Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 27, 2023

1,663 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $199.30/cwt ≈ $1,417/hd at 711 lb · 74 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $252.06/cwt ≈ $1,538/hd at 610 lb · 51 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $240.89/cwt ≈ $1,530/hd at 635 lb · 37 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,663	1,016	1,001
Feeder cattle	941	252	333
Slaughter cattle	615	621	561
Replacement cattle	107	143	107

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 lower, while slaughter bulls traded 1.00 lower. Feeding cows traded steady to 2.00 higher and feeder dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder cattle and replacement cattle had no comparisons from last week. The next available report will be Thursday, May 4, 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
521	521	4	252.50	$252.50	$1,316	—
554–598	582	22	242.00–248.00	$244.99	$1,426	—
613–648	635	37	233.00–245.00	$240.89	$1,530	—
675–691	686	10	223.00–228.00	$226.41	$1,553	+19.41
701–738	717	9	197.50–205.00	$200.93	$1,441	-1.07
794	794	7	192.50	$192.50	$1,528	—
848	848	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,603	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
603–617	610	51	250.00–254.00	$252.06	$1,538	—
675	675	2	236.00	$236.00	$1,593	—
729	729	7	216.50	$216.50	$1,578	—
758	758	14	204.50	$204.50	$1,550	—
818–832	826	11	194.00–196.00	$194.90	$1,610	—
990	990	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,693	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371–377	376	17	242.50–252.50	$250.18	$941	—
413–425	421	8	245.00–250.00	$248.16	$1,045	—
488–493	491	18	245.00–247.50	$246.24	$1,209	—
512–546	522	14	232.50–240.00	$237.76	$1,241	—
631	631	5	230.00	$230.00	$1,451	—
895	895	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,566	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
544	544	10	222.50	$222.50	$1,210	—
639	639	4	197.50	$197.50	$1,262	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,408	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1705	1705	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,995	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
519	519	8	237.50	$237.50	$1,233	—
557–577	568	22	226.00–231.00	$228.77	$1,299	—
600–628	622	26	212.00–216.00	$214.30	$1,333	—
650–693	688	36	200.00–212.50	$201.26	$1,385	—
706–733	711	74	199.00–201.00	$199.30	$1,417	—
752	752	6	187.00	$187.00	$1,406	—
839	839	5	162.00	$162.00	$1,359	—
867	867	24	161.00	$161.00	$1,396	—
1013	1013	5	151.00	$151.00	$1,530	—
1023	1023	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	24	250.00	$250.00	$938	—
433	433	6	240.00	$240.00	$1,039	—
465–487	484	17	237.50–241.00	$238.43	$1,154	—
512	512	8	227.50–235.00	$230.31	$1,179	—
570–590	586	10	216.00–219.00	$218.10	$1,278	—
617–643	627	22	196.00–208.00	$203.22	$1,274	—
705	705	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,304	-2.00
795	795	33	178.50	$178.50	$1,419	—
817	817	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,389	—
864	864	7	165.00	$165.00	$1,426	—
1052	1052	9	140.00	$140.00	$1,473	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
429–443	437	16	230.00–235.00	$232.15	$1,014	—
521–540	531	8	216.00–220.00	$217.96	$1,157	—
588	588	3	211.00	$211.00	$1,241	—
634	634	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,205	—
653	653	6	177.50	$177.50	$1,159	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
571	571	5	200.00	$200.00	$1,142	—
630	630	4	187.50	$187.50	$1,181	—
676–688	680	12	185.00–186.00	$185.66	$1,262	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
709	709	6	187.50	$187.50	$1,329	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
466	466	6	225.00	$225.00	$1,048	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,782	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305–1520	1396	80-85%	9	104.00–111.00	$106.57	$1,488	-1.89
1260–1595	1421	80-85%	37	91.00–103.50	$98.85	$1,405	—
1255–1550	1454	80-85%	15	104.00–111.00	$105.14	$1,529	+11.48
1253–1630	1461	80-85%	62	90.00–103.00	$93.74	$1,370	+0.08
970–1667	1476	80-85%	139	73.00–89.50	$83.96	$1,239	-22.52
1305–1598	1495	80-85%	4	70.00–72.50	$71.58	$1,070	-34.90

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1075	914	85-90%	8	51.00–69.00	$61.40	$561	—
870–1175	1052	85-90%	8	106.00–112.50	$108.46	$1,141	+2.04
815–1295	1102	85-90%	97	70.50–84.50	$80.18	$884	-18.58
960–1345	1162	85-90%	69	85.00–95.00	$87.75	$1,020	—
1040–1427	1196	85-90%	36	86.00–97.50	$91.76	$1,097	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535	1535	75-80%	1	115.50	$115.50	$1,773	—
1540–1810	1647	75-80%	15	95.00–107.00	$102.78	$1,693	-0.22
1640–1995	1774	75-80%	55	81.00–94.00	$88.17	$1,564	—
1810	1810	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,176	-25.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1295	1240	2	102.50–105.00	$103.69	$1,286	—
1385–1980	1606	15	88.00–109.50	$104.47	$1,678	-6.89
1665–2295	2003	14	110.00–122.50	$115.63	$2,316	—
2140–2425	2267	3	125.50–129.50	$127.91	$2,900	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–940	859	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	132.00–147.50	$139.76	$1,201
795–1250	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	117.50–132.50	$126.35	$1,336

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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
1089–1190	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	43	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
1240–1340	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	1,225.00–1,250.00	$1,246.66	—
1303–1495	1332	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1595	1595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—
1680	1680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,050.00	$2,050.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1029	1029	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1305–1545	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+50.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
858	858	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,201	—
921	921	10	143.00	$143.00	$1,317	—
965–980	971	11	142.50–144.00	$143.59	$1,394	—
1012–1048	1027	15	145.00–146.00	$145.44	$1,494	+1.94
1080–1099	1091	12	146.00–147.00	$146.50	$1,598	—
1105–1134	1119	35	144.00–147.00	$146.39	$1,638	—
1150–1156	1155	7	141.00–146.00	$145.15	$1,676	—
1218–1235	1225	4	138.50–145.00	$141.77	$1,737	—
1275–1285	1282	3	143.50–145.50	$144.16	$1,848	—
1310	1310	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,913	—
1370–1385	1378	2	135.00–140.00	$137.51	$1,895	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–840	832	6	135.00–138.50	$137.59	$1,145	+3.59
895	895	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,244	—
901	901	6	139.00	$139.00	$1,252	—
975	975	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,355	-3.50
1005	1005	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,357	—
1115–1125	1117	6	138.00–139.00	$138.67	$1,549	—
1315	1315	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,446	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	82.50	$82.50	$367	—
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	-15.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1475	1475	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,947	—

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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.