Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 16, 2022

1,331 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $204.22/cwt +18.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,050/hd at 514 lb · 80 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $237.99/cwt +46.20 vs last sale · ≈ $988/hd at 415 lb · 77 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.05/cwt +62.30 vs last sale · ≈ $872/hd at 369 lb · 63 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	1,331	810
Feeder cattle	1,000	573
Slaughter cattle	260	147
Replacement cattle	71	90

Market comments — USDA reporter

Special Note:* This will be the last of the year. The next sale will be January 6. Compared to last week Feeder steers and heifer calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 20.00-23.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade active demand very good>

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235 unweaned	223	2	195.00–222.00	$209.26	$467	—
295	295	1	197.00	$197.00	$581	-13.00
320 unweaned	320	2	222.00	$222.00	$710	—
305–342	328	8	210.00–235.00	$224.35	$736	+28.21
343–346 value added	345	36	243.00–252.00	$249.82	$862	—
355–395 value added	366	28	232.00–250.00	$248.92	$911	—
370–395	377	6	207.00–220.00	$211.41	$797	+16.63
400–435	415	20	220.00–243.00	$229.45	$952	+39.53
414–423 value added	415	57	235.00–255.00	$240.99	$1,000	+36.99
453–495	462	37	202.00–230.00	$215.04	$993	+28.22
500–519 value added	514	71	200.00–216.00	$204.08	$1,049	—
500–530	516	9	190.00–215.00	$205.34	$1,060	+19.98
550–595	582	9	185.00–200.00	$191.08	$1,112	+11.85
610	610	2	190.00–195.00	$192.50	$1,174	+25.00
704–740	717	19	165.00–167.00	$166.14	$1,191	—
850	850	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,402	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 value added	270	16	228.00	$228.00	$616	—
250–295	274	5	190.00–205.00	$198.67	$544	+9.32
330 unweaned	330	1	191.00	$191.00	$630	—
320–345	337	3	182.00–200.00	$188.15	$634	+4.25
370–390	382	3	186.00–190.00	$187.69	$717	+2.93
410–425	415	4	190.00–215.00	$200.09	$830	+30.09
454	454	1	170.00	$170.00	$772	+2.82
490–492	492	8	178.00–195.00	$186.88	$919	+19.70
500–546	522	14	175.00–198.00	$185.95	$971	+13.62
555–590	570	12	167.00–182.50	$175.98	$1,003	+12.95
603–640	610	31	162.00–178.00	$167.99	$1,025	+5.56
650–695	672	21	152.00–168.00	$163.29	$1,097	+9.31
700–725	711	15	161.00–169.00	$163.60	$1,163	+9.75
780	780	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170	-8.00
805	805	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,224	+9.00
885–888	887	5	138.00–151.00	$146.61	$1,300	—
920	920	2	130.00–145.00	$137.50	$1,265	+11.00
960	960	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,411	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	160.00	$160.00	$416	+2.50
320–345	332	3	160.00–175.00	$167.42	$556	—
355–370	363	2	150.00–165.00	$157.34	$571	-11.66
430–435	433	2	143.00–145.00	$144.01	$624	-3.85
475–495	485	3	160.00–163.00	$161.02	$781	+16.26
535–545	540	2	150.00–166.00	$157.93	$853	+10.59
555–595	578	5	145.00–155.00	$150.93	$872	+5.46
635–645	640	3	143.00–156.00	$150.69	$964	+5.60
650–690	665	3	141.00–158.00	$150.49	$1,001	+12.11
700–715	708	3	141.00–154.00	$147.65	$1,045	+11.83
758–790	763	6	133.00–146.00	$143.76	$1,097	+4.85
815	815	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,182	+16.99
870	870	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,192	+10.47

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
225	225	1	200.00	$200.00	—
280	280	1	130.00	$130.00	—
405	405	1	175.00	$175.00	—
500	500	1	150.00	$150.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	225.00	$225.00	—
195	195	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	100.00	$100.00	$415	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	3	200.00	$200.00	$480	+28.00
254–277 value added	260	25	207.50–229.00	$223.49	$581	—
275–295	285	4	200.00	$200.00	$570	—
320 unweaned	320	1	189.00	$189.00	$605	—
310–345 value added	328	4	213.00–231.00	$225.16	$739	+47.24
325–335	331	15	190.00–208.00	$204.90	$678	+32.63
368 value added	368	55	242.00	$242.00	$891	—
355–392	378	8	187.00–201.00	$195.17	$738	+21.42
400–440	415	4	167.50–185.00	$176.66	$733	+1.79
415–435 value added	418	53	192.00–216.00	$200.47	$838	—
455–485	462	24	168.50–190.00	$176.31	$815	+6.36
450–495 value added	473	2	193.00–210.00	$201.10	$951	—
503–540	511	47	170.00–182.50	$177.21	$906	+12.20
570 value added	570	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,026	—
565–595	582	3	160.00–177.50	$167.37	$974	+5.91
600	600	1	150.00	$150.00	$900	-2.65
686	686	9	151.00	$151.00	$1,036	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–245	226	15	160.00–172.50	$163.04	$368	—
253–296	279	7	177.50–195.00	$189.26	$528	+21.66
280 value added	280	1	185.00	$185.00	$518	—
310	310	2	170.00–180.00	$175.00	$542	+18.51
350–395	379	10	160.00–170.00	$166.43	$631	+5.43
380 value added	380	1	182.50	$182.50	$694	—
440–445	443	2	165.00–168.00	$166.51	$738	+14.01
460	460	4	150.00	$150.00	$690	-5.16
505–545	525	2	160.00–172.00	$165.77	$870	+15.91
550–595	575	8	152.00–163.00	$157.35	$905	+12.15
615–649	633	13	140.00–148.00	$146.48	$927	+6.61
653–685	664	3	137.00–141.00	$139.62	$927	+0.62
845	845	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,098	-7.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	150.00	$150.00	$345	-10.00
265	265	1	150.00	$150.00	$398	-2.89
370	370	1	160.00	$160.00	$592	+22.00
405–430	414	6	141.00–152.50	$144.62	$599	+9.21
490	490	1	137.00	$137.00	$671	+8.00
500–510	505	2	130.00–140.00	$134.95	$681	—
550–580	565	3	129.00–151.00	$136.66	$772	+6.08
610–635	623	2	135.00–141.00	$137.94	$859	+14.62
650–660	655	2	133.00–134.00	$133.50	$874	-1.50
745	745	1	130.00	$130.00	$968	—
776–790	778	8	120.00–127.00	$120.89	$941	—
823	823	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,095	—
875	875	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,050	+9.00
920	920	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,113	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	42.00	$42.00	$206	-5.50
530	530	1	23.00	$23.00	$122	—
620	620	1	30.00	$30.00	$186	—
770	770	1	35.00	$35.00	$270	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
280	280	1	275.00	$275.00	—
380	380	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
425–440	433	2	140.00–310.00	$223.53	+113.53

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	157.50	$157.50	$693	—
550–590	564	5	144.00–172.50	$156.22	$881	+29.22
700	700	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,036	+28.00
750–790	770	2	102.50–115.00	$108.91	$839	-15.01
855	855	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,112	—
1035	1035	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,283	—
1105	1105	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	191.00	$191.00	$621	—
425	425	1	215.00	$215.00	$914	—
525	525	1	150.00	$150.00	$788	—
575	575	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	117.00	$117.00	$644	—
645	645	1	110.00	$110.00	$710	—
905	905	1	90.00	$90.00	$814	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–530	523	2	21.00–66.00	$43.18	$226	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–820	793	85-90%	10	45.00–47.00	$45.18	$358	-2.91
560–923	815	85-90%	9	30.00–42.00	$37.11	$302	—
735–910	852	85-90%	3	60.00–63.00	$62.14	$529	+24.00
765–1100	926	85-90%	9	36.00–44.00	$40.31	$373	—
835–1220	952	85-90%	68	56.50–65.00	$60.24	$573	—
795–1380	957	85-90%	30	45.00–55.00	$52.67	$504	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1051–1155	1076	80-85%	7	64.50–65.00	$64.65	$696	-9.05
915–1190	1090	80-85%	7	70.00–80.00	$76.03	$829	+2.33
825–1525	1170	80-85%	37	65.00–75.00	$69.99	$819	—
1350	1350	80-85%	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,053	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1360	1360	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,156	—
1380–1670	1570	3	85.00–87.50	$85.89	$1,348	—
1060–2065	1573	7	65.00–84.00	$76.67	$1,206	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
780–1175	908	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	875.00–1,050.00	$989.29
715–1115	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	950.00–1,150.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
815–1120	932	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,200.00	$1,183.33
1045–1215	1173	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,525.00–1,575.00	$1,562.50
1205–1345	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,550.00	$1,437.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–775	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	700.00–750.00	$725.00

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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
815–1005	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	900.00–1,000.00	$965.00	—
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.