Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 4, 2022

806 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $165.06/cwt -0.86 vs last sale · ≈ $715/hd at 433 lb · 30 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $179.17/cwt +2.17 vs last sale · ≈ $864/hd at 482 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $200.41/cwt +6.81 vs last sale · ≈ $735/hd at 367 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	806	606	1,106
Feeder cattle	520	405	671
Slaughter cattle	164	121	236
Replacement cattle	122	80	199

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 2.00-3.00 lower, heifer calves sold steady to 1.00 2.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifers steady on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 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
175	175	1	215.00	$215.00	$376	—
220–230	225	4	214.00–230.00	$221.82	$499	+11.82
275–285	277	5	190.00–212.50	$194.63	$539	-9.63
305–320	315	4	186.00–194.00	$188.97	$595	-0.74
320–328 value added	327	6	212.00–215.00	$212.49	$695	+6.88
353–358 value added	357	10	207.00–208.00	$207.20	$740	+0.20
360–395	379	8	186.50–199.00	$191.93	$727	-0.78
400–430	413	16	178.00–190.00	$184.23	$761	-11.79
460–491	482	28	172.00–185.00	$179.17	$864	+2.17
505–531	518	11	172.00–180.00	$177.95	$922	+5.99
555–580	572	12	167.00–171.00	$169.48	$969	+4.10
605–640	626	14	148.00–157.00	$154.22	$965	—
680	680	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,006	-2.07
800	800	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,072	-3.00
920	920	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–330	317	3	160.00–171.00	$167.18	$530	-11.85
368–398	385	8	167.00–182.00	$176.45	$679	-0.11
400–449	439	10	162.00–179.00	$173.05	$760	+1.38
450–498	483	8	158.00–170.00	$162.73	$786	-2.21
515–543	528	10	156.00–170.00	$161.46	$853	+39.46
553–587	575	6	150.00–163.00	$155.52	$894	-1.32
615–622	620	5	147.00–150.00	$149.40	$926	—
650	650	1	137.00	$137.00	$890	-11.29
710	710	2	143.00–147.00	$145.00	$1,030	+8.37

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	$510	—
390	390	1	145.00	$145.00	$566	—
405–440	424	4	145.00–153.00	$148.76	$631	+20.76
450–480	473	12	147.00–155.00	$152.78	$723	+3.78
510–535	518	5	140.00–153.00	$143.15	$742	+19.34
560–586	581	5	136.00–140.00	$136.77	$795	+3.49
638	638	2	125.00	$125.00	$798	-4.70
700	700	1	129.00	$129.00	$903	+11.69
785	785	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,036	+6.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	2	62.00	$62.00	$310	—
680–685	681	4	54.00–56.00	$55.50	$378	—
830	830	2	57.00	$57.00	$473	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	400.00	$400.00	-7.31

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218–248	233	4	181.00–190.00	$185.21	$432	-14.79
250–251	251	8	170.00–172.00	$171.75	$431	—
305 value added	305	1	190.00	$190.00	$580	+4.00
305–335	327	8	164.00–179.00	$173.53	$567	+5.45
360–380	374	4	161.00–166.00	$163.22	$610	-9.57
410–446	433	30	152.00–168.00	$165.06	$715	-0.55
493–495	493	5	162.00–168.00	$166.80	$822	+6.61
518–525	520	7	150.50–156.00	$151.94	$790	-5.72
553–577	573	11	145.00–150.50	$145.97	$836	-16.53
600–620	611	6	136.00–142.00	$139.70	$854	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	-12.00
335–344	343	8	145.00	$145.00	$497	-5.63
355–395	376	7	140.00–155.00	$146.02	$549	+5.02
410–439	434	15	141.00–150.00	$148.66	$645	-1.29
455–495	479	7	141.00–150.00	$145.14	$695	-1.88
510–540	528	8	135.00–148.00	$143.33	$757	+6.33
560–590	579	7	135.00–141.00	$139.01	$805	—
624–625	624	5	124.00–135.00	$126.20	$787	-12.80
660–680	668	3	125.00–129.00	$126.33	$844	-14.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	135.00	$135.00	$331	—
255	255	1	123.00	$123.00	$314	—
300–340	323	3	118.00–127.00	$123.23	$398	—
373–395	383	5	113.00–126.00	$118.47	$454	-4.18
410–447	439	11	127.00–137.00	$134.20	$589	—
460–480	473	3	127.00–138.00	$133.94	$634	—
515	515	2	110.00	$110.00	$566	—
555	555	1	120.00	$120.00	$666	+10.00
620	620	1	125.00	$125.00	$775	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	410.00	$410.00	—
150–165	158	2	300.00–350.00	$326.19	—
210	210	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195	195	1	350.00	$350.00	—
265	265	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	—	—	1	425.00	$425.00	—
880–1135	1015	(<2 yrs)	N/A	38	2,000.00–3,200.00	$2,544.87	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–493	485	6	125.00–150.00	$133.07	$645	-6.93
505	505	1	140.00	$140.00	$707	+8.63
675	675	1	121.00	$121.00	$817	—
715–745	730	3	110.00–132.00	$121.89	$890	+6.89
805	805	1	108.00	$108.00	$869	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	187.00	$187.00	$411	—
312–340	319	4	160.00–193.00	$184.21	$588	+15.21
450	450	1	180.00	$180.00	$810	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–145	130	2	385.00–400.00	$391.63	—
170	170	1	410.00	$410.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	50.00	$50.00	$195	—
550	550	1	80.00	$80.00	$440	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855–1085	950	80-85%	5	69.50–83.00	$77.53	$737	+14.78
720–1475	1101	80-85%	80	71.00–85.00	$76.26	$840	—
945–1455	1181	80-85%	11	86.50–95.50	$90.31	$1,067	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–830	770	85-90%	2	47.00–48.50	$47.69	$367	—
810–998	880	85-90%	10	50.00–59.00	$53.34	$469	+5.74
765–1130	948	85-90%	2	43.00–46.00	$44.79	$425	—
790–1140	999	85-90%	52	59.00–69.50	$64.99	$649	+3.00

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550	1550	75-80%	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,318	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085–1605	1401	7	71.00–80.00	$77.64	$1,088	—
1040–1740	1443	15	85.00–98.00	$90.09	$1,300	—
1375–1945	1687	10	100.00–113.00	$107.22	$1,809	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745–890	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–700.00	$666.67
750–915	812	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	600.00–750.00	$670.00
775–885	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	625.00–750.00	$687.50
747–1065	836	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	675.00–775.00	$725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
720–985	911	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	800.00–850.00	$825.00
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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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
955–1125	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,125.00	$1,116.67	—
1230	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

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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.