Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 18, 2022

1,665 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $164.08/cwt -5.69 vs last sale · ≈ $853/hd at 520 lb · 63 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $196.07/cwt +7.15 vs last sale · ≈ $924/hd at 471 lb · 61 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $206.18/cwt -22.90 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 326 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,665	1,750	1,775
Feeder cattle	1,393	1,306	1,277
Slaughter cattle	201	338	353
Replacement cattle	71	106	145

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 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
200–248	232	6	212.00–214.00	$213.43	$495	—
260–280	267	5	211.00–215.00	$212.37	$567	+1.37
306–325 value added	310	10	217.00–220.00	$218.22	$676	-14.02
308–343	329	50	200.00–212.00	$203.77	$670	-9.48
350–398	375	21	197.00–206.00	$199.20	$747	-13.47
374–398 value added	377	17	218.00	$218.00	$822	-9.08
422–435 value added	425	8	199.00–223.00	$209.10	$889	—
400–447	426	31	186.50–201.00	$194.42	$828	+6.36
452–476 value added	463	18	200.00–209.00	$202.22	$936	—
452–494	470	34	188.00–200.00	$195.35	$918	+6.43
475–494 unweaned	491	9	183.00–187.00	$186.46	$916	—
505–515 value added	510	4	192.00–194.00	$192.50	$982	-1.50
500–547	523	34	178.00–190.00	$183.39	$959	+3.88
565–570	568	2	173.00–178.00	$175.49	$997	+2.88
610–632	627	5	160.00–161.00	$160.80	$1,008	-2.32
670 value added	670	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,159	—
663–698	686	34	159.50–172.00	$162.85	$1,117	+3.89
703–745	711	5	168.00–169.00	$168.79	$1,200	+10.57
750–785	768	2	168.00–169.00	$168.51	$1,294	+18.51
813–820	818	8	156.00–165.00	$158.24	$1,294	—
1035	1035	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,449	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	222	5	187.00–200.00	$194.11	$431	-33.89
250–295 unweaned	269	7	174.00–185.00	$182.76	$492	+7.76
254–295	270	10	187.00–200.00	$195.88	$529	-6.09
310–340	332	7	184.00–197.50	$192.08	$638	-2.85
315–347 unweaned	334	9	180.00	$180.00	$601	—
355–370 unweaned	360	3	167.00–170.00	$169.01	$608	—
350–388	370	11	175.00–191.00	$184.52	$683	+2.50
400–415 unweaned	408	2	170.00–172.00	$171.02	$698	+0.05
412–441	424	32	179.00–190.00	$184.15	$781	+3.21
450–490 value added	470	2	188.00–192.00	$189.91	$893	—
465–480	473	7	170.00–184.00	$177.70	$841	-0.42
455–492 unweaned	487	16	160.00–165.00	$160.58	$782	-7.44
510–545	527	19	160.00–177.00	$170.40	$898	+3.82
550–597	585	52	155.00–180.00	$162.66	$952	+1.64
623–638	630	13	155.00–167.50	$160.96	$1,014	+1.15
656–690	666	17	150.00–159.00	$153.38	$1,022	+1.38
713–735	719	19	150.00–160.00	$153.52	$1,104	+2.20
758–765	760	3	140.00–148.00	$145.32	$1,104	+0.02
800–836	826	9	135.00–142.50	$139.77	$1,155	+6.60
857–895	874	7	138.00–146.50	$142.01	$1,241	+3.65
915	915	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,199	-6.33
1085	1085	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,345	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	3	150.00–162.50	$154.17	$455	—
315–340	328	2	150.00–158.00	$153.85	$505	—
341 unweaned	341	9	158.00	$158.00	$539	—
350–375	358	4	150.00–165.00	$156.38	$560	+4.18
420–440	430	2	150.00–154.00	$151.95	$653	+11.18
455–490	476	13	140.00–157.00	$150.07	$714	-3.72
500–525	517	7	137.00–150.00	$144.40	$747	-7.98
550–595	573	17	128.00–160.00	$145.86	$836	-1.62
628–638	632	8	136.00–147.00	$142.72	$902	-1.41
651–695	667	12	135.00–155.00	$145.90	$973	+10.28
700–721	718	7	125.00–140.00	$137.91	$990	+4.91
755–764	763	6	125.00–132.00	$126.16	$963	—
910	910	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,138	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525 unweaned	525	1	40.00	$40.00	$210	—
580–583	583	16	41.00–47.50	$47.10	$275	-2.90
610	610	1	46.00	$46.00	$281	—
720–730	725	2	40.00–58.00	$48.94	$355	-22.94
790	790	1	54.00	$54.00	$427	-0.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140 unweaned	140	1	200.00	$200.00	-67.36
150 unweaned	150	1	275.00	$275.00	—
185	185	1	340.00	$340.00	—
210–220 unweaned	218	5	200.00–340.00	$226.97	-103.03

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365–390	378	2	200.00–210.00	$204.83	—
462	462	3	225.00	$225.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	6	175.00–180.00	$175.83	$501	-6.25
325–327	327	16	171.00–173.00	$172.88	$565	+7.98
356–372 value added	362	14	180.00–187.00	$184.43	$668	—
355–395	373	14	160.00–177.00	$163.93	$611	-7.73
400–448	425	23	160.00–171.00	$164.71	$700	-4.46
405–443 value added	433	8	181.00–189.00	$186.25	$806	+9.25
453–485	475	25	157.00–166.00	$160.10	$760	-7.22
500–540	519	49	155.00–166.00	$160.39	$832	+2.82
514–533 value added	522	14	170.00–186.00	$177.00	$924	+5.91
605 value added	605	1	154.00	$154.00	$932	—
605–615	610	16	146.00–150.50	$147.12	$897	—
658	658	9	148.00	$148.00	$974	+2.75
733	733	2	142.50	$142.50	$1,045	—
818	818	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,112	—
889 value added	889	11	140.50	$140.50	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	217	3	152.00–170.00	$163.22	$354	—
268	268	2	171.00	$171.00	$458	+6.00
365–380	370	23	152.00–160.00	$156.22	$578	-1.10
378 unweaned	378	2	150.00	$150.00	$567	—
405–438	425	14	145.00–155.00	$151.57	$644	-0.91
455–495	486	24	144.00–158.00	$154.94	$753	-1.18
505–543	532	20	145.00–157.00	$152.85	$813	+3.12
550–582	574	12	141.00–155.00	$149.17	$856	+0.38
600–640	621	29	134.00–150.00	$140.57	$873	+4.43
650–685	664	6	130.00–146.00	$137.36	$912	+1.71
713–730	718	17	130.00–138.00	$134.84	$968	+1.12
785–792	791	6	133.00–138.00	$133.83	$1,059	+8.83
800–835	818	2	129.00–130.00	$129.51	$1,059	-0.70
856	856	7	125.00	$125.00	$1,070	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–288	273	4	136.00–152.00	$141.32	$386	-6.20
334–345	336	6	140.00–155.00	$152.43	$512	+21.20
353–398	376	10	130.00–150.00	$138.07	$519	-3.08
415–445	426	5	130.00–145.00	$139.01	$592	+4.07
455–468	464	4	130.00–140.00	$134.22	$623	-4.86
510–545	523	4	137.00–145.00	$139.94	$732	+3.07
573–580	575	4	130.00–135.00	$133.74	$769	+6.04
600–645	623	2	121.00–132.00	$126.70	$789	+0.29
655	655	1	131.00	$131.00	$858	+6.00
740–745	743	3	130.00–135.00	$132.67	$986	—
793	793	1	120.00	$120.00	$952	—
830	830	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,104	+10.00
944	944	9	105.00	$105.00	$991	-15.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
658	658	3	110.00	$110.00	$724	—
750–780	762	5	90.00–115.00	$104.76	$798	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155–165 unweaned	162	3	270.00–275.00	$273.30	+23.30
188	188	2	200.00	$200.00	-35.00
240–245 unweaned	243	2	300.00–310.00	$304.95	—
275	275	1	335.00	$335.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	35.00	$35.00	$150	—
525–540	533	2	41.00–44.00	$42.52	$227	+8.52
655	655	1	70.00	$70.00	$458	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	1	200.00	$200.00	—
235	235	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
270 unweaned	270	2	160.00	$160.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	2	130.00	$130.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	160.00	$160.00	$496	—
405 unweaned	405	1	163.00	$163.00	$660	—
465	465	1	122.50	$122.50	$570	-5.50
555–565	559	4	130.00–164.00	$150.20	$840	—
645	645	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—
705	705	5	135.00	$135.00	$952	—
835	835	1	109.00	$109.00	$910	—
875	875	1	106.00	$106.00	$928	-5.33
975	975	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,014	+9.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	66.00	$66.00	$475	—
750	750	1	44.00	$44.00	$330	—
930	930	1	55.00	$55.00	$512	-5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110 unweaned	110	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1025	1025	1	80.00	$80.00	$820	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545–1130	864	85-90%	9	23.00–42.00	$35.29	$305	—
781–1180	870	85-90%	7	46.00–56.00	$48.52	$422	—
805–925	870	85-90%	6	35.00–45.00	$40.72	$354	—
770–1275	961	85-90%	24	45.00–56.50	$50.72	$487	—
735–1102	996	85-90%	10	42.00–64.00	$58.77	$585	—
875–1400	1113	85-90%	25	57.50–64.50	$61.30	$682	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980–1700	1253	80-85%	44	64.50–73.00	$68.34	$856	—
1080–1535	1271	80-85%	11	64.00–72.00	$70.00	$890	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1665–1845	1727	75-80%	3	67.00–68.50	$67.70	$1,169	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–1705	1203	6	69.00–83.00	$74.56	$897	—
1385–1980	1600	13	69.00–81.00	$75.73	$1,212	—
1520–1995	1767	18	84.00–93.00	$88.59	$1,565	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895–950	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,020.00–1,040.00	$1,030.00
998	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
1000–1130	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50
1275	1275	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1535	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–785	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	350.00–400.00	$375.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	775.00	$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
925–1170	1056	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	800.00–1,060.00	$897.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835–1105	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–725.00	$662.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00	—

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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.