Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 11, 2022

806 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.23/cwt +19.20 vs last sale · ≈ $677/hd at 410 lb · 37 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.17/cwt +19.17 vs last sale · ≈ $790/hd at 481 lb · 34 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $194.76/cwt +31.76 vs last sale · ≈ $833/hd at 428 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	806	544	714
Feeder cattle	468	143	534
Slaughter cattle	155	188	101
Replacement cattle	183	213	79

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison for steer and heifer calves, and feeders due to limited comparison sales. But a higher undertone on higher quality. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259 value added	259	4	224.00	$224.00	$580	—
265–295	279	5	190.00–212.00	$204.66	$571	—
300–345	324	6	187.50–200.00	$194.79	$631	+7.79
350–393	365	13	188.00–204.00	$194.01	$708	+7.01
378 value added	378	12	221.50	$221.50	$837	—
424 value added	424	13	210.00	$210.00	$890	—
405–447	430	19	177.00–193.00	$184.33	$793	+21.33
475–495	485	10	172.00–184.00	$178.92	$868	—
500–543	515	11	165.00–185.50	$173.42	$893	+9.42
515 value added	515	2	190.00	$190.00	$978	—
552 value added	552	11	187.00	$187.00	$1,032	—
555–585	571	20	170.00–186.00	$182.04	$1,039	+21.54
623	623	2	171.50	$171.50	$1,068	+22.50
660–685	670	3	155.00–158.50	$156.19	$1,046	+19.19
675 value added	675	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,148	—
725	725	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,088	—
770–790	780	2	142.00–155.00	$148.58	$1,159	—
795 value added	795	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,177	—
815	815	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,328	—
993	993	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,311	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	181.00	$181.00	$416	+11.00
285	285	1	184.00	$184.00	$524	+5.00
325	325	1	162.00	$162.00	$526	-7.44
355–395	368	4	167.50–187.50	$175.33	$645	+5.43
415–425	418	3	160.00–185.00	$175.74	$735	—
505–525	511	5	150.00–163.00	$156.87	$802	—
565–593	584	3	150.00–157.00	$152.26	$889	—
610–625	618	3	155.00–160.00	$157.65	$974	—
723	723	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,048	+13.00
1080	1080	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,188	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
285	285	2	275.00	$275.00	-200.00
390–394	393	6	325.00–485.00	$458.56	—
495	495	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	125.00–143.00	$134.21	$570	+4.21
460–480	470	2	124.00–142.00	$132.81	$624	-12.19
540	540	1	147.00	$147.00	$794	+3.74
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	-35.00
680	680	1	135.00	$135.00	$918	+17.48

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	450.00	$450.00	—
145	145	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	375.00	$375.00	+62.67
355	355	1	285.00	$285.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	184.50	$184.50	$387	—
254 value added	254	4	193.00	$193.00	$490	—
253–295	267	3	169.00–188.00	$181.00	$483	+29.00
315 thin fleshed	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
305–335	325	4	167.50–186.00	$177.79	$578	—
343 value added	343	2	182.00	$182.00	$624	—
373 value added	373	6	176.00	$176.00	$656	—
362–395	377	8	154.00–169.00	$159.91	$603	+10.91
404–435	409	18	150.00–165.00	$160.19	$655	+14.16
401–417 value added	411	19	170.00	$170.00	$699	—
450–499	481	34	156.00–167.00	$164.17	$790	+19.17
502 value added	502	9	165.00	$165.00	$828	—
503–545	526	13	153.50–163.00	$159.17	$837	+14.17
550–593	563	10	143.00–159.00	$153.17	$862	+8.17
620–645	630	4	137.00–144.00	$140.24	$884	—
685	685	1	132.00	$132.00	$904	—
700–725	708	3	125.00–133.50	$130.60	$925	—
823–848	834	7	128.00–133.00	$130.82	$1,091	—
930	930	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	145.00–147.00	$145.96	$416	—
330	330	2	138.00–146.00	$142.00	$469	+4.00
390–395	393	2	143.00–150.00	$146.52	$576	—
400–430	413	3	133.00–145.00	$140.19	$579	+10.19
490	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	—
500–535	515	3	135.00–145.00	$138.58	$714	+4.65
590	590	1	131.00	$131.00	$773	—
620–645	633	2	137.00–148.00	$142.61	$903	+8.67
670–695	683	2	129.00–138.00	$133.58	$912	+12.60
720	720	1	132.00	$132.00	$950	+1.46
770	770	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,040	—
875–885	880	2	127.00–130.00	$128.49	$1,131	—
975	975	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	126.00	$126.00	$467	—
415	415	2	130.00	$130.00	$540	+20.00
475–490	485	3	112.50–120.00	$115.19	$559	—
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—
685	685	2	112.00	$112.00	$767	-4.58

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	2	35.00	$35.00	$201	—
600	600	1	42.00	$42.00	$252	—
655	655	1	35.00	$35.00	$229	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
370	370	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	—
500–505	502	3	135.00–145.00	$140.68	$706	+30.68
550–570	557	3	130.00–148.00	$136.27	$759	+26.27
600–620	610	2	132.00–135.00	$133.52	$814	—
668–690	674	5	116.00–136.00	$124.10	$836	+4.10
745	745	1	127.00	$127.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
447	447	3	152.00	$152.00	$679	—
455–495	475	2	155.00–161.00	$158.13	$751	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—
750–770	760	2	76.00–79.00	$77.48	$589	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1330	1014	80-85%	16	65.00–78.00	$72.21	$732	—
765–1280	1049	80-85%	59	64.00–76.00	$71.87	$754	—
1005–1185	1122	80-85%	5	78.00–80.50	$78.74	$883	—
950–1410	1155	80-85%	11	76.50–82.00	$78.96	$912	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–795	690	85-90%	2	29.00–33.00	$30.70	$212	—
740	740	85-90%	1	21.00	$21.00	$155	—
595–925	760	85-90%	3	28.00–37.00	$33.84	$257	-28.16
690–1070	869	85-90%	7	40.00–50.00	$42.85	$372	—
965	965	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$579	—
735–1200	967	85-90%	14	53.00–63.00	$57.85	$559	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,006	—
1040–1330	1233	3	70.00–80.00	$73.59	$907	—
1285–2185	1633	10	84.00–94.00	$88.60	$1,447	—
1545–2310	1801	5	98.00–105.00	$101.63	$1,830	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1115	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	900.00–1,200.00	$983.33
900–1070	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,175.00–1,300.00	$1,250.00
938–1177	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	900.00–1,150.00	$972.50
1025–1148	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,164.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1138–1231	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	77.00–80.00	$77.50	$894
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	83.00	$83.00	$988

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00
1005–1385	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,309.38

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–808	766	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	325.00–600.00	$545.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
690–900	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00–875.00	$737.50
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1033	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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
955–1145	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	970.00–1,150.00	$1,060.00	—
1140–1298	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,218.75	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,330.00	$1,330.00	—

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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.