Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report, Brush, CO

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, June 27, 2024

869 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $272.00/cwt ≈ $1,676/hd at 616 lb · 29 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $239.00/cwt ≈ $1,417/hd at 593 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 2 heifers $246.00/cwt ≈ $1,215/hd at 494 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	869	795	560
Feeder cattle	304	228	187
Slaughter cattle	519	509	350
Replacement cattle	46	58	23

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. No trend on feeder steers and heifers due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded mostly 1.00 to 3.00 higher, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 5.00 to 8.00 higher. No sale next week due to the July 4th holiday. Next available report will be Thursday, July 11, 2024.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
489	489	17	296.00	$296.00	$1,447	—
616	616	29	272.00	$272.00	$1,676	—
690	690	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,828	—
960	960	5	223.00	$223.00	$2,141	—
1197	1197	3	184.00	$184.00	$2,202	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	5	290.00	$290.00	$1,160	—
490	490	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,396	—
790	790	4	232.50	$232.50	$1,837	-17.50
875	875	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,794	—
1015	1015	2	185.00–190.00	$187.50	$1,903	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1350	1309	4	173.00–183.00	$178.37	$2,335	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
419	419	14	236.00	$236.00	$989	—
494	494	18	246.00	$246.00	$1,215	—
593	593	26	239.00	$239.00	$1,417	—
765	765	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,626	-24.50
895	895	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,790	+15.74
1065	1065	1	184.50	$184.50	$1,965	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	7	226.00	$226.00	$1,819	—
920	920	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,679	-21.50
968	968	4	211.00	$211.00	$2,042	—
1013	1013	2	186.00	$186.00	$1,884	-1.50
1066–1085	1069	7	160.00–186.00	$182.23	$1,948	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	3	202.50	$202.50	$1,488	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	1	250.00	$250.00	—
105–115	110	2	275.00–350.00	$314.20	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
928	928	2	202.50	$202.50	$1,879	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75–95	85	6	250.00–325.00	$275.25	—
105–125	115	2	275.00–350.00	$309.24	—
160	160	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	7	242.50	$242.50	$1,382	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1155	1108	80-85%	3	122.50–132.00	$128.77	$1,427	—
900–1425	1182	80-85%	15	151.00–177.50	$158.17	$1,870	—
1050–1595	1266	80-85%	54	135.00–150.50	$144.20	$1,826	-5.68
885–1505	1294	80-85%	21	141.00–155.00	$146.78	$1,899	-3.10
1043–1745	1356	80-85%	16	116.00–128.50	$122.85	$1,666	-10.86
1030–1710	1412	80-85%	129	129.50–140.00	$136.31	$1,925	+11.10
1455–1475	1465	80-85%	2	114.00–115.00	$114.50	$1,677	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900–945	923	85-90%	2	170.00–172.50	$171.28	$1,581	—
710–1355	1129	85-90%	4	67.50–100.00	$86.63	$978	-3.26
930–1415	1150	85-90%	11	102.50–116.00	$110.32	$1,269	—
1065–1245	1155	85-90%	2	129.50–133.00	$131.39	$1,518	—
990–1280	1197	85-90%	18	120.00–139.00	$129.31	$1,548	—
955–1515	1255	85-90%	58	117.50–128.50	$123.04	$1,544	+13.07

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1465	1370	75-80%	10	152.00–155.50	$153.52	$2,103	—
1165–1620	1445	75-80%	33	147.50–155.00	$151.38	$2,187	—
1300–1910	1589	75-80%	25	143.50–151.00	$146.65	$2,330	—
1470–1850	1734	75-80%	13	134.50–142.50	$139.60	$2,421	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535–2090	1702	65-75%	21	152.00–160.50	$154.49	$2,629	—
1365–1960	1711	65-75%	10	148.50–151.50	$150.04	$2,567	-3.92

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1050	1043	3	192.00–194.00	$193.00	$2,013	—
925–1705	1250	12	157.50–193.00	$166.93	$2,087	—
1220–1675	1374	7	145.50–154.50	$149.62	$2,056	—
1490–2015	1735	20	138.50–162.50	$155.59	$2,699	—
1770–2055	1901	8	164.50–175.00	$168.37	$3,201	—
1725–2285	2052	3	181.00–190.00	$185.96	$3,816	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1304	1304	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1405	1405	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1427	1427	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1431	1431	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,075.00	$2,075.00
1524	1524	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,050.00	$2,050.00
1672	1672	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376	376	11	232.50	$232.50	$874	—
530	530	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,047	—
670	670	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,306	—
770	770	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,463	—
805–835	813	11	183.00–186.50	$186.08	$1,513	—
850	850	1	183.50	$183.50	$1,560	+1.54
926–945	927	30	184.50–186.50	$186.27	$1,727	+5.78
965–990	978	2	182.50–184.00	$183.26	$1,792	+1.74
1025–1035	1030	2	181.00–182.50	$181.75	$1,872	+0.25
1055	1055	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,920	+0.56
1109–1115	1110	8	184.50–185.00	$184.56	$2,049	+2.81
1280–1285	1283	2	175.00–176.50	$175.75	$2,255	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	200.00	$200.00	$750	—
550	550	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,031	—
605	605	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,089	—
680	680	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,224	—
730	730	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,278	—
885	885	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,566	—

Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,130	+15.00

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,056	—

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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.