.00–1,585.00	$1,492.28

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
779–925	833	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,075.24

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
868	868	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
842	842	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
1548–1870	1655	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,350.00	$1,318.83	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
917	917	3	94.00	$94.00	$862	-0.08
995	995	2	94.50	$94.50	$940	-0.36
1143	1143	2	94.00	$94.00	$1,074	-1.83
1210	1210	4	95.50	$95.50	$1,156	+1.05
1280	1280	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,165	—
1338	1338	5	94.50	$94.50	$1,264	—
1418	1418	2	91.50	$91.50	$1,297	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1481–1629	1570	15	73.00–75.00	$73.75	$1,158	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
728	728	4	60.00	$60.00	$437	—
790	790	3	70.00	$70.00	$553	—

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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.