Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 6, 2022

1,074 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $133.03/cwt ≈ $886/hd at 666 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $153.12/cwt -8.88 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 515 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $148.76/cwt -5.39 vs last sale · ≈ $710/hd at 477 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,074	691	713
Feeder cattle	581	400	401
Slaughter cattle	314	203	190
Replacement cattle	179	88	122

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady on comparable quotes. Feeder steers and heifers traded 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls2.00-3.00lower. Trade was good 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
145	145	1	175.00	$175.00	$254	—
220–240	230	5	170.00–177.00	$174.83	$402	-11.12
250–280	269	7	160.00–180.00	$172.37	$464	-6.63
323–345	332	5	177.00–180.00	$178.21	$592	-6.79
350–390	372	11	167.00–183.00	$174.05	$647	+1.70
405–430	421	7	167.00–181.00	$176.83	$744	-1.31
475–490	481	4	160.00–172.00	$167.78	$807	-1.22
530	530	1	162.00	$162.00	$859	+0.37
553–573	561	9	155.00–163.00	$161.20	$904	+0.81
601–633	609	13	142.00–150.00	$144.06	$877	-11.49
655–693	671	7	130.00–140.00	$135.15	$907	-4.85
785–795	793	4	130.00–132.00	$130.50	$1,035	-6.97
800	800	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,064	-5.35
855–885	870	2	109.00–130.00	$119.32	$1,038	-11.68

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–238	227	3	185.00–197.00	$193.39	$439	—
250–283	273	6	182.00–195.00	$186.80	$510	-13.20
305–315	310	2	180.00–190.00	$185.08	$574	-4.92
370–395	374	8	187.00–190.00	$188.86	$706	-3.49
400–445	418	5	182.00–188.00	$185.44	$775	-1.21
455–495	482	11	165.00–180.00	$174.77	$842	-6.46
525–531	530	7	165.00–172.00	$165.99	$880	-14.56
560	560	1	160.00	$160.00	$896	+4.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	135.00–140.00	$137.42	$320	—
298	298	2	155.00	$155.00	$462	+5.00
315	315	1	155.00	$155.00	$488	-2.23
440	440	2	145.00–152.00	$148.50	$653	+2.50
450–485	471	5	140.00–157.00	$152.41	$718	+5.32
505–545	523	3	140.00–150.00	$145.08	$759	+0.08
565–575	570	6	145.00–147.00	$145.67	$830	+6.43
600–640	620	3	128.00–138.00	$133.59	$828	—
675	675	2	125.00	$125.00	$844	-14.52
755–795	770	3	120.00–137.00	$127.66	$983	-12.31
810–815	813	2	90.00–92.00	$91.00	$740	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	70.00	$70.00	$388	—
636	636	4	71.00	$71.00	$452	±0.00
713	713	8	66.00	$66.00	$471	—
750	750	7	71.00	$71.00	$532	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	125.00	$125.00	—
113–125	116	8	225.00–300.00	$241.23	+45.60
170–195	179	4	250.00–300.00	$288.11	—
200	200	1	325.00	$325.00	+25.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
367–370	368	4	450.00	$450.00	+125.00
405	405	3	450.00	$450.00	-20.00
450–495	472	5	375.00–450.00	$408.98	-76.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
158–190	170	5	300.00–400.00	$342.61	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	2	157.00	$157.00	$358	—
255–280	268	4	147.00–156.00	$150.10	$402	-9.55
365–398	383	11	140.00–157.00	$150.33	$576	-11.66
400–420	410	3	140.00–153.00	$145.09	$595	-5.33
450–492	477	16	147.00–156.00	$148.76	$710	-5.39
500–548	537	8	137.00–147.00	$142.96	$768	+4.96
550–593	572	14	141.00–152.00	$150.21	$859	+10.39
612	612	3	135.00	$135.00	$826	+0.56
655–678	666	18	127.00–139.00	$133.03	$886	—
710–730	720	2	132.00–134.00	$133.01	$958	-4.77
789–795	790	8	126.00–128.00	$127.75	$1,009	+10.50
988	988	2	123.00	$123.00	$1,215	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–215	208	2	167.00–177.00	$171.82	$357	-1.97
310–336	329	6	165.00–170.00	$166.60	$548	-5.38
378–380	379	6	160.00–167.00	$162.01	$614	—
406–440	414	10	161.00–171.00	$165.92	$687	+9.63
495	495	1	157.00	$157.00	$777	—
513–545	515	17	153.00–155.00	$153.12	$789	-8.88
567	567	12	149.00	$149.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	147.00	$147.00	$272	—
270–298	289	3	135.00–147.00	$138.74	$401	-17.26
300–330	308	6	130.00–146.00	$140.32	$432	-1.27
350–375	363	2	130.00	$130.00	$472	-22.00
410–420	415	3	125.00–130.00	$127.35	$529	-8.65
485–490	488	2	133.00–137.00	$135.01	$659	-5.12
510–530	522	3	130.00–142.00	$134.59	$703	-7.92
555–595	568	6	125.00–134.00	$127.39	$724	-10.61
600–620	610	2	110.00–117.00	$113.44	$692	-17.59
660–695	676	7	110.00–123.00	$120.75	$816	-14.25
715–745	730	2	113.00–118.00	$115.45	$843	—
765–775	768	4	111.00–123.00	$119.97	$921	—
920	920	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,012	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70	70	1	125.00	$125.00	-5.00
100–135	115	8	225.00–310.00	$256.06	+17.63
170–185	180	7	300.00–360.00	$321.88	+17.44
200–205	203	2	300.00–310.00	$304.94	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
320–335	329	5	420.00–450.00	$431.67	+31.67
365	365	1	450.00	$450.00	+75.00
500	500	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	49.00–66.00	$57.50	$313	—
605–640	616	4	45.00–56.00	$50.35	$310	+1.35

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
706	706	4	65.00	$65.00	$459	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	115	3	150.00–175.00	$166.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
723	723	2	111.00	$111.00	$803	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	2	390.00	$390.00	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	80.00	$80.00	$452	—
640	640	1	87.00	$87.00	$557	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65–85	75	—	—	2	200.00	$200.00	—
105–148	125	—	—	6	175.00–250.00	$234.82	+84.82
150–195	169	—	—	4	285.00–370.00	$326.89	+51.89
225	225	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	—
930–1160	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	5	900.00–1,100.00	$1,030.34	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	332	3	165.00–170.00	$166.68	$553	—
365	365	1	155.00	$155.00	$566	+2.72
400–425	412	3	144.00–175.00	$158.88	$655	+28.88
495	495	1	164.00	$164.00	$812	+37.76
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	-9.31
675	675	1	126.00	$126.00	$850	+11.00
715	715	2	100.00	$100.00	$715	-8.04
820	820	1	108.00	$108.00	$886	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	127.00	$127.00	$419	—
375	375	1	110.00	$110.00	$412	—
425	425	1	127.00	$127.00	$540	—
605	605	1	129.00	$129.00	$780	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	2	350.00	$350.00	—
170	170	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90	80	2	125.00–150.00	$139.06	—
105	105	1	150.00	$150.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	60.00	$60.00	$345	—
625	625	1	85.00	$85.00	$531	—
690	690	1	91.00	$91.00	$628	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	177.00	$177.00	$460	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492–705	599	85-90%	2	35.00	$35.00	$210	—
620–1135	859	85-90%	60	30.00–52.00	$39.95	$343	-9.26
660–1175	896	85-90%	17	37.00–48.50	$43.03	$386	—
780–1095	947	85-90%	72	49.00–59.50	$53.73	$509	-0.93
845–1595	1065	85-90%	56	60.00–70.50	$65.95	$702	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1590	1175	80-85%	41	71.00–84.00	$74.62	$877	-3.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	1	87.00	$87.00	$966	—
1120–1390	1255	2	68.00–76.50	$71.79	$901	—
1005–1645	1385	14	68.00–84.50	$78.28	$1,084	—
1195–2130	1610	16	86.00–96.00	$90.60	$1,459	-9.15
1480–2165	1745	9	97.00–104.50	$100.75	$1,758	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
862–970	876	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	15	825.00–840.00	$838.00
1020–1170	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–810.00	$773.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
530	530	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium 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	550.00	$550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	83.00	$83.00	$863

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	630.00	$630.00

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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
860–994	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	26	880.00–1,050.00	$1,006.92	-36.41
880–1017	994	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	725.00–810.00	$795.83	—
915–1275	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	900.00–1,120.00	$955.00	-28.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—
917	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.