Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 5, 2021

1,106 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $143.80/cwt -3.67 vs last sale · ≈ $614/hd at 427 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $138.80/cwt -3.11 vs last sale · ≈ $670/hd at 483 lb · 38 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $171.44/cwt -2.07 vs last sale · ≈ $801/hd at 467 lb · 29 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,106	1,285	1,617
Feeder cattle	671	1,040	1,274
Slaughter cattle	236	161	132
Replacement cattle	199	84	211

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 lower on comparable sales. Trade and demand moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 lower. The supply also consist of 33 head of high quality black replacement bulls weighing 900-1300 lbs.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	232	3	193.00–208.00	$198.22	$460	—
260–295	280	4	188.00–194.00	$191.48	$536	—
305–345	325	17	175.00–192.00	$184.15	$598	-9.44
350–390	376	8	175.00–190.00	$177.48	$667	-7.95
400–440	416	19	162.00–178.00	$169.97	$707	-17.97
450–490	467	29	164.00–174.00	$171.44	$801	-2.07
500–548	521	11	155.00–168.50	$161.76	$843	-19.65
565–570	568	9	152.00–161.00	$154.54	$878	-5.44
600–610	608	4	135.00–149.00	$145.54	$885	-1.70
700–735	723	3	125.00–129.50	$128.05	$926	-3.04

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	227	17	175.00–187.00	$183.42	$416	+8.42
265–290	274	6	173.00–187.00	$179.69	$492	—
310–325	315	3	155.00–170.00	$165.08	$520	-8.07
363–385	373	4	165.00–168.00	$166.74	$622	-1.60
400–448	433	13	145.00–160.00	$152.20	$659	-19.84
450–490	466	20	147.00–162.00	$155.29	$724	+0.65
500–545	520	9	140.00–155.00	$149.16	$776	-9.46
550–580	557	5	145.00–157.00	$152.32	$848	+0.56
600–635	616	4	126.00–138.00	$130.42	$803	-10.62
655–670	663	2	131.00–135.00	$133.02	$882	+8.35
755	755	2	116.50	$116.50	$880	—
825	825	4	115.00	$115.00	$949	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	150.00	$150.00	$465	—
380–385	383	2	143.00–144.00	$143.50	$550	-7.00
425–430	428	3	130.00–140.00	$135.00	$578	-25.32
475–480	478	2	126.00–140.00	$133.04	$636	-3.92
505–548	523	3	131.00–139.00	$135.03	$706	-6.97
575	575	2	130.00	$130.00	$748	-3.21
600–630	613	3	115.00–124.00	$121.02	$742	-6.03
680	680	2	120.00	$120.00	$816	-4.53
725	725	2	110.00	$110.00	$798	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
383	383	2	325.00	$325.00	—
400	400	1	200.00	$200.00	—
580	580	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175–180	178	2	340.00–400.00	$370.42	+0.42
205	205	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	3	161.00	$161.00	$440	-2.13
326–343	333	21	140.00–160.00	$151.18	$503	-9.83
360–390	377	9	144.00–155.00	$146.72	$553	-0.70
400–445	427	38	141.00–150.00	$143.80	$614	-3.67
460–495	483	38	130.00–145.00	$138.80	$670	-3.11
500	500	2	130.00	$130.00	$650	-7.10
503–543	521	21	125.00–133.00	$129.97	$677	-7.13
568–596	582	17	115.00–129.00	$124.23	$723	-6.01
608–645	632	7	123.00–129.00	$126.72	$801	—
653–690	665	3	120.00–124.00	$122.62	$815	-3.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–285	273	10	179.00–188.00	$183.50	$501	—
350–370	360	3	170.00–177.00	$173.70	$625	+16.17
405–410	408	6	157.00–160.00	$157.99	$645	+3.14
480–490	487	3	153.00–163.00	$157.34	$766	+7.72
520–533	527	6	138.00–145.00	$140.30	$739	-7.02
563–585	569	4	136.00–151.00	$139.86	$796	-2.46
715	715	2	132.00	$132.00	$944	+4.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	152.00	$152.00	$342	—
405–435	424	4	124.00–135.00	$130.23	$552	-9.77
460–482	477	4	125.00–131.00	$126.45	$603	+3.67
530	530	3	110.00–120.00	$116.67	$618	-2.83
555–590	566	4	104.00–108.00	$105.47	$597	—
618–630	624	5	111.00–121.00	$116.84	$729	—
630–635	633	2	103.00–118.00	$110.53	$700	—
665–690	676	5	101.00–116.00	$111.80	$756	—
705–715	710	2	104.00–110.00	$106.98	$760	-10.02
785	785	2	117.00	$117.00	$918	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373	373	5	79.00	$79.00	$295	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	3	80.00	$80.00	$284	—
518	518	2	91.50	$91.50	$474	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
434	434	4	325.00	$325.00	—
570	570	1	325.00	$325.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
920–1290	1084	(<2 yrs)	N/A	33	1,400.00–3,300.00	$2,019.70	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–474	468	3	160.00–167.00	$164.64	$771	—
515	515	2	135.00	$135.00	$695	—
670	670	2	117.00	$117.00	$784	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–1010	830	85-90%	15	35.00–45.00	$39.69	$329	-0.60
790–970	881	85-90%	4	50.00–55.00	$52.75	$465	—
755–1085	967	85-90%	60	42.00–50.00	$45.84	$443	-4.75
835–1255	990	85-90%	32	47.50–58.50	$51.10	$506	+0.51
1060	1060	85-90%	1	36.00	$36.00	$382	-26.85

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–930	853	80-85%	3	37.00–41.00	$39.32	$335	-14.18
790–1520	1044	80-85%	33	45.00–58.00	$51.75	$540	—
955–1215	1110	80-85%	25	52.50–74.00	$69.33	$770	+5.22
1053–1375	1190	80-85%	9	63.00–66.25	$65.00	$774	+8.35
1035–1640	1248	80-85%	25	58.00–65.00	$61.64	$769	-1.86

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1460	1326	75-80%	6	58.00–63.00	$60.88	$807	-7.12
1350	1350	75-80%	1	65.00	$65.00	$878	—
1440–1620	1530	75-80%	2	54.00–61.00	$57.29	$877	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	70.00	$70.00	$602	—
955–1225	1109	7	60.00–69.50	$66.00	$732	—
1210–1945	1447	12	69.00–85.00	$77.60	$1,123	-3.87
1360–2055	1665	12	83.00–90.00	$85.50	$1,424	-4.91

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1180	1064	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	700.00–1,010.00	$932.50
870–1190	1084	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	775.00–900.00	$831.25
795–1405	1189	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	725.00–800.00	$775.00
910–1475	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	775.00–975.00	$871.88
1260	1260	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
710–875	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	525.00–675.00	$617.00
800–810	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	650.00–675.00	$662.50
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
935–1080	1008	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	735.00–750.00	$742.50	—
935–1250	1111	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–1,075.00	$905.83	—
870–1405	1116	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–960.00	$889.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.