Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 30, 2023

704 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $205.35/cwt +22.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,281/hd at 624 lb · 12 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $180.66/cwt +3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,303/hd at 721 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	704	895	853
Feeder cattle	205	98	89
Slaughter cattle	464	730	600
Replacement cattle	35	67	164

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Demand was moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded steady, while slaughter bulls traded 6.75 higher. Feeding cows traded unevenly steady and feeder dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 2.50 higher. The next available report will be Thursday, April 6, 2023.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	3	267.50	$267.50	$1,091	—
458	458	4	262.50	$262.50	$1,202	+40.00
548	548	5	252.50	$252.50	$1,384	—
702	702	3	200.00	$200.00	$1,404	+12.50
1404	1404	7	150.00	$150.00	$2,106	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	2	171.00	$171.00	$1,445	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
353	353	2	252.50	$252.50	$891	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485–488	486	5	225.00–230.00	$227.99	$1,108	+21.99
585–598	594	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,218	—
611–631	624	12	204.00–206.00	$205.35	$1,281	+22.85
717–733	721	11	175.00–182.50	$180.66	$1,303	+3.16
822	822	3	161.00	$161.00	$1,323	—
890	890	5	163.00	$163.00	$1,451	+7.00
995	995	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,592	—
1009	1009	4	166.00	$166.00	$1,675	+26.00
1140	1140	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,664	—
1160	1160	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,612	—
1215	1215	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,689	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	6	227.50	$227.50	$780	—
950	950	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–870	863	2	132.00–135.00	$133.49	$1,152	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,300	—
840	840	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,352	+17.00
1050	1050	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,544	—
1132	1132	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,596	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,035	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1435	1346	80-85%	22	85.00–96.00	$91.44	$1,231	-7.84
1276–1495	1397	80-85%	36	97.00–106.50	$99.42	$1,389	+5.91
1305–1540	1408	80-85%	6	60.00–69.00	$64.00	$901	—
1238–1705	1446	80-85%	118	84.00–95.50	$88.32	$1,277	—
1270–1675	1450	80-85%	59	71.00–83.50	$80.77	$1,171	—
1310–1695	1520	80-85%	10	97.00–108.00	$102.08	$1,552	+13.10

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1305	1096	85-90%	24	67.00–82.50	$77.58	$850	-28.32
1072–1201	1160	85-90%	12	97.00–107.00	$98.71	$1,145	+20.41
1080–1215	1169	85-90%	5	86.00–95.00	$90.34	$1,056	+2.44
980–1315	1183	85-90%	52	83.00–93.50	$87.19	$1,031	-0.71
1035–1395	1193	85-90%	8	50.00–65.00	$58.38	$696	-29.52

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1690	1648	75-80%	5	98.50–104.50	$99.93	$1,647	—
1638–1835	1685	75-80%	15	82.50–89.50	$88.99	$1,499	-16.91
1650–1830	1730	75-80%	5	103.00–110.00	$106.47	$1,842	+14.00
1615–1990	1768	75-80%	31	90.00–101.00	$92.95	$1,643	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150	1150	1	102.50	$102.50	$1,179	—
1180	1180	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,328	—
1330–2145	1721	31	94.00–110.50	$103.84	$1,787	—
1475–2135	1860	10	111.50–120.50	$116.35	$2,164	—
2310	2310	1	126.50	$126.50	$2,922	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050–1425	1229	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	110.00–120.00	$117.25	$1,441

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205	1205	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,265

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1373	1373	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,525.00	$1,525.00
1357–1625	1411	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	1,775.00–1,825.00	$1,786.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1130–1363	1285	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,425.00–1,475.00	$1,460.35
1305	1305	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1458	1458	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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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
1187	1187	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1220–1325	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,348.64	—
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–897	890	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,157	—
955–997	991	27	133.00–136.50	$136.05	$1,348	—
1003–1044	1025	11	133.00–136.00	$135.28	$1,387	—
1077–1090	1080	4	135.00–136.50	$136.12	$1,470	+1.88
1105	1105	1	136.50	$136.50	$1,508	+2.00
1184	1184	8	137.50	$137.50	$1,628	+2.50
1205–1245	1219	4	133.00–136.50	$135.11	$1,647	-0.89

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
697	697	5	95.00	$95.00	$662	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	110.00	$110.00	$836	-10.00
940	940	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,137	—
1130	1130	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,328	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	92.50	$92.50	$444	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

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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.