Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 10, 2023

882 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.08/cwt +5.86 vs last sale · ≈ $921/hd at 417 lb · 41 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $231.31/cwt +5.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,082/hd at 468 lb · 40 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $227.21/cwt +7.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,165/hd at 513 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	882	458	734
Feeder cattle	673	275	413
Slaughter cattle	114	79	129
Replacement cattle	95	104	192

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. 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
275–290	283	4	240.00–250.00	$244.87	$693	—
280–295 value added	288	2	257.50–260.00	$258.78	$745	—
315–340	329	8	230.00–242.00	$238.96	$786	+6.40
330–341 value added	338	10	247.50–260.00	$254.35	$860	—
345 thin fleshed	345	1	242.00	$242.00	$835	-19.00
353–390	370	19	220.00–247.50	$233.81	$865	+5.97
385–395 value added	390	3	255.00–262.50	$257.81	$1,005	+6.81
405–440	419	14	220.00–240.00	$230.26	$965	-5.67
403–448 value added	431	16	240.00–249.00	$243.26	$1,048	—
450–499	465	25	205.00–240.00	$228.90	$1,064	+11.78
450–493 value added	472	15	227.00–241.00	$235.34	$1,111	+0.34
500 value added	500	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,205	—
500–548	513	38	212.50–235.00	$226.85	$1,164	+6.88
550–595 value added	569	5	225.00–237.50	$232.05	$1,320	—
550–585	570	14	200.00–222.00	$215.46	$1,228	+3.60
613 value added	613	2	223.00	$223.00	$1,367	—
600–645	621	5	192.00–213.00	$199.70	$1,240	—
650–690 value added	665	8	196.50–202.00	$199.86	$1,329	—
650–684	670	7	185.00–197.00	$194.47	$1,303	+4.47
705–745	718	4	180.00–201.00	$190.93	$1,371	+14.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	220.00	$220.00	$528	—
255–290	266	4	200.00–235.00	$224.66	$598	+22.47
348	348	4	222.50	$222.50	$774	—
360–388	374	4	215.00–232.50	$225.28	$843	+31.17
405–435	429	9	200.00–225.00	$202.89	$870	—
480 value added	480	1	207.50	$207.50	$996	—
475–490	483	2	180.00–192.00	$186.09	$899	+2.12
515–535	525	2	190.00–202.50	$196.37	$1,031	+0.11
560	560	1	173.00	$173.00	$969	-16.49
560–588 value added	581	6	195.00–217.00	$207.13	$1,203	—
570–598	584	4	179.00–195.00	$188.66	$1,102	-0.83
620–645	633	4	190.00–198.00	$192.04	$1,216	+22.04
660–670 value added	665	2	190.00–197.00	$193.47	$1,287	—
660–695	668	16	180.00–192.00	$184.93	$1,235	+16.28
710	710	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,242	+11.76
820	820	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,394	—
965	965	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,380	—
1000	1000	1	149.50	$149.50	$1,495	—
1100	1100	2	142.00	$142.00	$1,562	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	175.00	$175.00	$402	—
305–325	315	2	176.00–185.00	$180.64	$569	+8.88
378–385	380	3	157.50–161.00	$159.82	$607	—
405–440	427	5	149.00–180.00	$163.29	$697	—
470–490	480	2	150.00–160.00	$155.10	$744	—
540	540	1	165.00	$165.00	$891	+17.70
550–585	572	3	143.00–160.00	$152.18	$870	-14.82
605	605	1	140.00	$140.00	$847	-17.98
660	660	1	150.00	$150.00	$990	+1.50
790	790	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,185	+5.43
865–870	868	2	142.00–150.00	$146.01	$1,267	—
1035	1035	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,097	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–585	570	3	56.50–58.00	$57.15	$326	+7.15
615–640	636	8	58.50–74.00	$60.44	$384	—
675	675	1	58.00	$58.00	$392	—
735	735	1	57.00	$57.00	$419	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	410.00	$410.00	+85.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–295 value added	282	4	230.00–245.00	$236.38	$667	-5.62
295	295	3	225.00	$225.00	$664	+27.00
300–345	328	6	180.00–197.00	$189.70	$622	+4.70
310–347 value added	333	10	220.00–240.00	$232.22	$773	+2.22
353–380	362	7	211.50–222.50	$220.19	$797	+16.19
352–392 value added	379	17	225.00–247.50	$235.70	$893	+5.70
403–435 value added	413	19	224.00–242.50	$227.72	$940	+6.90
402–448	420	22	200.00–221.00	$215.35	$904	+6.34
455–482 value added	473	20	220.00–235.00	$225.65	$1,067	+4.37
468–497	483	13	203.00–217.50	$212.60	$1,027	+17.96
485 thin fleshed	485	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,079	—
500–535	511	4	190.00–200.00	$196.58	$1,005	-0.10
515–540 value added	533	20	205.00–217.50	$211.68	$1,128	+8.70
552–595	565	7	176.00–191.00	$186.12	$1,052	—
600–648	624	5	170.00–185.00	$178.98	$1,117	+3.98

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233 value added	233	2	220.00	$220.00	$513	—
260–275	270	3	180.00–190.00	$183.21	$495	—
290–295 value added	293	2	200.00–212.50	$206.20	$604	—
321–335	326	9	190.00–202.00	$197.89	$645	—
355–380	372	3	183.00–192.50	$186.02	$692	+4.02
405–430	418	2	192.50–195.00	$193.79	$810	+24.09
455–480	468	3	174.00–187.50	$180.57	$845	+7.27
540–548	545	4	172.00–184.00	$178.49	$973	-0.26
550–588	580	8	164.00–186.00	$168.07	$975	+0.72
605–623	617	9	156.00–165.00	$160.32	$989	-0.68
660–698	671	24	160.00–169.00	$164.61	$1,105	+13.59
715–737	732	4	146.00–154.00	$152.05	$1,113	—
765–795	780	2	136.00–145.00	$140.59	$1,097	-22.41
845	845	4	146.00	$146.00	$1,234	—
890	890	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,255	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–215	213	2	169.00–172.50	$170.73	$364	—
265–285	270	4	145.00–170.00	$162.18	$438	—
368–375	372	2	168.00–170.00	$169.01	$629	—
410–445	430	3	131.00–169.00	$153.01	$658	+0.51
450	450	1	152.00	$152.00	$684	+6.49
545	545	1	167.00	$167.00	$910	+28.56
550–585	568	4	132.50–160.00	$147.10	$836	-2.58
625–647	645	9	150.00	$150.00	$968	+6.91
710	710	1	122.50	$122.50	$870	-17.50
765–780	772	5	120.00–153.00	$142.83	$1,103	+3.83

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	30.00	$30.00	$135	—
522–540	528	5	41.00–65.00	$47.91	$253	-14.09

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
285	285	1	380.00	$380.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	4	145.00	$145.00	$638	—
480	480	1	140.00	$140.00	$672	-55.00
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	-32.00
770–795	787	3	136.00–143.00	$138.36	$1,089	—
830–845	837	3	136.00–147.00	$141.31	$1,183	+11.31
870–875	873	2	135.00–138.00	$136.50	$1,192	—
945	945	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,143	—
950	950	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520–535	530	4	180.00–221.00	$200.34	$1,062	—
580–590	585	3	198.00–207.00	$202.97	$1,187	—
600–640	620	2	193.00	$193.00	$1,197	—
705–730	718	2	160.00–175.00	$167.37	$1,202	—
760–765	763	2	157.00–160.00	$158.50	$1,209	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630	630	4	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–880	865	3	97.00–139.00	$111.44	$964	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705	705	1	56.00	$56.00	$395	—
975	975	1	87.00	$87.00	$848	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1395	1395	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
330	330	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–903	793	85-90%	4	30.00–50.00	$46.34	$367	-23.83
760–1045	886	85-90%	11	54.00–65.00	$60.19	$533	—
755–1010	903	85-90%	4	72.00–78.00	$75.88	$685	+1.43
915–1005	948	85-90%	11	40.00–69.00	$49.49	$469	—
820–1270	1006	85-90%	16	70.00–77.50	$73.88	$743	—
915–1325	1057	85-90%	15	73.50–84.00	$79.88	$844	-1.87
1345	1345	85-90%	1	84.50	$84.50	$1,137	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1345	1128	80-85%	5	87.00–105.00	$96.78	$1,092	+4.23
1000–1485	1159	80-85%	10	90.00–100.00	$94.60	$1,096	—
1050–1385	1218	80-85%	2	86.00–86.50	$86.22	$1,050	—
1210–1385	1305	80-85%	5	101.00–106.00	$103.54	$1,351	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1530	1530	75-80%	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,622	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1820	1820	65-75%	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,856	-3.00

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
990	990	1	92.00	$92.00	$911	—
1015	1015	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,147	—
960–1305	1105	4	90.00–102.00	$95.62	$1,057	—
1085–1500	1278	3	80.00–94.00	$85.92	$1,098	—
1295–1680	1469	8	100.00–109.00	$104.16	$1,530	-8.26
1425–1655	1540	2	113.00–114.00	$113.54	$1,749	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
485–730	608	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	83.00–90.00	$86.50	$526

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	72.00	$72.00	$612

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
747–755	749	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00	$700.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	680.00	$680.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	775.00	$775.00
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	790.00	$790.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
960	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00
1140	1140	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
860	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1075	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
922–1475	1122	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,668.75	—
1220–1625	1370	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,550.00–2,000.00	$1,725.00	-241.67
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
875–930	903	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
540	540	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

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

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Dairy Steers

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	190.00	$190.00	—
255	255	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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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.