Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, March 20, 2025

897 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $345.15/cwt ≈ $1,829/hd at 530 lb · 33 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $342.02/cwt ≈ $2,264/hd at 662 lb · 32 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $278.02/cwt ≈ $2,424/hd at 872 lb · 31 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	897	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301	301	6	470.00	$470.00	$1,415	—
406–448 fancy	417	12	445.00–472.00	$464.74	$1,938	—
449	449	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,886	—
505–518 fancy	509	9	420.00–437.50	$431.57	$2,197	—
513–535	530	9	390.00–402.50	$399.81	$2,119	—
551–591 fancy	568	18	390.00–400.00	$395.54	$2,247	—
593	593	4	365.00–375.00	$370.00	$2,194	—
631–645	639	19	340.00–351.00	$347.20	$2,219	—
658–664	662	32	337.50–346.00	$342.02	$2,264	—
738	738	12	306.00	$306.00	$2,258	—
754	754	4	301.00	$301.00	$2,270	—
827	827	3	277.50	$277.50	$2,295	—
860–877	872	31	265.00–285.00	$278.02	$2,424	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	5	375.00	$375.00	$2,044	—
568	568	3	382.50	$382.50	$2,173	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
498	498	4	385.00	$385.00	$1,917	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 fancy	230	2	505.00	$505.00	$1,162	—
248	248	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,104	—
279 fancy	279	6	480.00	$480.00	$1,339	—
288	288	3	415.00	$415.00	$1,195	—
308	308	4	407.50	$407.50	$1,255	—
383–392	385	15	420.00–442.50	$424.58	$1,635	—
440	440	3	372.50	$372.50	$1,639	—
450–464	461	23	376.00–392.50	$381.55	$1,759	—
512–546	526	26	337.50–344.00	$341.15	$1,794	—
544 fancy	544	7	360.00	$360.00	$1,958	—
577 fancy	577	3	397.50	$397.50	$2,294	—
555–593	586	22	320.00–340.00	$323.37	$1,895	—
617–624 fancy	621	15	311.00–320.00	$314.58	$1,954	—
643	643	2	293.00	$293.00	$1,884	—
655–698 fancy	684	12	300.00–315.00	$310.21	$2,122	—
696	696	18	269.00–272.50	$270.56	$1,883	—
768	768	17	268.00	$268.00	$2,058	—
819	819	21	251.00	$251.00	$2,056	—
893	893	2	246.00	$246.00	$2,197	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	14	295.00	$295.00	$1,271	—
472–493	481	14	350.00–355.00	$353.90	$1,702	—
600	600	11	265.00	$265.00	$1,590	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	12	312.50	$312.50	$1,875	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	7	555.00	$555.00	$1,532	—
368	368	11	460.00	$460.00	$1,693	—
498	498	9	383.00	$383.00	$1,907	—
530	530	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,776	—
535 fancy	535	4	385.00	$385.00	$2,060	—
588	588	3	370.00	$370.00	$2,176	—
630	630	7	347.50	$347.50	$2,189	—
759	759	4	260.00	$260.00	$1,973	—
825	825	2	245.00	$245.00	$2,021	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055–1170	1113	85-90%	2	116.00–118.50	$117.19	$1,304	-18.20
1130	1130	85-90%	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,401	+18.95
1020–1265	1154	85-90%	19	116.00–127.50	$122.75	$1,417	—
975–1275	1162	85-90%	7	130.00–149.50	$139.43	$1,620	—
1015–1730	1187	85-90%	26	105.00–134.00	$113.54	$1,348	—
1085–1265	1193	85-90%	6	80.00–110.00	$97.16	$1,159	—
1050–1295	1203	85-90%	37	128.00–139.00	$132.82	$1,598	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1330–1440	1385	80-85%	2	128.50–138.00	$133.44	$1,848	—
1320–1455	1389	80-85%	20	82.50–107.50	$103.88	$1,443	—
1307–1497	1397	80-85%	38	127.00–138.50	$132.01	$1,844	—
1305–1445	1404	80-85%	22	115.00–126.00	$118.48	$1,663	-13.13
1325–1470	1425	80-85%	6	141.00–150.00	$144.94	$2,065	-1.83
1310–1490	1429	80-85%	5	139.00–148.50	$144.88	$2,070	+23.57

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1535	1523	75-80%	2	134.50–136.00	$135.26	$2,060	—
1525–1600	1549	75-80%	4	139.00–142.00	$140.24	$2,172	—
1505–1595	1550	75-80%	2	147.00–148.00	$147.51	$2,286	+3.51
1583–1685	1623	75-80%	7	138.50–145.00	$140.19	$2,275	-3.32
1503–1770	1643	75-80%	40	124.00–137.50	$131.11	$2,154	-12.40

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1780	1780	1	128.00	$128.00	$2,278	—
1695–1975	1822	21	132.00–148.00	$138.13	$2,517	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1830	1660	6	150.00–160.50	$155.39	$2,579	—
2135	2135	1	184.50	$184.50	$3,939	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795–1170	1026	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	180.00–199.50	$192.51	$1,975

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1075	861	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	195.00–222.50	$208.37	$1,794

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060–1215	1139	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	150.00–177.50	$167.99	$1,913

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1083	1083	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00
1040–1243	1192	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,673.67
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1298	1298	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	2,650.00	$2,650.00
1270–1377	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	2,575.00	$2,575.00
1425	1425	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1585	1585	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,225.00	$2,225.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1515	1515	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00–3,150.00	$3,125.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
758	758	6	210.00	$210.00	$1,592	—
835	835	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,637	-3.50
865–890	879	4	192.00–198.00	$194.75	$1,712	—
938–945	942	2	194.00–197.50	$195.74	$1,844	—
970–995	983	3	193.00–196.00	$194.18	$1,909	—
1016–1038	1026	17	191.50–197.00	$194.03	$1,991	-3.97
1050–1082	1067	16	193.50–194.50	$194.19	$2,072	+0.19
1100–1110	1107	3	193.50–194.00	$193.83	$2,146	—
1159–1188	1166	8	192.00–194.50	$193.86	$2,260	—
1200–1225	1215	5	190.00–190.50	$190.20	$2,311	+10.20

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–883	882	3	182.50–187.50	$184.16	$1,624	—
930	930	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,711	—
1202–1210	1206	6	187.50–188.00	$187.75	$2,264	—
1310	1310	1	177.50	$177.50	$2,325	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1193	1193	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,682	—

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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.