Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 30, 2020

634 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $139.05/cwt +7.54 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 476 lb · 63 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $137.43/cwt +13.23 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 637 lb · 62 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $149.62/cwt +13.95 vs last sale · ≈ $846/hd at 565 lb · 46 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	634	1,086	736
Feeder cattle	634	1,086	736

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity and demand good on weaned calves. The bulk of offerings over 600 lbs were unweaned. Feeder steers under 650 lbs traded sharply higher with no test on steers over 650 lbs. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs were 4.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of sharply higher. No test on heifers over 600 lbs. The next available report will be Friday, November 6, 2020.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	11	197.00	$197.00	$640	—
386	386	10	175.00	$175.00	$676	—
400	400	2	169.00	$169.00	$676	+10.27
478–495	483	20	157.00–164.00	$162.52	$785	—
524	524	16	157.50	$157.50	$825	+13.89
559–571	562	42	147.00–152.50	$150.54	$846	+14.87
599	599	4	140.00	$140.00	$839	—
612–639	620	13	140.00–141.00	$140.68	$872	+11.96
642 unweaned	642	49	128.00–138.00	$136.57	$877	—
665	665	2	136.00	$136.00	$904	+17.18
675–681 unweaned	677	8	130.00–134.00	$132.49	$897	—
721 unweaned	721	8	127.00	$127.00	$916	—
758 unweaned	758	9	125.00	$125.00	$948	—
813–816 unweaned	815	16	116.00–118.00	$117.13	$955	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
374	374	4	162.00	$162.00	$606	+3.70
411	411	4	157.00	$157.00	$645	+10.21
598	598	4	145.00	$145.00	$867	+14.01
618–648	639	14	130.00–139.00	$135.34	$865	+10.79
679	679	4	130.00	$130.00	$883	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	5	132.00	$132.00	$692	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
241	241	5	485.00	$485.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
250	250	4	425.00	$425.00	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467	467	3	155.00	$155.00	$724	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	4	144.00	$144.00	$533	+13.00
404	404	11	141.00	$141.00	$570	+5.17
471–498	476	63	133.00–144.50	$139.05	$662	+7.54
548	548	3	135.00	$135.00	$740	+3.60
552	552	9	132.00	$132.00	$729	+11.93
610–620 unweaned	612	34	122.00	$122.00	$747	—
651	651	6	124.00	$124.00	$807	—
659–689 unweaned	680	21	116.00–124.50	$118.35	$805	—
751 unweaned	751	6	118.00	$118.00	$886	—
754	754	4	123.00	$123.00	$927	+5.00
808 unweaned	808	3	110.50	$110.50	$893	—
845	845	4	117.00	$117.00	$989	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	13	149.00	$149.00	$474	+7.00
379	379	7	141.00	$141.00	$534	+8.02
415	415	2	137.00	$137.00	$569	+11.31
549	549	28	126.50	$126.50	$694	—
563–598	591	12	122.00–126.00	$123.39	$729	—
643 unweaned	643	12	115.50	$115.50	$743	—
749	749	7	118.00	$118.00	$884	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
266	266	10	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	107.00	$107.00	$453	—
527	527	3	106.00	$106.00	$559	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	5	134.00	$134.00	$560	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
473	473	4	140.00	$140.00	$662	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
258	258	3	435.00	$435.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	2	131.00	$131.00	$629	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	7	155.00	$155.00	$634	—
549	549	12	126.00	$126.00	$692	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	5	132.00	$132.00	$594	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
278	278	2	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715 unweaned	715	2	103.00	$103.00	$736	—

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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.