Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 29, 2021

1,403 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $132.60/cwt -10.13 vs last sale · ≈ $501/hd at 378 lb · 27 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $128.57/cwt ≈ $1,111/hd at 864 lb · 26 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $126.65/cwt +0.75 vs last sale · ≈ $662/hd at 523 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,403	1,497	797
Feeder cattle	820	1,042	350
Slaughter cattle	375	365	339
Replacement cattle	208	90	108

Market comments — USDA reporter

No comparison with last week due to reporters absence. 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
220	220	2	160.00	$160.00	$352	-16.55
273–298	294	13	165.00–177.50	$167.39	$492	-14.96
300–345	335	17	160.00–180.00	$173.97	$583	+2.39
350–360	357	3	162.00–173.00	$169.07	$604	-1.90
410–443	436	11	151.00–165.00	$154.48	$674	-12.56
455–495	468	7	141.00–153.00	$146.63	$686	-8.89
500–540	511	10	133.00–149.00	$139.78	$714	-12.60
553–580	569	18	137.00–150.00	$143.40	$816	-1.68
600–646	627	21	125.00–142.00	$131.58	$825	-3.42
650–695	676	4	126.50–139.00	$131.45	$889	-0.52
703–715	705	7	127.00–139.00	$128.74	$908	—
755–797	783	14	130.50–142.00	$134.32	$1,052	+4.28
805	805	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,079	+7.59
862–895	864	26	128.00–136.00	$128.57	$1,111	—
905	905	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	157.00	$157.00	$298	—
300–345	321	6	145.00–158.00	$151.29	$486	+6.14
370–394	385	9	130.00–150.00	$142.89	$550	-6.41
405–445	429	13	125.00–148.00	$136.33	$585	-3.13
450–495	472	19	126.00–141.00	$135.02	$637	+3.52
503–543	525	23	126.00–140.00	$133.39	$700	-2.06
565–595	574	19	110.00–133.00	$121.53	$698	-11.99
605–645	627	12	113.00–123.00	$115.28	$723	-16.79
675–685	680	13	119.00–136.00	$121.00	$823	+5.01
723–745	731	9	120.00–127.00	$122.45	$895	+5.19
790	790	1	123.00	$123.00	$972	+3.20
825	825	1	105.00	$105.00	$866	-9.35
1025	1025	1	97.00	$97.00	$994	—
1162–1178	1167	9	84.00–87.50	$86.32	$1,007	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–240	238	2	187.00	$187.00	$445	-8.18
278–293	288	6	190.00–199.00	$196.10	$565	+9.48
314–335	317	7	187.00–196.00	$188.98	$599	-5.04
350 fancy	350	3	208.00	$208.00	$728	—
350–355	353	3	173.00–187.50	$179.20	$633	-11.26
400–445	421	4	160.00–175.00	$167.87	$707	-11.38
615	615	2	145.50	$145.50	$895	-4.50
755	755	2	139.00	$139.00	$1,049	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	24.00	$24.00	$95	—
455–487	482	11	20.00–47.00	$35.38	$171	—
620	620	1	30.00	$30.00	$186	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
410–415	413	2	200.00	$200.00	-116.00
472	472	10	170.00	$170.00	-119.58

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	238	4	141.00–145.00	$144.03	$343	+4.03
250–295	278	4	135.00–144.00	$140.17	$390	+0.74
325–340	331	5	139.00–146.00	$141.78	$469	-1.95
350–395	378	27	120.00–144.00	$132.60	$501	-10.13
410–445	433	6	120.00–140.00	$125.93	$545	-8.19
450–490	474	13	125.00–146.00	$131.90	$625	+0.14
503–545	523	24	120.00–144.00	$126.65	$662	+0.75
560–579	576	6	120.00–135.00	$122.43	$705	-3.07
605–640	630	4	120.00–125.00	$121.45	$765	-2.39
650–680	665	4	120.00–125.00	$122.51	$815	-6.49
715–740	731	4	117.00–123.00	$119.23	$872	+12.47
780	780	1	116.00	$116.00	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–222	216	5	105.00–107.00	$105.58	$228	—
250–290	270	2	125.00–135.00	$129.63	$350	+2.63
320–335	327	9	110.00–135.00	$118.09	$386	-6.74
366–398	381	11	116.00–125.00	$119.20	$454	+9.20
400–425	413	2	98.00–125.00	$111.91	$462	-11.09
455–495	473	14	100.00–131.00	$117.33	$555	-4.99
505–540	524	4	110.00–136.00	$128.47	$673	+13.58
555–588	571	22	100.00–123.00	$111.06	$634	+1.84
628	628	2	129.00	$129.00	$810	+12.64
710–733	723	5	96.00–120.00	$106.36	$769	+6.36
835	835	1	97.00	$97.00	$810	—
863	863	2	92.00	$92.00	$794	—
900–930	915	2	100.00	$100.00	$915	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	150.00–157.00	$153.43	$368	-6.57
250	250	1	147.00	$147.00	$368	-15.20
308 fancy	308	3	163.00	$163.00	$502	—
350–375	364	4	146.00–152.00	$147.44	$537	-0.91
450–455	452	9	146.00–151.00	$148.24	$670	+3.70
507	507	11	146.00	$146.00	$740	+9.32

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
779	779	4	72.00	$72.00	$561	—
914	914	5	71.00	$71.00	$649	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
128	128	5	225.00–230.00	$227.00	—
170	170	3	240.00	$240.00	-59.70

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
300	300	1	160.00	$160.00	—
380–395	388	2	180.00–220.00	$199.61	—
405	405	1	220.00	$220.00	-80.00
480	480	1	190.00	$190.00	-60.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–675	665	2	33.00–90.00	$61.07	$406	+20.07

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	142.00	$142.00	$270	—
355	355	1	141.00	$141.00	$501	—
445	445	1	120.00	$120.00	$534	—
458–498	489	12	94.00–115.00	$110.25	$539	-36.75
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	-40.00
580–596	594	7	104.50–120.00	$106.66	$634	—
670	670	5	120.00	$120.00	$804	—
710	710	1	96.00	$96.00	$682	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	80.00	$80.00	$396	—
570	570	1	106.00	$106.00	$604	—
680	680	1	99.00	$99.00	$673	+34.00
765	765	1	94.00	$94.00	$719	+14.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1130	990	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,100.00–1,500.00	$1,252.19	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1203	908	85-90%	20	20.00–35.00	$29.11	$264	—
720–1100	914	85-90%	5	54.00–64.00	$58.44	$534	—
815–1305	975	85-90%	21	24.00–40.00	$34.75	$339	-12.74
750–1340	986	85-90%	10	39.00–55.00	$45.93	$453	-1.56
755–1250	1052	85-90%	103	40.00–53.50	$47.26	$497	-7.52
760–1405	1136	85-90%	67	53.00–63.50	$58.93	$669	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	80-85%	1	73.00	$73.00	$766	—
960–1545	1261	80-85%	75	64.00–75.50	$69.13	$872	+1.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1725	1725	75-80%	1	72.50	$72.50	$1,251	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1805	1526	9	68.00–79.00	$73.75	$1,125	—
1555–1870	1742	7	80.00–86.50	$83.85	$1,461	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870–1285	984	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	775.00–930.00	$823.33
795–1255	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–860.00	$830.00
900–1580	1093	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	750.00–1,020.00	$850.71
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
1035–1335	1206	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	800.00–900.00	$867.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
875–1090	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	675.00–760.00	$711.67

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
545	545	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	200.00	$200.00

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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
940–1218	1089	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	935.00–1,030.00	$981.67	—
1045–1577	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	850.00–1,300.00	$974.09	—
1075–1615	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	17	800.00–1,030.00	$930.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200–1320	1260	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,325.00–1,340.00	$1,332.50	—
1105–1395	1304	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,220.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895–1060	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–800.00	$733.33	—
1085	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.