Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 11, 2023

1,073 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,073	865	1,107
Feeder cattle	196	178	305
Slaughter cattle	584	597	701
Replacement cattle	293	90	101

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand good. Feeder steers and heifers too thinly traded to trend. Feeder dairy heifers sold unevenly steady on a light test. Average dressing slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 5.00 higher. Cow/calf pairs sold 200.00 to 315.00 higher on comparable trades.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	4	232.50	$232.50	$1,046	—
559	559	4	194.00	$194.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
527	527	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,238	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	3	152.50	$152.50	$1,022	—

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Feeder Heifers

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–135	120	2	250.00–260.00	$255.63	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
868	868	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,285	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	275.00	$275.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1630	1331	80-85%	53	91.00–104.00	$97.48	$1,297	-10.73
1150–1549	1347	80-85%	15	104.00–114.00	$107.06	$1,442	—
1125–1785	1463	80-85%	96	89.00–103.50	$94.70	$1,385	+11.79
1235–1670	1505	80-85%	32	78.00–88.50	$84.99	$1,279	—
1345–1705	1525	80-85%	2	84.50–88.50	$86.74	$1,323	—
1420–1667	1555	80-85%	16	105.50–108.00	$107.67	$1,674	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1095	1001	85-90%	4	100.00–112.50	$106.44	$1,065	—
765–1455	1032	85-90%	3	47.50–50.00	$49.29	$509	-49.71
875–1315	1075	85-90%	8	42.50–65.00	$56.84	$611	-22.44
910–1245	1089	85-90%	9	75.00–84.00	$81.77	$890	+2.49
1125–1185	1155	85-90%	2	97.50–101.00	$99.30	$1,147	—
960–1390	1174	85-90%	70	80.00–97.50	$88.06	$1,034	-2.71
745–1640	1175	85-90%	53	70.00–84.00	$78.88	$927	-11.89
900–1560	1228	85-90%	55	85.00–92.50	$88.66	$1,089	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1443	1443	75-80%	3	99.50	$99.50	$1,436	—
1350–1785	1491	75-80%	5	110.00–122.00	$114.24	$1,703	—
1535	1535	75-80%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,228	—
1244–1898	1595	75-80%	53	95.00–106.50	$101.01	$1,611	—
1685–1855	1774	75-80%	4	89.50–94.50	$93.05	$1,651	+6.78

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
933–1202	1050	15	124.50–145.00	$138.39	$1,453	—
1285–1730	1490	6	101.00–111.00	$105.83	$1,577	—
1230–2195	1674	9	114.00–120.50	$118.84	$1,989	—
1300–2215	1723	8	120.50–127.50	$122.74	$2,115	—
1730	1730	1	116.00	$116.00	$2,007	—
1810	1810	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,919	-8.21

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
830–1163	1031	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	115.00–133.00	$126.23	$1,301
1085	1085	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,215

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1350	1350	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	127.50	$127.50	$1,721

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145–1321	1213	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,500.00–1,725.00	$1,662.89
1215–1296	1244	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	17	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,347.41
1160–1337	1289	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,375.00–1,485.00	$1,412.93
1334	1334	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1479–1650	1508	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,625.00–1,700.00	$1,687.01

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1180–1244	1231	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	1,625.00–1,825.00	$1,786.66

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
961–1975	1226	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	33	1,900.00–2,175.00	$2,016.18	—
1324–1638	1393	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	1,525.00–1,875.00	$1,754.22	—
1383–1448	1410	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	18	1,500.00–1,550.00	$1,519.72	—
1423	1423	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
1293–1638	1523	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,550.00–1,875.00	$1,783.03	—
1485–1633	1602	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,625.00–1,775.00	$1,753.05	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1160–1348	1270	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,338.70	—
1416	1416	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1438	1438	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1418–1550	1520	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,900.00–2,150.00	$2,096.16	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1130–1170	1164	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,239.11	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1495	1495	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,275.00	$2,275.00	—

Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1203	1203	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1805	1805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	4	127.50	$127.50	$886	—
797	797	17	133.50	$133.50	$1,064	+1.00
810	810	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,102	—
899	899	10	141.00	$141.00	$1,268	—
900–915	908	2	139.00–142.50	$140.76	$1,278	—
980	980	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,411	—
1010–1045	1020	7	143.00–144.00	$143.29	$1,462	+5.29
1089–1095	1090	12	144.50	$144.50	$1,575	—
1105–1135	1115	3	143.50–144.50	$143.84	$1,604	—
1150	1150	1	144.50	$144.50	$1,662	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
949	949	15	143.50	$143.50	$1,362	+2.50
1015	1015	15	145.50	$145.50	$1,477	+0.63
1103	1103	3	144.50	$144.50	$1,594	-1.12

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
478	478	3	32.50	$32.50	$155	—
653	653	8	67.50	$67.50	$441	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
899	899	7	137.00	$137.00	$1,232	—
915	915	3	138.50	$138.50	$1,267	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	7	127.50	$127.50	$460	—
620	620	1	97.50	$97.50	$604	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880	880	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,210	—
1130	1130	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,695	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
923–1083	972	(<2 yrs)	Open	70	2,175.00–2,500.00	$2,437.95	—
1445	1445	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040	1040	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

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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.