Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 21, 2021

906 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $172.68/cwt +5.72 vs last sale · ≈ $744/hd at 431 lb · 23 head

light 6-weight S 4 steers $42.50/cwt ≈ $258/hd at 606 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $148.47/cwt +4.01 vs last sale · ≈ $713/hd at 480 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	906	1,122
Feeder cattle	509	595
Slaughter cattle	262	259
Replacement cattle	135	268

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifer sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade active demand good. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	172.50	$172.50	$362	+10.50
240 value added	240	2	193.00	$193.00	$463	—
275 value added	275	2	200.00	$200.00	$550	—
285–295	290	2	166.00–169.00	$167.53	$486	+0.63
315–339	324	5	161.00–178.00	$167.08	$541	+12.41
350–380	369	4	160.00–175.00	$168.46	$622	+1.81
370–395 thin fleshed	378	3	177.00–178.00	$177.35	$670	—
400–445	427	13	161.00–172.00	$166.28	$710	+3.33
432–443 fancy	436	10	181.00	$181.00	$789	—
450 fancy	450	2	177.00	$177.00	$796	—
457–490	478	13	157.00–170.00	$160.65	$768	-3.87
513–525 thin fleshed	518	5	168.00–176.00	$172.00	$891	—
500–545	527	10	152.00–163.00	$155.45	$819	-2.55
550–595	577	13	162.00–174.00	$169.43	$978	+14.07
603–615	606	8	151.00–168.00	$158.97	$963	+19.31
660–665	663	2	152.00–159.00	$155.51	$1,031	+13.89
745	745	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–295	279	4	150.00–155.00	$151.23	$422	+0.30
315–335	320	4	142.00–159.00	$153.57	$491	+8.13
375	375	2	158.00	$158.00	$592	+6.47
405–425	415	2	140.00–157.00	$148.70	$617	-2.30
432 thin fleshed	432	3	161.00	$161.00	$696	—
470 thin fleshed	470	2	174.00	$174.00	$818	+10.00
460–495	480	3	150.00–155.00	$151.94	$729	+2.00
500–540	523	9	144.00–155.00	$148.79	$778	-0.64
550–591	579	8	138.00–151.00	$146.67	$849	+8.67
600–620	606	6	135.00–145.00	$139.19	$843	—
650–695	671	10	128.50–137.50	$135.04	$906	+2.92
685	685	2	130.00	$130.00	$890	+10.00
785	785	1	123.00	$123.00	$966	+5.46
805–840	823	2	111.00–120.00	$115.40	$950	-7.60
965	965	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,033	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205	205	1	270.00	$270.00	—
428	428	6	250.00	$250.00	-32.86
490	490	1	270.00	$270.00	-39.28
516	516	18	185.00	$185.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	2	49.00	$49.00	$250	+13.88
590	590	2	43.00	$43.00	$254	—
606	606	18	42.50	$42.50	$258	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	2	132.00	$132.00	$554	+0.66
425	425	1	110.00	$110.00	$468	-21.34
485–495	490	2	116.00–135.00	$125.60	$615	-14.90
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	+10.58
585–590	588	2	118.00–130.00	$124.03	$729	-0.21
623–640	628	7	115.00–130.00	$127.39	$800	+8.40
660–665	663	2	103.00–109.00	$105.99	$703	-10.78

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	167.00	$167.00	$409	—
280–290	285	2	151.00–160.00	$155.58	$443	+0.58
305–318 fancy	312	4	167.00	$167.00	$521	—
300–320	313	3	150.00–151.00	$150.68	$472	+3.71
360–395	380	10	140.00–154.00	$148.69	$565	-0.69
400–445	424	15	141.00–148.00	$145.97	$619	-1.98
455–497	480	17	143.00–155.00	$148.47	$713	+4.01
505–535	529	13	141.00–148.00	$147.11	$778	-0.05
550–596	584	13	144.00–147.00	$146.78	$857	+7.78
685	685	1	130.00	$130.00	$890	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	145.00	$145.00	$384	+4.57
350–395	372	5	138.00–145.00	$141.53	$526	+6.98
410–425	415	5	130.00–141.00	$136.17	$565	—
415	415	2	125.00	$125.00	$519	—
450–485	465	4	128.00–139.00	$133.45	$621	-1.67
508–545	524	8	133.00–143.00	$137.83	$722	+12.83
560–590	575	2	128.00–140.00	$133.84	$770	-0.47
605–640	623	2	136.50–140.00	$138.20	$861	+4.20
655–685	670	2	129.00–131.00	$129.98	$871	+6.42
820	820	2	108.00	$108.00	$886	—
884	884	9	108.00	$108.00	$955	+3.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	116.00–120.00	$117.97	$395	-9.03
475	475	2	120.00	$120.00	$570	-0.40
518–535	527	2	125.00–134.00	$129.57	$683	+8.57
550–580	568	5	123.00–125.00	$123.59	$702	+4.96
620–635	625	4	109.00–120.00	$114.01	$713	+0.30
655–693	680	3	113.00–114.00	$113.68	$773	—
700	700	1	111.00	$111.00	$777	+11.00
805	805	1	105.00	$105.00	$845	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	1	200.00	$200.00	—
330	330	2	210.00	$210.00	—
380–387	385	4	200.00–270.00	$217.26	-43.34
410	410	1	240.00	$240.00	+2.73
505–515	510	2	210.00–250.00	$230.20	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
277	277	3	320.00	$320.00	—
405	405	1	200.00	$200.00	—
460–495	478	2	220.00–230.00	$225.18	—
550	550	1	230.00	$230.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–445	435	2	149.00–159.00	$153.89	$669	—
475	475	1	155.00	$155.00	$736	+12.05
500	500	1	152.00	$152.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	164.00	$164.00	$631	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
775–790	783	85-90%	2	44.00–48.00	$46.02	$360	+15.96
625–940	804	85-90%	19	32.00–43.50	$38.19	$307	-20.45
680–933	828	85-90%	20	24.00–31.00	$28.04	$232	-30.60
743–892	846	85-90%	13	23.50–36.00	$26.88	$227	-20.27
625–1117	908	85-90%	32	43.00–52.50	$47.84	$434	—
625–1360	962	85-90%	57	50.50–60.00	$55.44	$533	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1410	1085	80-85%	6	60.00–62.50	$61.08	$663	+0.55
615–1420	1145	80-85%	21	62.00–72.50	$69.27	$793	—
850–1520	1148	80-85%	34	62.00–68.50	$65.39	$751	—
1090–1595	1221	80-85%	14	69.00–71.50	$70.00	$855	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1550	1360	75-80%	3	65.50–67.00	$65.92	$897	—
1440	1440	75-80%	1	71.00	$71.00	$1,022	—
1875	1875	75-80%	1	58.00	$58.00	$1,088	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1430	1166	9	61.50–79.00	$71.16	$830	—
1265–2315	1669	11	83.00–93.00	$87.58	$1,462	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1020	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	680.00–800.00	$722.86
975–1110	1026	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–775.00	$737.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–750	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	500.00–635.00	$555.00
730–905	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	425.00–550.00	$490.00

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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
720–1037	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	760.00–1,030.00	$812.73	—
1079	1079	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	24	755.00	$755.00	+45.45
940–1220	1088	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	700.00–1,000.00	$884.00	+174.45

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.