Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 2, 2021

665 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $182.63/cwt +2.76 vs last sale · ≈ $758/hd at 415 lb · 22 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.56/cwt ≈ $696/hd at 426 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $192.04/cwt -18.46 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 369 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	665	623
Feeder cattle	445	411
Slaughter cattle	135	102
Replacement cattle	85	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-600 higher on comparable sales. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-200 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	210.00	$210.00	$399	—
275	275	2	195.00	$195.00	$536	—
300–302 fancy	302	4	211.00–216.50	$215.13	$650	+13.17
300–340	325	11	180.00–194.00	$187.14	$608	—
350–390 fancy	364	8	195.00–205.00	$197.00	$717	-13.50
365–390	372	12	177.00–193.00	$188.73	$702	—
405–414 fancy	413	6	190.00–196.00	$195.02	$805	—
400–448	416	16	168.00–182.50	$177.98	$740	+0.18
455 fancy	455	2	187.50	$187.50	$853	—
455–498	475	12	162.00–173.00	$169.07	$803	+6.93
515 value added	515	2	186.00	$186.00	$958	—
505–540	520	9	165.00–175.00	$171.59	$892	+3.17
570–585	581	9	165.00–172.50	$169.49	$985	+9.49
605–630	609	6	157.00–170.00	$165.28	$1,007	+20.28
713–725	716	4	133.50–145.00	$142.09	$1,017	+14.27
753–765	756	4	134.00–140.50	$138.86	$1,050	—
830	830	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,038	—
868	868	2	117.50	$117.50	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	172.00	$172.00	$344	—
275–290	283	2	170.00–180.00	$174.87	$495	—
300–330	315	2	171.00–177.50	$174.40	$549	+10.40
360	360	2	175.00	$175.00	$630	+17.00
425–447	442	4	151.00–161.00	$153.41	$678	-3.64
495	495	2	153.00–158.00	$155.50	$770	+3.52
500–545	530	11	157.00–167.00	$163.46	$866	+11.53
555–593	580	11	146.00–152.00	$147.51	$856	+3.14
610–645	627	3	140.00–147.00	$144.27	$905	+6.58
650–695	666	6	135.00–146.00	$139.30	$928	+12.30
720–740	733	3	126.00–136.00	$129.53	$949	+0.53
790	790	2	120.00–123.00	$121.50	$960	-2.50
840	840	2	129.00	$129.00	$1,084	—
890	890	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	160.00	$160.00	$312	—
265–275	270	2	140.00–150.00	$145.09	$392	—
310	310	1	145.00	$145.00	$450	-0.23
385	385	1	132.00	$132.00	$508	-13.63
450–485	470	3	140.00–145.00	$141.60	$666	+4.14
515–535	527	3	129.00–134.00	$131.00	$690	+4.38
600–645	634	4	126.00–129.00	$127.78	$810	-1.19
660	660	1	132.50	$132.50	$874	—
735–740	738	2	100.00–109.00	$104.52	$771	-7.48

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
430	430	1	340.00	$340.00	—
460–492	484	4	300.00–325.00	$318.75	—
535–538	537	5	300.00–350.00	$340.00	—
560–563	562	3	250.00–260.00	$253.33	—
605–645	615	4	275.00–300.00	$281.25	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	182.00	$182.00	$355	—
300–348	327	16	165.00–179.00	$170.88	$559	—
355–395	368	7	160.00–165.00	$163.75	$603	-3.25
380 fancy	380	2	179.00	$179.00	$680	—
405–440	424	10	150.00–160.00	$156.94	$665	—
403–443 fancy	427	10	170.00–171.00	$170.19	$727	—
468–490	476	9	150.00–161.00	$157.38	$749	+2.25
475–498 fancy	486	8	164.00–169.00	$167.89	$816	—
518–540	522	7	150.00–164.00	$156.87	$819	+12.53
560–578	572	5	145.00–153.00	$150.44	$861	+7.94
600–610	607	5	140.00–144.00	$140.99	$856	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	164.00	$164.00	$476	+12.00
385–390	388	2	150.00–157.50	$153.73	$596	—
405	405	2	152.00	$152.00	$616	+5.26
470–480	475	2	135.00–141.00	$137.97	$655	-1.59
500–545	520	4	132.00–142.00	$137.37	$714	+0.98
555–595	578	6	130.00–140.00	$135.44	$783	+7.44
600–630	614	5	131.00–139.00	$134.81	$828	+4.81
650	650	3	127.00–129.00	$128.33	$834	+7.32
700–710	707	3	126.00–133.00	$128.31	$907	—
755	755	2	122.00	$122.00	$921	+9.03
810–845	828	2	110.00–117.00	$113.43	$939	+13.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	139.00	$139.00	$431	-3.00
355–390	373	4	127.00–143.00	$135.90	$507	-1.10
405	405	1	132.50	$132.50	$537	+1.77
455–470	465	3	118.00–124.00	$122.04	$567	+5.78
500–540	513	3	119.00–129.00	$122.95	$631	+2.95
550–595	574	4	114.00–120.00	$116.21	$667	—
600–645	623	2	119.00–121.00	$119.96	$747	—
650–695	670	4	110.00–119.00	$114.04	$764	—
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–338	325	9	90.00–103.00	$97.51	$317	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480–495	488	2	300.00–310.00	$305.08	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645 fancy	645	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	880.00	$880.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595–650	621	85-90%	3	25.00–26.50	$25.50	$158	—
675–835	741	85-90%	8	30.00–40.00	$36.59	$271	—
680–865	773	85-90%	2	64.00–65.00	$64.56	$499	—
685–1125	838	85-90%	15	45.00–54.50	$50.63	$424	—
755–1140	926	85-90%	18	54.50–60.00	$57.93	$536	+19.46

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	80-85%	1	59.00	$59.00	$510	—
815–1168	1006	80-85%	30	60.00–67.00	$63.17	$635	—
945–1100	1047	80-85%	3	69.00–71.00	$69.70	$730	—
900–1495	1112	80-85%	11	67.00–74.00	$69.12	$769	+11.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1405	1276	75-80%	7	65.00–73.00	$68.93	$880	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850	850	1	90.00	$90.00	$765	—
910	910	1	84.00	$84.00	$764	—
1000–1700	1281	9	71.00–82.50	$78.14	$1,001	—
1370–1500	1449	7	84.00–90.00	$86.32	$1,251	—
1720–2465	1977	3	91.00–95.00	$92.76	$1,834	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–950	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	725.00–810.00	$758.13
895–990	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	730.00–860.00	$788.33
870–1220	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	725.00–950.00	$792.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–770	726	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	525.00–650.00	$590.00
850–1025	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–700.00	$658.33

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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
830–1195	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	840.00–1,040.00	$939.00	—
950–1295	1173	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,110.00	$1,037.50	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
560	560	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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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.