Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 12, 2021

1,021 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $120.23/cwt ≈ $882/hd at 734 lb · 39 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.05/cwt +0.89 vs last sale · ≈ $809/hd at 539 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $138.73/cwt -1.57 vs last sale · ≈ $720/hd at 519 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,021	1,106
Feeder cattle	630	671
Slaughter cattle	240	236
Replacement cattle	151	199

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold 3.00-4.00 lower . Feeder steers and heifers also sold 3.00-4.00 lower on moderate demand . Slaughter cows and Bulls 1.00-2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	174.00	$174.00	$348	-9.42
253–280	267	4	161.00–175.00	$168.35	$449	-11.34
300–345	328	4	155.00–172.00	$162.39	$533	-2.69
370–396	385	3	160.00–161.00	$160.34	$617	-6.40
415–445	428	7	143.00–158.00	$152.38	$652	+0.18
450–495	468	6	154.00–161.00	$158.20	$740	+2.91
500–545	539	35	141.00–155.00	$150.05	$809	+0.89
570–583	579	3	146.00–147.00	$146.33	$847	-5.99
620–645	633	4	124.00–133.50	$128.12	$811	-2.30
680	680	2	135.50	$135.50	$921	+2.48
715–745	734	39	120.00–121.00	$120.23	$882	—
815	815	2	122.00	$122.00	$994	+7.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–343	335	7	175.00–179.00	$176.45	$591	-7.70
400–438	425	11	160.00–172.00	$169.45	$720	-0.52
450–496	479	21	160.00–173.00	$165.43	$792	-6.01
500–543	521	24	154.00–168.00	$161.39	$841	-0.37
551–595	565	19	152.50–161.00	$157.08	$888	+2.54
600	600	7	141.00	$141.00	$846	-4.54
630 value added	630	2	155.00	$155.00	$976	—
650–680	674	10	130.00–145.00	$132.89	$896	—
700–705	703	2	129.00–131.00	$130.00	$914	+1.95
760–781	774	6	120.00–129.00	$126.05	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	155.00	$155.00	$372	—
280	280	2	150.00	$150.00	$420	—
320–340	332	3	139.00–151.00	$145.93	$484	-4.07
450–475	463	2	141.00–145.00	$143.05	$662	+10.01
535	535	2	130.00	$130.00	$696	-5.03
565–585	575	2	130.00–135.00	$132.54	$762	+2.54
600–645	628	8	111.00–135.00	$125.94	$791	+4.92
650–695	676	7	115.00–123.50	$119.66	$809	-0.34
830	830	1	95.00	$95.00	$788	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195	195	2	175.00	$175.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	170.00	$170.00	$374	—
290	290	1	166.00	$166.00	$481	+5.00
305–340	326	4	144.00–151.00	$147.43	$481	-3.75
350–380	366	6	139.00–152.00	$148.29	$543	+1.57
405–435	416	11	137.00–148.00	$144.73	$602	+0.93
485–495	488	3	131.00–146.00	$136.63	$667	-2.17
530–534	533	7	125.00–133.00	$126.14	$672	-3.83
550–593	570	18	115.00–133.00	$124.88	$712	+0.65
605	605	7	124.50	$124.50	$753	-2.22
660–678	675	7	119.00–123.00	$122.44	$826	-0.18
715–735	727	5	110.00–119.00	$114.20	$830	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	172.00	$172.00	$447	-11.50
315–340	323	5	168.00–172.00	$170.20	$550	—
352–355	353	4	167.00–172.00	$170.74	$603	-2.96
420–440	435	4	156.00–161.00	$158.78	$691	+0.79
450–470	467	15	149.00–161.00	$150.63	$703	-6.71
502–537	519	28	136.50–140.00	$138.73	$720	-1.57
555–590	575	5	148.00–151.50	$150.49	$865	+10.63
650	650	3	130.50–140.00	$136.83	$889	—
725	725	1	128.50	$128.50	$932	-3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	151.00	$151.00	$362	-1.00
280	280	2	147.00	$147.00	$412	—
362	362	3	135.00	$135.00	$489	—
425–440	434	20	125.00–135.00	$134.49	$584	+4.26
475	475	3	136.00	$136.00	$646	+9.55
505–540	523	3	120.00–121.00	$120.32	$629	+3.65
570–580	575	2	104.00–115.00	$109.45	$629	+3.98
604–635	611	11	111.00–120.00	$116.32	$711	-0.52
670–695	682	3	110.00–114.00	$111.66	$762	-0.14
735	735	1	109.00	$109.00	$801	+2.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	2	300.00	$300.00	—
215	215	2	330.00	$330.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
368	368	6	166.00	$166.00	$611	—
410–445	436	5	156.00–158.00	$156.60	$683	—
465–495	486	4	156.00–160.00	$158.99	$773	-5.65
505–540	520	3	143.00–156.00	$148.94	$774	+13.94
605–630	618	2	128.00–132.00	$130.04	$804	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	80-85%	1	44.50	$44.50	$441	—
905–1525	1110	80-85%	51	54.00–63.50	$59.35	$659	-9.98
790–1450	1147	80-85%	21	50.00–57.00	$54.24	$622	—
1150	1150	80-85%	1	52.50	$52.50	$604	—
1015–1490	1156	80-85%	41	53.00–69.00	$56.58	$654	-8.42

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715–990	858	85-90%	18	45.00–53.50	$48.73	$418	-4.02
685–1415	896	85-90%	32	30.00–43.50	$37.48	$336	-15.27
939	939	85-90%	12	44.00	$44.00	$413	—
815–1020	950	85-90%	8	53.00–58.00	$55.98	$532	+10.14
840–1170	983	85-90%	9	50.00–60.00	$54.43	$535	+3.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1470	1338	75-80%	6	57.50–63.00	$60.60	$811	-0.28
1363	1363	75-80%	3	65.00	$65.00	$886	±0.00
1160–1685	1411	75-80%	6	56.00–63.50	$58.16	$821	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1395	1211	4	59.50–72.00	$65.86	$798	—
1260–1720	1428	5	72.00–80.00	$76.44	$1,092	-1.16
1335–2320	1775	18	80.00–90.00	$86.13	$1,529	—
1745–2045	1877	3	90.00–94.00	$92.38	$1,734	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830–1555	1024	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	650.00–1,000.00	$797.14
820–1160	1062	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	700.00–1,000.00	$850.00
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00
900–1310	1184	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	750.00–900.00	$831.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–865	818	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	500.00–600.00	$550.00
825–880	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–635.00	$630.00
830–925	878	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	625.00–700.00	$662.50
825–1090	958	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	625.00–630.00	$627.50
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1150	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
1134	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	700.00	$700.00	-189.00
1075–1260	1152	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	885.00–950.00	$911.67	—
1235	1235	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1597	1597	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—

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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.