Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 10, 2022

1,280 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.67/cwt ≈ $940/hd at 571 lb · 29 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.55/cwt ≈ $996/hd at 621 lb · 22 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.01/cwt ≈ $1,058/hd at 745 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,280	471	972
Feeder cattle	258	64	54
Slaughter cattle	733	378	385
Replacement cattle	289	29	533

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 8.00 higher, while slaughter bulls were 4.50 higher. Feeding cows traded 2.00 to 4.50 higher. Replacement cattle sold steady and dairy heifers traded steady to 3.00 lower. Trade activity and demand were good to very good. The next available report will be Thursday, February 17, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,073	—
656	656	7	174.00	$174.00	$1,141	—
725	725	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,174	—
810	810	3	150.00	$150.00	$1,215	—
1037	1037	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,410	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458–473	466	4	168.00–170.00	$168.98	$787	—
548	548	2	162.00	$162.00	$888	—
563–585	571	29	161.00–167.00	$164.67	$940	—
607	607	9	163.00	$163.00	$989	—
615–633 unweaned	630	13	158.00–159.00	$158.85	$1,001	—
743–747 unweaned	745	10	139.00–144.00	$142.01	$1,058	—
823	823	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,119	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	3	147.50	$147.50	$881	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340	1340	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,554	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858	858	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,115	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1194–1666	1409	80-85%	137	76.00–86.00	$80.62	$1,136	—
1220–1643	1468	80-85%	26	56.00–69.50	$65.09	$956	-8.62
1215–1790	1496	80-85%	213	70.00–81.00	$75.73	$1,133	+2.02
1400–1705	1530	80-85%	10	30.00–50.00	$41.86	$640	-39.31
1335–1688	1567	80-85%	40	82.00–98.00	$85.35	$1,337	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
758–1240	1003	85-90%	19	50.00–63.00	$55.65	$558	—
975–1230	1136	85-90%	25	72.00–80.00	$75.41	$857	—
1090–1185	1138	85-90%	2	77.00–78.00	$77.48	$882	—
773–1485	1140	85-90%	13	20.00–45.00	$34.73	$396	—
1165	1165	85-90%	1	84.50	$84.50	$984	—
855–1376	1174	85-90%	90	65.00–76.00	$71.36	$838	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1669–1700	1679	75-80%	3	95.00	$95.00	$1,595	+24.04
1637–2003	1766	75-80%	32	80.00–91.00	$86.30	$1,524	—
1480–1993	1813	75-80%	18	70.00–79.00	$75.46	$1,368	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1230	1230	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,353	—
1190–1285	1238	2	83.00–85.00	$84.04	$1,040	—
1450–2770	1852	17	82.50–99.00	$94.83	$1,756	—
1512–2570	2010	42	101.00–109.50	$105.44	$2,119	-5.29
2000–2445	2219	5	111.00–119.00	$114.38	$2,538	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1213	1059	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	84.00–99.00	$89.15	$944

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
972	972	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	80.00	$80.00	$778

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
985–1290	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	105.00–112.00	$108.98	$1,248

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1070–1123	1097	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,300.00–1,325.00	$1,312.20
1251	1251	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1181–1460	1366	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	1,025.00–1,175.00	$1,123.77
1263–1705	1367	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	50	1,100.00–1,275.00	$1,160.48
1314–1822	1458	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	38	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,380.22
1510–1557	1534	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,212.31

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1374	1374	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1373–1482	1398	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,185.00–1,250.00	$1,234.10

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1270	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00
1373	1373	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1437	1437	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,085.00	$1,085.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
963–1113	1044	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	47	1,575.00–1,675.00	$1,623.70
1109	1109	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
966	966	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,475.00	$1,475.00
987–1012	1000	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,288.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1014	1014	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,025.00	$1,025.00

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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
1243–1373	1321	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,146.77	—
1495	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
1620	1620	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1504	1504	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
847	847	9	105.50	$105.50	$894	—
920–948	930	13	106.00–109.00	$107.01	$995	—
957–975	966	23	108.00–110.00	$109.05	$1,053	-2.22
1026	1026	4	110.00	$110.00	$1,129	-3.50
1075–1090	1081	5	109.00–110.50	$109.60	$1,185	-4.18
1119–1130	1120	21	110.50–111.50	$110.93	$1,242	-0.07
1155–1190	1172	3	109.50–111.50	$110.68	$1,297	+0.68
1244–1245	1244	9	102.50–110.50	$109.61	$1,364	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
849	849	8	99.00	$99.00	$841	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
768	768	5	82.50	$82.50	$634	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520	1520	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,292	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

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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.