Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 3, 2023

458 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $215.23/cwt -1.77 vs last sale · ≈ $921/hd at 428 lb · 19 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $216.28/cwt +16.28 vs last sale · ≈ $1,012/hd at 468 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $237.49/cwt +5.25 vs last sale · ≈ $908/hd at 382 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	458	364	806
Feeder cattle	275	240	520
Slaughter cattle	79	72	164
Replacement cattle	104	52	122

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady at 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and sold 4.00-5.00 higher. There was also a offering 35 head of Angus Bulls for sale. Trade active 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
305–345	324	8	225.00–237.00	$232.56	$753	+4.01
325 thin fleshed	325	1	261.00	$261.00	$848	—
355–395	378	7	219.00–233.00	$227.84	$861	+12.15
388 value added	388	5	251.00	$251.00	$974	+7.72
425–438	434	7	222.00–245.00	$235.93	$1,024	+9.51
450–470	460	6	207.00–225.00	$217.12	$999	-8.20
466–475 value added	469	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,102	—
505–510	508	2	214.00–226.00	$219.97	$1,117	+9.35
565–585	580	4	199.00–216.00	$211.86	$1,229	+10.63
690	690	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,311	-10.00
705	705	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,241	-19.00
751	751	4	178.00	$178.00	$1,337	—
818	818	3	173.00	$173.00	$1,415	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260 value added	256	4	229.00–236.00	$230.78	$591	—
260–270	265	2	192.00–212.00	$202.19	$536	-14.14
300–340	310	4	210.00–215.00	$212.34	$658	+17.34
370–380	375	2	186.00–202.00	$194.11	$728	—
455–465	460	2	181.00–187.00	$183.97	$846	-14.03
525–527	527	4	188.00–199.00	$196.26	$1,034	+4.26
558–575	567	4	189.00–190.00	$189.49	$1,074	+7.49
625	625	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,062	—
665–670	668	3	165.00–176.00	$168.65	$1,127	-18.35
705–735	720	2	163.00–163.50	$163.24	$1,175	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–290	267	3	180.00–187.00	$184.10	$492	—
305–340	323	2	157.00–185.00	$171.76	$555	-7.24
500–518	512	3	146.00–150.00	$147.30	$754	-16.20
555	555	1	167.00	$167.00	$927	—
625–640	633	3	156.00–161.00	$157.98	$1,000	+12.30
655	655	1	148.50	$148.50	$973	-7.93
750–795	773	2	142.00–147.00	$144.57	$1,118	-9.92
813	813	2	153.00	$153.00	$1,244	—
905	905	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,095	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75 unweaned	75	1	350.00	$350.00	—
120–130 unweaned	125	6	400.00–425.00	$412.68	—
165 unweaned	165	1	325.00	$325.00	—
295 unweaned	295	1	380.00	$380.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
460	460	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	50.00	$50.00	$290	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280 value added	280	1	242.00	$242.00	$678	—
298	298	1	198.00	$198.00	$590	—
340	340	1	185.00	$185.00	$629	-18.00
345 value added	345	3	230.00	$230.00	$794	+3.00
350	350	1	204.00	$204.00	$714	-6.98
355 value added	355	2	230.00	$230.00	$816	+14.00
403–443 value added	425	10	217.00–225.00	$220.82	$938	+3.82
410–434	431	9	203.00–210.00	$209.01	$901	—
450–470 value added	464	13	219.00–227.00	$221.28	$1,027	+15.41
465–495	485	3	194.00–196.00	$194.64	$944	+1.03
500–513 value added	509	3	202.00–205.00	$202.98	$1,033	—
525–530	528	3	194.00–198.00	$196.68	$1,038	+8.68
600	600	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,050	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	180.00	$180.00	$441	+9.00
395	395	1	182.00	$182.00	$719	—
413 value added	413	4	190.00	$190.00	$785	—
415–448	436	5	165.00–175.00	$169.70	$740	—
470 value added	470	1	200.00	$200.00	$940	—
453–495	472	4	165.00–178.00	$173.30	$818	+4.91
510–545	533	3	175.00–180.50	$178.75	$953	-5.25
550–595	579	6	160.00–175.00	$167.35	$969	-15.19
615	615	1	161.00	$161.00	$990	-4.00
650–680	665	2	150.00–152.00	$151.02	$1,004	—
770	770	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,255	—
900	900	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,332	—
1080	1080	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,436	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413	413	2	152.50	$152.50	$630	+12.50
465–495	476	6	137.00–156.00	$145.51	$693	-4.49
505–525	513	3	125.00–145.00	$138.44	$710	-1.56
550–585	573	3	149.00–150.00	$149.68	$858	+11.68
600–625	616	4	135.00–151.00	$143.09	$881	+13.09
660–690	668	4	125.00–130.00	$126.29	$844	—
738	738	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,033	—
755	755	2	130.00–148.00	$139.00	$1,049	—
955	955	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,050	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	50.00	$50.00	$178	—
500	500	1	62.00	$62.00	$310	—
645	645	1	52.00	$52.00	$335	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480	480	1	325.00	$325.00	—
515	515	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	430.00	$430.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790–1005	885	(<2 yrs)	N/A	31	1,900.00–3,300.00	$2,435.87	—
830–950	885	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	2,300.00–2,800.00	$2,556.64	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470	470	1	195.00	$195.00	$916	—
525	525	1	161.00	$161.00	$845	—
580	580	1	174.00	$174.00	$1,009	+9.17
615	615	1	162.00	$162.00	$996	—
830	830	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,079	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
378	378	2	214.00	$214.00	$809	—
440	440	1	217.00	$217.00	$955	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	135.00	$135.00	$716	—
970	970	1	90.00	$90.00	$873	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	45.00	$45.00	$304	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–850	699	85-90%	4	26.00–72.50	$44.47	$311	—
760–793	785	85-90%	4	66.00–71.50	$70.17	$551	+35.17
645–1165	910	85-90%	20	70.00–78.00	$74.45	$677	-2.18
870–1090	965	85-90%	4	52.00–65.00	$60.70	$586	—
950–1140	998	85-90%	4	85.00–85.50	$85.36	$852	—
780–1590	1068	85-90%	14	79.00–85.00	$81.75	$873	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1013–1215	1066	80-85%	11	80.00–88.00	$83.58	$891	—
970–1325	1115	80-85%	11	89.00–100.00	$92.55	$1,032	-1.91
1050–1565	1289	80-85%	4	101.00–107.00	$104.62	$1,349	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1840	1840	65-75%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,932	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1270–1375	1323	2	90.00–91.00	$90.48	$1,197	—
1115–1700	1421	7	95.00–109.00	$103.15	$1,466	—
1310–1600	1488	3	111.00–114.00	$112.42	$1,673	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–905	813	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	88.00–120.00	$114.36	$930

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
918	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	90.00	$90.00	$826

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–950	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,100.00
1290	1290	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	820.00	$820.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00
1120	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1095	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
510	510	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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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
1265–1275	1274	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,964.29	—
1205–1428	1391	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,966.67	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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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.