Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 9, 2021

1,133 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $166.82/cwt +2.45 vs last sale · ≈ $707/hd at 424 lb · 20 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $179.02/cwt -0.39 vs last sale · ≈ $679/hd at 379 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.87/cwt ≈ $587/hd at 372 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,133	978
Feeder cattle	540	489
Slaughter cattle	402	267
Replacement cattle	191	222

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparison due to no sale on July 2, because on holiday .

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
171	171	7	215.00	$215.00	$368	+40.00
239 value added	239	7	200.00	$200.00	$478	—
235–245	240	2	174.00–177.00	$175.47	$421	+9.47
265–298	283	6	180.00–184.00	$181.76	$514	+18.17
300–325	317	3	176.00–191.00	$185.92	$589	—
350–395	379	10	162.00–178.00	$172.21	$653	-3.98
360–395 value added	380	6	188.00–193.00	$190.38	$723	—
408–437	424	20	158.00–171.00	$166.82	$707	+2.45
458–498	477	12	156.00–171.00	$167.42	$799	+3.26
533 value added	533	2	174.00	$174.00	$927	—
533–540	536	6	156.00–172.50	$165.25	$886	+1.29
550–595	568	5	158.50–170.50	$163.07	$926	-7.93
600–643	633	8	161.00–172.00	$162.56	$1,029	+6.06
655–685	663	8	150.00–161.00	$158.34	$1,050	-4.66
710–735	718	3	151.00–154.00	$152.02	$1,092	+4.02
751–755	751	11	146.00–148.00	$147.82	$1,110	—
920–945	933	2	107.00–114.00	$110.55	$1,031	—
1020	1020	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,091	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	157.00	$157.00	$447	—
310–340	320	3	150.00–152.00	$151.29	$484	-12.71
400–440	426	8	145.00–159.00	$150.10	$639	-0.97
450–485	470	6	140.00–151.00	$146.73	$690	-7.25
500–545	521	7	139.00–154.00	$144.88	$755	-6.98
555–575	559	5	140.00–151.00	$143.42	$802	-5.40
604–633	613	8	153.00–157.50	$154.71	$948	+14.63
670	670	4	150.50	$150.50	$1,008	+1.50
705–735	720	2	140.00–143.00	$141.47	$1,019	—
750–785	759	4	131.50–140.00	$137.38	$1,043	+4.84

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	142.00	$142.00	$320	-2.54
344	344	5	144.00	$144.00	$495	-1.00
365–390	370	9	120.00–134.00	$123.26	$456	-1.76
425–445	433	4	121.00–140.00	$132.82	$575	+4.33
460–465	463	2	127.00–130.00	$128.49	$595	-2.95
510–545	529	4	125.00–133.00	$129.46	$685	+1.08
610–630	620	2	128.00–130.00	$129.02	$800	+2.07
655	655	2	124.00	$124.00	$812	+5.69
730–740	735	3	120.00–125.00	$122.33	$899	—
770–785	775	3	109.00–126.00	$118.94	$922	-0.93
950	950	1	100.00	$100.00	$950	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
313	313	3	325.00	$325.00	—
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–135	120	2	225.00	$225.00	—
285	285	1	325.00	$325.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	211	4	183.00–201.00	$189.04	$399	—
280	280	2	176.00	$176.00	$493	—
315–347	342	8	162.00–179.00	$172.47	$590	—
355–395	372	13	155.00–168.00	$157.87	$587	—
405–410	408	8	152.00–161.00	$157.50	$643	+10.60
463–488	480	6	150.00	$150.00	$720	+0.53
505–528	522	13	149.00–153.50	$152.32	$795	+10.67
557–590	562	8	140.00–150.00	$147.51	$829	+7.97
665	665	3	141.00	$141.00	$938	—
830	830	4	115.00	$115.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–333	332	4	154.00–158.00	$157.01	$521	+19.46
385	385	2	137.00	$137.00	$527	-1.06
400–435	419	4	128.00–145.00	$137.59	$577	+1.06
460–485	469	5	130.00–141.00	$134.38	$630	-5.00
510–540	523	3	145.00–147.00	$146.01	$764	+12.04
555–590	574	6	132.00–145.00	$137.90	$792	+1.98
600–628	609	7	129.00–142.00	$134.54	$819	-3.10
715	715	1	117.00	$117.00	$837	-6.76
758–765	762	5	104.00–115.00	$110.02	$838	—
870	870	1	106.00	$106.00	$922	—
962	962	5	105.00	$105.00	$1,010	-11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	120.00	$120.00	$334	-5.41
320	320	2	139.00	$139.00	$445	+11.73
360–390	372	3	125.00–131.00	$128.57	$478	+11.32
420–440	430	2	122.00–124.00	$122.98	$529	—
463–495	479	9	114.00–123.00	$118.07	$566	-6.10
500–535	510	6	121.00–130.00	$125.87	$642	+6.67
557–585	580	8	117.00–125.00	$119.47	$693	-6.76
610–635	623	2	114.00–117.00	$115.47	$719	+0.24
665–685	673	3	110.00–115.00	$111.99	$754	-6.01
853–870	858	6	94.00–118.00	$99.89	$857	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	34.00	$34.00	$162	—
700	700	4	37.00	$37.00	$259	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	93.00	$93.00	$431	—
640	640	1	93.00	$93.00	$595	—
700–748	722	12	88.00–96.00	$92.36	$667	—
865	865	1	80.00	$80.00	$692	—
965	965	1	81.00	$81.00	$782	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	30.00	$30.00	$140	—
595	595	2	40.00	$40.00	$238	—
605–635	622	3	40.00–75.00	$52.05	$324	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1195	966	80-85%	7	64.00–70.50	$66.51	$642	—
870–1245	1036	80-85%	22	60.00–63.00	$61.97	$642	—
910–1380	1097	80-85%	141	63.50–73.50	$69.55	$763	—
1090–1375	1181	80-85%	5	73.50–75.50	$74.50	$880	—
1100–1435	1268	80-85%	2	60.00	$60.00	$761	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618–730	634	85-90%	7	25.00–29.50	$28.76	$182	—
635–735	700	85-90%	9	41.00–54.00	$44.08	$309	+19.08
610–875	732	85-90%	14	31.50–43.00	$37.94	$278	+12.94
823	823	85-90%	2	30.00	$30.00	$247	-36.52
495–1110	839	85-90%	41	41.50–53.00	$48.38	$406	-18.14
825–1095	923	85-90%	4	55.00–60.00	$56.41	$521	+7.93
795–1110	929	85-90%	19	54.00–60.50	$55.90	$519	+7.42

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310	1310	75-80%	1	68.50	$68.50	$897	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	84.00	$84.00	$819	—
1055–1575	1319	9	68.00–83.00	$75.09	$990	+3.25
1213–2065	1536	13	84.00–97.00	$90.86	$1,396	—
1400–1965	1752	9	98.00–106.50	$102.18	$1,790	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1053	891	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	700.00–1,000.00	$848.00
888–1170	962	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	775.00–800.00	$783.75

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555	555	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
620–635	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
650–1120	827	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	740.00–1,080.00	$951.56	—
830–1305	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	700.00–880.00	$797.69	—
940–1336	1147	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	800.00–1,150.00	$968.33	-181.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935–1355	1059	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,240.00–1,380.00	$1,355.91	—
1165–1335	1241	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,226.67	—
1365–1495	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,390.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
880–960	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–650.00	$631.67	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
527–700	576	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	350.00–500.00	$410.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1470–1910	1648	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,475.00–1,525.00	$1,500.00	—
1745	1745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.