Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 14, 2022

795 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $177.18/cwt +8.79 vs last sale · ≈ $820/hd at 463 lb · 50 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $172.54/cwt +8.54 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 528 lb · 35 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.35/cwt +8.84 vs last sale · ≈ $703/hd at 433 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	795	464	1,497
Feeder cattle	595	289	1,042
Slaughter cattle	166	146	365
Replacement cattle	34	29	90

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steers and heifer calves sold 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Trade and demand active.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
224–245	233	10	195.00–205.00	$198.36	$462	—
250 value added	250	1	211.00	$211.00	$528	—
255–285	268	3	186.00–202.00	$194.63	$522	—
305–349	334	19	196.00–208.00	$200.86	$671	+20.79
350 value added	350	2	209.00	$209.00	$732	—
355–395	367	17	182.00–201.00	$190.20	$698	+13.44
415–447	428	18	173.00–186.00	$182.69	$782	+16.27
450 value added	450	12	189.00	$189.00	$850	—
450–495	467	38	169.00–187.00	$173.45	$810	+5.06
505–531	523	19	165.00–170.50	$168.40	$881	+4.40
530–540 value added	533	16	170.00–180.00	$177.46	$946	—
550–588	570	11	161.00–166.50	$165.34	$942	—
680	680	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,088	—
735	735	6	145.00	$145.00	$1,066	-1.00
898	898	2	140.50	$140.50	$1,262	—
1015	1015	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,228	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	3	175.00–180.00	$177.39	$404	—
270–283	279	3	170.00–175.00	$173.39	$484	-4.61
345	345	1	163.00	$163.00	$562	-2.00
380–395	390	5	160.00–179.00	$167.93	$655	+13.13
425–445	435	5	160.00–171.00	$164.35	$715	+12.25
450–495	474	14	155.00–169.00	$165.19	$783	+12.27
560–570	565	14	156.00–162.00	$158.65	$896	+12.04
600–632	625	10	145.00–158.00	$153.72	$961	+7.42
650–665	656	22	143.00–155.00	$146.26	$959	+4.30
700–735	712	8	135.00–151.00	$139.24	$991	+8.24
766–782	773	7	137.50–140.00	$138.92	$1,074	+2.51
810–830	826	5	141.00–145.00	$144.22	$1,191	+3.72
950–975	963	2	128.00–139.00	$133.43	$1,285	+10.43
1080	1080	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,382	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	147.00	$147.00	$301	—
330	330	1	151.00	$151.00	$498	+11.00
355–390	373	2	136.00–140.00	$138.09	$515	—
425–430	427	3	135.00–140.00	$138.32	$591	—
485–495	490	2	143.00–148.00	$145.53	$713	+20.53
545	545	1	150.00	$150.00	$818	+14.34
570–585	578	2	152.00–158.00	$154.96	$896	+19.96
605	605	1	134.00	$134.00	$811	+4.25
660	660	1	130.00	$130.00	$858	+10.00
730	730	1	127.00	$127.00	$927	—
750–795	773	2	128.00–139.00	$133.34	$1,031	+3.34
905–930	918	2	129.00–133.00	$131.03	$1,203	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
547	547	3	59.00	$59.00	$323	+10.84
695	695	1	54.50	$54.50	$379	—
700–705	703	2	55.00–56.50	$55.75	$392	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140–145	143	3	300.00–350.00	$316.86	+91.86
195	195	1	400.00	$400.00	—
200	200	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
565	565	1	275.00	$275.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	215	4	161.00–177.00	$172.13	$370	—
263 value added	263	4	186.00	$186.00	$489	—
255–290	275	4	160.00–173.00	$165.30	$455	—
310–333	325	4	165.00–173.00	$169.05	$549	+2.05
360–380	372	4	160.00–163.00	$162.27	$604	+1.25
408–444	433	24	157.00–166.00	$162.35	$703	+8.84
488–490	488	7	152.00–165.00	$163.14	$796	+11.76
500–528	519	6	146.00–150.00	$148.71	$772	—
565–595	586	9	141.00–150.00	$147.25	$863	—
632–634	634	5	145.50–154.00	$147.20	$933	—
660	660	1	140.00	$140.00	$924	—
703–725	710	3	141.00–149.00	$146.28	$1,039	—
755	755	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,027	—
837	837	3	140.00	$140.00	$1,172	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–380	367	6	150.00–161.00	$152.63	$560	+11.62
420–425	424	6	140.00–148.00	$146.68	$622	—
450–480	469	4	141.00–150.00	$145.24	$681	+9.91
500–525	517	3	145.00–147.00	$145.81	$754	+10.58
565–585	573	5	135.00–148.00	$143.15	$820	+10.14
600–645	618	9	134.00–147.00	$136.75	$845	+1.75
655–688	680	6	128.50–142.00	$131.24	$892	-0.98
710–715	712	6	128.00–140.00	$130.67	$930	-5.55
765–780	773	2	121.00–128.00	$124.47	$962	-8.52
810–820	813	3	130.00–134.00	$131.66	$1,070	+1.66
855–860	858	2	125.00–136.00	$130.48	$1,120	-0.52
900	900	2	130.00–132.00	$131.00	$1,179	+18.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	138.00	$138.00	$377	—
375	375	1	122.50	$122.50	$459	-7.47
410–445	428	2	121.00–125.00	$123.08	$527	-7.42
460	460	1	130.00	$130.00	$598	+7.50
500–535	516	7	121.00–135.00	$128.25	$662	+6.41
605–645	632	3	120.00–133.00	$124.42	$786	-3.58
655–670	660	4	120.00–125.00	$123.73	$817	+5.33
730–735	732	3	110.00–120.00	$113.35	$830	-5.16

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–540	513	3	40.00–47.00	$44.55	$229	—
585–591	590	5	40.00–81.00	$48.13	$284	—
660	660	3	41.00	$41.00	$271	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220	220	1	250.00	$250.00	±0.00
355–395	370	3	185.00–225.00	$210.43	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	350.00	$350.00	—
170	170	1	235.00	$235.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	145.00	$145.00	$486	—
385–388	387	3	141.00–147.00	$145.01	$561	—
445	445	1	129.00	$129.00	$574	+4.00
510–540	525	6	125.00–142.00	$132.89	$698	—
572	572	3	146.00	$146.00	$835	—
625–633	630	7	115.00–135.00	$121.73	$767	+1.73
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	-9.19
770	770	1	107.00	$107.00	$824	—
845	845	1	100.00	$100.00	$845	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	185.00	$185.00	$574	—
410	410	2	178.00	$178.00	$730	—
470	470	1	146.00	$146.00	$686	—
500	500	1	152.00	$152.00	$760	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	53.00	$53.00	$326	—
725	725	2	60.00	$60.00	$435	—
850	850	1	40.00	$40.00	$340	—
1030	1030	1	50.00	$50.00	$515	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695–925	756	85-90%	7	24.00–52.00	$38.82	$293	-17.18
675–975	838	85-90%	3	32.50–35.00	$33.34	$279	-2.65
770–1095	926	85-90%	5	39.50–50.00	$44.46	$412	—
835–1185	945	85-90%	6	53.50–68.50	$63.84	$603	—
800–1340	995	85-90%	14	50.00–60.00	$56.41	$561	—
780–1250	1015	85-90%	2	60.00–63.50	$62.16	$631	—
845–1365	1128	85-90%	68	61.00–67.50	$63.95	$721	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110	1110	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$777	—
1000–1465	1321	80-85%	32	67.00–76.00	$70.37	$930	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1780	1554	7	71.00–83.00	$79.85	$1,241	—
1395–1790	1646	5	87.00–94.00	$89.74	$1,477	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–880	803	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	850.00	$850.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1085	1085	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00
930–1440	1223	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–975.00	$883.33
1425	1425	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590	590	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
625	625	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570	570	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	470.00	$470.00	—

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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.