Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, October 3, 2024

689 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $237.00/cwt ≈ $1,671/hd at 705 lb · 21 head

light 9-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $205.00/cwt ≈ $1,853/hd at 904 lb · 12 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 heifers $194.94/cwt ≈ $1,799/hd at 923 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	689	694	761
Feeder cattle	324	305	249
Slaughter cattle	316	389	479
Replacement cattle	20	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate. No trend available on feeder steers, feeder heifers, and replacement catle due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded mostly steady to 1.00 lower. No trend available on the Dairy Springer Heifers due to no recent reports. Average dress slaughter cows traded mostly steady to 2.00 higher, this seemed to largely be due to increased quality in this weeks run. Average dress slaughter bulls traded steady. Next available report will be Thursday, October 10, 2024. (Corrected)

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
381	381	4	317.50	$317.50	$1,210	—
712	712	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,673	—
921	921	4	221.00	$221.00	$2,035	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1042	1042	3	201.00	$201.00	$2,094	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315	1315	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,874	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–745	743	2	210.00–215.00	$212.51	$1,579	—
805–820	813	2	200.00–215.00	$207.57	$1,688	—
865	865	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,665	—
915–945	923	10	192.00–210.00	$194.94	$1,799	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	3	302.50	$302.50	$959	—
453	453	10	292.50	$292.50	$1,325	—
790	790	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,639	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790	790	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,442	—
980	980	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,764	-13.02

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	21	237.00	$237.00	$1,671	—
904	904	12	205.00	$205.00	$1,853	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1635	1267	80-85%	14	116.00–128.50	$121.50	$1,539	—
1205–1475	1359	80-85%	11	136.50–157.00	$144.75	$1,967	+22.40
1145–1620	1384	80-85%	9	124.00–128.00	$125.85	$1,742	+0.73
1115–1765	1392	80-85%	149	111.00–122.50	$117.06	$1,629	-8.06
1245–1680	1445	80-85%	21	104.00–110.00	$106.33	$1,536	—
1455–1615	1535	80-85%	2	101.00–102.00	$101.47	$1,558	-3.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1060	1000	85-90%	3	140.00–155.00	$147.51	$1,475	+48.35
840–1350	1095	85-90%	2	55.00–72.50	$65.79	$720	-53.92
1060–1171	1155	85-90%	8	112.50–118.00	$117.37	$1,356	+21.17
1040–1395	1189	85-90%	6	95.00–102.00	$97.55	$1,160	-17.44
930–1391	1235	85-90%	23	104.00–111.00	$107.92	$1,333	+0.18

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405–1945	1715	75-80%	9	124.50–127.50	$126.23	$2,165	+2.92
1565–1860	1734	75-80%	5	115.00–121.50	$118.92	$2,062	-4.39

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1705–1945	1825	65-75%	2	129.00–130.00	$129.47	$2,363	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,962	—
1050–1750	1390	18	134.00–157.50	$142.09	$1,975	+9.83
1355–1870	1561	9	106.00–139.00	$125.23	$1,955	-28.07
1365–1805	1585	2	138.00–139.00	$138.43	$2,194	-14.87
1605–2180	1835	7	144.50–148.50	$146.43	$2,687	—
1640–2080	1876	5	150.50–155.00	$152.35	$2,858	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1233–1275	1262	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,475.00–1,525.00	$1,510.35
1294	1294	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,635.00	$1,635.00

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,871	—

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Beef Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,086	—
740	740	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,087	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	240.00	$240.00	$936	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	185.00	$185.00	$648	—
485	485	1	185.00	$185.00	$897	—
505	505	1	185.00	$185.00	$934	—
553–570	562	33	180.00–181.00	$180.42	$1,014	—
628	628	18	180.00	$180.00	$1,130	—
695	695	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,251	—
706	706	15	180.00	$180.00	$1,271	—
860	860	7	176.50	$176.50	$1,518	±0.00
915–924	923	13	174.50–175.50	$175.42	$1,619	+0.42
960–973	968	5	174.50	$174.50	$1,689	+0.47
1007–1030	1011	7	173.50–174.50	$174.36	$1,763	-0.51
1058–1090	1071	11	173.00–174.50	$173.86	$1,862	-1.11
1113–1145	1126	12	173.00–174.00	$173.58	$1,955	-1.42
1155	1155	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,992	-0.36
1225–1243	1233	7	166.00–169.00	$167.70	$2,068	-1.55
1277–1285	1279	4	167.00–169.00	$167.50	$2,142	—
1350–1365	1351	13	156.00–158.00	$157.84	$2,132	—
1400	1400	3	153.00	$153.00	$2,142	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	175.00	$175.00	$648	-11.20
415	415	1	175.00	$175.00	$726	—
470	470	1	175.00	$175.00	$822	-2.50
530	530	5	175.00	$175.00	$928	—
645	645	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,064	-7.50
664–680	667	9	167.50–174.00	$172.53	$1,151	—
745	745	3	175.00	$175.00	$1,304	—
750 thin fleshed	750	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,125	—
930 thin fleshed	930	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,465	—
970	970	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,673	-1.00
1130	1130	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,819	-7.00
1280–1285	1281	4	152.00–156.00	$153.00	$1,960	-10.50
1345	1345	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,964	-2.73
1388	1388	5	146.00	$146.00	$2,026	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	200.00	$200.00	$916	—

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Springer Heifers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1085–1400	1192	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	1,400.00–1,500.00	$1,471.48	—
1145–1300	1222	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,860.00–1,985.00	$1,941.16	—
1165–1500	1251	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	1,750.00–1,810.00	$1,785.34	—

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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.