Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, January 23, 2025

1,048 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $327.00/cwt ≈ $1,606/hd at 491 lb · 40 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,048	1,096	1,730
Feeder cattle	244	387	332
Slaughter cattle	528	632	852
Replacement cattle	276	77	546

Market comments — USDA reporter

Trade activity and demand was good. Not trend available on feeder steers and heifers and replacements due to low receipts. Dairy heifers traded mostly 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Average dress slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Next available report will be available January 30, 2025.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,551	—
416	416	8	390.00	$390.00	$1,622	—
502	502	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,770	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	6	370.00	$370.00	$1,713	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	40	327.00	$327.00	$1,606	—
602	602	3	268.00	$268.00	$1,613	—
840	840	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,890	—
853	853	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,928	+18.50
935	935	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,940	+12.50
950–965	958	2	197.50–200.00	$198.74	$1,904	+8.74
1020	1020	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,964	+3.50
1060	1060	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,014	—
1125	1125	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,138	—
1160	1160	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,262	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
444	444	4	333.00	$333.00	$1,479	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,676	—
830	830	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,743	+22.50
1005	1005	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,759	-7.50

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775	775	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,472	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,007	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,624	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1575	1349	80-85%	38	125.50–139.00	$133.12	$1,796	—
1020–1695	1402	80-85%	31	131.50–140.50	$135.13	$1,895	—
1365–1570	1453	80-85%	3	145.00–160.00	$152.36	$2,214	+18.89
1190–1780	1463	80-85%	167	122.00–131.00	$126.55	$1,851	-6.92
1340–1720	1522	80-85%	35	106.00–121.00	$115.76	$1,762	-4.05
1490–1670	1557	80-85%	3	82.50–95.00	$89.36	$1,391	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–1055	873	85-90%	2	105.00–119.00	$113.46	$991	—
845–1185	1045	85-90%	7	152.50–167.50	$159.33	$1,665	+82.84
925–1320	1119	85-90%	52	114.00–145.00	$125.72	$1,407	+14.25
1035–1265	1169	85-90%	19	122.00–133.00	$123.80	$1,447	—
860–1395	1177	85-90%	16	95.00–111.00	$105.68	$1,244	—
975–1345	1184	85-90%	6	60.00–92.50	$77.82	$921	—
850–1420	1207	85-90%	78	112.00–121.00	$116.84	$1,410	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1460–1625	1543	75-80%	2	154.00–177.50	$165.12	$2,548	+35.12
1575	1575	75-80%	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,189	—
1430–1815	1637	75-80%	35	131.00–137.00	$132.52	$2,169	+3.08
1645	1645	75-80%	1	140.50	$140.50	$2,311	+11.06
1490–1885	1649	75-80%	4	121.00–129.50	$125.61	$2,071	-3.83
1685	1685	75-80%	1	130.50	$130.50	$2,199	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635–2085	1840	65-75%	5	138.00–144.00	$139.96	$2,575	—
1605–1990	1845	65-75%	3	129.00–135.50	$132.50	$2,445	—
1860–1940	1888	65-75%	3	143.00–149.00	$146.00	$2,756	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1265	1265	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,847	—
1320	1320	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,967	—
1455–1825	1640	3	131.00–140.50	$137.13	$2,249	—
1675–1895	1763	6	146.00–155.50	$153.50	$2,706	—
1780–2025	1917	3	157.50–162.50	$160.03	$3,068	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1253 thin fleshed	1253	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1166–1360	1271	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	2,300.00–2,500.00	$2,380.15
1202–1304	1279	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,875.00–1,925.00	$1,886.75
1293 thin fleshed	1293	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1323	1323	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,325.00	$2,325.00
1097–1618	1366	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	61	1,975.00–2,150.00	$2,118.71
1423	1423	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,150.00	$2,150.00
1322–1465	1449	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	2,185.00–2,300.00	$2,208.01
1255–1543	1485	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,350.00–2,500.00	$2,474.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1091	1091	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1128–1262	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,675.00–1,750.00	$1,714.60

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
923	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,700.00	$2,700.00
967–990	979	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,800.00–2,950.00	$2,874.12
1023	1023	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	3,025.00	$3,025.00
943–1210	1121	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	73	2,800.00–3,200.00	$3,007.39

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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
1152	1152	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,350.00	$3,350.00	—
1581	1581	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	3,200.00	$3,200.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
773	773	2	209.00	$209.00	$1,616	—
820	820	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,624	+5.50
910–930	920	7	193.50–195.00	$194.14	$1,786	—
995	995	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,920	—
1005–1010	1006	6	191.50–194.00	$192.08	$1,932	—
1064–1095	1078	17	188.00–191.50	$190.30	$2,051	+2.97
1110–1141	1126	15	187.50–191.50	$189.42	$2,133	+3.39
1190–1197	1196	6	190.00–191.00	$190.17	$2,274	+3.73
1215–1220	1218	6	188.50–189.50	$188.67	$2,298	+6.17
1255–1270	1263	2	179.00–188.00	$183.47	$2,317	-0.53
1315	1315	1	178.00	$178.00	$2,341	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718	718	3	208.00	$208.00	$1,493	—
855–880	868	2	190.00–194.00	$191.97	$1,666	—
985	985	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,822	-2.60
1045	1045	2	188.00	$188.00	$1,965	+1.92
1055–1090	1073	2	183.00–185.00	$183.98	$1,974	+0.70
1190	1190	2	187.00	$187.00	$2,225	—
1245	1245	1	176.00	$176.00	$2,191	-3.33
1260	1260	1	176.00	$176.00	$2,218	-1.65
1388	1388	2	170.00	$170.00	$2,360	—
1420	1420	1	173.00	$173.00	$2,457	—
1450	1450	1	167.50	$167.50	$2,429	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	215.00	$215.00	$914	—
1083	1083	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,841	—
1315	1315	1	176.00	$176.00	$2,314	—

Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
305	305	1	200.00	$200.00	$610	—

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220	220	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1252	1252	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.