Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 23, 2022

1,044 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $147.50/cwt ≈ $1,217/hd at 825 lb · 14 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $144.50/cwt ≈ $1,097/hd at 759 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,044	1,100	558
Feeder cattle	302	200	121
Slaughter cattle	701	870	430
Replacement cattle	41	30	7

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 2.00 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 3.00 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady and dairy heifers traded steady. No other classes of cattle had enough comparisons for an accurate market trend. Trade activity and demand were moderate. The next available report will be Thursday, June 30, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	6	160.00	$160.00	$1,130	—
825	825	14	147.50	$147.50	$1,217	—
898	898	8	142.50	$142.50	$1,280	—
1075	1075	4	122.00	$122.00	$1,312	—
1120	1120	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,411	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
548	548	3	165.00	$165.00	$904	—
665	665	8	155.00	$155.00	$1,031	—
759	759	13	144.50	$144.50	$1,097	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
333–338	334	8	175.00–183.00	$180.98	$604	—
380	380	5	175.00	$175.00	$665	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	11	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
191	191	8	410.00	$410.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
414	414	9	196.00	$196.00	$811	—
770	770	5	129.00	$129.00	$993	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
176–193	185	9	400.00–460.00	$434.69	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
158	158	9	300.00	$300.00	$474	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1780	1415	80-85%	98	71.00–84.50	$80.81	$1,143	—
1315–1437	1417	80-85%	10	80.00–84.50	$83.46	$1,183	—
1205–1600	1423	80-85%	72	85.00–94.00	$88.30	$1,257	—
1207–1765	1426	80-85%	126	85.00–94.00	$87.42	$1,247	—
1310–1535	1457	80-85%	3	62.50–68.00	$65.03	$947	-18.15
1385–1555	1475	80-85%	7	98.00–101.00	$100.23	$1,478	+21.67

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
904–1095	999	85-90%	13	91.50–96.50	$93.28	$932	—
740–1335	1022	85-90%	33	60.00–74.00	$68.22	$697	—
825–1265	1059	85-90%	5	40.00–57.50	$52.00	$551	—
1060–1110	1085	85-90%	2	87.00–87.50	$87.24	$947	—
950–1210	1134	85-90%	7	81.00–90.00	$87.12	$988	-9.51
915–1400	1189	85-90%	182	75.00–86.00	$81.09	$964	+5.30

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1650–1990	1781	75-80%	20	78.50–86.50	$84.78	$1,510	—
1525–1973	1802	75-80%	25	87.00–99.00	$91.43	$1,648	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1165	1148	5	85.00–102.00	$98.80	$1,134	—
830–1545	1166	8	115.00–126.00	$120.24	$1,402	—
1305–1840	1571	15	81.00–110.50	$105.46	$1,657	+2.41
1480–2210	1905	31	111.00–124.00	$116.40	$2,217	—
1725–2545	2108	11	125.00–135.50	$129.31	$2,726	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	110.00	$110.00	$962

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1258	1258	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1295	1295	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1593	1593	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,335.00	$1,335.00

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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
1228	1228	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00	-50.00
1300–1505	1367	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	11	1,125.00–1,250.00	$1,178.82	—
1438	1438	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1466	1466	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	1,625.00	$1,625.00	+44.40
1508	1508	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,485.00	$1,485.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–880	878	4	103.00–107.00	$105.50	$926	—
910	910	1	105.00	$105.00	$956	—
965–995	977	12	101.00–107.50	$105.30	$1,029	—
1015–1043	1037	10	105.50–109.00	$107.85	$1,118	—
1050–1065	1057	8	104.50–108.50	$106.31	$1,124	—
1105–1140	1131	4	106.50–108.00	$106.87	$1,209	+0.53
1155–1198	1185	10	106.00–108.50	$107.45	$1,273	—
1200–1240	1220	2	107.50–108.00	$107.75	$1,315	—
1263–1280	1272	4	105.50–108.50	$106.99	$1,361	—
1303	1303	8	109.50	$109.50	$1,427	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	6	95.00	$95.00	$584	—
798	798	2	97.50	$97.50	$778	—
830	830	1	100.00	$100.00	$830	—
1095	1095	1	91.00	$91.00	$996	-13.69
1207	1207	3	91.00	$91.00	$1,098	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	82.50	$82.50	$437	—
740	740	2	82.50	$82.50	$610	—
775	775	1	85.00	$85.00	$659	—
905	905	1	82.00	$82.00	$742	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1460	1413	3	101.00–110.00	$105.58	$1,492	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	62.50	$62.50	$372	—

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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.