Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 9, 2021

829 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $154.73/cwt -7.60 vs last sale · ≈ $739/hd at 478 lb · 35 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $149.67/cwt -7.20 vs last sale · ≈ $792/hd at 529 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $169.63/cwt -2.08 vs last sale · ≈ $805/hd at 475 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	829	665
Feeder cattle	559	445
Slaughter cattle	153	135
Replacement cattle	117	85

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 thin fleshed	220	2	210.00	$210.00	$462	—
235	235	2	190.00	$190.00	$446	—
310	310	2	171.00	$171.00	$530	-16.14
305–345 thin fleshed	318	5	200.00–217.00	$207.06	$658	—
300–335	320	5	185.00–198.00	$189.67	$607	+2.53
350–395 thin fleshed	361	9	199.00–206.00	$202.01	$729	—
375–395	384	4	179.00–190.00	$185.52	$712	-3.21
400–430 thin fleshed	411	8	186.00–191.00	$188.88	$776	—
400–440	425	11	168.00–183.00	$172.27	$732	-5.71
470 fancy	470	2	179.00	$179.00	$841	-8.50
450–495	475	19	163.00–175.00	$168.64	$801	-0.43
508 thin fleshed	508	4	183.00	$183.00	$930	—
505–545	533	14	169.00–177.00	$170.27	$908	-1.32
550–560	554	4	169.00–171.00	$170.25	$943	+0.76
625	625	2	162.50	$162.50	$1,016	-2.78
655–675	669	4	147.00–153.50	$151.15	$1,011	—
705–740	723	4	133.00–136.00	$134.62	$973	-7.47
785	785	3	130.00–131.50	$130.50	$1,024	-8.36
823	823	3	130.00	$130.00	$1,070	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	176.00–181.00	$178.52	$523	+3.65
361	361	4	175.00	$175.00	$632	±0.00
410–445	427	7	150.00–164.00	$156.74	$669	+3.33
430–440 thin fleshed	436	4	165.00–167.00	$165.75	$723	—
450–490	470	7	154.00–161.00	$156.68	$736	+1.18
510–543	537	17	156.00–163.00	$159.78	$858	-3.68
555–593	579	13	149.00–157.00	$154.43	$894	+6.92
620–645	633	5	141.00–153.50	$147.05	$931	+2.78
655–681	673	6	135.00–139.00	$135.99	$915	-3.31
700–745	717	3	130.50–132.00	$131.32	$942	+1.79
785	785	2	127.50	$127.50	$1,001	+6.00
850	850	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	140.00–147.00	$143.60	$385	-1.49
340	340	3	140.00	$140.00	$476	-5.00
355–395	375	2	136.00–148.00	$142.32	$534	+10.32
410–440	422	3	136.00–140.00	$138.70	$585	—
485–495	490	2	143.00–145.00	$144.01	$706	+2.41
500–545	531	4	138.00–149.00	$144.67	$768	+13.67
555–590	573	6	133.00–143.00	$139.67	$800	—
600–645	625	12	127.00–136.00	$133.78	$836	+6.00
670–690	680	2	131.50–132.50	$132.01	$898	-0.49
825–840	833	2	102.00–112.00	$107.05	$892	—

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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	3	182.50	$182.50	$356	+0.50
210–220	217	3	180.00	$180.00	$391	—
255	255	3	167.00–171.00	$169.67	$433	—
330–340	335	2	161.00–167.00	$163.96	$549	-6.92
358–394	383	13	160.00–165.00	$164.42	$630	+0.67
385 fancy	385	2	179.00	$179.00	$689	±0.00
418–439	435	17	149.00–163.00	$157.72	$686	+0.78
475 fancy	475	2	173.00	$173.00	$822	+5.11
453–498	478	33	147.00–158.00	$153.62	$734	-3.76
500–535	529	28	147.00–158.00	$149.67	$792	-7.20
563–575	565	7	151.50–154.00	$153.64	$868	+3.20
670	670	3	141.50	$141.50	$948	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	280	4	151.00–164.00	$156.04	$437	-7.96
300–315	308	2	154.00–155.00	$154.51	$476	—
355–395	366	9	144.00–152.00	$148.34	$543	-5.39
430–440	435	2	135.00–136.00	$135.51	$589	-16.49
450–465	458	4	134.00–141.00	$138.24	$633	+0.27
515–545	533	4	131.00–145.00	$140.69	$750	+3.32
555–595	574	12	129.00–141.00	$135.16	$776	-0.28
600–645	615	14	125.00–137.00	$130.01	$800	-4.80
715–735	725	3	120.00–123.00	$121.67	$882	-6.64
818–840	825	3	109.00–118.00	$112.05	$924	-1.38
913	913	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	140.00	$140.00	$399	—
325	325	1	127.00	$127.00	$413	-12.00
355	355	1	133.00	$133.00	$472	-2.90
420–441	437	5	122.00–134.00	$131.69	$575	-0.81
460–495	478	2	124.00–131.00	$127.63	$610	+5.59
500–545	519	6	119.00–127.00	$124.12	$644	+1.17
580–595	588	2	116.00–125.00	$120.44	$708	+4.23
610–625	618	2	115.00–117.00	$116.01	$717	-3.95
665–699	677	4	116.00–120.00	$118.50	$802	+4.46
705 thin fleshed	705	2	117.00	$117.00	$825	—
700–745	716	5	100.00–107.00	$101.83	$729	—
755	755	1	116.00	$116.00	$876	+15.00
820	820	1	100.00	$100.00	$820	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–470	463	2	145.00–158.00	$151.61	$702	—
500–520	510	2	155.00–157.00	$155.98	$795	—
720	720	2	126.00	$126.00	$907	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	209.00	$209.00	$669	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	85-90%	1	27.00	$27.00	$166	+1.50
700	700	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$385	—
800–930	861	85-90%	8	35.50–41.50	$38.78	$334	—
610–1120	884	85-90%	27	43.50–54.00	$49.49	$437	—
730–1220	968	85-90%	4	58.50–67.00	$60.90	$590	—
790–1150	976	85-90%	20	53.50–60.00	$56.03	$547	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960	960	80-85%	1	54.00	$54.00	$518	—
920–1250	1079	80-85%	5	56.00–59.00	$57.20	$617	—
860–1410	1094	80-85%	23	60.00–65.50	$63.20	$691	—
895–1440	1141	80-85%	8	59.00–66.50	$61.42	$701	-7.70
1045–1300	1173	80-85%	2	66.00–69.00	$67.34	$790	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1315–1345	1330	75-80%	2	65.00–67.00	$66.01	$878	—
1430	1430	75-80%	1	67.00	$67.00	$958	—
1280–1605	1440	75-80%	11	62.00–71.50	$65.75	$947	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	1	84.00	$84.00	$1,029	—
1465	1465	1	86.00	$86.00	$1,260	—
1240–1730	1487	12	69.00–81.00	$75.28	$1,119	—
1355–2035	1621	17	83.00–92.50	$86.98	$1,410	—
1730	1730	1	94.00	$94.00	$1,626	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00–890.00	$870.00
928–1065	974	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	700.00–910.00	$840.00
875–1290	1021	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	720.00–900.00	$807.50

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
560–610	585	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00–410.00	$405.00
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

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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
815–1110	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	825.00–1,140.00	$978.08	—
1135–1251	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	960.00–1,120.00	$1,011.25	—
1340	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770–830	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	410.00–520.00	$465.00	—
868	868	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	480.00	$480.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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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.