Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 3, 2023

855 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $195.13/cwt -4.55 vs last sale · ≈ $935/hd at 479 lb · 26 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $178.51/cwt ≈ $857/hd at 480 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $181.15/cwt -0.32 vs last sale · ≈ $953/hd at 526 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	855	390	544
Feeder cattle	593	260	143
Slaughter cattle	127	80	188
Replacement cattle	135	50	213

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves were 6.00-8.00-higher. Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-300 higher on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00-7.00 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
225–245	235	2	219.00–222.50	$220.82	$519	—
273–285	277	3	214.00–215.00	$214.34	$594	-50.66
320–327 value added	324	2	230.00–232.00	$230.99	$748	—
305–345	333	16	200.00–222.00	$213.59	$711	+7.59
350–395	367	12	200.00–215.00	$209.48	$769	-9.85
410–440	425	17	195.00–221.00	$205.59	$874	-2.95
450–494	479	26	189.00–215.00	$195.13	$935	-4.55
503 value added	503	2	192.00	$192.00	$966	—
500–515	508	7	195.00–205.00	$201.16	$1,022	+7.67
568–570	569	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,036	-8.47
600–622	607	14	169.00–176.50	$174.43	$1,059	—
683	683	5	167.00	$167.00	$1,141	+1.43

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	196.00–210.00	$202.70	$466	-3.30
255–275	270	5	196.00–210.00	$205.52	$555	-4.48
310–340	329	6	185.00–198.00	$192.73	$634	+0.93
365–378	373	4	190.00–200.00	$193.69	$722	+6.11
400–448	433	14	172.00–190.00	$187.08	$810	+2.92
450–485	470	8	185.00–190.00	$188.74	$887	+12.82
500–545	526	20	170.00–188.00	$181.15	$953	-0.32
550–590	571	17	169.00–184.00	$177.32	$1,012	+2.04
626–645	630	6	166.00–169.50	$168.32	$1,060	+7.65
650–695	673	2	160.00–163.00	$161.45	$1,087	-0.54
730	730	2	156.00–159.00	$157.50	$1,150	—
750	750	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,140	+6.85
815–843	834	3	136.00–139.00	$138.02	$1,151	-2.98
1010	1010	2	125.00	$125.00	$1,262	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330–335	333	2	163.00–175.00	$169.05	$563	-0.95
350	350	3	169.00–177.00	$171.67	$601	—
415–435	425	3	160.00–175.00	$165.45	$703	-4.43
505–520	512	3	155.00–167.00	$162.68	$833	+6.86
550–593	582	4	150.00–158.00	$151.89	$884	-11.18
625–630	628	3	159.00	$159.00	$999	—
650–670	660	5	140.00–150.00	$142.42	$940	-4.05
725–735	730	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,058	—
785	785	7	125.00–141.00	$134.43	$1,055	—
800–820	808	3	129.00–135.00	$131.31	$1,061	—
870–880	875	2	130.00–135.00	$132.51	$1,159	-6.49

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
400–405	403	2	220.00–350.00	$285.40	-64.60
455	455	1	340.00	$340.00	+5.00
575	575	1	410.00	$410.00	—
600–630	620	3	300.00–400.00	$367.74	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–610	608	2	49.00–50.00	$49.50	$301	-4.00
685	685	1	48.00	$48.00	$329	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	1	260.00	$260.00	-40.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	175.00	$175.00	-100.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	177.00	$177.00	$425	—
265–280	273	2	180.00–185.00	$182.57	$498	—
303–330	318	10	164.00–180.00	$170.57	$542	-1.09
360–385	373	7	161.00–175.00	$168.47	$628	+2.21
410–435	422	10	164.00–176.00	$170.55	$720	+3.00
450–490	464	12	162.00–172.00	$169.03	$784	-1.00
503–530	511	5	161.00–167.00	$165.17	$844	-0.10
559–575	561	9	143.00–155.00	$153.41	$861	-4.67
605–641	636	13	143.00–150.50	$149.13	$948	-4.12
655–695	664	5	138.00–145.00	$142.34	$945	-2.66
705–740	722	8	135.00–141.00	$136.76	$987	-0.24
750–755	752	3	126.00–142.00	$135.35	$1,018	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
254–295	261	7	187.00–191.00	$190.07	$496	—
290 unweaned	290	1	175.00	$175.00	$508	—
322–345	333	10	180.00–193.00	$185.96	$619	+1.96
355–398	386	12	179.00–190.00	$185.74	$717	+9.38
415–427	424	10	189.00–190.50	$189.34	$803	+5.34
450–495	480	20	176.00–185.00	$178.51	$857	—
500–505	503	2	169.00–181.00	$174.97	$880	—
550–553	553	7	167.00–171.00	$167.57	$927	—
620	620	2	162.00	$162.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	155.00	$155.00	$426	—
335	335	1	140.00	$140.00	$469	+10.00
350–370	363	3	145.00–155.00	$150.43	$546	—
425–435	430	2	137.00–158.00	$147.62	$635	+10.64
450	450	1	145.00	$145.00	$652	-2.79
500–545	524	13	127.00–153.00	$145.12	$760	-9.88
560–588	577	7	125.00–142.00	$138.90	$801	-3.10
620–640	630	10	131.00–142.00	$134.88	$850	+1.84
665–695	677	3	130.00–140.00	$136.70	$925	—
700–740	713	3	124.00–131.00	$126.62	$903	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
380	380	1	360.00	$360.00	—
460–490	475	2	360.00–375.00	$367.74	+17.74
505–515	510	2	360.00	$360.00	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	385.00	$385.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	50.00	$50.00	$312	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	3	187.00	$187.00	$714	—
465–490	482	3	153.00–166.00	$157.18	$758	-7.82
555–590	577	3	135.00–151.00	$142.15	$820	-29.85
620–645	626	4	150.00	$150.00	$939	+3.79
676–690	678	6	131.00–136.00	$135.15	$916	—
788	788	6	130.00	$130.00	$1,024	+6.50
810	810	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,012	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	146.00	$146.00	$489	—
495	495	1	133.00	$133.00	$658	—
515	515	1	122.00	$122.00	$628	—
745	745	1	109.00	$109.00	$812	—
920	920	1	90.00	$90.00	$828	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	3	190.00	$190.00	$756	-20.00
435	435	1	192.00	$192.00	$835	-12.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75–90	83	2	200.00–300.00	$245.45	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	71.00	$71.00	$525	—
790	790	1	74.00	$74.00	$585	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
940–1065	988	80-85%	5	72.00–73.00	$72.41	$715	—
810–1475	1099	80-85%	69	74.00–85.00	$77.16	$848	—
680–1275	1165	80-85%	45	75.00–87.00	$75.71	$882	-4.06
930–1445	1180	80-85%	12	85.50–95.00	$88.48	$1,044	+8.71

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	85-90%	1	40.00	$40.00	$284	—
770	770	85-90%	1	27.00	$27.00	$208	—
785	785	85-90%	1	55.00	$55.00	$432	—
830	830	85-90%	1	50.00	$50.00	$415	-4.50
855–905	880	85-90%	2	66.00–71.00	$68.43	$602	-0.12
780–1115	884	85-90%	4	53.00–61.00	$58.69	$519	-9.86
665–1230	937	85-90%	21	65.00–71.50	$69.54	$652	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1400	1155	3	82.00–87.00	$84.40	$975	—
900–1530	1231	4	91.00–113.00	$102.38	$1,260	—
1100–1735	1515	4	90.00–99.00	$95.48	$1,447	—
1565–1815	1681	4	104.00–107.00	$105.29	$1,770	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1015–1175	1088	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,350.00–1,600.00	$1,512.50
1095–1375	1270	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,350.00–1,525.00	$1,433.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
815–975	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,087.50
930–1130	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	975.00–1,225.00	$1,133.33
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
885	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–685	683	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	635.00–775.00	$705.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550	550	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
710	710	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
968	968	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	1,920.00	$1,920.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1405	1405	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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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.