Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 26, 2022

456 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $181.20/cwt ≈ $795/hd at 439 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $172.28/cwt ≈ $813/hd at 472 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $176.41/cwt +6.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,094/hd at 620 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	456	529	777
Feeder cattle	286	274	447
Slaughter cattle	127	193	239
Replacement cattle	43	62	91

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher on limited comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls steady 1.00 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
325	325	1	207.00	$207.00	$673	+5.00
355–390	381	8	207.00	$207.00	$789	+20.00
405–425	421	7	199.00–202.00	$199.42	$840	—
455–495	469	7	196.00–202.00	$197.74	$927	+2.80
493 value added	493	4	199.00	$199.00	$981	—
515–540	522	7	179.00–191.00	$186.67	$974	—
550	550	1	178.00	$178.00	$979	—
600–630	612	7	168.00–181.00	$174.56	$1,068	+4.56
632 value added	632	5	179.00	$179.00	$1,131	—
660	660	1	155.50	$155.50	$1,026	—
850–856	855	5	138.50–146.00	$139.99	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–382	380	4	146.00–155.00	$152.78	$581	+2.75
425–440	433	2	140.00–145.00	$142.46	$617	-17.60
465–485	477	3	131.00–147.00	$136.37	$650	—
525	525	1	146.00	$146.00	$766	+0.88
570–593	585	3	149.00–155.00	$153.05	$895	+6.10
615–640	628	2	136.00–152.00	$144.16	$905	+3.05
680–685	683	2	142.00–152.00	$146.98	$1,004	+14.48
745	745	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,006	+2.48
760–790	773	3	126.00–140.50	$132.60	$1,025	+1.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	180.00	$180.00	$486	-7.41
380–398	394	4	176.00–179.00	$176.72	$696	-6.36
403	403	2	187.00	$187.00	$754	+10.27
475	475	1	180.00	$180.00	$855	+13.92
550–595	573	2	161.00	$161.00	$923	-4.84
647	647	3	156.50	$156.50	$1,013	+0.50
740	740	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,110	+3.49
795	795	1	136.50	$136.50	$1,085	-8.49
800–820	810	2	131.00–134.50	$132.73	$1,075	-8.79
885	885	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,239	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
295	295	1	360.00	$360.00	—
402–443	423	6	350.00–395.00	$371.41	—
471–497	479	10	300.00–390.00	$361.97	+151.97

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–90 unweaned	85	2	190.00–210.00	$199.41	—
105–133 unweaned	124	3	230.00–250.00	$244.34	—
265 unweaned	265	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	60.00	$60.00	$246	—
500	500	1	63.00	$63.00	$315	+25.00
865	865	3	80.00	$80.00	$692	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	360.00	$360.00	—
160	160	1	400.00	$400.00	—
215 unweaned	215	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 value added	225	2	190.00	$190.00	$428	—
383–387	385	5	188.00	$188.00	$724	+16.27
432 value added	432	6	184.00	$184.00	$795	—
442–445	443	9	178.00–180.00	$179.33	$794	—
455–478	472	12	169.00–175.00	$172.28	$813	—
523–530	525	4	162.00–166.00	$163.01	$856	+4.01
565	565	3	158.00	$158.00	$893	—
680	680	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 unweaned	225	1	146.00	$146.00	$328	—
275	275	1	136.00	$136.00	$374	-6.48
345	345	1	127.00	$127.00	$438	-5.00
405–413	410	3	131.00–132.00	$131.67	$540	+0.69
480	480	3	135.00	$135.00	$648	+1.37
550–585	571	5	133.00–140.00	$135.23	$772	+5.23
610–623	619	3	122.00–132.00	$125.29	$776	-4.71
665–686	682	5	125.00	$125.00	$852	±0.00
700–738	722	5	115.00–128.00	$119.97	$866	—
785	785	1	120.00	$120.00	$942	+0.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
294	294	7	168.00	$168.00	$494	+8.10
305–320	314	4	152.00–171.00	$161.03	$506	+11.03
350	350	1	152.00	$152.00	$532	—
507	507	3	145.00	$145.00	$735	-1.42
585	585	1	158.00	$158.00	$924	+19.95
615–635	625	3	146.00–157.00	$150.29	$939	+14.70
675	675	1	144.50	$144.50	$975	+4.44

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
360–378	369	4	260.00–300.00	$279.51	—
475–498	490	3	310.00–320.00	$313.23	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	56.00	$56.00	$353	—
668	668	2	80.00	$80.00	$534	—
710	710	2	85.00	$85.00	$604	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110 unweaned	110	1	255.00	$255.00	—
500	500	2	300.00	$300.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	75.00	$75.00	$442	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	80.00	$80.00	$460	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	100.00	$100.00	$445	—
505–530	518	2	101.00–118.00	$109.29	$566	—
695	695	1	106.00	$106.00	$737	—
745	745	7	102.00	$102.00	$760	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	180.00	$180.00	$423	+29.00
645	645	1	116.00	$116.00	$748	—
795	795	1	109.00	$109.00	$867	—
800–835	818	2	102.00–115.00	$108.36	$886	—
915	915	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
567	567	3	172.00	$172.00	$975	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	40.00	$40.00	$224	-13.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–820	691	85-90%	5	26.00–49.00	$33.65	$233	-11.25
750–965	838	85-90%	5	40.00–51.00	$46.54	$390	-11.85
755–940	870	85-90%	5	68.00–70.00	$69.03	$601	+0.95
753–1330	892	85-90%	12	50.00–60.50	$54.30	$484	-13.78
920	920	85-90%	1	78.00	$78.00	$718	—
783–1500	1037	85-90%	30	69.00–80.00	$76.09	$789	+0.12

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1010	965	80-85%	2	85.00–93.00	$88.81	$857	—
895–1485	1110	80-85%	17	80.00–89.00	$84.18	$934	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1760	1760	75-80%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,584	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1345	1345	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,493	—
1115–1895	1376	9	90.00–101.00	$94.98	$1,307	—
1265–1815	1492	11	104.00–111.00	$106.59	$1,590	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–800	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–850.00	$775.00

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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
988–1035	1012	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1110	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+223.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955–1318	1252	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,320.00–1,530.00	$1,475.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
580–760	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	625.00	$625.00	—
785–830	808	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	640.00–675.00	$657.50	—

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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.