Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 15, 2022

440 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $170.53/cwt +0.13 vs last sale · ≈ $989/hd at 580 lb · 17 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $186.68/cwt +5.07 vs last sale · ≈ $706/hd at 378 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	440	676	1,087
Feeder cattle	293	385	633
Slaughter cattle	101	137	282
Replacement cattle	46	154	172

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer and heifer calves or feeders but a lower undertone noted. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower on limited comparison. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–330	323	2	190.00	$190.00	$614	+3.43
350–390	378	10	182.00–192.50	$186.68	$706	+7.31
415–445	430	9	173.00–188.00	$182.60	$785	-0.15
455–490	480	4	167.00–185.00	$178.26	$856	-4.80
520–540	530	2	172.00–176.00	$173.96	$922	-1.33
550–598	580	17	163.00–184.00	$170.53	$989	+0.13
719	719	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,071	-1.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	182.00	$182.00	$537	—
305–338	323	4	175.00–186.00	$182.41	$589	+17.41
390	390	2	167.00–185.00	$176.00	$686	+7.46
455–475	468	3	154.00–167.00	$158.89	$744	+0.24
540	540	1	157.00	$157.00	$848	-4.70
560	560	6	153.50	$153.50	$860	-3.00
604–635	609	7	144.00–148.00	$144.72	$881	-1.52
683–695	689	9	137.50–152.00	$144.82	$998	-0.11
710–725	719	4	141.50–148.00	$144.74	$1,041	+3.30
765	765	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,109	+4.07
825	825	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,081	-7.98

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
385–390	388	3	130.00–141.00	$137.03	$532	—
425	425	1	134.00	$134.00	$570	-12.18
465–495	481	4	134.00–147.00	$140.08	$674	-9.41
505–530	517	6	134.00–150.00	$141.43	$731	+2.29
560–590	578	3	130.00–140.00	$135.42	$783	+0.06
615–630	622	3	122.00–135.00	$128.37	$798	-1.18
665–695	678	4	129.50–138.50	$134.05	$909	—
705–720	713	2	130.00–134.00	$131.98	$941	—
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—
855–865	860	2	124.00–126.00	$125.01	$1,075	-6.99

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	350.00	$350.00	—
220	220	2	350.00	$350.00	+120.00
255	255	1	300.00	$300.00	—
345	345	2	350.00–400.00	$375.00	—
360–363	362	3	350.00–360.00	$356.69	—
440	440	1	320.00	$320.00	-121.69
450–496	488	7	310.00–400.00	$380.85	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	1	200.00	$200.00	-200.00
261	261	4	335.00	$335.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
438	438	2	250.00	$250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	2	44.00	$44.00	$263	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	42.00	$42.00	$200	—
710	710	1	66.00	$66.00	$469	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

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	—
300	300	1	156.00	$156.00	$468	—
360	360	1	155.00	$155.00	$558	—
407–433	417	5	136.00–149.00	$141.39	$590	-5.21
450–475	463	2	140.00–141.00	$140.49	$650	-0.17
505–545	528	3	140.00–155.00	$148.15	$782	+4.53
550–590	572	5	129.00–140.00	$134.08	$767	-2.57
605	605	1	138.00	$138.00	$835	+3.68
667	667	3	121.00	$121.00	$807	-11.65
715–730	725	5	130.00–133.00	$131.00	$950	-5.81
771–798	780	6	125.00–126.00	$125.66	$980	-0.26
800–813	809	3	125.50–128.00	$126.32	$1,022	-3.65

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	135.00	$135.00	$452	-5.00
355–375	365	2	120.00–130.00	$124.86	$456	-2.42
405–440	424	4	120.00–126.00	$124.03	$526	-13.41
460–475	468	3	125.00–148.00	$134.41	$629	+1.87
500–538	523	5	117.00–137.00	$128.85	$674	-1.15
585–588	587	5	112.00–125.00	$122.41	$719	+2.41
615–630	623	2	110.00	$110.00	$685	-12.00
693	693	2	120.00	$120.00	$832	—
820–835	830	3	101.00–120.00	$107.26	$890	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	175.00	$175.00	$429	—
290	290	2	165.00–172.50	$168.75	$489	-1.25
330	330	2	173.00	$173.00	$571	+5.45
365–378	374	6	153.00–165.00	$160.52	$600	-3.76
400–435	414	7	156.00–166.00	$161.79	$670	-4.50
475 thin fleshed	475	1	165.00	$165.00	$784	—
500–525	513	2	150.00–152.00	$151.02	$775	+0.02

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
313–315	313	7	320.00–330.00	$328.56	—
400–405	403	2	250.00–355.00	$302.83	-134.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	38.50	$38.50	$171	—
495	495	1	33.00	$33.00	$163	—
530	530	2	54.00	$54.00	$286	—
595	595	1	46.00	$46.00	$274	-4.43

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	—
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	-23.00
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	-27.50
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	—
590	590	1	141.00	$141.00	$832	+8.00
700–745	723	2	108.00–118.00	$112.84	$816	—
805	805	1	116.00	$116.00	$934	-4.00
865	865	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,055	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	63.00	$63.00	$422	±0.00
705–715	710	2	58.00–66.00	$61.97	$440	—
765	765	1	56.50	$56.50	$432	—
840	840	1	48.00	$48.00	$403	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	80.00	$80.00	$688	—
900	900	1	87.00	$87.00	$783	—
955–995	975	2	81.00–86.00	$83.45	$814	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	55.00	$55.00	$446	—
1065	1065	1	66.00	$66.00	$703	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
315	315	1	320.00	$320.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–760	693	85-90%	10	31.00–49.00	$42.56	$295	—
730–750	737	85-90%	3	40.00–45.00	$41.70	$307	-19.30
730–765	747	85-90%	3	63.00–65.00	$64.02	$478	+3.02
665–1170	812	85-90%	12	51.00–61.00	$55.62	$452	—
790–1085	926	85-90%	13	63.00–70.00	$66.92	$620	+7.53

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1522	1148	80-85%	34	71.00–85.00	$77.80	$893	-6.86
985–1428	1227	80-85%	5	86.00–88.00	$86.42	$1,060	-3.58

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1500	1448	75-80%	2	85.00–86.00	$85.48	$1,238	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1195	1115	2	65.00–86.00	$74.75	$833	—
1090–1495	1267	5	78.00–85.00	$81.64	$1,034	-1.45
1235–1450	1318	3	89.00–97.00	$92.19	$1,215	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
863–1115	974	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	870.00–1,140.00	$996.25
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–845	774	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–830.00	$766.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–745	713	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	410.00–650.00	$553.33

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590	590	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	290.00	$290.00

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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
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1305–1385	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	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.