Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 1, 2021

946 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $151.48/cwt -14.16 vs last sale · ≈ $729/hd at 481 lb · 57 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $125.86/cwt -12.76 vs last sale · ≈ $542/hd at 431 lb · 24 head

heavy 2-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.45/cwt -18.11 vs last sale · ≈ $474/hd at 278 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	946	1,104	1,784
Feeder cattle	596	722	1,209
Slaughter cattle	247	253	355
Replacement cattle	103	129	220

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 3.00-5.00 lower on limited comparable quotes. Feeder steers and heifers not well tested on limited quotes. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower , bulls 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade and 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
170–190	180	2	160.00–180.00	$170.56	$307	-4.44
230–248	242	3	160.00–164.00	$162.73	$394	—
260–295	278	20	160.00–179.00	$170.45	$474	-18.11
300–345	326	8	163.00–176.00	$171.94	$561	-10.74
355–390	382	16	160.00–179.00	$163.03	$623	-10.26
403–425	415	8	160.00–171.00	$168.14	$698	-2.84
466–497	481	57	145.00–159.00	$151.48	$729	-14.16
500–535	522	11	150.00–167.00	$153.66	$802	-2.70
570–590	579	8	141.00–150.00	$143.60	$831	-8.76
610–640	620	11	138.00–142.50	$140.06	$868	-5.09
695	695	1	140.00	$140.00	$973	+1.28
705–720	715	3	125.00–133.00	$130.37	$932	-2.80
760–770	765	2	130.00–136.00	$132.98	$1,017	-1.86
805	805	3	122.00–128.00	$126.00	$1,014	-1.29
850–885	859	5	120.00–122.00	$120.40	$1,034	-1.62

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	133.00	$133.00	$386	—
300–315	306	4	133.00–150.00	$141.32	$432	—
355–395	371	6	140.00–152.00	$146.96	$545	—
410–448	427	11	141.00–150.00	$147.50	$630	+3.70
460–490	480	6	139.00–159.00	$143.69	$690	-4.96
500–533	527	7	135.00–147.00	$140.86	$742	-5.10
565–575	570	8	126.00–134.00	$130.35	$743	-7.80
605–649	623	12	128.00–135.00	$133.88	$834	+0.83
650–685	664	5	110.00–125.00	$119.41	$793	-4.25
715	715	1	131.00	$131.00	$937	+17.00
770	770	1	118.00	$118.00	$909	—
805–825	817	3	104.00–126.00	$114.58	$936	—
855	855	1	115.00	$115.00	$983	—
965	965	1	103.00	$103.00	$994	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	223	2	185.00–191.00	$188.10	$419	-21.88
310	310	1	170.00	$170.00	$527	-19.24
330–335	332	3	184.00–186.00	$184.67	$613	-4.57
355–380	363	19	182.00–188.00	$185.15	$672	-3.13
409–441	424	13	168.00–181.00	$174.80	$741	-11.53
480	480	1	177.00	$177.00	$850	-0.16
515	515	1	169.00	$169.00	$870	+4.36
651	651	7	141.50	$141.50	$921	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
349	349	5	275.00	$275.00	—
425	425	1	325.00	$325.00	—
538	538	2	275.00	$275.00	—
555	555	1	300.00	$300.00	—
657	657	3	285.00	$285.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218–245	229	5	148.00–159.00	$153.16	$351	-11.84
260–295	278	5	135.00–141.00	$137.57	$382	-6.25
300–346	334	18	129.00–144.00	$134.81	$450	+1.67
369	369	6	135.00	$135.00	$498	-1.81
407–445	422	8	130.00–142.00	$131.58	$555	-7.04
435	435	16	123.00	$123.00	$535	-15.62
455–493	472	15	125.00–140.00	$131.20	$619	-2.75
500–546	538	16	120.00–127.00	$123.93	$667	-7.31
560–595	571	4	120.00–135.00	$128.54	$734	-1.33
625	625	1	133.50	$133.50	$834	+1.76
650–698	672	12	120.00–132.50	$121.61	$817	-6.23
740	740	1	128.00	$128.00	$947	—
863–870	865	3	109.00–113.50	$111.99	$969	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	2	113.00–125.00	$119.00	$339	—
305	305	1	120.00	$120.00	$366	+3.00
350–385	363	3	112.00–120.00	$115.80	$420	-8.39
413–430	424	14	121.00–135.00	$122.40	$519	+18.54
450–492	467	14	108.00–140.00	$120.58	$563	-0.45
505–545	526	5	115.00–125.00	$119.38	$628	+3.36
550–570	560	2	116.00–123.00	$119.44	$669	—
670–675	673	3	101.00–116.00	$105.98	$713	-13.98
720	720	1	124.00	$124.00	$893	—
775	775	1	119.00	$119.00	$922	—
845	845	1	110.00	$110.00	$930	—
875	875	1	99.00	$99.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	225	3	160.00–168.00	$165.10	$371	-5.40
265	265	3	155.00	$155.00	$411	-4.45
318–345	327	3	147.00–152.00	$150.24	$491	-11.48
425	425	2	147.00	$147.00	$625	-9.44
470	470	2	158.00	$158.00	$743	+15.82
505	505	2	132.00	$132.00	$667	-8.44
595	595	2	136.00	$136.00	$809	—
643	643	8	135.00	$135.00	$868	-8.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	4	47.00	$47.00	$294	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195	195	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
440	440	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	2	160.00	$160.00	$352	—
415–430	423	2	130.00–145.00	$137.63	$582	—
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	-4.49
690	690	1	118.00	$118.00	$814	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	126.00	$126.00	$649	—
615–620	618	2	83.00–103.00	$93.04	$575	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
485	485	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
605–905	764	85-90%	7	29.00–38.00	$35.16	$269	+4.57
665–1380	879	85-90%	8	37.00–55.00	$44.91	$395	-4.35
700–1000	880	85-90%	6	30.00–37.50	$34.37	$302	-14.89
700–1393	1007	85-90%	56	38.00–54.50	$47.35	$477	—
885–1460	1123	85-90%	80	54.00–67.50	$58.33	$655	—
975–1390	1175	85-90%	5	52.00–62.00	$58.58	$688	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1636	1244	80-85%	38	62.50–72.00	$64.14	$798	—
1000–1353	1270	80-85%	9	63.00–70.00	$64.37	$817	-4.59
965–1507	1367	80-85%	6	54.00–60.50	$59.46	$813	—
1425	1425	80-85%	1	61.00	$61.00	$869	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1605	1575	75-80%	4	62.50–65.00	$63.77	$1,004	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1065–1875	1416	17	65.00–81.50	$75.58	$1,070	-1.33
1305–2175	1755	14	81.50–93.50	$86.16	$1,512	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	825.00–890.00	$857.50
825–1170	982	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	850.00–890.00	$871.67
940–1090	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00–910.00	$855.00

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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
840–975	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–900.00	$868.75	—
960–1465	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–1,175.00	$1,044.00	+44.00
1475	1475	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
650–905	824	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–800.00	$687.50	—
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—
963	963	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.