Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, February 9, 2023

1,048 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,048	880	1,280
Feeder cattle	186	200	258
Slaughter cattle	563	660	733
Replacement cattle	299	20	289

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded steady to 5.00 lower, while slaughter bulls traded steady. Feeding cows traded 1.00 to 6.00 lower and feeder dairy heifers traded mostly steady. The next available report will be Thursday, February 16, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	9	216.00	$216.00	$1,032	—
545	545	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,150	—
1310	1310	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,572	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1422	1288	13	123.00–128.00	$125.28	$1,614	+22.78
1420	1420	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,668	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	192.50	$192.50	$741	—
484	484	6	185.00	$185.00	$895	—
711	711	3	163.00	$163.00	$1,159	—
980	980	1	127.50	$127.50	$1,250	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	6	182.00	$182.00	$1,067	—
770	770	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,116	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1370	1286	80-85%	4	93.00–101.00	$97.78	$1,257	—
1345–1430	1388	80-85%	2	76.00	$76.00	$1,055	-13.41
1295–1467	1393	80-85%	24	80.50–90.00	$84.40	$1,176	-5.01
1340–1595	1453	80-85%	25	42.50–62.50	$57.74	$839	-23.07
1230–1687	1478	80-85%	161	63.00–76.50	$72.99	$1,079	-7.82
1265–1697	1551	80-85%	77	77.00–84.00	$79.50	$1,233	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1195	1014	85-90%	5	72.50–79.50	$74.65	$757	—
865–1450	1088	85-90%	39	32.50–52.50	$44.38	$483	-6.16
1055–1185	1129	85-90%	6	84.00–85.00	$84.83	$958	-0.65
705–1385	1144	85-90%	29	55.00–69.50	$63.56	$727	-4.25
1060–1331	1233	85-90%	53	70.00–80.00	$74.34	$917	-6.66

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590–2005	1748	75-80%	57	65.00–79.50	$76.17	$1,331	—
1430–2055	1752	75-80%	35	81.00–93.00	$84.52	$1,481	+8.08

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	105.00	$105.00	$976	—
1310–2195	1810	13	80.00–98.50	$91.22	$1,651	-13.59
1840–2410	2199	6	100.00–109.50	$104.81	$2,305	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1460	1059	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	102.00–118.00	$108.47	$1,149
1299	1299	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	123.00	$123.00	$1,598

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990–1130	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	95.00–100.00	$97.67	$1,035

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1206–1237	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	1,010.00–1,050.00	$1,021.64
1200–1540	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	17	1,200.00–1,285.00	$1,275.28
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	925.00	$925.00
1189–1372	1267	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	64	1,035.00–1,160.00	$1,077.71
1276–1460	1317	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,193.84
1358	1358	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	985.00	$985.00
1282–1452	1367	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,060.00–1,100.00	$1,078.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1157–1271	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	1,600.00–1,675.00	$1,655.91
1303–1900	1380	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	35	1,425.00–1,550.00	$1,443.40
1282–1445	1401	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	1,425.00–1,450.00	$1,443.76
1435–1715	1527	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,185.00–1,385.00	$1,251.30
1445–1635	1540	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,350.00	$1,310.19

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1058	1058	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1249	1249	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1370	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,185.00	$1,185.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
921	921	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1083	1083	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	785.00	$785.00
1279	1279	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1007–1093	1053	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,425.00–1,550.00	$1,488.32

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1018	1018	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1585	1585	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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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
1162	1162	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1420	1420	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	120.50	$120.50	$1,127	+0.36
981–999	985	30	120.50–122.00	$120.87	$1,191	-0.16
1015–1040	1024	7	120.50–122.00	$121.22	$1,241	+0.36
1050–1088	1079	18	120.00–121.50	$121.42	$1,310	-0.92
1102–1135	1119	5	120.50–121.50	$121.11	$1,355	-1.24
1165	1165	1	121.50	$121.50	$1,415	-0.17
1205–1238	1227	5	120.00–121.50	$120.59	$1,480	-3.41
1280	1280	1	120.50	$120.50	$1,542	-2.50
1315	1315	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,604	-1.00
1369	1369	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,643	—
1400	1400	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,680	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	6	98.00	$98.00	$774	—
815–846	842	23	100.00–108.00	$107.66	$906	—
855	855	1	105.00	$105.00	$898	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–894	887	9	117.50–119.00	$118.50	$1,051	+2.28
933	933	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,092	±0.00
985	985	1	119.50	$119.50	$1,177	—
1030	1030	3	119.00–119.50	$119.33	$1,229	+5.33
1155–1165	1158	3	115.00–119.50	$116.51	$1,349	-2.49
1220	1220	2	119.00	$119.00	$1,452	+2.00

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	2	80.00	$80.00	$492	—
675	675	1	86.00	$86.00	$580	—
870	870	1	85.00	$85.00	$740	—

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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.