Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 22, 2022

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	424	478	575
Feeder cattle	208	290	284
Slaughter cattle	94	117	205
Replacement cattle	122	71	86

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 8.00-10.00 higher on limited comparison. Feeder steers and heifers steady on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 3.00-4.00 lower. Trade moderate demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	190.00–200.00	$194.95	$444	+19.95
250–295	269	4	190.00–200.00	$192.74	$518	+5.74
375–395	383	3	166.00–170.00	$168.63	$646	+8.63
400–430	418	3	170.00–177.50	$174.26	$728	—
460–495	477	3	165.00–176.00	$171.70	$819	-13.30
510–515	513	3	160.00–175.00	$166.69	$855	+2.91
625	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	+5.00
678	678	3	147.00	$147.00	$997	+15.69
705–715	712	3	137.00–149.00	$141.63	$1,008	+13.66
755–780	761	4	135.00–145.00	$142.44	$1,084	+5.99
820–843	835	3	137.00–137.50	$137.16	$1,145	—
905–920	913	2	110.00–120.00	$115.04	$1,050	-12.96
1005	1005	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,226	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	215.00	$215.00	$452	+15.00
320–325	323	2	220.00–237.50	$228.68	$739	+31.28
370–375	373	2	195.00–200.00	$197.52	$737	-13.93
375 fancy	375	1	235.00	$235.00	$881	—
405 fancy	405	1	230.00	$230.00	$932	—
410–445	425	3	190.00–195.00	$191.65	$815	-6.78
453–483	463	6	182.00–197.00	$191.78	$888	—
505 value added	505	2	182.50	$182.50	$922	—
518–535	524	3	176.00–177.00	$176.34	$924	+0.17
555–585	570	2	168.00–180.00	$173.84	$991	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	145.00	$145.00	$667	+10.13
520	520	1	130.00	$130.00	$676	-2.98
570–585	578	2	120.00–140.00	$129.87	$751	-2.63
605–615	610	2	144.00–145.00	$144.50	$881	+18.68
650–680	665	2	140.00–142.50	$141.22	$939	+11.22
730	730	1	134.00	$134.00	$978	+4.00
785	785	1	114.00	$114.00	$895	+14.00
935–945	940	2	110.00–120.00	$115.03	$1,081	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155	155	1	250.00	$250.00	-53.21
235	235	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
445	445	1	150.00	$150.00	—
505	505	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	155.00	$155.00	$527	—
375	375	1	151.00	$151.00	$566	-24.00
415–430	423	2	150.00–152.50	$151.27	$640	—
425	425	1	121.00	$121.00	$514	—
467–485	474	7	140.00–153.00	$146.38	$694	-0.71
525–545	536	5	137.50–153.00	$146.08	$783	—
550–585	567	5	140.00–144.00	$141.73	$804	+3.24
605–625	615	6	136.00–143.00	$138.92	$854	+12.19
650–690	671	8	137.50–142.50	$139.01	$933	+12.01
785–795	790	2	115.00–134.00	$124.44	$983	-1.12
875–880	878	6	127.50–135.00	$132.51	$1,163	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	265	3	170.00–177.50	$175.14	$464	+0.14
325–335	330	2	165.00–170.00	$167.54	$553	-5.46
350–375	363	3	167.50–177.50	$172.06	$625	-13.18
405 fancy	405	1	180.00	$180.00	$729	—
434	434	4	161.00	$161.00	$699	-10.83
475	475	1	160.00	$160.00	$760	-4.03
585	585	2	162.50	$162.50	$951	+5.50
685	685	1	142.50	$142.50	$976	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	150.00	$150.00	$522	—
400	400	4	120.00	$120.00	$480	-20.00
455–465	460	2	122.50–135.00	$128.82	$593	+1.65
545	545	1	135.00	$135.00	$736	+13.39
555–595	571	4	120.00–137.50	$128.37	$733	+6.95
640	640	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	-6.38
670–680	675	2	116.00–134.00	$124.93	$843	+4.93
790	790	1	125.00	$125.00	$988	+13.19

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
601	601	6	52.75	$52.75	$317	-22.25

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	3	137.50	$137.50	$804	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175–190	183	2	300.00	$300.00	—
275	275	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215–230	223	2	200.00–285.00	$241.07	+32.16

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
430	430	2	225.00	$225.00	—

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 Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	164.00	$164.00	$738	—
640	640	2	124.00–136.00	$130.00	$832	+19.97
685	685	1	135.00	$135.00	$925	—
700	700	2	115.00–126.00	$120.50	$844	+13.04
900–915	908	2	113.00–122.00	$117.46	$1,067	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–425	415	2	175.00–190.00	$182.32	$757	—
500–535	518	2	173.00–176.00	$174.55	$904	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	90.00	$90.00	$482	—
795	795	1	84.00	$84.00	$668	—
935	935	1	84.00	$84.00	$785	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$304	+7.64
720–860	802	85-90%	3	21.00–53.00	$42.35	$340	+3.01
800–1065	941	85-90%	5	47.00–57.00	$51.98	$489	—
832–1490	942	85-90%	14	58.50–62.50	$60.16	$567	—
915–1010	975	85-90%	3	60.00–61.00	$60.31	$588	-2.93
700–1220	1027	85-90%	13	69.00–74.00	$71.40	$733	—
1010–1355	1115	85-90%	14	64.00–71.50	$68.60	$765	-1.50

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100–1355	1210	80-85%	3	76.00–78.00	$77.09	$933	—
1150–1390	1270	80-85%	2	74.00–78.00	$75.81	$963	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1580	1580	75-80%	1	76.00	$76.00	$1,201	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	91.00	$91.00	$505	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1310–1380	1338	4	64.00–79.00	$72.06	$964	-4.53
1160–1915	1595	9	69.00–85.00	$78.10	$1,246	—
1570–2115	1763	3	85.00–88.00	$86.19	$1,520	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
953–995	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	775.00–875.00	$846.43
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	825.00	$825.00
1010–1017	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	875.00–1,150.00	$943.75

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
791	791	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	750.00	$750.00
835	835	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
805	805	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	270.00	$270.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765–884	864	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
974–1315	1144	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,225.00–1,375.00	$1,352.50	—
1005–1640	1230	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,225.00–1,350.00	$1,300.00	+175.00
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
870–1200	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,175.00–1,185.00	$1,180.00	—
1030–1340	1154	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,000.00–1,275.00	$1,158.33	—
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1175–1330	1242	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,150.00	$1,066.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

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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.