Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 21, 2023

692 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.86/cwt -4.36 vs last sale · ≈ $808/hd at 364 lb · 37 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $223.91/cwt -12.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,176/hd at 525 lb · 28 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $240.75/cwt +0.07 vs last sale · ≈ $1,125/hd at 467 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	692	935	561
Feeder cattle	502	613	399
Slaughter cattle	124	182	107
Replacement cattle	66	140	55

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 4.00-6.00 lower on limited quote, while heifer calves sold 6.00-7.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 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
300 value added	300	1	247.50	$247.50	$742	—
320–340	330	2	230.00–240.00	$235.15	$776	-6.34
355 value added	355	3	280.00	$280.00	$994	+20.00
355–390	367	8	222.00–240.00	$227.17	$834	-5.44
405–415 value added	413	6	250.00–255.00	$252.07	$1,041	—
407–445	420	7	230.00–242.50	$235.66	$990	-2.11
453–490 value added	465	15	245.00–252.50	$248.15	$1,154	-6.85
450–495	471	9	220.00–238.00	$228.42	$1,076	-5.90
506–545	525	28	219.00–237.50	$223.91	$1,176	-0.04
585–597	595	7	209.00–220.00	$218.46	$1,300	-11.36
603 value added	603	6	216.00	$216.00	$1,302	-0.89
600–613	604	6	207.00–221.00	$213.31	$1,288	+1.72
651 value added	651	4	233.00	$233.00	$1,517	—
683	683	4	206.00	$206.00	$1,407	-10.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	2	175.00–180.00	$177.46	$568	-16.15
370–375	373	2	170.00–178.00	$174.03	$649	+3.75
465	465	1	170.00	$170.00	$790	+5.00
510–540	534	8	160.00–194.00	$180.73	$965	+15.73
555–570	567	5	160.00–195.00	$177.01	$1,004	+18.95
600–620	610	2	177.00–182.00	$179.46	$1,095	—
655–690	667	7	150.00–186.00	$174.75	$1,166	+14.72
700–738	723	9	160.00–179.00	$169.97	$1,229	—
765–777	776	12	157.00–178.00	$171.68	$1,332	+6.68
870	870	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,401	—
960	960	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,392	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	268	3	230.00–245.00	$239.50	$642	+29.50
305	305	1	212.50	$212.50	$648	—
375	375	1	200.00	$200.00	$750	-11.30
410–425	418	2	210.00–215.00	$212.54	$888	+2.29
465–490	478	2	202.50–209.00	$205.84	$984	-2.18
500–535	522	6	200.00–212.00	$208.37	$1,088	+0.73
570	570	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,146	-6.06
603–630	607	7	189.00–200.00	$191.91	$1,165	+1.91
650–665	658	4	180.00–185.00	$181.51	$1,194	-8.99
720–740	730	2	178.00–185.00	$181.45	$1,325	-13.71
750–765	758	2	181.00–190.00	$185.46	$1,406	-7.54
816–848	833	15	180.00–188.00	$183.66	$1,530	+24.66
875	875	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,418	-13.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	80.00	$80.00	$316	—
607–635	614	4	52.50–54.00	$52.89	$325	—
653	653	3	56.00	$56.00	$366	—
742	742	3	56.00	$56.00	$416	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
303–325	310	3	400.00	$400.00	—
445	445	1	375.00	$375.00	—
460–485	475	3	350.00–420.00	$392.95	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 unweaned	80	1	300.00	$300.00	—
100–145 unweaned	123	2	300.00–385.00	$350.31	+50.31
185 unweaned	185	1	410.00	$410.00	—
220 unweaned	220	1	460.00	$460.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	460.00	$460.00	+60.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
283–285	284	3	222.50–242.50	$235.80	$670	+4.80
315–340	324	4	216.00–235.00	$224.88	$729	+8.80
335–338 value added	337	3	242.50–255.00	$250.86	$845	+28.56
350–375	354	27	200.00–227.50	$215.80	$764	-9.39
380–394 value added	392	10	235.00–239.00	$238.21	$934	+0.71
400–421 value added	416	7	230.00–245.00	$239.52	$996	—
435–448	442	5	200.00–229.00	$219.52	$970	+13.71
455–489	478	7	200.00–225.00	$204.91	$979	-9.69
508–525	510	8	200.00–225.00	$207.69	$1,059	-0.05
555	555	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,054	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	200.00–208.00	$203.96	$465	—
260	260	1	211.00	$211.00	$549	+11.30
305–340	321	5	192.00–208.00	$199.48	$640	—
355–385	371	8	190.00–200.00	$193.97	$720	—
435–445	443	5	190.00–197.00	$191.37	$848	—
450–460	457	3	185.00–191.00	$186.97	$854	-8.77
530–535	532	3	185.00–196.00	$190.67	$1,014	-5.14
553–565	558	6	185.00–195.00	$189.64	$1,058	-2.36
624–642	629	11	179.00–187.00	$184.77	$1,162	+9.77
670–685	681	4	162.00–170.00	$164.47	$1,120	-20.17
703–720	712	5	169.00–180.00	$174.65	$1,244	—
765	765	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,193	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	180.00	$180.00	$432	—
285–290	288	2	180.00–185.00	$182.52	$526	-4.48
350–385	373	6	162.50–175.00	$168.78	$630	-8.67
405–435	429	5	152.00–180.00	$166.69	$715	-21.31
455–480	469	6	150.00–180.00	$162.90	$764	-2.10
500–525	511	7	147.00–180.00	$169.65	$867	+5.22
555–588	574	10	160.00–178.00	$173.37	$995	+11.56
650–685	669	4	159.00–161.00	$160.01	$1,070	+3.08
745	745	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,118	-7.24
815	815	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,157	+7.96
895	895	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,378	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165	165	1	150.00	$150.00	—
360	360	1	420.00	$420.00	—
400–430	415	2	420.00–480.00	$451.08	+101.08
495	495	1	385.00	$385.00	+85.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105 unweaned	105	1	200.00	$200.00	—
195 unweaned	195	1	160.00	$160.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210 unweaned	210	1	325.00	$325.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	2	178.00–205.00	$191.73	$840	+4.73
490	490	1	193.00	$193.00	$946	+18.09
500–530	515	2	170.00–192.00	$181.32	$934	+21.32
555	555	1	170.00	$170.00	$944	+14.66
600–648	624	8	160.00–189.00	$174.46	$1,089	+12.46
650–695	672	3	165.00–182.00	$173.12	$1,163	—
740	740	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,214	-18.04
810–835	823	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,358	—
915	915	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365–390	378	2	217.50–220.00	$218.79	$827	—
415–435	425	2	212.50–227.00	$219.92	$935	—
660	660	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,155	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	—	—	1	300.00	$300.00	±0.00
790–1010	900	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,143.89	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	150.00	$150.00	$735	—
545	545	1	141.00	$141.00	$768	—
595	595	1	150.00	$150.00	$892	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105 unweaned	105	1	410.00	$410.00	—
185 unweaned	185	1	485.00	$485.00	+65.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
805	805	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,228	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005	1005	1	92.00	$92.00	$925	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–690	660	85-90%	2	30.00–45.00	$37.84	$250	-4.10
680–1050	839	85-90%	4	40.00–50.00	$45.50	$382	-6.37
840–910	875	85-90%	2	51.00–55.00	$53.08	$464	-16.73
760–1125	888	85-90%	17	64.00–74.50	$69.86	$620	+0.05
760–1065	894	85-90%	5	60.00–71.00	$66.60	$595	-3.21
760–1045	905	85-90%	3	75.00–78.00	$76.83	$695	-0.04
820–1420	1056	85-90%	22	75.00–85.00	$80.13	$846	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	80-85%	1	88.50	$88.50	$960	+1.33
905–1395	1136	80-85%	19	83.00–90.00	$88.16	$1,001	-17.22
1030–1420	1248	80-85%	4	86.00–100.00	$91.22	$1,138	—
1150–1490	1253	80-85%	6	91.00–102.00	$96.78	$1,213	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1640	1387	13	76.00–94.00	$85.26	$1,183	—
1440	1440	1	75.00	$75.00	$1,080	—
1265–1940	1718	9	106.00–115.00	$110.09	$1,891	—
1270–2100	1718	11	94.00–105.00	$101.55	$1,745	—

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
625–785	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	510.00–620.00	$565.00
700–800	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	750.00–875.00	$811.67
745–890	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	825.00	$825.00
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
960–970	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,080.00–1,225.00	$1,152.50
941–1075	987	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	900.00–910.00	$901.43

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1190–1295	1243	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
625	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	530.00	$530.00

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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
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
920–925	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,025.00–1,050.00	$1,037.50	—
710–1160	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,085.00–1,250.00	$1,167.50	—
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	-85.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—

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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.