Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 14, 2022

1,697 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $130.96/cwt ≈ $1,198/hd at 915 lb · 71 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $143.14/cwt ≈ $1,247/hd at 871 lb · 44 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $149.52/cwt ≈ $1,225/hd at 819 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,697	500	982
Feeder cattle	641	70	179
Slaughter cattle	846	377	395
Replacement cattle	210	53	408

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand moderate to good. In slaughter cows, breaker cows traded 1.00 higher, while boner and lean cows traded steady to 3.50 lower. Slaughter bulls traded 3.50 higher. Feeding cows traded 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady and stocker cows were steady to 1.50 higher. There were not enough comparisons for replacement cattle or feeder cattle from last week to give an accurate market trend. The next available report will be Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
506–513	509	14	199.00–205.00	$201.59	$1,026	—
611–648	617	23	174.00–178.00	$177.27	$1,094	—
640	640	13	168.00	$168.00	$1,075	—
673	673	5	177.00	$177.00	$1,191	—
691 fancy	691	12	184.00	$184.00	$1,271	—
801	801	7	138.00	$138.00	$1,105	—
808–839	823	35	150.00–155.00	$151.82	$1,249	—
860–890	871	44	140.00–145.00	$143.14	$1,247	—
988	988	20	137.50	$137.50	$1,358	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	6	199.00	$199.00	$977	—
710–743	729	41	150.00–158.00	$156.58	$1,141	—
782	782	3	149.50	$149.50	$1,169	—
862	862	10	135.50	$135.50	$1,168	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	6	180.00	$180.00	$833	—
501–508	504	18	166.00–170.00	$167.79	$846	—
610	610	15	160.25	$160.25	$978	—
781	781	5	140.00	$140.00	$1,093	—
814	814	7	140.00	$140.00	$1,140	—
859–896	871	28	132.00–136.00	$133.32	$1,161	—
913–929	915	71	129.00–131.25	$130.96	$1,198	—
1056–1093	1075	15	115.00–121.00	$118.16	$1,270	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–695	687	27	139.00–144.00	$140.03	$962	—
712	712	3	138.00	$138.00	$983	—
758	758	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,001	—
879–885	881	24	127.00–130.00	$128.87	$1,135	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
592	592	5	137.00	$137.00	$811	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1630	1369	80-85%	61	78.50–87.00	$83.10	$1,138	-1.17
1325–1485	1380	80-85%	3	42.50–53.00	$47.47	$655	-36.80
1200–1682	1454	80-85%	111	78.00–87.00	$80.63	$1,172	—
1215–1678	1485	80-85%	131	66.00–77.50	$74.00	$1,099	—
1370–1570	1504	80-85%	4	89.50–95.00	$92.28	$1,388	+17.85

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–1325	1024	85-90%	23	50.00–67.00	$59.59	$610	+21.12
945–1295	1139	85-90%	32	72.50–83.00	$78.37	$893	-3.05
1095–1270	1175	85-90%	4	35.00–45.00	$40.45	$475	-43.06
845–1360	1208	85-90%	97	68.00–78.50	$73.63	$889	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1670–1845	1749	75-80%	36	70.00–80.00	$77.02	$1,347	-12.08
1590–1880	1779	75-80%	17	83.00–95.00	$90.17	$1,604	+24.17

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1304	1253	7	101.00–117.00	$107.49	$1,347	—
1420–2600	1881	23	81.00–104.00	$96.72	$1,819	—
1580–2400	2033	28	105.00–120.00	$111.02	$2,257	—
2050–2360	2197	5	124.00–136.00	$130.23	$2,861	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
923–1184	1072	(<2 yrs)	Open	18	112.50–117.00	$113.77	$1,220
1050–1315	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	100.50–109.00	$105.10	$1,201

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1120	995	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	100.00–110.00	$107.12	$1,066
985–1375	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	91.00–99.00	$95.91	$1,098

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1258–1663	1443	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	30	1,300.00–1,450.00	$1,358.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1185–1605	1338	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,319.94
1065–1490	1360	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,197.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1216–1435	1243	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,028.61

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060–1170	1143	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,400.00–1,425.00	$1,419.20

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1218–1380	1272	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,275.00–1,300.00	$1,284.04

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1361–1462	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,600.00–1,775.00	$1,670.63	—
1589	1589	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1371–1528	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,400.00–1,575.00	$1,447.40	—
1392–1566	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,300.00–1,385.00	$1,331.95	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1248–1410	1266	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,150.00–1,175.00	$1,171.91	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
906–945	919	15	104.50–109.00	$107.30	$986	—
1002–1048	1039	35	102.50–109.50	$108.96	$1,132	+0.79
1078–1085	1081	5	101.00–109.00	$103.81	$1,122	-5.52
1110–1120	1116	4	105.00–109.50	$108.26	$1,208	-1.24
1150–1195	1161	4	109.00–110.00	$109.74	$1,274	—
1205–1214	1212	5	109.00–110.00	$109.80	$1,331	-2.70
1260	1260	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,373	+1.51

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1324–1610	1431	30	104.00–110.50	$109.00	$1,560	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–710	708	4	75.00	$75.00	$531	±0.00
765	765	1	71.00	$71.00	$543	—
818	818	3	71.00	$71.00	$581	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1003	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,885.00	$1,885.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
997–1285	1094	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,469.61	—

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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.