Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 29, 2022

642 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.26/cwt +7.46 vs last sale · ≈ $749/hd at 435 lb · 55 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $183.73/cwt -8.05 vs last sale · ≈ $862/hd at 469 lb · 32 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $168.73/cwt ≈ $852/hd at 505 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	642	424	529
Feeder cattle	476	208	301
Slaughter cattle	102	94	139
Replacement cattle	64	122	89

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves 8.00-10.00 lower and heifer calves steady. Feeder steers and heifers no accurate comparison. Slaughter cows 3.00- 4.00 higher and slaughter bulls 6.00-8.00 higher Trade and demand good..

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	200.00	$200.00	$560	—
345	345	1	202.00	$202.00	$697	-26.68
365–370	368	2	184.00–190.00	$186.98	$688	-10.54
400–420	413	7	189.00–192.00	$191.58	$791	-0.07
450–490	469	32	179.00–187.50	$183.73	$862	-8.05
505	505	7	175.00–186.50	$184.86	$934	+8.52
554–565	557	16	168.50–181.50	$177.55	$989	+3.71
612–634	624	15	160.00–167.50	$163.82	$1,022	—
670–695	683	2	165.00–166.00	$165.51	$1,130	—
710–715	711	5	161.00–165.00	$161.80	$1,150	—
778	778	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,245	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–228	220	3	190.00–194.00	$191.24	$421	-3.71
255	255	1	185.00	$185.00	$472	-7.74
305–345	321	4	166.00–186.00	$176.57	$567	—
365–390	379	6	163.00–181.00	$171.52	$650	+2.89
430	430	1	163.00	$163.00	$701	-11.26
450–495	465	13	168.00–180.50	$176.69	$822	+4.99
505–545	527	18	160.00–175.00	$169.08	$891	+2.39
555–590	569	5	155.00–165.00	$162.10	$922	—
605–630	617	12	152.50–161.00	$157.37	$971	+2.37
650–675	663	4	151.00–161.00	$154.86	$1,027	+7.86
700–736	726	6	140.00–157.00	$153.50	$1,114	+11.87
765–782	778	7	135.00–140.50	$139.09	$1,082	-3.35
900	900	2	124.50	$124.50	$1,120	+9.46

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	148.00	$148.00	$407	—
300	300	1	146.00	$146.00	$438	—
435	435	1	141.00	$141.00	$613	—
450–485	472	8	135.00–154.00	$144.80	$683	-0.20
515–535	526	5	145.00–159.00	$153.61	$808	+23.61
550–595	573	3	126.00–144.00	$136.94	$785	+7.07
610–645	627	6	137.00–142.00	$140.01	$878	-4.49
710–745	720	4	122.00–131.00	$127.73	$920	-6.27

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	5	53.00	$53.00	$278	—
580	580	1	56.00	$56.00	$325	—
670	670	1	62.00	$62.00	$415	—
705–745	725	2	60.00–68.00	$63.89	$463	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
405	405	1	200.00	$200.00	—
510	510	1	200.00	$200.00	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255	255	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	120.00	$120.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	175.00	$175.00	$368	—
278	278	2	185.00	$185.00	$514	+9.86
318	318	2	183.00	$183.00	$582	+15.46
350	350	4	165.00–166.00	$165.75	$580	-6.31
406–449	435	55	160.00–177.00	$172.26	$749	+11.26
450–485	477	10	160.00–171.00	$164.87	$786	+4.87
501–506	505	22	167.50–169.00	$168.73	$852	—
620	620	1	158.00	$158.00	$980	—
753	753	6	131.00	$131.00	$986	—
851	851	5	123.00	$123.00	$1,047	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	169.00	$169.00	$330	—
255–280	274	4	160.00–162.50	$160.58	$440	—
475–490	480	3	154.00–157.00	$155.02	$744	+8.64
515–535	520	9	139.00–153.00	$150.96	$785	+4.88
555–595	582	11	140.00–156.00	$149.67	$871	+7.94
605–645	623	3	131.00–141.00	$135.56	$845	-3.36
665–695	683	4	128.00–140.00	$132.94	$908	-6.07
705–745	730	6	124.00–130.00	$126.71	$925	—
785	785	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,028	+6.56

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	141.00	$141.00	$501	—
420	420	2	135.00	$135.00	$567	+15.00
460–495	476	4	121.00–131.00	$125.41	$597	-3.41
520–523	522	3	131.00–138.00	$135.68	$708	+0.68
575	575	2	128.00–135.00	$131.50	$756	+3.13
620–635	630	4	120.00–121.00	$120.50	$759	+10.50
655–665	660	2	127.00–132.00	$129.52	$855	+4.59
715	715	1	129.00	$129.00	$922	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	2	200.00	$200.00	—
280	280	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	164.00	$164.00	$812	—
510–535	523	3	121.00–158.00	$138.70	$725	—
685	685	1	129.00	$129.00	$884	-6.00
705	705	1	110.00	$110.00	$776	-10.50
765	765	1	119.00	$119.00	$910	—
875	875	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,076	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	61.00	$61.00	$247	—
450	450	1	71.00	$71.00	$320	—
700–730	712	5	44.00–70.00	$53.69	$382	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	90.00	$90.00	$608	—
785–790	788	2	98.00–99.00	$98.50	$776	+14.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
275	275	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	1	330.00	$330.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
330	330	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
612–910	685	85-90%	8	35.00–41.00	$36.81	$252	—
570–765	698	85-90%	3	42.00–50.00	$46.37	$324	—
735–800	759	85-90%	5	51.00–54.00	$52.31	$397	+12.31
770–1025	876	85-90%	8	57.00–64.00	$59.97	$525	—
755–1240	914	85-90%	7	65.00–81.00	$70.75	$647	+18.77
846–1200	975	85-90%	27	64.00–74.50	$70.74	$690	+10.43

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120	1120	80-85%	1	92.50	$92.50	$1,036	—
975–1670	1196	80-85%	9	75.00–83.00	$78.99	$945	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
528	528	4	250.00	$250.00	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	75-80%	1	72.00	$72.00	$893	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1595	1312	9	65.00–85.00	$77.19	$1,013	+5.13
1210–1735	1565	6	94.00–103.00	$99.07	$1,550	+20.97
1870	1870	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,982	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	685.00	$685.00
750–1015	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	560.00–650.00	$610.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
890–1000	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	890.00–900.00	$895.00
770–1125	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	720.00–880.00	$783.33
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	470.00	$470.00
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
985–1115	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	940.00–1,100.00	$985.00	-195.00
870–1305	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	735.00–990.00	$836.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,140.00	$1,140.00	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,120.00	$1,120.00	-180.00
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,080.00	$1,080.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	425.00	$425.00	—

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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.