Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 4, 2022

997 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $162.02/cwt -2.16 vs last sale · ≈ $705/hd at 435 lb · 69 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $185.20/cwt -5.49 vs last sale · ≈ $889/hd at 480 lb · 60 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.48/cwt -5.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,019/hd at 620 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	997	1,368	1,832
Feeder cattle	722	902	1,339
Slaughter cattle	190	380	325
Replacement cattle	85	86	168

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold mostly steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers also sold steady on comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00 4.00 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
265–290	276	5	200.00–222.50	$215.46	$595	-1.20
300–345	317	14	197.00–222.50	$213.75	$678	+7.06
350–395	379	16	190.00–207.00	$198.35	$752	-0.36
360–395 value added	383	3	210.00	$210.00	$804	—
405 fancy	405	3	217.50	$217.50	$881	—
403–445	422	34	184.00–200.00	$192.18	$811	+0.66
450–495	480	60	182.00–197.50	$185.20	$889	-4.98
500–540	514	24	172.50–190.00	$180.02	$925	+3.11
534 value added	534	7	193.00	$193.00	$1,031	—
560 fancy	560	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,036	—
550–590	575	19	164.00–175.00	$167.81	$965	-3.30
615 value added	615	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,353	—
600–628	620	37	160.00–170.00	$161.48	$1,001	-8.52
655	655	3	155.00	$155.00	$1,015	—
708–718	711	8	155.00	$155.00	$1,102	—
813	813	2	157.50	$157.50	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–290	288	2	180.00–197.00	$188.43	$543	+0.95
315	315	2	170.00–180.00	$175.00	$551	-0.62
415–440	432	3	165.00–171.00	$167.60	$724	-2.78
450–480	475	9	175.00–180.00	$176.65	$839	+5.79
500–545	529	7	155.00–172.00	$162.15	$858	+2.21
570–585	580	5	160.00–164.00	$162.10	$940	+4.19
605–630	615	9	145.00–159.00	$152.59	$938	-0.55
655–699	674	14	146.00–157.00	$151.85	$1,023	+2.83
725–748	742	10	136.00–149.00	$145.30	$1,078	+4.51
750	750	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,028	-0.74
818–835	824	3	137.00–140.00	$138.99	$1,145	+0.69
858–870	860	7	138.00–151.00	$139.88	$1,203	—
915–925	922	3	125.00–140.00	$130.69	$1,205	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	160.00	$160.00	$496	+18.00
410	410	1	155.00	$155.00	$636	+5.43
450–485	468	2	140.00–160.00	$150.37	$704	-1.65
513	513	2	147.00	$147.00	$754	-0.19
585–590	588	5	135.00–150.00	$145.02	$853	+0.02
610	610	1	140.00	$140.00	$854	-1.35
670–685	677	3	141.00–154.00	$146.64	$993	+14.52
700–715	708	2	148.00	$148.00	$1,048	+16.76

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
370–390	380	2	275.00–285.00	$280.13	+62.74
435–445	440	2	200.00–250.00	$225.28	—
503–515	505	6	250.00–370.00	$349.60	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	375.00	$375.00	+75.00
210	210	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235	228	2	170.00	$170.00	$388	—
308–345	334	20	160.00–169.00	$164.16	$548	-2.71
358–396	375	13	160.00–170.00	$165.93	$622	-3.65
410–440	435	69	157.50–168.00	$162.02	$705	-2.16
450–497	486	27	157.00–168.00	$165.90	$806	+5.90
530–542	539	8	165.00–166.00	$165.75	$893	+11.27
580	580	5	158.00	$158.00	$916	+2.76
785	785	7	139.00	$139.00	$1,091	—
840	840	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,151	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	164.00	$164.00	$312	—
250–285	261	4	150.00–165.00	$153.66	$401	-3.72
365	365	1	157.50	$157.50	$575	+3.37
400–425	415	10	142.50–157.00	$150.76	$626	+3.91
450–495	482	14	142.50–156.00	$150.01	$723	+0.70
500–540	523	9	140.00–152.00	$146.85	$768	-0.35
550–598	581	14	141.00–155.00	$144.26	$838	+0.95
600–645	627	6	132.00–143.50	$136.74	$857	-3.56
653–688	670	9	132.00–136.00	$134.89	$904	-1.17
700–740	719	7	125.00–135.00	$131.02	$942	+0.35
750–763	759	6	120.00–127.00	$124.69	$946	-10.31
845	845	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,014	-8.00
870	870	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,044	-3.50
900	900	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,080	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	145.00	$145.00	$428	+0.94
355–370	362	5	140.00	$140.00	$507	+11.00
415	415	1	140.00	$140.00	$581	+20.00
465–485	475	2	122.50–132.50	$127.61	$606	-0.31
505–545	525	2	120.00–124.00	$121.92	$640	-10.05
570–590	577	10	120.00–135.00	$131.27	$757	+5.24
600–630	611	6	120.00–130.00	$126.38	$772	+2.38
660	660	1	120.00	$120.00	$792	-8.14
735	735	1	119.00	$119.00	$875	-1.32
805	805	1	110.00	$110.00	$886	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165–180	173	2	325.00–375.00	$351.09	+26.09

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
330	330	1	285.00	$285.00	—
390	390	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	130.00	$130.00	$793	+18.00
710–745	728	2	94.00–100.00	$96.93	$706	-12.41
750–785	768	2	105.00–108.00	$106.53	$818	-0.24
925–930	928	2	91.00–100.00	$95.49	$886	+1.49
1075	1075	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,064	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	116.00	$116.00	$493	+16.00
460	460	1	100.00	$100.00	$460	—
965	965	1	97.00	$97.00	$936	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–975	838	85-90%	3	37.00–40.00	$38.70	$324	-2.30
625–1290	981	85-90%	13	47.00–60.00	$53.02	$520	+6.65
835–1230	1001	85-90%	7	58.00–65.00	$60.93	$610	+9.58
925–1155	1010	85-90%	7	39.00–47.00	$42.71	$431	-8.64
780–1330	1030	85-90%	47	45.00–56.50	$51.99	$535	-3.48
845–1425	1089	85-90%	25	40.00–50.00	$44.39	$483	-18.79
905–1515	1165	85-90%	59	56.50–64.50	$59.73	$696	-3.22

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1330	1105	80-85%	10	60.00–77.00	$67.99	$751	—
1050–1780	1393	80-85%	16	64.00–71.00	$67.64	$942	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1850	1514	15	70.00–81.00	$77.29	$1,170	-0.46
1010–1985	1604	8	83.00–85.00	$83.85	$1,345	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
910–1180	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–900.00	$850.00
890–1330	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00–975.00	$925.00
1385	1385	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00

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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
1037–1055	1042	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,125.00	—
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
1405	1405	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,440.00	$1,440.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1070–1135	1103	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,340.00	$1,320.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,040.00	$1,040.00	—

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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.