Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 9, 2020

1,843 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.27/cwt ≈ $616/hd at 477 lb · 60 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $137.87/cwt ≈ $711/hd at 516 lb · 59 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $138.54/cwt ≈ $666/hd at 481 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,843	1,784	1,445
Feeder cattle	1,271	—	976
Slaughter cattle	392	—	304
Replacement cattle	180	—	165

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher on comparable sales, with the exception on 450-500 lb steers trading 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers have no comparison due to limited receipts last week. Trade active, demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows were mostly 2.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 4.00-5.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
255–295	271	8	169.00–179.00	$176.11	$477
310 value added	310	1	188.00	$188.00	$583
305–337 thin fleshed	332	7	175.00–177.00	$175.26	$582
320–345	338	22	158.50–166.00	$160.79	$543
355–386	371	14	155.00–165.00	$161.88	$601
419–440	429	34	148.00–160.00	$155.22	$666
450–496	481	49	133.50–148.00	$138.54	$666
500–540	516	59	134.00–144.00	$137.87	$711
550–595	567	40	126.00–138.00	$134.53	$763
605	605	10	125.00	$125.00	$756
608–620 unweaned	615	5	120.00–122.00	$120.79	$743
626	626	14	116.50	$116.50	$729
653–660	657	4	125.00–129.00	$126.99	$834
665 unweaned	665	2	120.00	$120.00	$798
685	685	2	124.00	$124.00	$849
698 value added	698	5	128.50	$128.50	$897
715	715	6	111.50	$111.50	$797
770	770	6	110.50	$110.50	$851
819	819	7	107.50	$107.50	$880

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
230	230	2	168.00	$168.00	$386
323–340	332	5	153.00–165.00	$156.20	$519
360–395	377	17	136.00–148.00	$143.18	$540
400–445	423	46	135.00–145.00	$141.88	$600
456–490	469	8	130.00	$130.00	$610
520–543	538	14	122.00–127.50	$126.38	$680
610	610	2	115.00	$115.00	$702
658–673	660	16	112.00–119.50	$118.54	$782
693 unweaned	693	2	110.00	$110.00	$762
730	730	2	107.50	$107.50	$785

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
530	530	3	114.00	$114.00	$604
620	620	2	110.00	$110.00	$682
935	935	8	106.50	$106.50	$996

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
335	335	3	148.00	$148.00	$496
585	585	2	119.00	$119.00	$696
712	712	3	110.00	$110.00	$783
818	818	2	106.00	$106.00	$867

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
210	210	2	150.00	$150.00	$315
273	273	3	152.00	$152.00	$415
305–320	315	3	144.00	$144.00	$454
370–393	377	28	132.00–141.00	$135.09	$509
400–446	418	42	128.00–140.00	$134.81	$564
442	442	2	122.00	$122.00	$539
455–487	475	46	120.00–130.00	$126.00	$598
483 fancy	483	14	140.00	$140.00	$676
500–537	512	28	120.00–131.00	$121.70	$623
537	537	5	116.00	$116.00	$623
561–583	574	30	118.25–123.50	$120.08	$689
619	619	6	106.00	$106.00	$656
602–641	626	8	114.00–115.00	$114.64	$718
635 unweaned	635	2	110.00	$110.00	$698
650	650	11	120.00	$120.00	$780
665 unweaned	665	3	119.50	$119.50	$795
676	676	5	115.00	$115.00	$777
869	869	9	104.00	$104.00	$904

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
328–333	330	5	127.50–132.00	$129.32	$427
368–391	384	36	125.00–134.00	$129.48	$497
425–440	433	4	120.00–133.00	$126.61	$548
464–475	467	10	114.00–124.00	$117.20	$547
519–525	520	14	115.00–119.00	$115.58	$601
563–581	576	7	106.00–114.00	$108.23	$623
716	716	10	102.00	$102.00	$730

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
677	677	5	104.00	$104.00	$704

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
578	578	5	90.00	$90.00	$520

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–655	643	85-90%	9	15.00	$15.00	$96
670–1115	908	85-90%	14	27.50–38.50	$33.48	$304
735–1265	1019	85-90%	114	36.50–45.50	$42.18	$430
1000–1305	1088	85-90%	14	43.50–50.00	$45.79	$498
1079–1155	1101	85-90%	34	38.25–41.50	$39.82	$438
1145	1145	85-90%	1	54.00	$54.00	$618

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980–1455	1186	80-85%	13	42.75–45.50	$44.19	$524
1088–1555	1228	80-85%	28	45.00–55.50	$49.97	$614
1420	1420	80-85%	1	56.25	$56.25	$799

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205–1445	1363	75-80%	3	44.00–50.00	$46.41	$633
1205–1565	1399	75-80%	13	49.50–55.25	$52.31	$732

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085	1085	1	62.50	$62.50	$678
1260–2045	1526	10	63.50–75.00	$69.25	$1,057
1635–1945	1764	6	75.00–82.00	$78.77	$1,390

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1240	1080	6	50.00–60.00	$54.98	$594

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–930	822	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	63.00–74.00	$70.23	$577

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1178	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	48.00	$48.00	$565
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	55.50	$55.50	$672
1262	1262	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	47.50	$47.50	$599
1230–1565	1453	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	47.00–53.00	$49.00	$712

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1140	963	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	670.00–700.00	$685.00
1070–1200	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.50
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1250	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$750.00
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$562

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	44.50	$44.50	$525

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1241	1241	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	935.00	$935.00
1230–1245	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	810.00–875.00	$842.50
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00

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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.