Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 27, 2022

1,211 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,211	1,095	1,170
Feeder cattle	130	66	69
Slaughter cattle	1,021	888	902
Replacement cattle	60	141	199

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate. Slaughter cows traded 1.75 to 3.00 higher, while slaughter bulls traded 1.00 higher. Feeding cows traded 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Dairy heifers and replacement cattle were mostly steady. The next available report will be Thursday, November 3, 2022.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1378	1378	3	112.50	$112.50	$1,550	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1015	1007	6	131.00–137.00	$135.33	$1,363	—
1080	1080	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,404	—
1105	1105	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,414	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1297	1297	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,264	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1515	1342	80-85%	3	90.00–93.00	$90.88	$1,220	—
1190–1625	1407	80-85%	195	76.00–87.00	$82.31	$1,158	—
1265–1710	1499	80-85%	109	57.00–69.50	$65.79	$986	-8.69
1275–1760	1519	80-85%	31	38.00–55.50	$49.69	$755	+6.16
1230–1735	1542	80-85%	214	70.00–83.50	$76.24	$1,176	+32.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–1380	1157	85-90%	22	31.00–45.00	$40.82	$472	-10.79
720–1365	1158	85-90%	64	46.00–61.00	$53.79	$623	+2.18
770–1284	1173	85-90%	18	79.00–87.50	$81.36	$954	+29.75
1045–1330	1173	85-90%	23	67.00–77.00	$73.96	$868	+22.35
898–1345	1183	85-90%	72	62.00–73.50	$67.68	$801	+31.14

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400–1813	1634	75-80%	51	80.00–89.00	$83.56	$1,365	—
1665–1920	1770	75-80%	48	68.00–79.50	$75.61	$1,338	+5.20
1840–1880	1867	75-80%	3	61.00–64.50	$62.15	$1,160	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145	1145	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,076	-15.98
1110–2100	1448	21	65.00–89.00	$77.82	$1,127	—
1180–2050	1653	10	90.00–96.00	$92.92	$1,536	—
1790–2185	1978	4	106.50–119.00	$111.16	$2,199	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
910–1000	955	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	121.00–123.00	$122.05	$1,166
853–1210	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	91.00–108.00	$98.10	$966

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1016	1016	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	111.00	$111.00	$1,128

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1418–1515	1453	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	1,150.00–1,235.00	$1,181.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
912–1108	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	925.00–1,000.00	$958.56

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868–893	877	22	115.00–116.00	$115.50	$1,013	-1.00
925–930	930	11	114.50–116.50	$116.32	$1,082	+3.82
973–993	982	7	116.50	$116.50	$1,144	-1.50
1002–1047	1014	14	116.00–117.50	$117.06	$1,187	+1.43
1053–1086	1072	21	116.00–117.50	$116.74	$1,251	+1.24
1145	1145	3	116.00	$116.00	$1,328	-0.67
1333	1333	6	113.50	$113.50	$1,513	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
806–838	819	10	102.00–113.00	$108.14	$886	+0.14
866–897	874	16	110.00–114.50	$111.61	$975	—
958	958	2	114.50	$114.50	$1,097	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730–745	740	3	92.50–97.50	$94.14	$697	—
800	800	1	98.00	$98.00	$784	—

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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.