Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 20, 2023

1,016 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $185.00/cwt ≈ $1,582/hd at 855 lb · 22 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $202.00/cwt ≈ $1,460/hd at 723 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,016	1,242	1,316
Feeder cattle	252	363	545
Slaughter cattle	621	700	679
Replacement cattle	143	179	92

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand good on slaughter cows, slaughter bulls, stock cows, bred cows and cow/calf pairs; moderate on feeders. No comparable trades on feeder steers and heifers. Feeder dairy heifers 900-1200 lbs sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	22	185.00	$185.00	$1,582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
678	678	3	207.00	$207.00	$1,403	—
723	723	12	202.00	$202.00	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
586	586	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,254	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
654	654	9	200.00	$200.00	$1,308	-4.00
730	730	5	187.00	$187.00	$1,365	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910	910	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,320	—
925	925	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,471	—
954	954	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,555	—
1266	1266	6	153.50	$153.50	$1,943	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	3	199.00	$199.00	$1,168	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–85	83	2	250.00–260.00	$255.15	+55.15
120	120	1	260.00	$260.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	195.00	$195.00	$903	—
980	980	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,396	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75–95	85	4	210.00–425.00	$277.57	+40.07
100–135	120	3	250.00–485.00	$386.74	+201.74
150–195	173	2	475.00–500.00	$485.87	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	3	182.50	$182.50	$1,077	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–970	865	85-90%	2	47.50–65.00	$55.19	$477	—
925–1190	1070	85-90%	3	103.00–112.50	$106.42	$1,139	+1.08
1120–1140	1130	85-90%	2	97.50–100.00	$98.76	$1,116	+37.76
740–1280	1132	85-90%	23	88.50–98.00	$92.71	$1,049	+31.71
905–1225	1148	85-90%	8	71.00–88.00	$85.93	$986	+24.93
1095–1440	1218	85-90%	7	52.50–62.50	$56.07	$683	-32.37
935–1740	1289	85-90%	46	85.00–97.00	$89.17	$1,149	+0.75
555–1740	1328	85-90%	43	67.50–84.50	$79.24	$1,052	-25.84

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1480	1328	80-85%	3	85.50–91.00	$89.16	$1,184	—
1160–1540	1359	80-85%	23	92.00–104.00	$96.64	$1,313	-1.74
1210–1620	1382	80-85%	5	105.00–115.00	$108.46	$1,499	+10.08
1040–1875	1451	80-85%	35	90.00–103.00	$93.66	$1,359	-10.90
1425–1565	1495	80-85%	2	106.00–107.00	$106.48	$1,592	+39.35
1230–1850	1622	80-85%	34	79.50–89.50	$86.49	$1,403	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	75-80%	1	93.50	$93.50	$1,201	—
1638	1638	75-80%	4	103.00	$103.00	$1,687	—
1415–1985	1663	75-80%	7	102.00–108.50	$104.88	$1,744	—
1845	1845	75-80%	3	90.00	$90.00	$1,660	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1027–1195	1083	18	133.00–160.00	$147.16	$1,594	+9.68
1305–1595	1449	6	99.00–110.00	$104.79	$1,518	—
1390–1900	1641	7	108.50–115.00	$111.36	$1,827	—
1675–2260	1959	19	111.00–121.50	$117.07	$2,293	—
1375–2695	1983	6	91.00–107.50	$98.40	$1,951	—
1955–2210	2079	4	122.50–128.50	$126.04	$2,620	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
828–1430	1112	(<2 yrs)	Open	24	139.00–159.00	$155.00	$1,724
1140	1140	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,396
1110–1250	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	144.00	$144.00	$1,699

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
900–1135	1010	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	125.00–135.00	$128.63	$1,299

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	137.50	$137.50	$1,430

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
855–1115	985	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	102.50–119.00	$114.23	$1,125

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1406–1470	1427	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1408	1408	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1408	1408	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1515	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1575	1575	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1325–1955	1660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,650.00–1,960.00	$1,788.77
1635–1720	1678	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,625.00	$1,588.45

Medium 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
953	953	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1273–1687	1417	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	30	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,409.74	—
1495	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1306	1306	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—
1323	1323	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1375	1375	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
1406	1406	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,725.00	$1,725.00	—
1418	1418	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
1503	1503	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1475	1475	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,900.00	$1,900.00	+20.33

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1515	1515	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343	343	3	106.00	$106.00	$364	—
456–470	458	6	95.00–99.00	$98.32	$450	—
509	509	4	87.50	$87.50	$445	—
570–590	587	7	95.00	$95.00	$558	—
622	622	3	95.00	$95.00	$591	—
653	653	3	115.00	$115.00	$751	—
1020	1020	1	86.00	$86.00	$877	—
1095	1095	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,013	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,224	—
945	945	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,351	+1.00
950–957	955	4	143.00–146.00	$145.25	$1,387	+2.75
1000–1024	1016	6	144.00–144.50	$144.34	$1,466	+0.84
1163–1170	1165	3	144.00–144.50	$144.17	$1,680	+0.67
1220	1220	1	144.50	$144.50	$1,763	—
1300	1300	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,852	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	1	124.00	$124.00	$955	-2.00
834	834	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,118	±0.00
985	985	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,404	+4.50
1360	1360	1	112.50	$112.50	$1,530	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1003	1003	4	143.50	$143.50	$1,439	+0.17

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.