Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 18, 2024

1,014 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $288.00/cwt ≈ $1,483/hd at 515 lb · 47 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $301.49/cwt ≈ $1,239/hd at 411 lb · 26 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 bulls $257.50/cwt ≈ $1,774/hd at 689 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,014	662	1,016
Feeder cattle	334	216	252
Slaughter cattle	589	406	621
Replacement cattle	91	40	143

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand were moderate to good. Feeder cattle did not have enough comparisons to accurately trend. Feeder dairy heifers sold mostly steady. In slaughter cattle, average dress Breaker and Boner cows sold steady to 3.75 higher, while average dress Lean cows sold 2.00 lower. Average dress slaughter bulls sold 1.15 higher and feeding cows sold steady to 1.00 lower. The next available report will be Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	2	322.00	$322.00	$1,530	—
618	618	2	277.50	$277.50	$1,715	—
834	834	7	231.00	$231.00	$1,927	—
880	880	1	225.50	$225.50	$1,984	—
1015	1015	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,903	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	3	342.50	$342.50	$1,089	—
420	420	2	322.50	$322.50	$1,354	—
465	465	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,395	—
795	795	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,650	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255	255	2	950.00	$950.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	47	288.00	$288.00	$1,483	—
848	848	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,586	—
1015	1015	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,726	-15.64
1035	1035	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,760	-15.64
1103	1103	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,930	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–438	411	26	301.00–305.00	$301.49	$1,239	—
488	488	12	279.00	$279.00	$1,362	—
608–643	626	4	245.00–250.00	$247.57	$1,550	—
682–697	691	9	237.50–245.00	$242.85	$1,678	—
765	765	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,530	+5.44

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
509	509	4	247.50	$247.50	$1,260	—
567	567	5	240.00	$240.00	$1,361	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
280–290	285	2	880.00–925.00	$902.89	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1400	1400	1	144.00	$144.00	$2,016	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
689	689	18	257.50	$257.50	$1,774	—
858	858	2	187.50	$187.50	$1,609	—
921	921	6	182.50	$182.50	$1,681	—
952	952	6	181.00	$181.00	$1,723	—
1165	1165	2	177.50	$177.50	$2,068	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	2	245.00	$245.00	$1,690	—
848	848	2	182.50	$182.50	$1,548	—
886	886	5	182.50	$182.50	$1,617	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
395	395	2	800.00	$800.00	—
453	453	2	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
653	653	3	187.50	$187.50	$1,224	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	285.00	$285.00	$1,274	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220	1220	80-85%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,708	—
1200–1550	1364	80-85%	24	127.00–136.50	$133.14	$1,816	-1.04
1290–1635	1440	80-85%	12	119.00–123.00	$120.11	$1,730	+12.11
1345–1730	1535	80-85%	12	123.50–131.00	$127.02	$1,950	—
1205–1750	1549	80-85%	167	104.00–121.00	$114.14	$1,768	—
1495–1730	1578	80-85%	3	87.50–96.00	$90.61	$1,430	-27.28

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1040	973	85-90%	10	60.00–87.50	$71.32	$694	—
905–1185	1055	85-90%	7	132.00–140.00	$136.90	$1,444	—
875–1370	1083	85-90%	16	112.00–127.50	$117.75	$1,275	—
1093	1093	85-90%	8	111.00	$111.00	$1,213	—
825–1415	1175	85-90%	62	90.00–111.00	$103.37	$1,215	+0.38
990–1364	1210	85-90%	71	112.00–123.00	$114.55	$1,386	—
1245	1245	85-90%	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,556	+17.96

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1600	1548	75-80%	2	138.00–140.00	$138.97	$2,151	—
1700–2010	1829	75-80%	30	119.50–130.50	$122.21	$2,235	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1145–1320	1260	3	137.00–144.00	$141.53	$1,783	—
1300–2775	1732	23	130.50–147.50	$140.59	$2,435	—
1685–2665	2006	17	148.00–158.50	$152.16	$3,052	—
2000–2350	2185	3	164.50–185.00	$171.70	$3,752	+3.98

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
860–1060	954	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	172.50–190.00	$177.14	$1,690
835–1033	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	152.50–165.00	$159.32	$1,563

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1123–1150	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	167.00–178.00	$175.76	$1,983

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
890	890	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,357
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,652

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Bred Cows

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1482–1649	1558	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	1,900.00–2,100.00	$1,997.57

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1170–1545	1358	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,700.00–2,750.00	$2,728.45
1323–1473	1398	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,605.36
1495–1630	1540	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,350.00–2,450.00	$2,385.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175–1205	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,475.00	$1,411.71

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1315	1315	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00

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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
1236–1286	1261	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,850.00–2,000.00	$1,923.51	—
1272	1272	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	2,975.00	$2,975.00	—
1234–1414	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	19	3,350.00–3,500.00	$3,419.27	—
1470–1576	1505	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	2,850.00–3,075.00	$2,996.48	—
1830	1830	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
873–895	880	3	171.00–173.50	$172.65	$1,519	—
900	900	3	173.50	$173.50	$1,562	—
968–984	979	7	173.50–174.00	$173.86	$1,702	—
1005–1030	1024	7	171.50–173.50	$172.86	$1,770	—
1050–1098	1077	9	171.50–173.50	$172.27	$1,855	—
1112–1138	1129	23	170.00–174.00	$172.96	$1,953	—
1168	1168	13	173.50	$173.50	$2,026	—
1205–1206	1206	5	172.00–172.50	$172.10	$2,076	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
513	513	8	171.00	$171.00	$877	—
755	755	3	167.50	$167.50	$1,265	—
1223–1228	1227	7	166.50–167.00	$166.57	$2,044	—
1252–1285	1271	7	166.50–167.50	$167.08	$2,124	—
1300	1300	1	162.00	$162.00	$2,106	+1.00
1415	1415	1	164.00	$164.00	$2,321	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765	765	1	95.00	$95.00	$727	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

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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.