Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 29, 2022

691 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $142.51/cwt +8.82 vs last sale · ≈ $757/hd at 531 lb · 19 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $180.55/cwt -3.87 vs last sale · ≈ $932/hd at 516 lb · 18 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $154.15/cwt +12.35 vs last sale · ≈ $708/hd at 459 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	691	561	858
Feeder cattle	400	399	502
Slaughter cattle	203	107	216
Replacement cattle	88	55	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steer and heifers traded 2.00-3.00 lower on limited comparisons along with steer and heifer calves. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	216	4	178.00–197.00	$185.95	$402	—
250–295	271	4	172.50–188.00	$179.00	$485	-13.70
300–315	308	2	185.00	$185.00	$570	-0.04
365–380	373	2	165.00–180.00	$172.35	$643	+1.89
400–420	415	5	170.00–184.00	$178.14	$739	-0.15
490	490	1	169.00	$169.00	$828	-0.36
505–535	522	5	155.00–167.00	$161.63	$844	-10.62
550–598	586	12	155.00–167.00	$160.39	$940	+4.19
600–630	617	7	153.50–159.00	$155.55	$960	+0.86
690	690	1	140.00	$140.00	$966	-6.80
705	705	2	131.00–141.00	$136.00	$959	-7.35
770–790	780	2	135.00–140.00	$137.47	$1,072	-6.53
803–835	811	4	135.00–148.00	$138.35	$1,122	-5.03
865	865	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,133	-10.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	200.00	$200.00	$530	-7.00
305	305	2	190.00	$190.00	$580	-10.07
355–380	363	5	180.00–199.00	$192.35	$698	-1.21
410–430	423	6	186.00–190.00	$186.65	$790	-10.09
462–499	485	10	175.00–186.00	$181.23	$879	-11.99
500–520	516	18	175.00–182.50	$180.55	$932	-5.24
557	557	3	156.00	$156.00	$869	-22.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	150.00	$150.00	$435	—
320–340	330	3	150.00–162.00	$157.23	$519	+17.23
360	360	1	150.00	$150.00	$540	+10.00
420	420	2	137.00–155.00	$146.00	$613	-11.00
460–490	477	3	140.00–155.00	$147.09	$702	+6.36
505	505	1	145.00	$145.00	$732	+6.00
550–585	567	5	135.00–144.00	$139.24	$789	-8.92
670–685	677	3	132.50–145.00	$139.52	$945	+0.01
765–775	770	2	135.00–145.00	$139.97	$1,078	—
920	920	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,012	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
390	390	3	325.00	$325.00	—
415	415	1	470.00	$470.00	—
455	455	11	485.00	$485.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	6	71.00	$71.00	$443	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
103–135	114	3	160.00–250.00	$195.63	-104.37
205	205	1	300.00	$300.00	-60.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	268	4	158.00–163.00	$159.65	$428	+1.25
360–380	366	5	161.00–163.00	$161.99	$593	—
415–445	431	4	145.00–155.00	$150.42	$648	+2.83
455–470	459	12	151.00–155.00	$154.15	$708	+12.35
520	520	3	138.00	$138.00	$718	+8.00
553–590	566	5	130.00–145.00	$139.82	$791	-13.43
600–625	606	5	127.00–139.00	$134.44	$815	-5.54
715–738	724	10	135.00–139.00	$137.78	$998	—
750–768	761	3	108.00–129.00	$117.25	$892	-15.75
808–840	820	6	115.00–117.00	$115.68	$949	—
885–886	886	5	106.00–112.00	$107.20	$950	-6.80
940	940	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,109	—
1019	1019	6	106.00	$106.00	$1,080	—
1060	1060	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,102	—
1160	1160	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	156.00	$156.00	$452	—
300–315	308	3	138.00–147.00	$141.59	$436	—
390	390	1	152.00	$152.00	$593	+8.00
410	410	1	136.00	$136.00	$558	—
480–491	489	6	129.50–145.00	$140.13	$685	—
507–541	531	19	135.00–145.00	$142.51	$757	+8.82
595	595	1	138.00	$138.00	$821	+18.79
630–645	642	5	125.00–132.50	$131.03	$841	—
660	660	1	135.00	$135.00	$891	+12.46

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	234	5	165.00–180.00	$173.79	$407	+9.00
275	275	1	174.00	$174.00	$478	+9.00
305–320	313	2	171.00–173.00	$171.98	$538	+3.48
402–420	407	4	155.00–160.00	$156.29	$636	-15.55
540	540	11	162.00	$162.00	$875	-4.83

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
335	335	1	400.00	$400.00	—
377	377	3	375.00	$375.00	—
469–480	473	6	300.00–400.00	$374.61	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	-45.00
115–140	128	2	200.00–270.00	$238.43	-14.07
150–185	166	4	225.00–350.00	$304.44	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	4	49.00	$49.00	$296	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	—	—	1	152.00	$152.00	$403	-18.00
380–385	383	—	—	2	147.50–157.00	$152.28	$583	—
410	410	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	—
470–485	478	—	—	2	110.00–143.00	$126.24	$603	—
510–540	525	—	—	2	143.00–147.00	$145.06	$762	-3.88
565–595	581	—	—	8	125.00–146.00	$134.31	$780	-14.69
680	680	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	-14.31
725–730	728	—	—	2	97.00–119.00	$108.04	$787	—
820	820	—	—	1	106.00	$106.00	$869	-15.00
873–875	874	—	—	3	105.00	$105.00	$918	-12.25
975	975	—	—	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,146	+5.50
1580	1580	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-90.00
165	165	—	—	1	275.00	$275.00	—
1125–1233	1206	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,360.00–1,500.00	$1,392.65	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
450–470	460	2	400.00–450.00	$425.54	—
525	525	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	178.00	$178.00	$561	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	112.50	$112.50	$731	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	1	66.00	$66.00	$584	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–945	764	85-90%	8	40.00–48.00	$42.82	$327	-13.40
680–1195	860	85-90%	6	48.00–50.00	$49.21	$423	+4.21
900–1070	937	85-90%	6	45.00–53.50	$47.90	$449	-18.91
695–1450	947	85-90%	21	51.00–60.00	$54.66	$518	-12.15
660–1305	1023	85-90%	59	60.00–70.50	$68.06	$696	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1440	1155	80-85%	5	71.00–80.00	$76.24	$881	-14.26
885–1440	1166	80-85%	52	71.00–86.50	$77.73	$906	-12.77
1345	1345	80-85%	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,197	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1930	1452	19	61.00–84.50	$78.05	$1,133	—
1450–1730	1602	3	97.00–103.00	$99.75	$1,598	—
1310–2050	1658	18	85.00–95.50	$89.82	$1,489	-18.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
665–1070	849	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–900.00	$847.00
790–1325	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	725.00–930.00	$850.56

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	450.00	$450.00
700–710	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	400.00–525.00	$462.50
780–805	799	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	450.00	$450.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
655–885	776	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–800.00	$740.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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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
675–1105	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	930.00–1,150.00	$1,043.33	—
1010–1105	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,075.00	$983.33	-191.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1235–1675	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,435.00	$1,367.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	640.00	$640.00	—

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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.