Livestock Exchange Feeder Cattle Auction (Friday) Market Report

Brush, Colorado · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 22, 2021

1,523 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $141.22/cwt +15.22 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 579 lb · 167 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $156.96/cwt -4.60 vs last sale · ≈ $979/hd at 624 lb · 166 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $168.75/cwt -0.94 vs last sale · ≈ $954/hd at 566 lb · 133 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,523	935	1,381
Feeder cattle	1,523	935	1,381

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Trade activity moderate. Demand moderate on steers, moderate to good on heifers. Feeder steers under 600 lbs sold unevenly steady, and over 600 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of sharply higher, and heifers over 600 lbs had no comparable trades from the prior week. The next available report will be Friday, October 29, 2021.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	7	195.00	$195.00	$690	—
420–440	427	27	182.00–187.50	$184.37	$787	-5.63
448	448	13	177.00	$177.00	$793	-13.00
458–478	466	22	181.00–183.00	$181.95	$848	+2.22
485 unweaned	485	7	167.00	$167.00	$810	—
515	515	3	157.00	$157.00	$809	-22.87
521–539	530	70	174.00–181.50	$176.89	$938	-2.98
544	544	4	171.00	$171.00	$930	-8.87
550–575	559	100	168.00–175.50	$171.79	$960	+2.10
560–598 unweaned	570	12	155.00–160.00	$158.69	$905	—
594	594	21	160.00	$160.00	$950	-9.69
602–636	624	145	155.00–162.00	$158.53	$989	-3.64
610–640 unweaned	624	21	141.00–151.00	$146.12	$912	—
652–691	667	19	147.00–154.00	$150.98	$1,007	+6.15
691 unweaned	691	16	147.00	$147.00	$1,016	—
701–731	724	27	145.00–147.00	$145.65	$1,055	-0.35
811	811	7	134.00	$134.00	$1,087	—
813	813	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,081	—
885	885	4	121.00	$121.00	$1,071	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
341	341	4	183.00	$183.00	$624	-11.42
404	404	6	176.00	$176.00	$711	-6.71
473–496	483	36	171.00–175.50	$174.18	$841	+9.18
503–543	520	25	160.50–166.00	$161.49	$840	+2.49
573–599	589	38	146.00–158.00	$150.80	$888	+8.80
612	612	6	147.50	$147.50	$903	-1.50
679	679	8	140.00	$140.00	$951	-10.48
975	975	4	123.50	$123.50	$1,204	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
701	701	7	129.00	$129.00	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	7	141.50	$141.50	$835	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
358–383	366	24	165.00–178.50	$173.80	$636	+5.83
404–442	424	17	159.00–164.00	$163.11	$692	-4.44
472–499	487	118	149.00–159.50	$155.06	$755	+2.95
509	509	4	144.00	$144.00	$733	-4.00
508–542	528	48	145.00–152.75	$151.34	$799	+5.34
548	548	4	144.00	$144.00	$789	-2.00
573	573	6	138.50	$138.50	$794	+12.50
551–599	579	154	139.00–145.50	$141.47	$819	+15.47
594 unweaned	594	7	138.00	$138.00	$820	—
613–634	621	12	138.00–139.00	$138.55	$860	-5.45
653	653	2	139.50	$139.50	$911	—
658–673 unweaned	668	23	130.00–134.00	$131.37	$878	—
664–681	674	13	126.00–130.00	$128.49	$866	—
705–732	713	24	139.00–146.75	$142.01	$1,013	—
716	716	5	125.00	$125.00	$895	—
757 unweaned	757	8	131.00	$131.00	$992	—
784	784	16	143.00	$143.00	$1,121	—
806–835	810	37	141.00–142.50	$141.21	$1,144	—
878–888	880	36	138.00–141.50	$139.65	$1,229	—
1001	1001	5	122.00	$122.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
387–388	388	11	163.00–164.00	$163.55	$635	-2.35
419–435	432	23	156.00–157.00	$156.17	$675	—
493	493	6	145.50	$145.50	$717	-3.02
538	538	4	144.00	$144.00	$775	+0.35
565–595	584	26	133.00–138.00	$137.07	$800	-0.66

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
682	682	3	141.00	$141.00	$962	—
958	958	2	127.00	$127.00	$1,217	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
722	722	3	127.50	$127.50	$921	—

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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.