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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 8, 2021

879 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $176.13/cwt +1.33 vs last sale · ≈ $740/hd at 420 lb · 26 head
heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $128.52/cwt -2.68 vs last sale · ≈ $612/hd at 476 lb · 20 head
light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.86/cwt +10.00 vs last sale · ≈ $573/hd at 422 lb · 16 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 879 946 1,843
Feeder cattle 603 596 1,271
Slaughter cattle 207 247 392
Replacement cattle 69 103 180

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves under 500lbs steady to 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers no accurate comparisons on limited offerings.. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
200 200 3 172.00–180.00 $177.33 $355 —
220 220 1 157.00 $157.00 $345 -5.73
265 265 1 170.00 $170.00 $450 -0.45
305–310 308 4 177.00–181.00 $179.74 $554 +7.80
360–386 381 10 162.00–176.00 $173.53 $661 +10.50
413–446 428 12 157.00–176.00 $161.60 $692 -6.54
450–490 475 11 148.00–160.00 $154.33 $733 +2.85
500–528 515 9 146.00–155.00 $151.29 $779 -2.37
550–585 573 13 135.00–147.00 $140.92 $807 -2.68
640 640 4 125.00–141.00 $137.00 $877 -3.06
650–698 673 8 127.00–139.00 $132.82 $894 -7.18
700–710 705 10 124.00–135.00 $129.43 $912 -0.94
800–845 819 4 120.00–129.00 $124.46 $1,019 -1.54
1000–1025 1017 3 101.00–114.00 $109.74 $1,116 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
275–290 284 4 182.00–191.00 $185.71 $527 —
300–340 318 8 177.00–191.00 $184.96 $588 +14.96
350–387 377 16 180.00–193.00 $185.37 $699 +0.22
400–445 420 26 165.00–187.00 $176.13 $740 +1.33
450–480 458 10 167.00–179.00 $174.08 $797 -2.92
524 524 8 160.00 $160.00 $838 -9.00
650 650 1 140.00 $140.00 $910 -1.50
700–713 709 3 144.00–150.50 $148.36 $1,052 —
795 795 1 134.00 $134.00 $1,065 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
335 335 1 155.00 $155.00 $519 +13.68
350–390 376 6 136.00–155.00 $144.81 $544 -2.15
420–428 425 7 135.00–155.00 $149.30 $635 +1.80
455–485 470 3 126.00–142.00 $136.15 $640 -7.54
510–540 516 5 126.00–140.00 $128.93 $665 -11.93
550–595 571 14 129.00–138.00 $133.42 $762 +3.07
600–643 629 11 120.00–126.00 $121.09 $762 -12.79
675–690 681 4 110.00–120.00 $116.51 $793 -2.90
700–740 720 6 113.00–120.00 $116.52 $839 -14.48
755–790 775 4 100.00–121.00 $109.61 $849 -8.39
840 840 1 114.00 $114.00 $958 -0.58
940 940 1 110.00 $110.00 $1,034 —
Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
505 505 2 48.00–51.00 $49.50 $250 —
565–578 569 3 48.00–52.00 $50.65 $288 —
863 863 2 54.00 $54.00 $466 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
210 210 1 300.00 $300.00 ±0.00
310 310 1 310.00 $310.00 —
385–390 388 2 275.00–350.00 $312.26 —
Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
420–428 425 3 410.00–420.00 $416.71 +91.71

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
270 270 2 130.00–138.00 $134.00 $362 -3.57
315–345 336 5 136.00–153.00 $143.22 $481 +8.41
375–390 383 4 130.00–144.00 $134.73 $516 -0.27
400–445 422 16 121.00–140.00 $135.86 $573 +4.28
455–493 476 20 125.00–145.00 $128.52 $612 -2.68
510–540 526 5 119.00–130.00 $123.65 $650 -0.28
550–590 578 9 122.00–141.00 $130.28 $753 +1.74
600–645 630 11 120.00–129.00 $122.85 $774 -10.65
665–690 671 4 120.00–129.00 $125.70 $843 +4.09
705 705 5 118.00–128.00 $124.00 $874 -4.00
785–795 790 2 110.00–120.00 $114.97 $908 —
808 808 2 107.00 $107.00 $865 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
260 260 1 130.00 $130.00 $338 +11.00
300–345 333 5 115.00–131.00 $124.44 $414 +4.44
365–390 371 7 110.00–127.00 $122.18 $453 +6.38
405–448 427 12 114.00–125.00 $119.88 $512 -2.52
460 460 1 123.00 $123.00 $566 +2.42
500–525 516 7 110.00–126.00 $116.41 $601 -2.97
565–598 587 8 111.00–122.00 $114.67 $673 -4.77
612 612 3 110.00 $110.00 $673 —
670–685 680 4 100.00–103.00 $102.26 $695 -3.72
835 835 1 101.00 $101.00 $843 -9.00
890 890 1 106.00 $106.00 $943 +7.00
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
290 290 2 151.00 $151.00 $438 -4.00
300–330 314 6 149.00–151.00 $150.15 $471 -0.09
345 fancy 345 3 157.00 $157.00 $542 —
360 360 2 155.00 $155.00 $558 —
435 435 2 150.00 $150.00 $652 +3.00
455–475 467 3 141.00–159.00 $149.38 $698 -8.62
512–530 525 11 130.00–137.00 $131.86 $692 -0.14
568 568 3 132.00 $132.00 $750 -4.00
608–615 610 3 127.00–134.00 $129.35 $789 -5.65
Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
535 535 5 35.00 $35.00 $187 —
703 703 2 39.00 $39.00 $274 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
255–285 270 2 200.00–230.00 $215.83 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
240 240 1 160.00 $160.00 $384 ±0.00
380 380 1 143.00 $143.00 $543 —
405–442 430 5 120.00–137.00 $133.41 $574 -4.22
465 465 1 138.00 $138.00 $642 —
525 525 1 117.00 $117.00 $614 —
550–565 555 3 97.00–120.00 $112.06 $622 —
655 655 1 101.00 $101.00 $662 -17.00
705–720 713 4 90.00–112.00 $101.48 $724 —
805 805 1 102.50 $102.50 $825 —
850 850 1 107.00 $107.00 $910 —
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
130 130 1 275.00 $275.00 —
170 170 1 245.00 $245.00 —
235 235 1 275.00 $275.00 —
270 270 1 300.00 $300.00 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
600–710 655 85-90% 2 31.00–40.00 $35.12 $230 —
643–835 736 85-90% 7 34.00–47.00 $42.88 $316 —
610–990 767 85-90% 5 25.00–36.00 $33.05 $253 -2.11
695–1380 950 85-90% 40 38.00–53.50 $46.97 $446 —
920–1168 1075 85-90% 10 55.00–63.00 $59.36 $638 —
775–1473 1136 85-90% 60 53.50–63.50 $58.17 $661 -0.16
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
798–1150 1046 80-85% 11 66.50–71.00 $67.78 $709 —
1025–1630 1341 80-85% 50 62.00–72.00 $66.47 $891 —
1270–1565 1418 80-85% 2 58.00–60.00 $58.90 $835 -2.10
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1615–1820 1747 75-80% 3 66.50–72.00 $68.89 $1,204 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1270 1270 1 76.00 $76.00 $965 —
1075–1840 1334 9 73.00–80.00 $75.99 $1,014 —
1600–2070 1799 14 81.00–92.00 $87.26 $1,570 —

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
955–975 965 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 850.00–950.00 $900.00
1010–1015 1013 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 2 925.00–985.00 $955.00
950–1210 1103 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 3 825.00–900.00 $858.33
855–1230 1105 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 825.00–925.00 $866.67
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
820–1015 907 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 3 550.00–750.00 $683.33
960 960 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 780.00 $780.00
1265 1265 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 1 750.00 $750.00
Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
692 692 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 3 400.00 $400.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
855–1163 1068 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 4 900.00–1,060.00 $940.00 —
1175–1485 1330 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 2 950.00–1,050.00 $1,000.00 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
780 780 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 650.00 $650.00 —
930 930 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 1 660.00 $660.00 —

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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.