Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 13, 2021

670 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.69/cwt +10.69 vs last sale · ≈ $983/hd at 675 lb · 13 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $211.54/cwt +3.69 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 322 lb · 12 head

light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $122.49/cwt -7.51 vs last sale · ≈ $646/hd at 527 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	670	447	698
Feeder cattle	342	240	418
Slaughter cattle	214	148	196
Replacement cattle	114	59	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves 3.00-4.00 higher, heifer calves mostly steady. Feeder steers and heifer not a accurate comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower. Trade active demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	333	6	165.00–184.00	$176.27	$587	+10.27
355–395	382	8	166.00–182.00	$172.91	$661	—
403–445	422	11	159.00–178.00	$167.52	$707	-7.85
465–495	485	3	158.00–170.00	$165.58	$803	+6.56
510–530	522	6	150.00–165.00	$154.94	$809	-9.67
550–580	563	8	141.00–155.00	$148.88	$838	+6.03
610–640	629	6	136.00–150.00	$144.78	$911	+6.37
655–688	675	13	141.00–148.00	$145.69	$983	+10.69
710–735	723	2	124.50–126.00	$125.24	$905	-19.52
755–785	774	5	117.00–134.00	$126.06	$976	+12.06
830–845	838	2	110.00–113.00	$111.49	$934	-10.09
880	880	2	111.00–121.50	$116.25	$1,023	-1.75

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
145	145	1	245.00	$245.00	$355	—
210–220	215	3	190.00–227.00	$211.74	$455	-2.26
230–240 fancy	235	2	250.00–257.00	$253.43	$596	—
255–298	279	9	200.00–230.00	$210.68	$588	-6.87
310–330	322	12	192.50–220.00	$211.54	$681	+11.58
350–390	371	7	190.00–201.00	$193.80	$719	-11.50
400 value added	400	1	210.00	$210.00	$840	—
425–439	437	9	180.00	$180.00	$787	-20.24
453–480	463	4	160.00–175.00	$170.97	$792	-2.31
510–520	515	2	160.00–162.50	$161.26	$830	-7.53
550–590	570	11	159.00–167.00	$162.57	$927	-7.91
659	659	5	158.50	$158.50	$1,045	-9.98
700	700	2	134.50	$134.50	$942	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	139.00–142.00	$140.52	$457	—
370–390	380	3	140.00–145.00	$141.71	$538	+11.14
420–445	433	2	122.00–140.00	$131.26	$568	+4.52
450–495	467	9	123.00–145.00	$132.92	$621	-5.19
510–540	527	6	120.00–142.00	$133.97	$706	—
630–635	633	2	111.00–135.00	$122.95	$778	—
745	745	1	110.00	$110.00	$820	+7.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
325–343	337	3	340.00–350.00	$343.21	—
385–395	392	3	280.00–360.00	$313.45	—
440	440	1	310.00	$310.00	—
465	465	1	400.00	$400.00	—
505	505	1	270.00	$270.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	410.00	$410.00	—
215	215	1	390.00	$390.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	225.00	$225.00	—
175	175	1	320.00	$320.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	40.00	$40.00	$218	±0.00
665	665	1	75.00	$75.00	$499	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	157.00	$157.00	$377	—
275–295	283	4	150.00–156.00	$153.19	$434	—
360–380	368	3	143.00–156.00	$151.71	$558	—
420–445	432	3	135.00–145.00	$139.08	$601	—
450–490	470	9	145.00–156.00	$149.87	$704	-2.13
500–522	513	6	140.00–155.00	$151.21	$776	-0.32
560	560	2	145.00	$145.00	$812	-8.15
640	640	3	127.00–128.00	$127.67	$817	-4.86
705–730	715	3	125.00–127.00	$126.34	$903	-1.66
840	840	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,042	+2.52
875	875	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,024	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–353	351	6	130.00–135.00	$133.32	$468	-4.66
415–420	418	2	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$504	-8.46
478	478	2	131.00	$131.00	$626	+10.48
500–545	527	11	113.00–129.00	$122.49	$646	-7.51
590	590	3	126.00	$126.00	$743	+6.70
608–640	623	4	119.00–125.00	$122.18	$761	+15.50
685	685	1	124.00	$124.00	$849	—
703	703	2	103.00	$103.00	$724	—
760	760	2	102.00	$102.00	$775	-1.76

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	173.00	$173.00	$407	-3.71
251–285	260	7	163.00–170.00	$168.90	$439	+0.88
305–310	308	2	159.00–160.00	$159.50	$491	-6.09
360–375	368	4	150.00–160.00	$154.90	$570	-10.10
405	405	2	155.00	$155.00	$628	-23.17
517	517	3	151.00	$151.00	$781	-12.00
616	616	5	135.50	$135.50	$835	—
653–665	657	6	131.00–140.00	$137.65	$904	-7.35
770	770	1	124.00	$124.00	$955	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	2	45.00	$45.00	$197	—
470	470	2	40.00	$40.00	$188	—
518–542	537	9	40.00–45.00	$41.07	$221	—
553	553	2	42.00	$42.00	$232	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
270	270	1	360.00	$360.00	—
425	425	1	320.00	$320.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	182.00	$182.00	$619	—
480	480	1	137.00	$137.00	$658	—
535	535	2	117.50	$117.50	$629	—
675	675	1	104.00	$104.00	$702	—
740	740	1	106.00	$106.00	$784	—
900	900	1	98.00	$98.00	$882	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465–753	609	85-90%	16	40.00–44.00	$41.14	$251	—
445–965	663	85-90%	9	45.00–53.00	$48.94	$324	-3.42
520–860	679	85-90%	11	30.00–42.00	$35.21	$239	-17.15
685	685	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$377	+2.64
700–1210	849	85-90%	27	52.00–60.50	$57.34	$487	-0.39
730–1545	964	85-90%	57	60.00–70.00	$65.46	$631	-1.40
985	985	85-90%	1	63.00	$63.00	$621	-3.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1045	834	80-85%	5	71.00–80.00	$77.30	$645	—
900	900	80-85%	1	69.50	$69.50	$626	—
1010–1130	1052	80-85%	3	67.00	$67.00	$705	-1.46
935–1440	1200	80-85%	32	69.00–78.50	$73.04	$876	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1670	1436	4	82.50–87.00	$84.56	$1,214	—
1360–1960	1644	7	90.00–100.00	$96.40	$1,585	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
910–937	931	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	840.00–1,060.00	$962.00
885–1040	962	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,035.00	$961.67
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,010.00	$1,010.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–810.00	$780.00
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755–780	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	760.00–780.00	$770.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
593	593	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	400.00	$400.00

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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
920–1120	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,162.50	+382.50
940–1270	1109	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	900.00–1,200.00	$1,111.43	+192.68
965–1255	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,130.00–1,330.00	$1,230.00	+311.25
955–1495	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–1,140.00	$1,066.25	—
1280	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720–850	784	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	600.00–860.00	$745.00	—
880–1040	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–750.00	$737.50	—
990–1013	1007	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	650.00–700.00	$687.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
779	779	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1290–1390	1340	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,480.00–1,540.00	$1,510.00	—
1440	1440	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,320.00	$1,320.00	—

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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.