Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 16, 2025

1,096 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 9-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $195.00/cwt ≈ $1,767/hd at 906 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,096	684	520
Feeder cattle	387	243	120
Slaughter cattle	632	441	400
Replacement cattle	77	—	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was moderate to good. Dairy heifers under 1000 pounds traded 1.00 to 3.00 lower, while dairy heifers over 1000 pounds traded steady to 2.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows traded steady to 1.00 higher, while average dress slaughter bulls traded 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Next available report will be Thursday, January 23, 2025.

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
761	761	7	210.00	$210.00	$1,598	—
870	870	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,805	-2.50
906	906	18	195.00	$195.00	$1,767	—
970	970	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,843	—
1010	1010	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,909	-6.00
1200	1200	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,208	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815–845	830	2	187.50	$187.50	$1,556	-10.00
855–885	874	4	180.00–197.50	$188.05	$1,644	-6.95
1021	1021	8	182.50	$182.50	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,860	—
965	965	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,906	—
1065	1065	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,024	-10.00
1165	1165	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,155	-5.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1018–1410	1118	80-85%	13	145.00–176.00	$163.31	$1,826	—
1055–1575	1285	80-85%	93	122.00–140.00	$128.90	$1,656	+5.37
1105–1770	1485	80-85%	15	129.00–136.00	$133.47	$1,982	+12.90
1040–1786	1500	80-85%	136	116.00–127.50	$119.62	$1,794	+43.27
1420–1595	1537	80-85%	3	116.00–122.00	$119.81	$1,841	+43.46
1265–1698	1542	80-85%	36	102.00–115.50	$112.46	$1,734	+36.11
1745	1745	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,396	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$845	—
735–1025	920	85-90%	10	137.50–172.50	$157.68	$1,451	—
615–1475	1041	85-90%	16	50.00–88.00	$76.49	$796	-73.68
803–1430	1061	85-90%	30	90.00–103.00	$98.34	$1,043	—
920–1178	1061	85-90%	8	116.00–126.50	$121.10	$1,285	—
830–1275	1073	85-90%	19	111.00–129.00	$123.04	$1,320	—
830–1390	1147	85-90%	140	104.00–115.50	$111.47	$1,279	+42.16

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1535	1535	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,996	—
1555–1860	1621	75-80%	25	127.50–134.50	$129.44	$2,098	—
1420–2010	1740	75-80%	17	115.00–127.00	$121.68	$2,117	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415	1415	65-75%	1	137.50	$137.50	$1,946	—
1615–1810	1715	65-75%	6	133.00–138.00	$135.19	$2,319	+6.19
1875–2215	2032	65-75%	3	118.00–127.50	$121.58	$2,471	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1495–1560	1528	2	136.00–152.00	$144.17	$2,203	—
1660	1660	1	134.50	$134.50	$2,233	—
1385–2160	1703	11	126.00–140.50	$135.98	$2,316	—
1585–1935	1813	4	155.00–164.50	$158.80	$2,879	—
1520–2255	1871	16	142.50–153.50	$147.02	$2,751	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1186	1186	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,400.00	$1,400.00
1203	1203	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1184–1312	1251	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	23	1,425.00–1,600.00	$1,520.77

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1188	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1066–1486	1219	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	11	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,222.17

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Beef Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
494	494	6	257.50	$257.50	$1,272	—
673	673	4	200.00	$200.00	$1,346	—
893	893	10	185.00	$185.00	$1,652	—
958	958	6	185.00	$185.00	$1,772	—
1215	1215	1	188.00	$188.00	$2,284	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
818	818	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,575	—
873	873	48	190.00	$190.00	$1,659	-7.00
1085–1088	1087	3	186.50–189.00	$187.33	$2,036	-2.86
1115–1141	1134	29	186.00–187.00	$186.03	$2,110	+0.03
1151–1195	1163	32	184.00–187.50	$186.44	$2,168	+1.36
1215	1215	4	182.50	$182.50	$2,217	+0.12
1255	1255	1	184.00	$184.00	$2,309	+6.92

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–848	848	8	186.00–187.50	$187.31	$1,588	-3.69
937	937	5	185.50	$185.50	$1,738	-4.00
973–980	974	10	187.50–188.00	$187.60	$1,827	-2.77
1001–1044	1025	33	185.50–186.50	$186.08	$1,907	-3.28
1055	1055	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,820	-11.83
1067–1075	1072	20	182.50–184.50	$183.28	$1,965	-1.05
1143–1147	1145	14	179.00–184.50	$182.14	$2,086	—
1205–1223	1217	3	179.00–179.50	$179.33	$2,182	+1.33
1265–1278	1277	10	177.50–179.00	$177.65	$2,269	+3.65
1334	1334	5	173.50	$173.50	$2,314	+1.50

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	170.00	$170.00	$527	—
555	555	3	185.00	$185.00	$1,027	—
680	680	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,326	+5.00
900–915	908	2	171.00–177.50	$174.28	$1,582	-3.22
973–982	979	7	170.00–175.00	$173.58	$1,699	—
1000–1005	1003	2	177.50–181.00	$179.25	$1,798	—
1135–1145	1139	8	170.00–177.00	$173.39	$1,975	—
1215–1220	1218	2	171.00–175.00	$173.00	$2,107	—
1258–1275	1267	4	167.50–175.00	$171.22	$2,169	-3.78

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1019	1019	8	185.00	$185.00	$1,885	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
836	836	7	120.00	$120.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,552	—

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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.