Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 26, 2023

1,635 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.00/cwt ≈ $1,128/hd at 868 lb · 15 head

heavy 5-weight L 1 heifers $167.00/cwt ≈ $990/hd at 593 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,635	442	943
Feeder cattle	339	150	171
Slaughter cattle	1,219	226	560
Replacement cattle	77	66	212

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter cows traded unevenly steady, while slaughter bulls traded 4.75 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady and feeder dairy heifers traded mostly steady. Trade activity and demand were good. The next available report will be Thursday, February 2, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
262	262	6	475.00	$475.00	—
333	333	4	635.00	$635.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
246	246	5	535.00	$535.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	7	172.00	$172.00	$1,047	—
868–893	876	6	142.00–149.00	$144.38	$1,265	—
1003–1010	1004	7	130.00	$130.00	$1,305	—
1086–1095	1088	6	127.00–128.00	$127.83	$1,391	—
1105	1105	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,348	—
1155–1193	1184	4	122.50–126.00	$123.35	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
321	321	4	171.00	$171.00	$549	—
377	377	6	165.00	$165.00	$622	—
838	838	2	137.50	$137.50	$1,152	—
868	868	15	130.00	$130.00	$1,128	—
1088	1088	4	121.00	$121.00	$1,316	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	11	167.00	$167.00	$990	—
1042	1042	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
258	258	11	485.00	$485.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	4	125.00	$125.00	$1,200	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1290	1290	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,484	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1520	1432	80-85%	5	86.00–87.50	$86.49	$1,239	—
1240–1653	1455	80-85%	180	75.00–85.00	$79.73	$1,160	+6.87
1159–1695	1481	80-85%	221	71.00–82.00	$74.52	$1,104	+1.66
1350–1640	1485	80-85%	24	41.00–58.00	$50.52	$750	-22.34
1250–1730	1500	80-85%	241	59.00–70.50	$66.86	$1,003	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1210	1115	85-90%	5	80.00–86.00	$82.24	$917	+7.23
760–1480	1121	85-90%	22	27.50–46.00	$37.02	$415	-37.99
690–1415	1126	85-90%	49	50.00–64.50	$57.44	$647	-17.57
785–1270	1159	85-90%	33	70.00–78.00	$73.32	$850	—
940–1379	1200	85-90%	154	65.00–76.00	$68.22	$819	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–2105	1772	75-80%	148	75.00–86.00	$79.82	$1,414	—
1550–2160	1782	75-80%	50	64.50–74.50	$70.95	$1,264	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1385	1230	4	75.00–90.00	$82.45	$1,014	—
1175–2415	1788	15	71.00–94.50	$85.87	$1,535	-8.67
1545–2370	2000	14	95.50–104.00	$99.33	$1,987	-2.67
2130	2130	1	109.00	$109.00	$2,322	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	85.50	$85.50	$817

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
957–1035	977	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–109.00	$106.62	$1,042

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1178	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1524	1524	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1530	1530	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,085.00	$1,085.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1236	1236	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	860.00	$860.00
1385	1385	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	910.00	$910.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1482	1482	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,525.00	$1,525.00

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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
1238–1635	1479	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,400.00–1,475.00	$1,420.09	—
1515	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1614	1614	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,660.00	$1,660.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
994	994	4	121.50	$121.50	$1,208	—
1000–1045	1020	11	120.00–122.50	$120.47	$1,229	—
1050–1080	1067	3	120.00–121.50	$120.84	$1,289	—
1162–1180	1167	4	121.00–123.00	$122.49	$1,429	—
1201–1237	1220	41	121.00–122.50	$121.72	$1,485	—
1252–1270	1256	22	121.00–122.00	$121.73	$1,529	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
878–880	879	3	112.00–117.00	$115.33	$1,014	-2.07
985	985	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,084	-8.60
1020–1045	1023	8	113.00–119.00	$118.23	$1,209	-0.27
1050–1098	1082	41	115.00–119.50	$118.15	$1,278	—
1110–1145	1128	6	115.00–118.50	$117.34	$1,324	-1.16
1176	1176	9	119.50	$119.50	$1,405	—
1270	1270	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,511	+1.50
1348	1348	8	118.00	$118.00	$1,591	—
1440	1440	7	110.00	$110.00	$1,584	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
623	623	4	75.00	$75.00	$467	+12.50

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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.