Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 9, 2023

1,368 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $159.00/cwt ≈ $1,407/hd at 885 lb · 16 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $147.25/cwt +17.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,271/hd at 863 lb · 11 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $186.00/cwt ≈ $1,354/hd at 728 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,368	1,027	541
Feeder cattle	252	183	126
Slaughter cattle	703	754	362
Replacement cattle	413	90	53

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded 3.00 to 6.00 lower and slaughter bulls had too thin of a test last week for an accurate comparison. Feeding cows traded steady to 4.00 higher and feeder dairy heifers traded unevenly steady. The next available report will be Thursday, March 16, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,262	—
603	603	5	211.00	$211.00	$1,272	—
665	665	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,380	—
780	780	2	177.00	$177.00	$1,381	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407	407	5	230.00	$230.00	$936	—
490	490	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,102	—
523	523	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,072	—
550–595	567	8	197.50–201.00	$198.25	$1,124	—
728	728	10	186.00	$186.00	$1,354	—
885	885	16	159.00	$159.00	$1,407	—
1030–1045	1038	2	142.00–143.00	$142.50	$1,479	+3.50
1085	1085	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,465	±0.00
1125–1130	1127	3	135.00–137.50	$135.83	$1,531	+6.83

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	3	172.00	$172.00	$1,092	—
860–890	863	11	140.00–148.00	$147.25	$1,271	+17.53

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195	1195	80-85%	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,291	—
1317–1590	1399	80-85%	13	50.00–65.00	$55.85	$781	—
1285–1480	1403	80-85%	4	98.00–106.00	$101.37	$1,422	+19.85
1240–1615	1412	80-85%	75	84.00–97.50	$94.51	$1,334	+12.99
1225–1669	1462	80-85%	90	66.00–82.50	$78.77	$1,152	-20.89
1230–1681	1484	80-85%	108	83.00–97.00	$85.25	$1,265	+23.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1325	1067	85-90%	13	42.50–64.00	$59.65	$636	-31.79
1025–1225	1127	85-90%	5	96.00–109.00	$102.56	$1,156	+26.00
905–1415	1160	85-90%	86	65.00–79.50	$74.93	$869	-11.04
1055–1305	1168	85-90%	23	81.00–94.00	$90.20	$1,054	+4.23
1190	1190	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,130	+9.03
1015–1300	1209	85-90%	65	80.00–91.00	$82.46	$997	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1975	1686	75-80%	39	87.00–97.00	$92.08	$1,552	—
1550–1975	1779	75-80%	44	76.00–85.50	$82.38	$1,466	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	85.00	$85.00	$790	—
1200–2040	1601	14	81.00–100.00	$95.52	$1,529	—
1620–2315	1878	19	101.50–113.50	$106.04	$1,991	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980–1275	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	102.00–119.00	$108.94	$1,207

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915–1165	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	120.00–139.00	$131.75	$1,410

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1257	1257	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,875.00	$1,875.00
1290	1290	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1264–1563	1391	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	68	1,325.00–1,450.00	$1,402.77
1143–1496	1424	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	116	1,725.00–2,150.00	$1,962.28
1481	1481	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1067–1244	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,650.00–1,725.00	$1,679.36
1117–1456	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	1,500.00–1,675.00	$1,633.50
1302–1466	1336	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	24	1,525.00–1,550.00	$1,530.71
1300–1410	1338	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1184–1695	1354	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	92	1,510.00–1,700.00	$1,674.52

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
831–1012	891	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,450.00–1,675.00	$1,535.15

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
793	793	15	130.00	$130.00	$1,031	—
830	830	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,087	—
880	880	11	130.00	$130.00	$1,144	+3.87
920–932	931	10	130.00–133.00	$132.70	$1,235	+4.25
960–985	973	11	130.00–133.00	$132.17	$1,286	+5.79
1005–1037	1033	8	127.50–129.00	$127.68	$1,319	-2.69
1059–1099	1082	28	128.50–135.00	$132.78	$1,437	+2.33
1100–1132	1119	26	129.50–132.50	$130.05	$1,455	-0.45
1156	1156	9	128.50	$128.50	$1,485	-3.56
1205	1205	1	128.50	$128.50	$1,548	—
1341	1341	8	121.00	$121.00	$1,623	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	7	57.50	$57.50	$384	+19.50
767	767	3	61.00	$61.00	$468	—
824	824	7	69.50	$69.50	$573	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
687–691	689	13	97.50–105.00	$100.39	$692	—
1280	1280	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,280	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	107.50	$107.50	$427	+28.50
493	493	2	82.50	$82.50	$407	—

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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.