Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 16, 2022

573 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $163.50/cwt +6.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,068/hd at 653 lb · 22 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $169.73/cwt +14.23 vs last sale · ≈ $1,134/hd at 668 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $186.33/cwt +8.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,070/hd at 574 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	573	456	745
Feeder cattle	412	286	555
Slaughter cattle	117	127	123
Replacement cattle	44	43	67

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparison on any class due to no reported sale the past two weeks. But a higher trend was noted. 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
245	245	2	242.00	$242.00	$593	—
260–286	278	6	220.00–227.00	$221.73	$616	—
300–340	318	11	204.00–237.00	$215.31	$685	+8.31
350–393	378	12	193.00–222.00	$203.94	$771	-3.06
400–443	418	12	190.00–217.00	$198.53	$830	-0.89
450–475	456	6	192.00–209.00	$197.48	$901	-0.26
500–544	524	13	181.00–191.00	$185.39	$971	-1.28
550–598	574	14	184.00–193.00	$186.33	$1,070	+8.33
600–640	618	6	165.00–181.00	$173.99	$1,075	-0.57
653–674	668	17	164.50–190.00	$169.73	$1,134	+14.23

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	221.00	$221.00	$409	—
205–210	208	2	210.00–213.00	$211.48	$440	—
310–320	315	2	171.00–180.00	$175.57	$553	—
360–376	374	8	171.00–185.00	$172.68	$646	-4.04
410–430	427	7	166.00–184.00	$170.19	$727	-16.81
453–490	463	12	170.00–187.00	$181.82	$842	+1.82
505–535	521	5	161.00–176.00	$170.94	$891	—
555–595	570	4	171.00–181.00	$175.24	$999	+14.24
640	640	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,024	+3.50
670	670	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,079	—
715	715	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,144	+10.00
886	886	9	149.00	$149.00	$1,320	+9.00
908–930	914	4	130.00–137.00	$131.78	$1,204	—
1017	1017	6	137.50	$137.50	$1,398	—
1385	1385	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,593	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	173.00	$173.00	$407	—
250–265	258	2	171.00–173.00	$171.97	$444	—
315–340	328	2	160.00–161.00	$160.48	$526	—
406–440	413	5	160.00–161.00	$160.21	$662	+17.75
465	465	1	154.00	$154.00	$716	+17.63
570–595	589	7	137.00–141.00	$139.72	$823	-13.33
615–630	625	3	132.00–140.00	$135.63	$848	-8.53
673	673	3	124.00	$124.00	$835	-22.98
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	-10.00
843–845	844	3	110.00–125.00	$115.01	$971	—
855–875	869	4	122.00–132.00	$128.23	$1,114	—
905	905	2	115.00–129.00	$122.00	$1,104	—
1025	1025	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,179	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
293	293	3	320.00	$320.00	-40.00
375	375	1	310.00	$310.00	—
418	418	2	320.00	$320.00	-51.41
483	483	3	360.00	$360.00	-1.97

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	3	66.00	$66.00	$320	—
520	520	1	55.00	$55.00	$286	-8.00
615–630	623	2	55.00–57.50	$56.27	$351	—
675	675	1	56.50	$56.50	$381	—
900	900	1	68.00	$68.00	$612	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 fancy	215	1	229.00	$229.00	$492	—
255	255	2	176.00	$176.00	$449	—
330	330	1	172.00	$172.00	$568	—
380–390	385	2	164.00	$164.00	$631	-24.00
400–440	420	6	166.00–175.00	$170.57	$716	-8.76
425 fancy	425	1	180.00	$180.00	$765	—
460–495	483	5	161.00–174.00	$168.64	$815	-3.64
505–520	513	2	166.00–168.00	$166.99	$857	+3.98
653	653	22	163.50	$163.50	$1,068	+6.50
774	774	8	146.00	$146.00	$1,130	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	186.00	$186.00	$344	—
235	235	1	172.00	$172.00	$404	—
283–290	285	3	163.00–170.00	$165.37	$471	-2.63
320–335	328	2	165.00–167.00	$165.98	$544	+4.95
415–430	423	2	156.00–161.00	$158.46	$670	—
460–495	480	3	150.00–156.00	$152.25	$731	—
510–525	518	6	147.00–155.00	$153.31	$794	+8.31
563–591	577	9	137.00–147.00	$142.70	$823	-15.30
600	600	2	142.00–150.00	$146.00	$876	-4.29
678	678	6	140.00	$140.00	$949	-4.50
715–735	722	3	137.00–140.00	$138.98	$1,003	—
765	765	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,040	—
820–845	837	3	125.00	$125.00	$1,046	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–288	282	4	143.00–147.00	$145.00	$409	+9.00
310	310	1	136.00	$136.00	$422	+9.00
375–391	387	9	140.00–153.00	$143.99	$557	—
400–425	409	4	141.00–146.00	$143.51	$587	+11.84
465–495	485	3	131.00–136.00	$133.02	$645	-1.98
520–535	528	2	126.00–139.00	$132.59	$700	—
570–595	583	4	123.00–127.00	$125.01	$729	-10.22
720	720	1	121.00	$121.00	$871	+1.03
753–789	778	10	127.50–129.00	$128.56	$1,000	+8.56

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	3	54.00	$54.00	$313	—
605	605	1	44.00	$44.00	$266	-12.00
650–690	670	2	45.00–61.00	$53.24	$357	-26.76
700	700	2	56.00–85.00	$70.50	$494	-14.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255	255	1	310.00	$310.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
380	380	1	400.00	$400.00	+120.49

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–525	518	2	126.00–150.00	$137.83	$714	—
595	595	1	115.00	$115.00	$684	—
660–690	680	3	127.50–132.00	$128.96	$877	—
700–748	726	5	111.00–130.50	$122.71	$891	—
810	810	1	119.00	$119.00	$964	+10.64

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	160.00	$160.00	$560	—
562	562	3	167.00	$167.00	$939	-5.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	104.00	$104.00	$640	—
830	830	1	106.00	$106.00	$880	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–865	758	85-90%	2	59.00–61.50	$60.43	$458	—
610–1125	791	85-90%	6	32.00–64.00	$52.49	$415	—
680–1030	855	85-90%	2	51.00–55.00	$53.41	$457	-15.62
815–1020	918	85-90%	2	73.00–75.00	$73.89	$678	-4.11
810–1265	1005	85-90%	24	63.00–73.00	$68.61	$690	-7.48
965–1120	1039	85-90%	4	70.00–79.00	$74.45	$774	-1.64
830–1385	1042	85-90%	19	70.00–78.50	$74.02	$771	-2.07

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1390	1053	80-85%	6	80.00–87.00	$83.90	$883	—
83–1448	1162	80-85%	28	80.00–88.00	$83.03	$965	—
1345	1345	80-85%	3	77.50	$77.50	$1,042	—
1370	1370	80-85%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,069	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1523–1645	1564	75-80%	3	82.50–84.00	$83.47	$1,305	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1755	1221	9	77.00–89.00	$84.01	$1,026	—
1260–1680	1483	8	90.00–100.00	$95.83	$1,421	-10.76
1850	1850	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,906	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
875–1000	938	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	810.00–985.00	$897.50

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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
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
855–1135	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,185.00	$1,140.00	—
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+50.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.