Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 15, 2022

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $188.19/cwt +20.14 vs last sale · ≈ $682/hd at 362 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	478	481	807
Feeder cattle	290	244	440
Slaughter cattle	117	146	168
Replacement cattle	71	91	199

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparison on any class due to no reported sales the past two weeks. 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
225	225	2	200.00	$200.00	$450	—
292 value added	292	3	235.00	$235.00	$686	—
295	295	2	190.00	$190.00	$560	+4.00
325–340	333	3	192.00–200.00	$197.40	$657	+16.05
350–395	366	8	190.00–220.00	$211.45	$774	—
409–448	421	8	190.00–203.00	$198.43	$835	+38.43
468 value added	468	2	200.00	$200.00	$936	—
510 fancy	510	2	195.00	$195.00	$994	—
508–545	527	6	171.00–179.00	$176.17	$928	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
4	4	1	171.00	$171.00	$7	—
205	205	1	175.00	$175.00	$359	—
260	260	1	187.00	$187.00	$486	+19.50
370–390	377	3	160.00	$160.00	$603	-8.59
465	465	1	185.00	$185.00	$860	+32.00
500–535	511	4	162.50–165.00	$163.78	$837	+15.72
603	603	2	150.00	$150.00	$904	+13.69
660–695	673	3	125.00–138.00	$131.31	$884	—
710–735	716	7	120.00–135.00	$127.97	$916	-2.67
765–783	779	5	126.00–139.00	$136.45	$1,063	+6.55
915	915	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,171	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	150.00	$150.00	$562	—
470–495	483	2	130.00–140.00	$134.87	$651	-4.13
505–545	532	3	120.00–143.00	$132.98	$707	-1.02
570	570	1	132.50	$132.50	$755	+9.17
625–640	635	3	125.00–127.50	$125.82	$799	+4.82
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	—
730	730	1	130.00	$130.00	$949	+5.00
770	770	1	100.00	$100.00	$770	-16.00
836	836	4	100.00	$100.00	$836	-25.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	240.00	$240.00	+5.00
170–180	177	3	300.00–310.00	$303.21	+70.77
325	325	3	210.00	$210.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	87.00	$87.00	$274	—
415–430	423	2	51.00–53.00	$51.98	$220	-19.02
455	455	1	55.00	$55.00	$250	—
770	770	1	70.00	$70.00	$539	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
235	235	1	150.00	$150.00	—
285	285	1	230.00	$230.00	—
495	495	1	235.00	$235.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	378	2	135.00	$135.00	$510	-0.33
400	400	1	140.00	$140.00	$560	+7.91
455–475	468	5	110.00–135.00	$127.17	$595	+1.28
510–535	523	3	110.00–135.00	$121.61	$636	-3.88
555–595	580	5	113.00–126.00	$121.42	$704	—
610–635	614	6	115.00–123.00	$116.38	$715	-8.15
688	688	2	120.00	$120.00	$826	—
710–740	733	5	105.00–114.00	$111.45	$817	-3.55
770–775	772	5	109.00–116.00	$111.81	$863	-14.20
835	835	2	110.00	$110.00	$918	+2.00
850–880	865	2	113.00–120.00	$116.56	$1,008	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–245	228	2	175.00–180.00	$177.69	$405	+10.95
295	295	2	175.00	$175.00	$516	+6.30
325	325	2	165.00–181.00	$173.00	$562	+5.00
360 value added	360	2	200.00	$200.00	$720	—
359–370	363	8	184.00–186.00	$185.24	$672	+17.19
411–440	417	5	160.00–175.00	$171.83	$717	+12.83
475–490	483	2	162.00–166.00	$164.03	$792	-5.97
480–495 fancy	488	4	187.00–187.50	$187.25	$914	—
503–540	517	4	155.00–171.00	$163.04	$843	—
560	560	4	157.00	$157.00	$879	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180–190	185	2	160.00–171.00	$165.65	$306	—
380	380	2	175.00	$175.00	$665	—
450–480	459	5	145.00–155.00	$147.09	$675	+6.09
555–570	563	2	138.00–139.00	$138.49	$780	+2.63
615–640	630	3	120.00–135.00	$126.73	$798	-4.78
650–690	679	5	123.00–130.00	$127.00	$862	-6.35
705	705	1	125.00	$125.00	$881	-1.58
750–785	768	2	123.00–128.00	$125.56	$964	—
830–844	841	5	126.00–128.00	$126.39	$1,063	-2.86

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
148	148	4	250.00	$250.00	+50.00
190–195	192	5	185.00–300.00	$231.72	-18.28
205–230	218	2	150.00–275.00	$208.91	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	85.00	$85.00	$302	+15.00
490	490	1	70.00	$70.00	$343	—
565–580	573	2	51.00–68.00	$59.61	$342	—
623	623	2	75.00	$75.00	$467	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	+50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	205.00	$205.00	$441	—
345	345	1	145.00	$145.00	$500	—
355	355	1	145.00	$145.00	$515	—
430	430	1	165.00	$165.00	$710	+15.00
560–570	565	3	117.00–152.00	$136.06	$769	—
600–635	622	3	100.00–120.00	$110.03	$684	-2.65
700–725	713	2	105.00–110.00	$107.46	$766	—
834	834	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,034	—
885	885	1	104.00	$104.00	$920	-23.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	200.00	$200.00	—
170	170	1	300.00	$300.00	—
350	350	1	175.00	$175.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	2	150.00	$150.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	54.00	$54.00	$221	—
720	720	1	48.00	$48.00	$346	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	220.00	$220.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700–860	787	85-90%	8	25.00–45.00	$32.36	$255	-18.72
710–945	817	85-90%	11	35.00–45.00	$39.34	$321	-16.89
715–980	835	85-90%	11	44.50–54.00	$49.02	$409	-7.21
910–1075	991	85-90%	17	60.00–67.00	$63.24	$627	-8.51
940–1385	1105	85-90%	17	65.00–75.00	$70.10	$775	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1485	1168	80-85%	9	75.50–77.00	$76.11	$889	—
1415	1415	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$1,047	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1520–1805	1663	75-80%	2	74.00–76.00	$74.91	$1,246	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
985–1410	1198	2	78.00–80.00	$78.82	$944	—
1140–1615	1346	4	70.00–83.00	$76.59	$1,031	—
1395–2170	1736	4	87.00–97.00	$91.10	$1,581	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–970	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	550.00–600.00	$575.00
870–965	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00–700.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00
955–1030	993	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	770.00–800.00	$785.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	360.00	$360.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910	910	Young (2-4 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 $
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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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
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
770–805	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–1,110.00	$980.00	+67.50
900–1104	1079	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–1,025.00	$996.88	—
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1047–1055	1049	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,150.00–1,175.00	$1,156.25	—
1130–1275	1212	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,125.00	—
1200–1605	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,220.00–1,375.00	$1,336.25	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	570.00	$570.00	+211.18

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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.