Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 25, 2024

1,730 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $356.00/cwt ≈ $1,645/hd at 462 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $306.00/cwt ≈ $1,655/hd at 541 lb · 24 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $309.00/cwt ≈ $1,440/hd at 466 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,730	520	1,635
Feeder cattle	332	120	339
Slaughter cattle	852	400	1,219
Replacement cattle	546	—	77

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 2.00 higher, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 5.00 lower. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No trend available on replacement cattle due to the last large replacement sale being over a month ago. No trend available on feeder cattle due to limited numbers. Next available report will be as receipts warrant.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
369	369	14	352.50	$352.50	$1,301	—
541	541	24	306.00	$306.00	$1,655	—
600	600	4	277.50	$277.50	$1,665	—
1405	1405	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,826	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
462	462	27	356.00	$356.00	$1,645	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	16	302.50	$302.50	$1,210	—
466	466	19	309.00	$309.00	$1,440	—
868	868	7	180.00	$180.00	$1,562	—
930	930	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,744	—
985	985	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,822	—
1075	1075	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,639	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	7	285.00	$285.00	$1,015	—
490	490	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,176	—
563–583	571	5	237.50–247.50	$241.58	$1,379	—
661–677	670	9	195.00–197.50	$196.40	$1,316	—
820–840	830	2	170.00–182.50	$176.17	$1,462	—
985	985	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,748	—
1025	1025	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,717	+12.50

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1031	1031	13	149.00	$149.00	$1,536	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,550	—
980	980	4	143.00	$143.00	$1,401	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1088	1088	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,523	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–1545	1185	80-85%	26	105.50–145.00	$128.59	$1,524	—
1026–1630	1287	80-85%	118	96.00–127.50	$105.31	$1,355	+17.61
1158–1760	1332	80-85%	37	104.00–110.00	$105.64	$1,407	—
1060–1840	1442	80-85%	263	94.00–103.50	$99.66	$1,437	+0.74
1040–1658	1542	80-85%	13	85.00–93.00	$90.65	$1,398	+15.65

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$914	—
895–1195	1114	85-90%	74	93.00–125.00	$96.39	$1,074	—
855–1600	1234	85-90%	109	87.00–98.00	$93.15	$1,149	-0.32
800–1515	1259	85-90%	17	42.50–74.00	$60.07	$756	—
945–1488	1271	85-90%	20	79.00–85.50	$82.32	$1,046	—
1128–1455	1346	85-90%	8	99.00–101.00	$99.97	$1,346	+20.50

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225–1565	1368	75-80%	3	110.00–117.50	$112.97	$1,545	—
1340–1410	1375	75-80%	2	109.50–113.50	$111.45	$1,532	—
1325–1740	1522	75-80%	86	102.00–108.50	$105.92	$1,612	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1540–1995	1758	65-75%	3	109.50–114.50	$111.15	$1,954	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335	1335	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,562	—
1150–1645	1455	4	95.00–106.50	$101.24	$1,473	—
1460–2165	1618	11	110.00–120.50	$112.95	$1,828	—
1800–2215	2059	7	125.00–137.00	$130.60	$2,689	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1164	1164	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,600.00	$2,600.00
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1229 fancy	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1163–1465	1257	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	113	1,450.00–1,650.00	$1,548.36
1286–1505	1322	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	112	1,600.00–1,775.00	$1,753.19
1284–1488	1351	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	63	1,725.00–1,850.00	$1,792.63
1315–1467	1358	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	101	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,014.34
1505	1505	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1504–1562	1529	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1573	1573	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1103	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1130 thin fleshed	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,460.00	$1,460.00
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
1220	1220	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1143–1280	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	1,325.00–1,650.00	$1,559.27
1153–1329	1268	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	22	1,300.00–1,650.00	$1,447.95
1325	1325	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,925.00	$1,925.00
1393–1458	1426	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,923.29

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1358	1358	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,385.00	$1,385.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1220	1220	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
863–1023	970	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,740.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1047	1047	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,800.00	$2,800.00

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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
1545	1545	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	146.50	$146.50	$1,216	-1.50
900–905	903	2	150.00–151.50	$150.75	$1,361	—
983	983	2	152.00	$152.00	$1,494	+5.00
1000–1035	1017	10	149.50–152.00	$151.10	$1,537	+1.96
1090	1090	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,668	+2.67
1105–1144	1135	9	150.00–151.50	$151.18	$1,716	-0.18
1156–1170	1159	5	150.50–152.50	$150.90	$1,749	+2.19
1215	1215	2	150.50	$150.50	$1,829	—
1308–1348	1336	19	150.00–152.00	$151.26	$2,021	—
1355–1387	1374	18	147.00–151.50	$148.51	$2,041	—
1408–1441	1420	14	140.50–147.50	$144.96	$2,058	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935	935	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,365	—
1065	1065	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,491	—
1100–1115	1108	2	130.00–140.00	$135.03	$1,496	—
1490	1490	3	131.00	$131.00	$1,952	—

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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.