Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 16, 2021

807 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $195.40/cwt +28.58 vs last sale · ≈ $834/hd at 427 lb · 20 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $163.53/cwt +5.19 vs last sale · ≈ $1,091/hd at 667 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $189.37/cwt +21.95 vs last sale · ≈ $890/hd at 470 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	807	1,133	541
Feeder cattle	440	540	324
Slaughter cattle	168	402	145
Replacement cattle	199	191	72

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 12.00-15.00 higher on active trading. Feeder steers and heifers 1.00-2.00 higher on comparable sales. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls steady. Trade active and demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	205.00	$205.00	$400	-10.00
250 value added	250	2	217.00	$217.00	$542	—
270–290	280	2	195.00–208.00	$201.73	$565	+19.97
305–345	326	4	192.00–202.00	$199.62	$651	+13.70
373–393	382	10	200.00–215.00	$209.32	$800	+37.11
400–445	427	20	185.00–205.00	$195.40	$834	+28.58
460–485	470	13	180.00–195.00	$189.37	$890	+21.95
508–545	527	10	175.00–185.00	$178.95	$943	+13.70
550–595	563	13	169.00–182.00	$175.51	$988	+12.44
620–640	629	5	159.00–171.00	$165.84	$1,043	+3.28
655–690	667	16	156.00–171.00	$163.53	$1,091	+5.19
710–732	727	4	144.50–149.00	$145.60	$1,059	-6.42
855	855	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,163	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	172.00	$172.00	$387	—
265 value added	265	2	180.00	$180.00	$477	—
300–340	317	3	152.50–165.00	$159.97	$507	+8.68
350–365	358	2	167.50–170.00	$168.72	$604	—
400–435	418	6	160.00–175.00	$168.85	$706	+18.75
450–493	482	5	167.00–177.00	$174.14	$839	+27.41
505–545	525	3	140.00–158.00	$151.04	$793	+6.16
570–595	580	5	140.00–158.00	$145.80	$846	+2.38
675	675	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,012	-0.50
705–745	726	4	130.00–143.00	$138.05	$1,002	-3.42
750–770	760	2	116.00–133.00	$124.61	$947	-12.77
830–840	835	2	110.00–119.00	$114.47	$956	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	150.00	$150.00	$292	—
280–285	283	2	146.00–152.00	$148.97	$422	—
500–520	510	2	120.00–130.00	$124.90	$637	-4.56
550	550	2	120.00	$120.00	$660	—
613–615	614	3	120.00–127.00	$122.34	$751	-6.68
650–665	658	2	100.00–118.00	$108.90	$717	-15.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–180	171	9	300.00–330.00	$309.81	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–115	108	2	210.00–280.00	$242.56	—
265	265	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	185.00	$185.00	$435	-4.04
250–280	274	5	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$452	-11.00
310–320	315	2	159.00–160.00	$159.51	$502	-12.96
375–395	385	9	172.50–180.00	$177.74	$684	+19.87
385–390 fancy	388	2	184.00–185.00	$184.50	$716	—
400–445	430	11	162.50–180.00	$168.45	$724	+10.95
450–498	473	8	155.00–168.00	$161.98	$766	+11.98
500–535	511	4	162.00–172.50	$164.86	$842	+12.54
564–585	573	7	150.00–157.00	$153.06	$877	+5.55

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	2	151.00–152.00	$151.53	$338	—
370	370	2	150.00	$150.00	$555	+13.00
400–445	418	6	150.00–159.00	$154.52	$646	+16.93
480–495	488	2	147.00–156.00	$151.43	$739	+17.05
507–525	513	6	145.00–152.00	$149.66	$768	+3.65
555–578	566	8	140.00–150.00	$144.65	$819	+6.75
600–645	620	4	135.00–146.00	$140.52	$871	+5.98
650–685	665	3	142.00–144.00	$143.02	$951	—
700–735	709	5	124.00–130.00	$127.17	$902	+10.17
855	855	1	114.00	$114.00	$975	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	138.00	$138.00	$352	+18.00
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	-19.00
355–395	376	4	100.00–122.00	$110.79	$417	-17.78
400–415	409	6	122.50–140.00	$130.99	$536	+8.01
455–480	469	5	122.00–133.00	$128.86	$604	+10.79
500–535	513	4	118.00–135.00	$123.21	$632	-2.66
550–595	568	3	116.00–130.00	$122.50	$696	+3.03
605–628	619	3	119.00–130.00	$124.74	$772	+9.27
650–653	652	3	120.00–125.00	$121.66	$793	+9.67
700–745	715	3	111.00–115.00	$113.61	$812	—
785	785	1	111.50	$111.50	$875	—
805	805	2	105.00	$105.00	$845	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
436	436	4	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	260.00	$260.00	—
155–160	158	2	260.00–270.00	$265.08	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	160.00	$160.00	$312	—
310–345	322	3	130.00–160.00	$149.27	$481	—
395	395	1	145.00	$145.00	$573	—
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
565	565	1	131.00	$131.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–480	473	2	167.00–180.00	$173.60	$821	—
500–530	515	2	151.00–167.00	$159.23	$820	—
555	555	2	155.00	$155.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	115	2	170.00–275.00	$229.35	—
160	160	1	275.00	$275.00	—
260	260	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–735	672	85-90%	3	25.00–30.00	$26.82	$180	—
680–850	731	85-90%	7	35.00–40.00	$36.52	$267	-1.42
785–855	805	85-90%	11	57.00–60.00	$59.00	$475	+29.00
715–910	806	85-90%	4	40.00–50.00	$45.63	$368	+15.63
790–875	833	85-90%	2	25.00–31.00	$27.85	$232	-20.53
650–1620	861	85-90%	41	44.00–54.00	$48.91	$421	—
775–1270	972	85-90%	32	53.50–60.50	$57.21	$556	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	80-85%	2	74.00	$74.00	$592	—
760–1245	1012	80-85%	20	60.00–64.50	$63.16	$639	+1.19
945–1390	1151	80-85%	17	65.00–75.00	$68.78	$792	-5.72
1045–1505	1275	80-85%	2	75.00–77.50	$76.02	$969	+16.02

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505–1575	1540	75-80%	2	67.00–70.00	$68.53	$1,055	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1185	1103	4	74.00–81.50	$78.34	$864	—
1010–1290	1150	2	68.00–77.00	$71.95	$827	—
1170–1835	1428	12	84.00–98.50	$92.19	$1,316	—
1650	1650	1	101.00	$101.00	$1,666	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
758–880	797	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	485.00–650.00	$583.57
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	530.00	$530.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
780–1225	947	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	600.00–800.00	$670.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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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
715–1095	894	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	850.00–1,150.00	$975.38	—
905–1325	1052	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	900.00–1,275.00	$1,049.55	+251.86
860–1182	1115	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	860.00–1,150.00	$1,095.00	+126.67
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,380.00	$1,380.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
931–1210	1056	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,300.00	-55.91
1470–1510	1490	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705–995	874	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	770.00–850.00	$824.00	—
785–1110	1021	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	575.00–700.00	$650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660–875	737	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	590.00–700.00	$630.00	—
785–890	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–660.00	$655.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
558–575	562	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	425.00–435.00	$432.50	+22.50
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.