Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, April 3, 2025

871 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $343.61/cwt ≈ $1,952/hd at 568 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $444.00/cwt ≈ $1,701/hd at 383 lb · 36 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $272.03/cwt ≈ $1,986/hd at 730 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	871	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–394	383	36	440.00–447.00	$444.00	$1,701	—
433–442	439	16	410.00	$410.00	$1,800	—
636	636	11	362.50	$362.50	$2,306	—
664	664	16	345.00	$345.00	$2,291	—
958	958	2	254.00	$254.00	$2,433	—
1020	1020	2	232.50	$232.50	$2,372	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
493	493	7	395.50	$395.50	$1,950	—
520–533	529	11	382.50–383.00	$382.87	$2,025	—
563	563	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,985	—
613	613	2	341.00	$341.00	$2,090	—
770–788	780	11	286.00–289.00	$287.35	$2,241	—
820	820	22	271.00	$271.00	$2,222	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
512	512	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,869	—
746	746	4	282.00	$282.00	$2,104	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
372	372	16	412.50	$412.50	$1,534	—
403–412	406	8	397.50–402.50	$400.60	$1,626	—
457	457	16	384.00	$384.00	$1,755	—
516	516	5	358.00	$358.00	$1,847	—
556–571	568	37	337.50–345.00	$343.61	$1,952	—
627	627	21	323.00	$323.00	$2,025	—
660	660	9	294.00	$294.00	$1,940	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	13	352.50–355.00	$353.85	$1,698	—
565	565	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,780	—
713–735	730	24	270.00–280.00	$272.03	$1,986	—
787	787	3	235.00	$235.00	$1,849	—
850	850	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,870	—
1000–1010	1005	2	196.00–203.00	$199.52	$2,005	—
1055	1055	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,057	—
1110	1110	1	190.00	$190.00	$2,109	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403–405	404	6	375.00–380.00	$377.51	$1,525	—
483	483	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,618	—
598	598	3	302.50	$302.50	$1,809	—
835	835	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,879	+0.44
888	888	3	201.00	$201.00	$1,785	-13.71

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
454	454	6	295.00	$295.00	$1,339	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
783	783	6	246.00	$246.00	$1,926	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65	65	1	800.00	$800.00	+377.42

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	352.50	$352.50	$1,632	—
718	718	2	282.50	$282.50	$2,028	+4.94
755	755	5	277.50	$277.50	$2,095	—
857–865	859	4	212.50–222.50	$215.02	$1,847	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90	80	2	675.00–700.00	$685.94	—
125	125	1	875.00	$875.00	+350.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
563	563	3	365.00	$365.00	$2,055	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1465	1240	80-85%	12	162.00–193.00	$175.56	$2,177	—
1135–1595	1334	80-85%	32	137.00–159.00	$145.12	$1,936	-10.02
1145–1495	1365	80-85%	11	140.00–143.50	$141.61	$1,933	-1.48
1215–1455	1396	80-85%	5	130.00–135.00	$133.56	$1,864	-9.53
1250–1785	1489	80-85%	112	129.00–139.00	$134.01	$1,995	+0.99
1180–1750	1531	80-85%	23	121.00–128.00	$124.82	$1,911	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835–1195	1053	85-90%	4	125.00–131.00	$127.88	$1,347	—
980–1150	1054	85-90%	9	154.00–189.00	$180.70	$1,905	—
1045–1125	1085	85-90%	2	129.00–134.00	$131.59	$1,428	—
910–1290	1141	85-90%	22	129.00–151.00	$136.29	$1,555	+29.18
1030–1440	1204	85-90%	10	60.00–97.50	$84.97	$1,023	-1.39
915–1495	1224	85-90%	47	116.00–128.00	$123.65	$1,513	+37.29
1080–1453	1343	85-90%	20	102.50–115.00	$111.78	$1,501	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1508	1508	75-80%	12	141.00	$141.00	$2,126	—
1515–1955	1628	75-80%	20	140.00–145.00	$144.08	$2,346	+10.06
1675	1675	75-80%	1	154.00	$154.00	$2,580	+5.00
1715–1915	1775	75-80%	16	132.50–138.50	$137.37	$2,438	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1597–2175	1674	14	139.50–143.00	$141.04	$2,361	—
1650–1765	1721	13	146.50–149.50	$147.38	$2,536	+4.88

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1265	1153	4	152.00–170.00	$161.34	$1,860	—
1210–1600	1405	2	141.00–147.00	$143.58	$2,017	—
1330–1905	1618	5	131.00–156.00	$148.26	$2,399	—
1370–2355	1941	11	161.00–171.00	$166.24	$3,227	+3.70
2015–2325	2166	4	176.00–188.50	$181.11	$3,923	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
711–718	713	6	215.00	$215.00	$1,533	—
809	809	8	203.00	$203.00	$1,642	-1.00
960–995	974	5	201.00–203.00	$202.20	$1,969	-1.16
1015–1020	1018	8	200.00–203.00	$201.87	$2,055	—
1058–1080	1066	9	199.00–200.00	$199.89	$2,131	-1.11
1103–1145	1131	4	197.00–200.00	$198.24	$2,242	+1.72
1150–1175	1162	16	195.00–197.50	$195.25	$2,269	+1.25
1225	1225	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,389	+1.00
1260	1260	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,381	+3.74
1368	1368	1	189.00	$189.00	$2,586	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,088	—
605	605	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,270	—
855	855	1	199.50	$199.50	$1,706	—
930	930	1	200.50	$200.50	$1,865	—
1105	1105	1	193.00	$193.00	$2,133	—
1160–1185	1168	3	194.50	$194.50	$2,272	—
1268	1268	3	187.50	$187.50	$2,378	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	1	210.00	$210.00	$956	—
700	700	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,435	—
860	860	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,548	-15.51
1250	1250	1	177.00	$177.00	$2,212	—

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Springer Heifers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1145–1230	1179	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	2,000.00–2,350.00	$2,188.76	—
1190–1490	1294	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	20	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,557.36	—
1220–1435	1313	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,575.00–1,825.00	$1,739.44	—

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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.