Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 30, 2022

994 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $170.42/cwt -33.52 vs last sale · ≈ $668/hd at 392 lb · 43 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $160.50/cwt -36.98 vs last sale · ≈ $743/hd at 463 lb · 36 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $158.73/cwt -11.46 vs last sale · ≈ $671/hd at 423 lb · 26 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	994	573	946
Feeder cattle	713	412	596
Slaughter cattle	224	117	247
Replacement cattle	57	44	103

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparison on any class due to no reported sale last week. But a low trend was noted. Trade good demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	222.00	$222.00	$488	-20.00
285–290	288	2	192.00–210.00	$200.92	$579	-20.81
310–345	326	14	176.00–185.00	$178.68	$582	-36.63
355–395	392	43	169.50–190.00	$170.42	$668	-33.52
430	430	11	170.50	$170.50	$733	-28.03
463	463	36	160.50	$160.50	$743	-36.98
571 value added	571	8	151.00	$151.00	$862	—
629 value added	629	7	145.00	$145.00	$912	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	187.00	$187.00	$449	-24.48
255–293	278	12	160.00–182.00	$177.12	$492	—
355–375	363	3	148.00–166.00	$158.82	$577	-13.86
405–442	423	26	150.00–163.00	$158.73	$671	-11.46
450–495	482	5	150.00–165.00	$156.81	$756	-25.01
492 unweaned	492	3	159.00	$159.00	$782	—
505–545	530	15	146.00–158.00	$150.75	$799	-20.19
570	570	1	149.00	$149.00	$849	-26.24
602–632	620	18	142.00–156.00	$146.54	$909	-13.46
650–680	665	2	140.00–149.00	$144.40	$960	-16.60
805–825	815	2	124.00–146.00	$135.13	$1,101	—
865	865	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,237	-6.00
915	915	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,263	+6.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325–343	335	6	145.00–157.00	$149.39	$500	-11.09
360	360	2	151.00	$151.00	$544	—
402–440	420	16	135.00–150.00	$144.05	$605	-16.16
450–490	469	7	129.00–150.00	$138.42	$649	-15.58
523–545	534	7	125.00–150.00	$140.87	$752	—
575–585	580	4	125.00–141.00	$133.53	$774	-6.19
605–637	617	13	120.00–140.00	$130.70	$806	-4.93
650–695	664	6	124.50–135.00	$126.41	$839	+2.41
700–728	710	11	120.00–131.00	$124.67	$885	-0.33
755–790	773	4	114.00–126.00	$118.68	$917	—
800–815	808	2	106.00–115.00	$110.46	$893	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	77.00	$77.00	$281	—
400–445	423	2	46.00–58.00	$52.32	$221	—
487–495	490	5	50.00–51.00	$50.60	$248	-15.40
525	525	1	51.00	$51.00	$268	-4.00
553–585	561	4	53.00–54.00	$53.74	$301	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
370	370	1	300.00	$300.00	-10.00
455	455	1	275.00	$275.00	-85.00
565	565	1	320.00	$320.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220–245	233	2	300.00–310.00	$304.73	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260	258	2	154.00–155.00	$154.50	$399	-10.87
318–343	328	12	145.00–150.00	$148.47	$487	-17.51
380–390	385	5	140.00–150.00	$145.04	$558	—
405–438	427	24	137.00–149.00	$140.51	$600	-17.95
454–490	461	10	135.00–151.00	$138.26	$637	-13.99
515–547	536	18	134.00–151.00	$139.26	$746	-14.05
550–595	564	8	133.00–141.00	$138.70	$782	-4.00
615–620	618	2	129.00–131.00	$130.00	$803	-16.00
650–678	661	5	125.00–130.00	$126.77	$838	-13.23
700–739	727	7	120.00–133.00	$128.31	$933	-10.67
750–785	771	5	125.00–137.00	$131.08	$1,011	-4.92
825	825	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,006	-3.00
890	890	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,077	—
938	938	2	100.00	$100.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	2	145.00–147.00	$146.00	$350	—
295	295	1	140.00	$140.00	$413	-5.00
300–331	327	9	132.00–140.00	$138.00	$451	+2.00
350–365	355	5	123.00–125.00	$124.61	$442	-19.38
413–445	422	12	120.00–135.00	$129.54	$547	-13.97
450–495	474	8	125.00–135.00	$128.74	$610	-4.28
503–535	518	8	115.00–130.00	$119.99	$622	-12.60
570–595	585	4	115.00–130.00	$121.44	$710	-3.57
610–630	621	6	112.00–127.00	$120.95	$751	—
665–670	668	3	110.00–121.00	$117.32	$784	—
715–748	735	7	114.00–127.00	$117.28	$862	-3.72
775	775	1	105.00	$105.00	$814	-23.56
820	820	1	115.00	$115.00	$943	—
875	875	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,050	—
1020	1020	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,020	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	3	170.00	$170.00	$332	—
220	220	2	160.00	$160.00	$352	—
260–294	280	10	160.00–168.00	$165.02	$462	-10.98
300–326	316	12	158.00–164.00	$160.23	$506	-11.77
365–383	377	6	150.00–160.00	$153.23	$578	-10.77
547	547	10	146.00	$146.00	$799	-20.99
620	620	1	136.00	$136.00	$843	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195	195	1	375.00	$375.00	—
200	200	1	400.00	$400.00	—
305	305	1	325.00	$325.00	—
350	350	1	375.00	$375.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	51.00	$51.00	$224	—
545	545	1	30.00	$30.00	$164	—
645	645	1	45.00	$45.00	$290	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
455	455	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
420	420	1	137.00	$137.00	$575	—
630–640	633	4	95.00–103.00	$97.02	$614	—
755	755	1	93.00	$93.00	$702	—
1300	1300	1	75.00	$75.00	$975	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	100.00	$100.00	$450	—
555	555	1	96.00	$96.00	$533	—
795	795	1	92.00	$92.00	$731	—
840	840	1	89.00	$89.00	$748	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–870	804	85-90%	4	45.00–50.00	$46.49	$374	—
725–920	823	85-90%	2	55.00–65.00	$60.59	$499	—
805–890	862	85-90%	3	48.00–54.00	$50.69	$437	-2.72
843–1215	972	85-90%	17	50.00–60.00	$56.78	$552	—
830–1335	1002	85-90%	9	67.00–77.00	$73.00	$731	+4.39
830–1210	1061	85-90%	25	57.00–66.00	$62.71	$665	—
935–1390	1156	85-90%	85	64.00–73.50	$68.81	$795	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1185	988	80-85%	9	74.00–84.00	$79.84	$789	—
1015–1520	1229	80-85%	50	73.00–84.00	$75.31	$926	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1365–1560	1465	75-80%	5	68.00–75.00	$72.50	$1,062	—
1520	1520	75-80%	1	69.00	$69.00	$1,049	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
960–1125	1037	3	80.00–97.00	$85.25	$884	—
1015–1645	1298	9	59.50–87.00	$77.38	$1,004	—
1345–2025	1660	14	88.00–100.00	$95.62	$1,587	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00
1160–1200	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1155–1207	1194	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	975.00	$975.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
1000–1133	1089	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,075.00–1,100.00	$1,091.67	—
1245–1345	1295	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,150.00	$1,112.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175–1495	1388	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,475.00	$1,416.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.