Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 26, 2021

1,285 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $151.33/cwt ≈ $806/hd at 532 lb · 111 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.88/cwt ≈ $713/hd at 432 lb · 55 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.04/cwt +10.38 vs last sale · ≈ $873/hd at 619 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,285	252	786
Feeder cattle	1,040	171	585
Slaughter cattle	161	36	113
Replacement cattle	84	45	88

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder and slaughter cattle have no comparison due to the very limited receipts offered last Friday. Trade was very active, demand very good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–332	325	4	189.00–195.00	$193.59	$629	—
341 thin fleshed	341	10	209.00	$209.00	$713	—
345 value added	345	2	210.50	$210.50	$726	—
350–395	376	5	175.00–192.00	$185.43	$697	—
405–430	424	28	185.00–191.00	$187.94	$797	—
455–495	470	28	165.00–179.00	$173.51	$815	—
505–535	511	52	179.00–187.00	$181.41	$927	—
555–595	579	47	154.00–165.00	$159.98	$926	—
600–640	620	4	135.00–157.50	$147.24	$913	—
655–680	661	13	134.00–143.50	$137.72	$910	—
700–748	708	19	130.00–136.50	$131.09	$928	—
757–796	778	25	122.00–131.00	$125.77	$978	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	175.00	$175.00	$385	±0.00
305–325	313	4	170.00–182.50	$173.15	$542	+10.42
378–398	388	12	160.00–175.00	$168.34	$653	+6.24
400–445	405	36	167.00–180.00	$172.04	$697	+7.73
450–483	472	16	144.00–169.00	$154.64	$730	-2.22
503–540	517	21	152.00–165.00	$158.62	$820	+13.98
550–593	564	35	143.00–155.00	$151.76	$856	+9.88
601–648	619	55	135.00–149.00	$141.04	$873	+10.38
650–672	669	7	123.00–135.00	$124.67	$834	-9.83
725	725	3	116.00	$116.00	$841	-4.00
850–863	857	4	108.50–109.00	$108.75	$932	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	150.00	$150.00	$442	+8.00
365–370	368	2	150.00–151.00	$150.50	$554	+5.50
410–430	420	2	157.50–163.00	$160.32	$673	+20.32
450–470	460	2	135.00–139.00	$136.96	$630	+0.45
516	516	3	142.00	$142.00	$733	—
570–595	579	13	125.00–137.00	$133.21	$771	—
605–630	613	3	125.00–131.00	$127.05	$779	—
660–676	674	8	114.00–126.00	$124.53	$839	+16.48
750–775	758	3	113.00–114.00	$113.66	$862	—
855–885	864	7	105.00–115.00	$112.07	$968	+4.07

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
300	300	2	375.00	$375.00	—
445	445	2	380.00	$380.00	—
453	453	2	235.00	$235.00	+25.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155	155	2	370.00	$370.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	338	17	167.50–176.00	$173.34	$586	—
360–393	378	12	151.00–165.00	$157.53	$595	—
403–445	419	16	151.00–168.00	$154.85	$649	—
438 thin fleshed	438	39	169.00	$169.00	$740	—
465–495	485	6	146.00–157.00	$149.62	$726	—
530 fancy	530	58	155.00	$155.00	$822	—
505–545	535	53	137.00–154.00	$147.32	$788	—
551–583	558	14	133.00–148.50	$142.32	$794	—
609–644	622	25	129.50–134.00	$131.50	$818	—
650–679	664	19	129.00–135.00	$131.46	$873	—
705–741	732	8	127.50–128.00	$127.62	$934	—
845	845	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,149	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	235	3	165.00–177.50	$168.81	$397	+10.61
260–285	277	3	160.00–170.00	$163.13	$452	+7.13
305–335	324	5	159.00–167.50	$161.01	$522	+4.05
360–390	371	8	140.00–155.00	$147.42	$547	-0.01
430–445	438	2	146.00–149.00	$147.47	$646	+4.51
455–488	474	8	136.00–148.00	$141.91	$673	+0.91
500–540	524	13	132.50–147.00	$137.10	$718	+9.75
550–583	572	6	125.00–137.50	$130.24	$745	+3.82
650–695	680	3	123.00–132.00	$125.87	$856	+6.87
760	760	2	122.00	$122.00	$927	—
978	978	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,076	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
328–340	332	3	135.00–147.00	$142.90	$474	+14.90
410	410	2	140.00	$140.00	$574	+15.17
460–497	491	6	122.00–127.00	$122.78	$603	-4.75
535–540	538	2	119.00–120.00	$119.50	$643	-1.50
733	733	4	117.00	$117.00	$858	+17.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
906	906	5	91.00	$91.00	$824	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–1200	839	85-90%	11	33.00–45.00	$40.29	$338	-2.28
730–1390	965	85-90%	46	45.00–56.50	$50.59	$488	—
800–1255	1005	85-90%	14	57.00–63.00	$59.46	$598	—
755–1131	1074	85-90%	20	57.00–64.00	$62.85	$675	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	80-85%	1	53.50	$53.50	$463	—
1050–1195	1133	80-85%	3	62.00–68.00	$64.11	$726	+5.11
1140	1140	80-85%	1	68.00	$68.00	$775	+9.00
920–1370	1196	80-85%	9	55.00–59.00	$56.65	$678	—
975–1515	1220	80-85%	14	61.00–66.00	$63.50	$775	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270	1270	75-80%	1	58.50	$58.50	$743	—
1335	1335	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$908	—
1285–1500	1393	75-80%	2	57.00–62.00	$59.69	$831	—
1248–1575	1457	75-80%	10	61.50–67.00	$63.48	$925	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1520	1418	2	60.00–62.00	$61.07	$866	—
1110–1720	1438	13	71.00–85.00	$81.47	$1,172	—
1475–1980	1668	12	86.00–95.00	$90.41	$1,508	—
2025	2025	1	99.50	$99.50	$2,015	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690–1035	813	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	575.00–700.00	$656.25
700–965	837	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	550.00–700.00	$656.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–970	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	725.00–890.00	$816.25
975–1295	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–825.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1255–1355	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	970.00–975.00	$972.50
1535	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	975.00	$975.00

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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
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.