Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 13, 2022

755 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.23/cwt +3.23 vs last sale · ≈ $771/hd at 481 lb · 18 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $160.71/cwt +7.59 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 526 lb · 17 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $183.28/cwt -5.58 vs last sale · ≈ $722/hd at 394 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	755	1,074	1,122
Feeder cattle	439	581	595
Slaughter cattle	157	314	259
Replacement cattle	159	179	268

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves, and feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 lower on limited quotes. 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
255–260	258	2	192.00–204.00	$197.94	$511	+11.14
305–348	331	9	185.00–190.00	$186.13	$616	+1.05
370–398	394	16	180.00–185.00	$183.28	$722	-5.58
405–435	420	14	180.00–185.00	$182.42	$766	-3.02
450–486	479	10	179.00–184.00	$180.17	$863	+5.40
500–537	524	11	170.00–180.00	$176.81	$926	+10.82
555 thin fleshed	555	4	179.00	$179.00	$993	—
555–588	577	3	172.50–173.00	$172.66	$996	+12.66
622–640	627	5	158.00–164.00	$161.97	$1,016	—
653	653	5	160.00	$160.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–233	227	3	183.00–200.00	$188.37	$428	+13.54
255–275	265	2	173.00–185.00	$178.77	$474	+6.40
310–345	333	5	160.00–172.00	$162.64	$542	-15.57
338 value added	338	2	173.00	$173.00	$585	—
355–395	374	5	162.00–175.00	$169.75	$635	-4.30
450–491	484	6	160.00–173.00	$170.99	$828	+3.21
505–510	508	2	156.00–172.00	$164.04	$833	+2.04
560	560	1	170.00	$170.00	$952	+8.80
630–645	633	5	158.50	$158.50	$1,003	+14.44
658–695	674	7	145.00–156.50	$151.37	$1,020	+16.22
725	725	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,080	—
1035	1035	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,439	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
78–95	84	3	200.00–220.00	$207.57	+82.57
105–138	121	5	225.00–250.00	$241.79	+0.56
155–187	175	10	260.00–375.00	$339.54	+51.43
205	205	2	330.00–370.00	$350.00	+25.00
328	328	4	430.00	$430.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	160.00	$160.00	$360	+22.58
420	420	1	145.00	$145.00	$609	-3.50
450–485	466	4	153.00–155.00	$154.48	$720	+2.07
520	520	2	150.00	$150.00	$780	+4.92
550–575	563	2	147.00–154.00	$150.42	$847	+4.75
605–645	625	3	140.00–153.00	$144.81	$905	+11.22
680	680	1	135.00	$135.00	$918	+10.00
750	750	1	126.00	$126.00	$945	-1.66
820–835	828	2	115.00–128.00	$121.56	$1,007	+30.56

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
280	280	1	425.00	$425.00	—
330–335	333	2	400.00	$400.00	—
365	365	1	400.00	$400.00	-50.00
460–490	475	2	410.00	$410.00	+1.02

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	69.00	$69.00	$393	-1.00
670	670	1	66.00	$66.00	$442	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225 value added	223	12	179.00–185.00	$184.09	$411	—
275–285	280	2	171.00–180.00	$175.42	$491	—
364–378	369	6	163.00–178.00	$168.13	$620	+6.12
423–430	425	6	154.00–163.00	$157.03	$667	-8.89
468–494	481	18	156.00–166.00	$160.23	$771	+3.23
510–538	526	17	157.00–168.50	$160.71	$845	+7.59
564	564	5	145.50	$145.50	$821	-3.50
642	642	10	143.00	$143.00	$918	—
873	873	4	139.00	$139.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	5	169.00	$169.00	$326	—
205–243	226	5	157.00–163.00	$159.06	$359	+2.06
280–295	285	3	155.00–160.00	$158.27	$451	+8.17
300	300	2	155.00	$155.00	$465	—
360–390	381	7	142.00–159.00	$155.63	$593	+5.30
410–440	428	6	140.00–153.00	$145.57	$623	+0.48
480–495	485	3	151.00–154.00	$152.02	$737	+3.26
505–540	522	6	142.00–156.00	$148.54	$775	+5.58
583	583	7	145.00	$145.00	$845	-5.21
635	635	2	136.00–142.00	$139.00	$883	+4.00
650–695	678	3	126.00–141.00	$132.68	$900	-0.35
704–735	712	7	128.00–141.00	$136.98	$975	+3.97
780–795	784	4	115.00–131.00	$119.06	$933	-8.69

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	145.00	$145.00	$304	—
355–395	382	7	125.00–140.00	$137.42	$525	+7.42
400–445	425	4	120.00–139.00	$130.65	$555	+3.30
450	450	1	137.00	$137.00	$616	—
510–535	523	6	120.00–137.00	$127.21	$665	-7.38
550–575	565	4	119.00–140.00	$129.80	$733	+2.41
615	615	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$769	+11.56
665–678	674	3	100.00–110.00	$106.71	$719	-14.04
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	—
890	890	1	110.00	$110.00	$979	—
955	955	1	100.00	$100.00	$955	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	300.00	$300.00	—
188	188	4	360.00	$360.00	-30.00
200–207	205	4	350.00–390.00	$380.26	—

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
228	228	5	200.00	$200.00	—
255	255	1	130.00	$130.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–125	120	2	200.00–225.00	$213.02	-43.04

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
455–465	460	2	360.00–425.00	$392.15	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–765	763	2	51.50–66.00	$58.77	$448	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	147.00	$147.00	$404	—
305	305	1	155.00	$155.00	$473	-11.68
370	370	2	165.00–172.00	$168.50	$623	+13.50
405–440	423	2	137.00–165.00	$150.42	$636	-8.46
475–485	480	2	152.00–155.00	$153.48	$737	-10.52
553	553	2	155.00	$155.00	$857	+30.00
660	660	2	115.00	$115.00	$759	-11.00
780	780	1	106.00	$106.00	$827	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	275.00	$275.00	+40.18
155–196	191	9	200.00–250.00	$204.50	-122.39

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	77.00	$77.00	$420	—
620	620	1	75.00	$75.00	$465	-10.00
930	930	1	71.00	$71.00	$660	—
950	950	1	71.00	$71.00	$674	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	100.00	$100.00	$580	—
690	690	1	90.00	$90.00	$621	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	64.00	$64.00	$467	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–690	680	85-90%	2	50.00–51.00	$50.51	$343	—
695–1005	823	85-90%	3	61.00–65.00	$63.87	$526	—
825	825	85-90%	1	35.00	$35.00	$289	—
650–1145	890	85-90%	6	39.00–49.00	$47.60	$424	+4.57
745–1068	906	85-90%	18	53.00–60.00	$55.26	$501	—
500–1035	947	85-90%	27	39.00–49.00	$42.09	$399	-11.64
750–1175	1075	85-90%	46	60.00–70.50	$67.37	$724	+1.42

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$696	—
905	905	80-85%	1	88.00	$88.00	$796	—
1070–1160	1115	80-85%	2	71.00	$71.00	$792	—
110–1385	1122	80-85%	34	72.00–86.50	$78.57	$882	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1630–1645	1638	75-80%	2	73.50–78.00	$75.74	$1,241	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080–1745	1459	6	65.00–80.00	$73.14	$1,067	—
1425–1735	1577	5	86.50–92.00	$89.77	$1,416	—
1620–1905	1796	4	98.00–104.00	$101.23	$1,818	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
905–1030	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	775.00–830.00	$810.00
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
910–1260	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	700.00–970.00	$798.00

Medium 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	600.00	$600.00
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–690	678	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	480.00–500.00	$490.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	410.00	$410.00

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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
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	970.00	$970.00	-36.92
985–1100	1017	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	850.00–1,010.00	$963.33	—
1142	1142	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	800.00	$800.00	—
835–1294	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	875.00–1,130.00	$1,070.00	—
1313	1313	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	15	835.00	$835.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
590	590	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	510.00	$510.00	—
613	613	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	425.00	$425.00	—
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
893	893	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	685.00	$685.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,285.00	$1,285.00	—
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	-25.00

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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.