Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 12, 2022

416 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $197.99/cwt +13.57 vs last sale · ≈ $970/hd at 490 lb · 11 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.96/cwt -0.25 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 527 lb · 11 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $204.75/cwt +4.87 vs last sale · ≈ $737/hd at 360 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	416	401	670
Feeder cattle	263	276	342
Slaughter cattle	101	79	214
Replacement cattle	52	46	114

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers no accurate comparison, but a higher trend was noticed. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher bulls steady. 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
270	270	1	200.00	$200.00	$540	+13.00
320–345	328	8	185.00–190.00	$185.63	$609	+10.94
359–370	361	5	175.00–182.00	$176.43	$637	+5.00
410–435	432	10	180.00–189.00	$185.02	$799	+10.52
450–485	468	2	171.00–172.00	$171.52	$803	+0.52
505–545	527	11	163.00–184.00	$169.96	$896	-0.25
575–594	588	8	162.00–172.00	$165.37	$972	—
600–645	614	7	151.50–164.00	$158.77	$975	+6.07
638	638	3	141.00	$141.00	$900	-11.70
670–690	678	4	153.00–160.00	$156.23	$1,059	+3.60
775	775	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,217	+11.25
835	835	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,244	+14.32
885	885	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,336	+11.00
1145	1145	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,328	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	222.00	$222.00	$422	—
300–340	329	6	200.00–221.00	$208.07	$685	+16.10
356–380	359	8	192.00–200.00	$198.94	$714	+9.66
355–370 value added	363	2	227.00–229.00	$227.98	$828	+13.98
408–435	421	8	197.00–215.00	$203.62	$857	—
460–496	490	11	195.00–212.00	$197.99	$970	+13.57
535	535	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,033	+16.00
570	570	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,072	+17.50
640	640	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,062	—
730	730	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,204	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–430	418	2	136.00–145.00	$140.37	$587	—
480	480	1	153.00	$153.00	$734	—
532	532	3	157.00	$157.00	$835	+8.96
620	620	1	150.00	$150.00	$930	+15.04
670–685	679	4	131.00–147.00	$141.22	$959	+10.22
740	740	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,029	+11.00
765	765	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,079	+6.00
800–845	823	2	131.00–138.00	$134.40	$1,106	+9.40

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	2	200.00	$200.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
385	385	1	430.00	$430.00	—
450	450	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	61.00	$61.00	$323	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 value added	205	3	214.00	$214.00	$439	—
305–320	317	5	175.00–189.00	$186.31	$591	-0.69
335 value added	335	1	200.00	$200.00	$670	—
350–390	370	2	187.00–188.00	$187.53	$694	+8.53
400–425	408	3	170.00–177.00	$172.43	$704	-1.52
464–495	467	9	173.00–181.00	$180.06	$841	+19.11
523	523	2	172.00	$172.00	$900	+12.00
565	565	1	163.00	$163.00	$921	+4.00
641	641	5	154.50	$154.50	$990	—
678–690	680	7	150.00–152.50	$152.14	$1,035	+8.77
735	735	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,102	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–435	413	3	145.00–162.00	$152.44	$630	+2.44
490–495	493	2	140.00–159.00	$149.45	$737	-2.70
520–540	527	3	140.00–149.00	$143.73	$757	-1.25
570–585	579	4	139.00–146.00	$143.52	$831	-10.43
600	600	3	130.00–141.00	$137.33	$824	-2.06
660–675	668	2	144.00–145.00	$144.51	$965	+22.51
740–745	741	4	127.00–130.00	$129.25	$958	+3.67
765	765	1	122.00	$122.00	$933	—
830	830	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,079	—
852–865	854	7	123.00–129.00	$128.13	$1,094	—
970	970	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,077	—
1010	1010	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,131	—
1205	1205	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,398	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338	338	3	144.00	$144.00	$487	—
365–380	373	2	143.00–145.00	$144.02	$537	—
430	430	2	121.00–138.00	$129.50	$557	+5.35
490	490	1	140.00	$140.00	$686	+13.82
540	540	1	121.00	$121.00	$653	-8.27
560–570	565	2	117.00–131.00	$123.94	$700	-8.36
645	645	1	120.00	$120.00	$774	-4.29
670–695	678	3	125.00	$125.00	$848	+25.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	2	115.00	$115.00	$472	—
485	485	1	129.00	$129.00	$626	-16.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
410	410	2	320.00	$320.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100	100	1	185.00	$185.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	188.00	$188.00	$442	—
570–580	575	2	150.00–175.00	$162.61	$935	+11.61
627–645	636	2	122.00–149.00	$135.31	$861	—
710	710	2	129.00–132.00	$130.50	$927	+4.98
795	795	1	110.00	$110.00	$874	-10.53
815–823	820	3	105.00–121.00	$110.30	$904	—
1095	1095	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,281	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	1	88.50	$88.50	$889	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
470	470	1	360.00	$360.00	+63.62

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	61.00	$61.00	$323	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	80-85%	1	94.00	$94.00	$761	—
100–1491	1158	80-85%	43	80.00–88.50	$85.00	$984	—
1210	1210	80-85%	1	74.00	$74.00	$895	—
1035–1480	1226	80-85%	13	88.50–92.50	$89.73	$1,100	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–655	620	85-90%	3	59.00–60.00	$59.66	$370	—
615–740	672	85-90%	3	65.00–73.00	$69.09	$464	—
825	825	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$660	—
755–1110	983	85-90%	14	71.00–80.50	$76.71	$754	+6.79

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1328–1395	1343	75-80%	5	86.00–89.50	$87.80	$1,179	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1125	1070	2	87.00–89.00	$87.95	$941	—
1035–1105	1070	2	83.00–87.00	$85.07	$910	—
1050–1565	1342	7	89.00–97.00	$92.41	$1,240	+7.80
1440–2035	1729	5	105.00–111.00	$108.65	$1,879	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–950	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	915.00–985.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

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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
860–975	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	835.00–1,100.00	$968.00	-127.00
1025–1220	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00–1,135.00	$1,004.17	—
1085–1135	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,010.00	$955.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960–1045	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,225.00–1,320.00	$1,272.50	-102.50
1183	1183	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	-95.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	630.00	$630.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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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.