Livestock Exchange Cattle Auction (Thursday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Thursday, May 1, 2025

787 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $290.00/cwt ≈ $2,117/hd at 730 lb · 34 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $298.00/cwt ≈ $2,232/hd at 749 lb · 25 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $282.50/cwt ≈ $1,737/hd at 615 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	787	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
579	579	17	345.00	$345.00	$1,998	—
670–673	672	12	302.50–307.50	$306.25	$2,058	—
730	730	34	290.00	$290.00	$2,117	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404	404	9	420.00	$420.00	$1,697	—
526	526	5	370.00	$370.00	$1,946	-20.00
560	560	3	352.50	$352.50	$1,974	—
609	609	4	350.00	$350.00	$2,132	—
749	749	25	298.00	$298.00	$2,232	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
388	388	6	422.50	$422.50	$1,639	—
468–472	471	12	352.50–360.00	$354.99	$1,672	—
504	504	5	342.50	$342.50	$1,726	—
639	639	11	309.00	$309.00	$1,975	—
702	702	12	293.00	$293.00	$2,057	—
805	805	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,012	—
955	955	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,125	—
1020–1025	1023	2	228.00–230.00	$229.00	$2,343	—
1080	1080	1	222.50	$222.50	$2,403	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,534	—
615	615	21	282.50	$282.50	$1,737	—
865	865	1	229.00	$229.00	$1,981	—
1000–1030	1017	5	210.00–215.00	$213.99	$2,176	+5.99

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	6	178.00	$178.00	$2,474	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	2	800.00–900.00	$850.00	—
125–145	135	2	925.00–975.00	$951.85	+351.85

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	2	220.00–222.50	$221.25	$1,991	—
970	970	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,940	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–95	88	4	725.00–950.00	$864.64	+214.64
120–145	133	2	1,000.00–1,025.00	$1,011.32	+222.54

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015	1015	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,233	—
1060–1075	1068	2	212.50–217.50	$215.02	$2,296	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,398	—
1220	1220	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,562	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–95	88	2	550.00–575.00	$561.43	+211.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	212.50	$212.50	$1,764	—
920	920	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,024	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1275	1164	80-85%	10	160.00–197.50	$175.63	$2,044	—
1080–1595	1339	80-85%	74	142.00–159.00	$152.30	$2,039	+3.33
1155–1640	1351	80-85%	19	146.00–162.00	$150.79	$2,037	+16.89
1070–1535	1360	80-85%	12	124.00–141.00	$135.43	$1,842	+1.53
1025–1655	1488	80-85%	29	121.00–131.00	$128.95	$1,919	—
1040–1776	1575	80-85%	67	133.00–144.50	$139.79	$2,202	+31.87
1555–1695	1610	80-85%	3	90.00–99.00	$93.75	$1,509	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1105	1013	85-90%	9	150.00–197.50	$162.93	$1,650	+39.95
920–1365	1085	85-90%	24	129.00–147.00	$137.57	$1,493	+32.87
1065–1130	1098	85-90%	2	90.00	$90.00	$988	—
895–1445	1139	85-90%	10	82.50–102.50	$93.12	$1,061	-44.38
1055–1195	1142	85-90%	7	134.00–142.00	$136.96	$1,564	-0.54
975–1405	1235	85-90%	4	100.00–136.00	$123.20	$1,522	-4.54
885–1495	1281	85-90%	23	110.00–120.00	$116.06	$1,487	+24.31
950–1490	1330	85-90%	37	121.00–132.00	$128.91	$1,715	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1565–1645	1615	75-80%	4	148.50–157.50	$154.88	$2,501	—
1510–1785	1639	75-80%	5	155.00–158.50	$157.00	$2,573	—
1624–1915	1650	75-80%	11	139.00–148.50	$147.50	$2,434	+0.08
1435–1980	1673	75-80%	14	145.50–152.00	$147.66	$2,470	+0.24
1600–1895	1779	75-80%	4	135.00–143.00	$138.66	$2,467	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1560–2120	1784	8	154.50–158.00	$156.40	$2,790	—
1990	1990	1	152.00	$152.00	$3,025	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	212.50	$212.50	$2,316	—
1240–1555	1419	9	172.00–187.50	$179.03	$2,540	—
1245–2155	1675	5	140.00–166.00	$158.84	$2,661	—
1560–1975	1723	4	156.00–171.00	$165.98	$2,860	—
1495–2550	1883	19	171.50–183.00	$176.28	$3,319	+5.26
1800–2195	1987	6	186.50–196.00	$190.32	$3,782	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1029	1029	4	210.00	$210.00	$2,161	—
1058	1058	2	209.50	$209.50	$2,217	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	5	269.00	$269.00	$1,859	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432	432	3	237.50	$237.50	$1,026	—

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Dairy Heifers

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
491	491	16	245.00	$245.00	$1,203	—
621	621	17	235.00	$235.00	$1,459	—
769	769	5	220.00	$220.00	$1,692	—
950–988	975	5	208.50–213.00	$209.48	$2,042	+2.48
1040–1043	1042	4	207.00–209.50	$208.88	$2,177	+1.12
1050–1086	1070	17	207.50–209.50	$208.08	$2,226	+3.69
1135–1145	1140	3	203.50–208.50	$205.51	$2,343	+0.87
1150–1195	1162	19	202.00–209.00	$207.31	$2,409	+4.46
1240	1240	1	201.00	$201.00	$2,492	+1.25
1280	1280	1	194.00	$194.00	$2,483	-1.50

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	2	240.00	$240.00	$960	+5.00
740	740	4	214.00	$214.00	$1,584	-6.00
900	900	1	206.50	$206.50	$1,858	—
985	985	1	203.00	$203.00	$2,000	-1.75
1400	1400	1	175.00	$175.00	$2,450	—

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920	920	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,725	—
1150	1150	2	185.00	$185.00	$2,128	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,148	—

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Springer Heifers

N/N/A ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1295	1162	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	19	2,600.00–2,950.00	$2,789.62	—
1155–1185	1170	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–2,300.00	$1,954.49	—
1140–1450	1288	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	12	3,000.00–3,400.00	$3,116.29	—

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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.