Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 22, 2022

561 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.77/cwt +3.77 vs last sale · ≈ $818/hd at 484 lb · 28 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $184.42/cwt +10.46 vs last sale · ≈ $994/hd at 539 lb · 28 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $175.09/cwt +13.30 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 424 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	561	440	896
Feeder cattle	399	293	593
Slaughter cattle	107	101	184
Replacement cattle	55	46	119

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales, but a undertone of higher prices. Trade active and demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	207.00	$207.00	$590	—
313–345	327	8	192.00–208.00	$200.07	$654	+10.07
380–395	388	3	186.00–202.00	$193.56	$751	+6.88
420–435	426	17	186.00–204.00	$196.74	$838	+14.14
450–475	464	4	192.00–195.00	$193.22	$897	+14.96
530–543	537	20	175.00–189.00	$185.79	$998	+11.83
543 value added	543	8	181.00	$181.00	$983	—
550–598	567	22	170.00–190.00	$178.88	$1,014	+8.35
603–645	622	16	164.00–180.50	$169.79	$1,056	—
880	880	2	144.00	$144.00	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–290	283	2	185.00–200.00	$192.70	$545	+10.70
305–345	328	4	181.00–190.00	$185.04	$607	+2.63
375–395	385	2	169.00–172.00	$170.46	$656	-5.54
405–420	410	3	175.00–180.00	$178.29	$731	—
460–490	473	3	167.00–171.00	$169.36	$801	+10.47
500–545	527	3	165.00–177.00	$172.25	$908	+15.25
555–595	575	2	148.00–165.00	$156.20	$898	+2.70
600–640	620	8	142.00–160.00	$154.69	$959	+9.97
675–690	683	2	142.50–151.00	$146.80	$1,003	+1.98
700–745	722	8	137.00–146.00	$143.35	$1,035	-1.39
760	760	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,094	-1.00
815–830	826	4	143.00–143.50	$143.38	$1,184	+12.38
855–890	874	6	136.00–146.50	$141.73	$1,239	—
940	940	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,269	—
975	975	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,268	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	140.00	$140.00	$434	±0.00
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	+2.97
415	415	1	157.00	$157.00	$652	+23.00
455–495	473	3	130.00–147.00	$140.73	$666	+0.65
510	510	1	139.00	$139.00	$709	-2.43
560–590	570	3	140.00–157.00	$148.16	$845	+12.74
605–635	623	3	145.00–155.00	$149.82	$933	+21.45
660–665	663	2	136.00–143.00	$139.51	$925	+5.46
720–730	727	3	127.00–138.00	$131.67	$957	-0.31
825–845	835	2	122.00–132.00	$127.06	$1,061	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	300.00	$300.00	—
160	160	1	340.00	$340.00	+140.00
210	210	1	360.00	$360.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	46.00	$46.00	$239	—
600	600	1	70.00	$70.00	$420	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
250	250	1	310.00	$310.00	+10.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	160.00–170.00	$164.79	$387	-10.21
280	280	1	165.00	$165.00	$462	-3.75
300–340	333	6	160.00–170.00	$168.50	$561	-4.50
360–393	387	16	160.00–177.00	$172.25	$667	+11.73
388 value added	388	3	187.50	$187.50	$728	—
402 value added	402	3	200.00	$200.00	$804	—
400–449	427	23	166.00–180.00	$171.84	$734	+10.05
455–495	482	23	160.00–168.00	$165.70	$799	—
495–496 fancy	496	5	182.50–183.00	$182.90	$907	—
503–517 value added	513	7	180.00–182.50	$180.70	$927	—
500–528	515	8	160.00–171.00	$166.83	$859	+15.81
580–595	590	3	142.00–153.00	$145.60	$859	—
610–615	613	3	140.00–141.50	$140.50	$861	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	152.00	$152.00	$342	—
250–265	258	2	155.00–162.00	$158.40	$409	+8.40
305–320	313	2	150.00–155.00	$152.56	$478	-3.44
405–448	422	12	140.00–158.00	$147.59	$623	+6.20
450–480	460	4	135.00–150.00	$141.80	$652	+1.31
540	540	1	130.00	$130.00	$702	-18.15
563–578	569	5	140.00–159.00	$153.25	$872	+19.17
600–605	603	2	135.00–145.00	$139.98	$844	+1.98
655	655	1	147.00	$147.00	$963	+26.00
793	793	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,055	+7.34
855	855	2	114.00	$114.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	144.00	$144.00	$518	+19.14
500–510	503	3	132.00–137.00	$133.69	$672	+4.84
555–590	575	3	110.00–128.00	$119.21	$685	-3.20
660–680	670	2	120.00–125.00	$122.54	$821	+2.54
705	705	1	100.00	$100.00	$705	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	175.00	$175.00	—
100–135	117	3	225.00–275.00	$252.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
410	410	1	300.00	$300.00	-2.83

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	170.00	$170.00	$459	—
330	330	1	145.00	$145.00	$478	+10.00
510–530	520	2	146.00–152.00	$148.94	$774	+23.94
575	575	1	149.00	$149.00	$857	+8.00
620–645	637	3	136.00–150.00	$142.57	$908	—
650–655	652	3	120.00–135.00	$129.31	$843	—
845	845	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,022	—
850–860	855	2	117.00–117.50	$117.25	$1,002	-4.75
955	955	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,070	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–845	818	3	1,700.00–1,725.00	$1,708.25	—
950	950	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115	115	1	240.00	$240.00	—
205	205	1	260.00	$260.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	86.00	$86.00	$512	—
735	735	1	51.00	$51.00	$375	-10.97

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$500	+29.44
625–965	777	85-90%	12	54.00–60.00	$56.22	$437	—
660–950	808	85-90%	4	40.00–45.00	$43.75	$354	-11.87
845	845	85-90%	1	53.00	$53.00	$448	-2.62
875	875	85-90%	1	45.00	$45.00	$394	—
765–1155	948	85-90%	23	62.00–70.00	$66.81	$633	-0.11

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805–1330	1082	80-85%	25	74.00–89.00	$81.75	$885	—
940–1290	1150	80-85%	7	90.00–92.50	$90.50	$1,041	—
1215	1215	80-85%	1	75.50	$75.50	$917	-10.92

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1935	1935	75-80%	2	88.00	$88.00	$1,703	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1285	1113	4	73.00–87.00	$80.48	$896	+5.73
1185	1185	1	98.50	$98.50	$1,167	—
1030–1865	1437	10	90.00–101.00	$96.68	$1,389	—
1405–1955	1666	9	102.00–113.00	$107.82	$1,796	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–875	823	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	875.00–900.00	$887.50
820–1135	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	830.00–900.00	$868.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
720–755	738	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00–675.00	$637.50

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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
885	885	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	825.00	$825.00	—
740–985	901	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–1,110.00	$975.50	—
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820	820	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

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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.