Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, September 1, 2022

1,817 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.79/cwt ≈ $1,450/hd at 875 lb · 154 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.39/cwt ≈ $1,342/hd at 911 lb · 142 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $173.77/cwt ≈ $1,385/hd at 797 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,817	900	677
Feeder cattle	1,431	254	154
Slaughter cattle	380	627	517
Replacement cattle	6	19	6

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand good on slaughter cows and bulls. Trade activity and demand on feeder cattle good on long weaned steers and heifers, moderate on unweaned calves. No comparable trades from last week's report. Crossbred dairy heifers weighing over 1000 lbs sold mostly 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 3.00 lower. This auction market will start selling the calves on their normal Friday feeder cattle auction starting next week. The next available report will be Thursday, September 8, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337 unweaned	337	3	257.50	$257.50	$868	—
365	365	1	247.50	$247.50	$903	—
398 unweaned	398	2	227.50	$227.50	$905	—
410–421 unweaned	419	10	203.00–222.50	$206.82	$867	—
468–472 unweaned	471	19	198.00–210.00	$200.51	$944	—
490	490	6	217.00	$217.00	$1,063	—
513–537 unweaned	527	10	187.50–195.00	$190.42	$1,004	—
533	533	13	201.00	$201.00	$1,071	—
574	574	14	195.00	$195.00	$1,119	—
619 unweaned	619	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,108	—
654 unweaned	654	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,144	—
707	707	5	185.00	$185.00	$1,308	—
859–878	873	56	168.50–170.00	$169.60	$1,481	—
926	926	4	166.00	$166.00	$1,537	—
988	988	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,650	—
1010	1010	3	156.00	$156.00	$1,576	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
726	726	4	151.00	$151.00	$1,096	—
759	759	22	156.00	$156.00	$1,184	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	8	181.00	$181.00	$1,144	—
791	791	6	167.00	$167.00	$1,321	—
800–815	808	4	166.00–170.00	$168.02	$1,358	—
895	895	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,410	—
1000	1000	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,520	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
828	828	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
263	263	3	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,138	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
451–465 unweaned	455	13	185.00–189.00	$187.74	$854	—
454–498	486	15	194.00–195.00	$194.75	$946	—
515–520	518	10	195.00–198.00	$196.51	$1,018	+15.51
530	530	1	145.00	$145.00	$768	-36.00
554 unweaned	554	7	171.00	$171.00	$947	—
610–645	614	18	179.00–179.50	$179.44	$1,102	—
672	672	10	176.50	$176.50	$1,186	—
685 unweaned	685	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,089	—
719	719	8	168.50	$168.50	$1,212	—
733–735	733	9	155.00–161.00	$159.66	$1,170	—
777	777	6	164.00	$164.00	$1,274	—
799	799	60	174.75	$174.75	$1,396	—
830	830	31	167.00	$167.00	$1,386	+7.00
866–879	872	113	169.00–169.25	$169.13	$1,475	—
875–897	882	41	154.00–158.00	$156.58	$1,381	—
909	909	15	156.00	$156.00	$1,418	—
901–924	911	127	144.50–148.00	$146.37	$1,333	—
983	983	43	141.25	$141.25	$1,388	—
1004	1004	48	139.00	$139.00	$1,396	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–428 unweaned	416	15	185.00–190.00	$187.82	$781	—
515 unweaned	515	3	170.00	$170.00	$876	—
698	698	21	166.00	$166.00	$1,159	—
745	745	33	158.00	$158.00	$1,177	—
815	815	28	155.00	$155.00	$1,263	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
859	859	56	120.00	$120.00	$1,031	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358 unweaned	358	4	160.00	$160.00	$573	—
446	446	5	185.00	$185.00	$825	—
730–741	739	6	142.00–145.00	$144.51	$1,068	—
755	755	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,110	—
1195	1195	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,279	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
313	313	5	560.00	$560.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
253	253	4	500.00	$500.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
240	240	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367 unweaned	367	6	202.50	$202.50	$743	—
496	496	4	196.00	$196.00	$972	—
526	526	4	197.00	$197.00	$1,036	—
560–577	570	5	189.00–190.00	$189.61	$1,081	—
658	658	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,073	—
676	676	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155	155	1	300.00	$300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	170.00	$170.00	$978	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$952	—
780–1750	1189	85-90%	34	30.00–57.50	$41.85	$498	-43.96
930–1610	1246	85-90%	44	60.00–74.00	$69.84	$870	—
985–1598	1257	85-90%	112	74.50–86.00	$78.43	$986	—
1285	1285	85-90%	1	76.50	$76.50	$983	—
1035–1464	1384	85-90%	16	89.00–94.00	$90.63	$1,254	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1219–1464	1354	80-85%	13	84.00–93.50	$90.67	$1,228	—
1468	1468	80-85%	2	65.00	$65.00	$954	-22.10
1345–1665	1489	80-85%	6	98.00–103.50	$99.94	$1,488	+22.08
1170–1662	1517	80-85%	23	76.00–81.00	$80.42	$1,220	+22.79
1220–1960	1572	80-85%	53	83.00–94.00	$86.93	$1,367	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1900	1587	75-80%	12	87.00–99.50	$92.36	$1,466	—
1460–1690	1593	75-80%	3	103.50–105.50	$104.36	$1,662	—
1290–1730	1620	75-80%	4	79.50–83.50	$82.70	$1,340	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1550	1215	13	57.50–84.00	$74.21	$902	—
1210–1970	1675	9	86.00–102.50	$94.59	$1,584	—
1070–2290	1832	22	105.00–116.50	$111.36	$2,040	—

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
997	997	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	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
385	385	1	92.50	$92.50	$356	—
943	943	4	120.00	$120.00	$1,132	—
995	995	6	120.00–120.50	$120.33	$1,197	-0.92
1010–1040	1025	8	120.00–123.00	$121.61	$1,247	+1.11
1068	1068	4	121.50	$121.50	$1,298	+1.36
1133	1133	14	123.50	$123.50	$1,399	+3.60
1156	1156	4	122.50	$122.50	$1,416	+2.42
1230–1235	1233	2	121.00–122.50	$121.75	$1,501	-0.35
1255	1255	3	120.50	$120.50	$1,512	-2.00
1315	1315	4	117.50	$117.50	$1,545	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	72.50	$72.50	$323	—
477	477	3	70.00	$70.00	$334	—
548	548	2	75.00	$75.00	$411	—
578	578	3	75.00	$75.00	$434	—
760	760	1	80.00	$80.00	$608	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
379	379	6	77.50	$77.50	$294	—
460	460	1	85.00	$85.00	$391	—
805–840	823	2	95.00–107.50	$101.38	$834	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	72.50	$72.50	$468	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	1	72.00	$72.00	$666	—

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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.