Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 19, 2022

529 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $176.73/cwt -8.29 vs last sale · ≈ $725/hd at 410 lb · 15 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $161.92/cwt -8.04 vs last sale · ≈ $852/hd at 526 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $146.42/cwt +2.69 vs last sale · ≈ $754/hd at 515 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	529	416	490
Feeder cattle	274	263	283
Slaughter cattle	193	101	126
Replacement cattle	62	52	81

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 4.00-5.00 lower on limited comparison. Feeder steers and heifers steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade and 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
250–288	274	9	181.00–200.00	$187.41	$514	-12.59
328	328	2	175.00	$175.00	$574	-10.63
375–390	385	3	177.00–187.00	$183.08	$705	+6.65
403–445	410	15	167.00–185.00	$176.73	$725	-8.29
452–498	479	8	160.00–170.00	$166.08	$796	-5.44
500–537	526	13	160.00–167.00	$161.92	$852	-8.04
573–580	574	6	165.00–170.00	$165.84	$952	+0.47
635	635	3	156.00	$156.00	$991	+15.00
651–690	669	4	149.00–153.00	$150.80	$1,009	-5.43
700–740	729	4	142.50–155.00	$146.51	$1,068	—
750–770	760	2	144.00–146.00	$144.99	$1,102	-12.01
810–820	815	2	138.00–145.00	$141.52	$1,153	-7.48
930	930	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,209	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	172.00	$172.00	$318	—
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
375–380	377	3	147.00–156.00	$150.03	$566	—
415–448	440	5	156.00–162.00	$160.06	$704	+19.69
505–533	525	4	140.00–155.00	$145.12	$762	-11.88
555–585	575	3	145.00–150.00	$146.95	$845	—
605–630	622	3	133.00–147.00	$141.11	$878	-8.89
675	675	1	132.50	$132.50	$894	-8.72
715–730	723	2	131.00–134.00	$132.52	$958	-6.48
770–790	780	2	121.00–142.00	$131.37	$1,025	-9.63
813	813	3	137.50	$137.50	$1,118	+3.10
850–885	867	3	126.00–138.00	$132.25	$1,147	—
1145	1145	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,271	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	2	202.00	$202.00	$697	-6.07
375	375	2	197.00–201.00	$199.00	$746	+0.06
380	380	1	187.00	$187.00	$711	-11.94
455–475	465	2	192.00–198.00	$194.94	$906	-3.05
510 value added	510	2	202.00	$202.00	$1,030	—
615	615	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,046	+4.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	38.00	$38.00	$196	-23.00
580–597	589	6	52.00–58.50	$55.20	$325	—
605	605	1	65.00	$65.00	$393	—
655	655	1	57.00	$57.00	$373	—
800	800	1	57.00	$57.00	$456	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	370.00	$370.00	+170.00
185 unweaned	185	1	340.00	$340.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
450	450	1	210.00	$210.00	-140.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	263	3	155.00–164.00	$159.90	$421	—
315	315	1	150.00	$150.00	$472	—
395	395	1	146.00	$146.00	$577	—
415	415	1	146.00	$146.00	$606	-6.44
450–495	480	3	141.00–145.00	$142.69	$685	-6.76
510–535	515	11	141.00–157.00	$146.42	$754	+2.69
560–575	564	6	135.00–152.00	$138.05	$779	-5.47
610–630	618	5	133.00–138.00	$135.59	$838	-1.74
655–690	673	8	130.00–143.50	$140.06	$943	-4.45
730–745	738	2	126.00–132.00	$129.03	$952	-0.22
788–797	794	9	128.00–144.00	$136.12	$1,081	+14.12
870	870	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,279	+18.87
900–915	908	2	125.00–133.00	$129.03	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–295	293	2	140.00–145.00	$142.48	$417	—
335	335	1	132.00	$132.00	$442	-12.00
355	355	1	140.00	$140.00	$497	-4.02
410–430	420	2	130.00–132.00	$130.98	$550	+1.48
455–488	476	11	120.00–155.00	$133.63	$636	-6.37
500–545	523	2	121.00–135.00	$128.30	$671	+7.30
560	560	1	130.00	$130.00	$728	+6.06
615–630	623	2	130.00	$130.00	$810	+10.00
690	690	2	125.00	$125.00	$862	±0.00
765–780	773	2	118.00–121.00	$119.49	$924	—
810–815	813	2	120.00–130.00	$125.02	$1,016	—
870	870	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,088	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	2	191.00	$191.00	$344	—
355–375	365	2	163.00–180.00	$171.73	$627	-15.80
505	505	1	159.00	$159.00	$803	-13.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	40.00	$40.00	$198	-89.00
575	575	1	48.00	$48.00	$276	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	151.00	$151.00	$362	-37.00
370	370	1	137.00	$137.00	$507	—
535	535	1	128.50	$128.50	$687	—
690	690	1	126.00	$126.00	$869	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	85.00	$85.00	$463	+24.00
550	550	1	53.00	$53.00	$292	—
690	690	1	65.00	$65.00	$448	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–770	662	85-90%	5	36.00–51.00	$44.90	$297	-24.19
765–835	800	85-90%	2	32.00–57.00	$43.95	$352	-36.05
750–930	828	85-90%	4	57.00–60.00	$58.39	$483	-21.61
685–1100	898	85-90%	18	64.50–72.50	$68.08	$611	—
815–1265	975	85-90%	8	65.00–74.00	$71.14	$694	-5.57
865–1178	1013	85-90%	59	71.00–78.00	$75.97	$770	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
950–1430	1159	80-85%	50	80.00–88.00	$84.26	$977	-0.74
945–1400	1219	80-85%	12	82.00–85.50	$84.54	$1,031	-5.19

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1555	1438	75-80%	2	82.50–83.00	$82.77	$1,190	—
1545	1545	75-80%	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,313	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–2000	1295	4	81.00–86.00	$84.45	$1,094	—
1160–1670	1415	5	93.00–102.00	$95.25	$1,348	—
1530–2125	1712	6	103.00–109.00	$105.80	$1,811	-2.85

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
975	975	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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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
1000–1165	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	800.00–1,085.00	$910.00	-94.17
1080–1160	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00–1,000.00	$876.67	-78.33
1238	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010–1240	1136	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,140.00–1,330.00	$1,221.67	—
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,280.00	$1,280.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.