Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 19, 2021

756 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $164.08/cwt -1.35 vs last sale · ≈ $770/hd at 469 lb · 32 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.14/cwt +10.26 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 574 lb · 21 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.13/cwt -0.65 vs last sale · ≈ $659/hd at 417 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	756	1,021
Feeder cattle	500	630
Slaughter cattle	139	240
Replacement cattle	117	151

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steers and heifers were 4.00-5.00 higher. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	200.00	$200.00	$490	—
250–260	255	2	192.00	$192.00	$490	—
305–340	331	4	176.00–191.00	$186.64	$618	+10.19
350–395	378	11	169.00–179.00	$175.36	$663	—
400–449	425	10	165.00–175.00	$170.46	$724	+1.01
450–498	469	32	159.00–171.00	$164.08	$770	-1.35
518 value added	518	3	177.00	$177.00	$917	—
510–548	530	13	160.00–170.00	$163.21	$865	+1.82
550–580	571	7	154.00–169.50	$166.04	$948	+8.96
605–625	610	7	145.00–154.00	$149.83	$914	+8.83
650–678	668	4	137.50–145.00	$139.49	$932	+6.60
750–785	770	3	125.00–127.00	$126.02	$970	-0.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	168.00	$168.00	$445	-0.35
330–345	335	3	156.00–168.00	$160.12	$536	-2.27
370–395	389	4	159.00–163.00	$161.27	$627	+0.93
400–430	420	3	160.00–165.00	$161.71	$679	+9.33
450–485	463	12	145.00–157.00	$151.92	$703	-6.28
500–530	527	18	149.00–160.00	$159.26	$839	+9.21
555	555	3	130.00	$130.00	$722	-16.33
560–590	576	7	140.00–150.00	$146.02	$841	-0.31
603–645	630	9	128.50–137.00	$131.34	$827	+3.22
685–690	688	2	130.00	$130.00	$894	-5.50
700	700	2	119.00–124.00	$121.50	$850	+1.27
755	755	2	124.00	$124.00	$936	—
810	810	2	115.00	$115.00	$932	-7.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	2	146.00	$146.00	$518	—
450–495	473	2	137.00–140.00	$138.43	$655	-4.62
565–570	568	2	125.00–137.00	$130.97	$744	-1.57
613–645	624	5	115.00–124.00	$121.16	$756	-4.78
660–670	663	3	103.00–110.00	$107.64	$714	-12.02
700–735	712	6	110.00–116.00	$113.98	$812	—
781	781	5	109.00	$109.00	$851	—
800	800	1	94.00	$94.00	$752	-1.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295	287	3	145.00–157.00	$152.20	$437	-13.80
310–340	325	2	140.00–153.00	$146.80	$477	-0.63
360–393	384	12	141.00–155.00	$149.47	$574	+1.18
405–445	415	4	140.00–155.00	$147.39	$612	+2.66
460 unweaned	460	2	130.00	$130.00	$598	—
460–483	476	6	135.00–148.00	$137.16	$653	+0.53
485	485	2	135.00	$135.00	$655	-1.63
500–548	538	10	130.00–141.00	$133.39	$718	+7.25
560–590	574	21	128.50–141.00	$135.14	$776	+10.26
610–647	633	10	118.00–131.00	$123.07	$779	-1.43
657–685	673	17	116.00–130.00	$121.91	$820	-0.53
705	705	2	114.00	$114.00	$804	-0.20
813–815	814	4	105.00–115.00	$112.50	$916	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	2	182.50	$182.50	$474	—
300–325	321	6	176.00–177.00	$176.16	$565	+5.96
357	357	3	152.00	$152.00	$543	-18.74
377–382	380	10	156.00–169.00	$160.27	$609	-10.47
409–440	417	19	154.00–162.00	$158.13	$659	-0.65
450–490	467	16	148.00–154.00	$150.45	$703	-0.18
519–530	522	12	142.00–146.00	$143.49	$749	+4.76
560	560	2	158.50	$158.50	$888	+8.01
605	605	2	145.00	$145.00	$877	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	2	135.00	$135.00	$493	±0.00
435	435	2	135.00	$135.00	$587	+0.51
460–470	464	4	122.00–134.00	$129.99	$603	-6.01
500–530	515	2	122.00–126.00	$123.94	$638	+3.62
560–590	572	5	112.00–125.00	$116.57	$667	+7.12
630–635	634	7	116.00–121.00	$116.71	$740	+0.39
654–689	670	14	100.00–112.00	$109.39	$733	-2.27
795	795	1	101.00	$101.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	150.00	$150.00	$544	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	130.00	$130.00	$514	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	166.00	$166.00	$398	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–655	623	85-90%	17	10.00–25.00	$23.80	$148	—
655–855	735	85-90%	11	30.00–40.00	$35.21	$259	—
700–1225	956	85-90%	39	40.00–51.00	$45.81	$438	-10.17
695–1085	1040	85-90%	24	54.00–64.00	$61.33	$638	—
925–1430	1104	85-90%	16	53.00–59.00	$56.13	$620	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–915	868	80-85%	2	52.00–56.00	$54.11	$470	—
875–1480	1150	80-85%	15	55.00–68.00	$62.68	$721	+10.18
990–1395	1170	80-85%	5	53.50–59.50	$56.88	$665	+0.30
1058–1393	1204	80-85%	10	63.00–66.00	$64.33	$775	—
975–1610	1215	80-85%	8	57.00–63.00	$60.37	$733	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$744	—
1180–1490	1333	75-80%	3	54.50–58.00	$56.41	$752	-4.19
1100–1590	1355	75-80%	3	61.00–62.50	$61.60	$835	-3.40
1465	1465	75-80%	1	62.50	$62.50	$916	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090	1090	1	65.00	$65.00	$708	—
1250–1524	1387	2	60.00–61.50	$60.68	$842	—
1285–1810	1614	19	72.00–85.00	$82.09	$1,325	—
1705–2200	1905	8	86.50–92.25	$89.01	$1,696	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810–1110	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	750.00–900.00	$860.00
805–1135	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,000.00	$862.50
900–1130	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	725.00–900.00	$842.86
1060–1145	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$833.33
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1058	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	500.00–700.00	$633.33
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	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
860–1040	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	820.00–1,000.00	$910.00	—
985–1290	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	875.00–990.00	$921.67	+221.67
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	800.00	$800.00	-111.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Aged (>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.