Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 30, 2024

1,270 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $278.27/cwt ≈ $1,962/hd at 705 lb · 145 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $263.75/cwt ≈ $2,084/hd at 790 lb · 56 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $260.50/cwt ≈ $1,803/hd at 692 lb · 52 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,270	992	911
Feeder cattle	688	536	219
Slaughter cattle	542	390	632
Replacement cattle	40	66	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend available on feeder heifer and steers due to low receipts on previous sale. Dairy heifers traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded 1.00 to 2.00 higher, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. No trend available on replacement cattle due to low receipts. Next available report will be Thursday, June 6, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
692	692	3	282.50	$282.50	$1,955	—
704–706	705	145	276.00–279.50	$278.27	$1,962	—
790	790	56	263.75	$263.75	$2,084	—
967	967	6	200.00	$200.00	$1,934	—
1170	1170	1	187.50	$187.50	$2,194	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	20	305.00	$305.00	$1,766	—
1076	1076	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,894	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
389	389	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,381	—
550	550	2	331.00	$331.00	$1,820	—
765	765	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,434	—
1076	1076	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,958	—
1141	1141	5	182.00	$182.00	$2,077	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75 thin fleshed	75	1	175.00	$175.00	—
80	80	1	250.00	$250.00	-110.00
118	118	2	450.00	$450.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
428	428	7	322.50	$322.50	$1,380	-35.00
465	465	5	330.00	$330.00	$1,534	—
638	638	45	274.50	$274.50	$1,751	—
692	692	52	260.50	$260.50	$1,803	—
1055–1060	1058	3	180.00–185.00	$181.67	$1,922	—
1155	1155	2	175.00	$175.00	$2,021	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	3	312.00	$312.00	$1,357	-0.50
527	527	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,476	—
870	870	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,718	—
1000	1000	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,775	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85 thin fleshed	85	1	235.00	$235.00	—
90	90	1	300.00	$300.00	—
115	115	1	375.00	$375.00	-185.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–845	830	2	150.00–155.00	$152.45	$1,265	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000	1000	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,650	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
721	721	4	240.00	$240.00	$1,730	—
810	810	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,600	—
878	878	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,668	—
1015	1015	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,852	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1175	1033	(<2 yrs)	N/A	8	1,400.00–2,050.00	$1,686.65	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85–90	87	3	240.00–250.00	$246.54	—
195	195	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140	1140	80-85%	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,471	-27.22
975–1480	1211	80-85%	23	140.00–170.00	$150.48	$1,822	—
1035–1800	1281	80-85%	14	136.00–144.50	$139.60	$1,788	+1.29
870–1505	1290	80-85%	75	126.00–161.00	$138.22	$1,783	-0.09
1290–1550	1420	80-85%	2	99.00–108.00	$103.91	$1,476	-16.85
1135–1895	1425	80-85%	13	115.00–122.50	$119.01	$1,696	-10.61
925–1935	1454	80-85%	106	125.00–135.00	$130.40	$1,896	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1725	1122	85-90%	23	67.50–96.00	$90.28	$1,013	-30.77
1090–1235	1181	85-90%	4	122.00–132.00	$127.16	$1,502	-0.88
970–1433	1221	85-90%	22	125.00–132.00	$126.74	$1,547	+20.14
860–1520	1223	85-90%	24	102.00–112.50	$108.28	$1,324	+1.68
900–1630	1254	85-90%	69	113.00–124.50	$119.78	$1,502	+2.28

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265–1505	1433	75-80%	4	147.50–151.00	$148.92	$2,134	—
1390–1523	1486	75-80%	19	139.50–143.50	$140.14	$2,082	—
1255–1800	1518	75-80%	39	136.50–145.50	$140.67	$2,135	+1.98
1725–1995	1818	75-80%	3	130.00–134.50	$132.70	$2,412	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–1985	1818	65-75%	9	146.00–149.50	$147.88	$2,688	—
1645–2045	1838	65-75%	4	138.00–145.50	$141.63	$2,603	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1155	1068	5	182.50–197.50	$188.19	$2,010	—
1105–1505	1201	9	150.00–184.00	$164.97	$1,981	+21.15
1170–2135	1563	16	132.50–151.00	$145.49	$2,274	—
1540–2530	1905	18	152.00–164.50	$158.09	$3,012	—
1190–2235	1920	5	170.00–180.00	$173.44	$3,330	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1438	1438	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1540	1540	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,025.00	$2,025.00
1548	1548	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,350.00	$2,350.00

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Beef Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
919	919	7	182.00	$182.00	$1,673	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
823	823	4	159.00	$159.00	$1,309	—

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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
1555–1645	1600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,250.00–2,300.00	$2,274.30	-925.70

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	187.50	$187.50	$853	—
527–543	532	24	184.00–185.00	$184.66	$982	—
607	607	9	182.00	$182.00	$1,105	—
820–848	838	6	176.50–181.50	$179.85	$1,507	+0.85
895	895	1	179.50	$179.50	$1,607	+0.65
910–925	919	6	179.00–181.00	$179.66	$1,651	+0.60
950–993	979	6	179.00–181.00	$179.83	$1,761	-1.67
1010–1040	1019	16	179.50–182.00	$180.93	$1,844	+1.53
1063–1099	1090	24	179.50–181.50	$181.25	$1,976	+1.35
1113–1145	1119	7	179.00–181.50	$180.64	$2,021	+2.90
1164–1170	1166	11	179.00–181.50	$181.27	$2,114	+0.77
1210–1235	1214	7	175.50–179.50	$178.50	$2,167	—
1250–1275	1263	2	177.00–179.50	$178.24	$2,251	+2.24

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	8	171.00	$171.00	$641	—
705	705	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,255	+0.50
860	860	1	171.00	$171.00	$1,471	-3.03
1055–1065	1060	2	167.50–175.00	$171.27	$1,815	—
1105–1115	1110	2	174.00–175.00	$174.50	$1,937	—
1164	1164	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,979	—
1245	1245	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,029	—
1265–1280	1273	2	167.50–171.00	$169.26	$2,155	—
1380	1380	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,249	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	115.00	$115.00	$702	—
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—

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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.