Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 3, 2021

2,020 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $136.00/cwt -8.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,040/hd at 765 lb · 81 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $127.02/cwt -7.62 vs last sale · ≈ $546/hd at 430 lb · 67 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $131.76/cwt -9.21 vs last sale · ≈ $760/hd at 577 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,020	1,775	1,436
Feeder cattle	1,394	1,277	1,007
Slaughter cattle	347	353	255
Replacement cattle	279	145	174

Market comments — USDA reporter

No report last week due to holiday.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	274	8	155.00–180.00	$168.66	$462	+5.14
310–340	330	3	157.00–170.00	$164.85	$544	+3.49
340 value added	340	3	180.00	$180.00	$612	—
365–395	379	20	149.00–161.00	$153.96	$584	-1.80
413–445	432	25	145.00–158.00	$151.17	$653	-3.81
458–499	468	26	125.00–137.00	$127.95	$599	-28.63
465–497	485	18	144.50–159.00	$148.89	$722	-7.69
504 unweaned	504	14	130.00	$130.00	$655	—
500–544	528	37	137.00–149.00	$145.19	$767	-7.57
554–598	568	24	138.50–148.00	$144.13	$819	-1.59
610–635	613	34	135.00–140.00	$137.06	$840	+0.72
655–690	673	5	130.00–144.00	$139.12	$936	+7.35
680	680	5	120.00	$120.00	$816	-11.77
710–738	725	9	119.00–130.00	$123.19	$893	-4.07
770–775	773	2	126.00–137.00	$131.48	$1,016	+12.67
805–820	813	2	128.00–139.50	$133.70	$1,087	+10.33
990	990	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,129	—
1010–1025	1018	2	111.00–115.00	$112.99	$1,150	+3.99

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	200.00	$200.00	$390	—
205–225	215	2	160.00–180.00	$169.53	$364	-25.47
250–285 value added	268	4	190.00–195.00	$192.50	$516	-25.75
280–290	285	2	165.00–177.00	$171.11	$488	-10.89
300–331	321	10	170.00–180.00	$178.51	$573	+8.51
363 value added	363	2	192.00	$192.00	$697	-15.53
365–395	380	10	165.00–178.00	$173.39	$659	+4.61
415–435 value added	424	16	190.00–206.00	$200.11	$848	+7.23
410–448	429	9	165.00–182.50	$169.61	$728	+0.50
455–485	477	19	154.00–168.00	$164.71	$786	+1.84
507	507	5	161.00	$161.00	$816	+0.77
550–598	578	5	155.00–157.00	$156.24	$903	+1.19
603	603	9	152.50	$152.50	$920	+3.97
669–676	673	19	136.00–145.00	$140.24	$944	-3.72
700	700	1	129.00	$129.00	$903	—
765	765	81	136.00	$136.00	$1,040	-8.17
818	818	5	135.00	$135.00	$1,104	+0.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	140.00	$140.00	$385	—
315–345	327	3	140.00–152.50	$147.60	$483	+11.95
353–380	365	5	130.00–141.00	$135.29	$494	-6.21
403–440	411	9	128.00–141.00	$135.37	$556	-0.32
450–495	476	27	124.00–140.00	$133.52	$636	-9.23
500–548	520	16	121.00–137.00	$128.68	$669	-9.27
555–592	572	33	120.00–132.00	$126.51	$724	-5.21
600–645	616	35	123.00–126.00	$123.69	$762	+3.53
680–697	690	13	121.00–124.00	$122.68	$846	-5.26
705–740	718	4	107.00–117.00	$111.45	$800	—
745	745	2	106.00	$106.00	$790	—
760	760	1	130.00	$130.00	$988	-6.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	65.00	$65.00	$344	—
563–572	570	8	50.00–51.50	$50.37	$287	—
650	650	1	44.00	$44.00	$286	—
810	810	1	55.00	$55.00	$446	—
895	895	1	51.00	$51.00	$456	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205–225	215	2	275.00	$275.00	—
280	280	1	300.00	$300.00	—
375	375	1	225.00	$225.00	+5.27
425	425	1	325.00	$325.00	—
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	—
470–485	477	3	200.00–225.00	$216.70	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155–160	158	2	200.00–275.00	$238.10	—
213	213	2	280.00	$280.00	—
313	313	2	120.00	$120.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	400.00	$400.00	—
155–195	175	2	300.00–400.00	$344.29	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	225	5	132.00–142.50	$139.17	$313	—
260–280	272	3	130.00–142.00	$134.52	$366	—
300–345	316	12	135.00–152.00	$139.81	$442	+18.07
355–395	380	12	134.00–149.00	$138.94	$528	+8.99
404–449	430	67	123.00–135.00	$127.02	$546	-7.62
455–475	472	7	125.00–135.00	$132.87	$627	+7.00
503–532	518	31	125.00–135.00	$129.54	$671	+3.96
550–599	579	14	120.00–128.50	$124.93	$723	-2.18
620–640	634	20	110.00–120.00	$112.87	$716	-10.97
653–660	657	5	110.00–127.00	$118.97	$782	-0.07
700–744	738	22	119.00–125.00	$119.78	$884	-3.50
795	795	1	110.00	$110.00	$874	—
843	843	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,012	—
875	875	4	110.00	$110.00	$962	-10.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	292	3	165.00–167.50	$166.18	$485	+15.21
305–333	317	6	160.00–165.00	$161.63	$512	+17.35
355–395	375	5	152.00–161.00	$158.37	$594	+9.87
400–430	414	11	145.00–160.00	$153.54	$636	+8.03
452 value added	452	9	170.00	$170.00	$768	+8.64
453–475	455	10	147.00–163.00	$158.46	$721	+14.19
509–520	511	6	156.00–156.50	$156.42	$799	+21.82
572–594	577	53	130.00–139.50	$131.76	$760	-9.21
618–643	635	6	125.50–135.00	$128.58	$816	-6.75
677	677	9	136.50	$136.50	$924	+5.10
713	713	4	129.00	$129.00	$920	+4.00
773	773	4	144.00	$144.00	$1,113	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–243	239	4	125.00–132.00	$128.56	$307	—
325–341	336	9	125.00–135.00	$129.78	$436	+11.58
360–380	374	6	125.00–132.00	$126.45	$473	+19.70
405–445	418	6	114.00–130.00	$119.31	$499	+3.41
450–487	477	29	114.00–129.00	$119.67	$571	+4.67
500–545	531	29	110.00–122.00	$115.20	$612	-2.27
553–585	568	7	107.00–115.00	$110.95	$630	-3.46
645	645	1	116.00	$116.00	$748	+0.41
690–693	691	7	106.00–117.50	$108.92	$753	-2.08
740	740	1	100.00	$100.00	$740	—
810–815	813	2	106.00	$106.00	$862	—
1004	1004	6	104.00	$104.00	$1,044	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	100.00	$100.00	$440	—
569–570	569	7	95.00–118.00	$108.13	$615	+46.13
630	630	1	75.00	$75.00	$472	-13.50
650–665	658	2	89.00	$89.00	$586	—
700–740	720	2	75.00–89.00	$82.19	$592	+25.19
750–755	753	2	76.00–105.00	$90.45	$681	+5.45
910	910	1	78.00	$78.00	$710	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	130.00	$130.00	$292	—
330	330	1	150.00	$150.00	$495	—
400–445	418	4	125.00–134.00	$129.16	$540	—
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	—
570	570	1	112.00	$112.00	$638	-5.12
625	625	1	122.00	$122.00	$762	+19.00
765	765	1	95.00	$95.00	$727	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	60.00	$60.00	$333	—
695	695	1	75.00	$75.00	$521	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	85-90%	1	37.00	$37.00	$272	—
780–990	861	85-90%	9	38.00–50.00	$42.59	$367	—
715–1025	872	85-90%	31	24.00–37.50	$34.04	$297	+2.11
780–1295	972	85-90%	30	33.00–41.50	$38.45	$374	-21.03
745–1425	1042	85-90%	64	42.00–55.00	$47.04	$490	—
1075	1075	85-90%	1	61.00	$61.00	$656	+13.41
780–1355	1088	85-90%	88	52.00–60.00	$56.67	$617	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990–1595	1278	80-85%	50	61.00–72.00	$67.20	$859	+0.84
1150–1580	1316	80-85%	9	61.00–74.50	$64.35	$847	—
1224–1475	1331	80-85%	8	72.00–73.00	$72.86	$970	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1490–1805	1598	75-80%	5	69.00–72.00	$70.26	$1,123	—
1725	1725	75-80%	1	73.00	$73.00	$1,259	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360–1725	1505	3	60.00–67.00	$62.22	$936	—
1220–1905	1589	11	62.00–76.50	$70.09	$1,114	-0.24
1325–2210	1835	9	78.00–88.00	$83.22	$1,527	—

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Bred Cows

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1309–1384	1351	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	37	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1070	907	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	725.00–1,000.00	$830.00
745–1142	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	18	710.00–1,010.00	$867.50
950–1130	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–975.00	$841.67
905–1195	1074	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	760.00–900.00	$831.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
749–1300	802	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	19	1,125.00–1,275.00	$1,171.58
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–935	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	575.00–600.00	$587.50
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
715–990	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	550.00–775.00	$680.83

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	300.00	$300.00
682	682	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	400.00	$400.00
635–895	816	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	425.00–575.00	$500.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–800	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	20	100.00–110.00	$101.03	$781

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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
873–1390	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	775.00–990.00	$849.29	—
1090–1235	1134	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–700.00	$675.00	-286.67
985–1305	1153	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	700.00–900.00	$785.00	—
1300	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	670.00	$670.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1230–1340	1285	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,125.00–1,185.00	$1,155.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
1025	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870	870	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.