Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 8, 2021

1,069 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $129.91/cwt -7.09 vs last sale · ≈ $604/hd at 465 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $146.01/cwt -6.46 vs last sale · ≈ $746/hd at 511 lb · 20 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $148.40/cwt -17.70 vs last sale · ≈ $631/hd at 425 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,069	1,272	1,216
Feeder cattle	734	961	857
Slaughter cattle	195	153	207
Replacement cattle	140	158	152

Market comments — USDA reporter

No recent sales to compare to. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	292	6	166.00–167.50	$166.49	$486	—
320–330	323	4	150.00–156.00	$153.02	$494	-37.26
361–385	365	9	150.00–164.00	$157.79	$576	-28.21
408–438	425	18	143.00–153.00	$148.40	$631	—
470	470	2	136.00	$136.00	$639	—
465–485	477	8	141.00–153.00	$148.07	$706	—
500–535	509	18	139.00–153.00	$147.46	$751	+0.09
528	528	2	133.00	$133.00	$702	-14.37
550–593	567	14	130.50–138.00	$134.30	$761	-10.21
605–618	610	6	126.50–131.00	$128.42	$783	—
663–673	669	5	126.50–128.00	$127.41	$852	-9.09
730	730	2	128.00	$128.00	$934	+4.50
753	753	3	127.00	$127.00	$956	—
813–849	835	9	115.00–123.00	$120.76	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	147.50	$147.50	$583	-43.50
400–427	414	8	131.00–145.00	$139.66	$578	-20.34
470–495	478	6	131.50–136.00	$132.32	$632	-16.91
538	538	6	130.00	$130.00	$699	—
560–590	575	4	123.00–130.00	$125.55	$722	—
660–685	673	2	121.00–123.50	$122.27	$823	—
727–744	739	12	115.00–116.00	$115.59	$854	—

Small 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
253	253	5	230.00	$230.00	—
322	322	5	260.00	$260.00	—
351	351	16	270.00	$270.00	—
475–498	482	7	235.00–270.00	$259.66	—
500	500	4	240.00	$240.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	2	126.00	$126.00	$554	-18.00
456–458	457	7	124.00–128.00	$126.28	$577	—
601–640	614	14	113.00–115.00	$114.71	$704	—
690	690	4	113.00–118.00	$115.50	$797	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–948	943	6	100.00–101.00	$100.34	$946	—
975	975	2	94.50	$94.50	$921	—
1145	1145	2	75.00	$75.00	$859	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
614	614	7	38.00	$38.00	$233	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267	267	6	160.00	$160.00	$427	—
318–340	334	7	151.00–154.00	$153.18	$512	-11.82
400–430	413	16	125.00–134.50	$127.74	$528	-25.26
455–475	464	21	123.00–135.00	$128.95	$598	-8.05
475 fancy	475	2	140.00	$140.00	$665	—
501–538	521	12	120.50–130.00	$124.93	$651	-20.07
545 fancy	545	2	143.50	$143.50	$782	—
555–577	568	5	115.00–119.50	$117.74	$669	—
618–638	623	11	115.00–121.00	$118.98	$741	-2.61
638	638	2	112.00	$112.00	$715	-9.59
660	660	2	115.00	$115.00	$759	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	121.00–131.00	$125.93	$428	—
353	353	3	115.00	$115.00	$406	-28.05
355–378	369	6	123.00–135.00	$128.54	$474	-14.51
405–435	420	6	117.00–130.00	$121.15	$509	-30.35
465–480	473	6	116.00–128.50	$122.83	$581	-25.17
500	500	2	124.50	$124.50	$622	+4.50
570–590	583	13	111.00–115.00	$112.21	$654	-17.83
610–645	628	4	110.00–116.00	$112.92	$709	-11.08
645	645	2	108.00	$108.00	$697	-16.00
653–685	662	5	105.00–113.00	$108.81	$720	-10.19

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
416–430	421	3	116.00	$116.00	$488	-15.00
475	475	3	100.00	$100.00	$475	—
520	520	2	100.00	$100.00	$520	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065	1065	2	90.00	$90.00	$958	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	2	132.00	$132.00	$726	—
653	653	2	122.00	$122.00	$797	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–815	757	85-90%	5	20.00–40.00	$33.79	$256	—
845–1315	989	85-90%	25	35.00–45.50	$42.06	$416	-3.42
905–1285	1089	85-90%	24	44.50–53.00	$47.16	$514	-1.12

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800–1180	974	80-85%	7	40.00–48.00	$44.32	$432	—
1095	1095	80-85%	1	56.00	$56.00	$613	—
1015–1460	1142	80-85%	25	48.00–55.50	$49.95	$570	-3.37

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1405	1405	75-80%	1	48.00	$48.00	$674	—
1265–1605	1450	75-80%	4	51.00–52.50	$51.57	$748	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1915	1609	18	65.00–77.50	$71.91	$1,157	—
1495–2300	1718	17	76.00–83.00	$78.78	$1,353	—

YG2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1390	1390	1	48.00	$48.00	$667	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
790–1385	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	710.00–825.00	$764.00
975–1290	1087	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	700.00–850.00	$740.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925–1100	1042	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	55.00–56.00	$55.33	$577
1125–1210	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	50.00–65.00	$57.50	$672
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	50.75	$50.75	$617

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
889	889	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	675.00	$675.00
945–1155	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–650.00	$625.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775–790	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00
1123	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
578	578	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	335.00	$335.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–805	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	570.00–600.00	$585.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1410	1265	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,025.00	$978.75	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
950–1050	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–810.00	$755.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1460	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.