Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, June 9, 2023

532 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $249.39/cwt +4.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,329/hd at 533 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $221.10/cwt -7.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,068/hd at 483 lb · 15 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $208.54/cwt +4.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,439/hd at 690 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	532	644	823
Feeder cattle	363	420	468
Slaughter cattle	115	156	259
Replacement cattle	54	68	96

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steers and heifer calves sold 11.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00 5.00 higher on limited quotes. Slaughter cows sold 8.00-10.00 lower, and bulls sold steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320	320	1	220.00	$220.00	$704	-9.92
405–445	428	3	225.00–242.00	$234.04	$1,002	+6.27
450–497	483	15	200.00–235.00	$221.10	$1,068	-7.58
500–545	529	4	210.00–230.00	$222.21	$1,175	+0.46
555–580	567	5	219.00–237.00	$226.00	$1,281	+8.68
600–641	629	12	195.00–218.00	$206.91	$1,301	-6.02
681–695	690	14	202.00–220.00	$208.54	$1,439	+4.81
700–725	713	2	197.00–205.00	$200.93	$1,433	-3.07
750–765	755	3	198.00–204.00	$200.03	$1,510	+5.32
858–873	865	7	175.00–191.00	$182.51	$1,579	—
905–920	913	3	151.00–175.00	$166.82	$1,523	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–275	265	2	285.00–305.00	$295.38	$783	+0.38
310–315	312	3	304.00–312.00	$307.65	$960	+34.70
365–370	368	2	275.00–300.00	$287.59	$1,058	+27.34
405–440	427	11	250.00–266.00	$261.48	$1,117	+6.66
450–499	483	8	240.00–263.00	$254.55	$1,229	+7.19
500–546	533	17	227.50–260.00	$249.39	$1,329	+5.40
575–593	590	7	228.00–232.00	$228.56	$1,349	-9.43
610	610	2	230.00–235.00	$232.50	$1,418	+8.35
725	725	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,464	-2.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–590	570	2	160.00–175.00	$167.24	$953	-14.84
600	600	4	160.00	$160.00	$960	-30.12
665–695	677	3	150.00–187.00	$168.94	$1,144	-22.91
705–730	718	2	168.00–176.00	$172.07	$1,235	-13.87
765	765	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,224	-13.76

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	4	74.00	$74.00	$511	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140 unweaned	140	1	400.00	$400.00	+40.00
185 unweaned	185	1	410.00	$410.00	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	262.00	$262.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
430	430	1	410.00	$410.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	125.00	$125.00	$981	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	157.50	$157.50	$543	—
460–495	477	9	162.00–185.00	$174.20	$831	—
502–525	511	10	165.00–189.00	$181.01	$925	+1.01
550–575	563	5	165.00–191.00	$177.96	$1,002	+17.96
605–640	623	4	170.00–192.00	$179.10	$1,116	+16.25
665–680	673	3	150.00–170.00	$163.27	$1,099	-0.97
708–740	713	7	162.00–180.00	$164.67	$1,174	-10.56
823	823	8	155.00	$155.00	$1,276	—
910	910	6	140.00	$140.00	$1,274	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	262.50	$262.50	$748	+17.50
310–345	323	3	240.00–255.00	$246.42	$796	-1.38
380	380	1	202.00	$202.00	$768	-41.79
395	395	2	245.00	$245.00	$968	+1.21
410–430	418	4	237.00–253.00	$242.47	$1,014	+1.48
455–495	469	13	228.00–242.00	$232.94	$1,092	-1.87
500–549	533	11	227.00–239.00	$236.37	$1,260	+5.88
555–578	566	8	225.00–239.00	$231.79	$1,312	-3.93

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	230.00–240.00	$234.91	$681	-2.59
365–390	378	2	217.00–248.00	$231.99	$877	+12.04
400–445	423	2	200.00–220.00	$209.47	$886	-3.89
469–475	470	8	203.00–210.00	$209.12	$983	-17.88
509–543	518	8	195.00–215.00	$209.75	$1,087	+1.21
550–555	553	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,106	-11.02
650	650	2	199.00	$199.00	$1,294	+0.80
720–738	731	7	178.00–195.00	$192.61	$1,408	+9.61
775	775	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,380	—
860	860	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,582	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	112.00	$112.00	$566	—
660	660	1	85.00	$85.00	$561	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125 unweaned	125	1	260.00	$260.00	-140.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	63.00	$63.00	$397	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	425	5	160.00–175.00	$168.28	$715	-34.22
517–530	520	4	169.00–172.00	$169.76	$883	-25.24
575	575	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,070	+28.57
605	605	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,198	+8.00
670–685	678	2	162.00–195.00	$178.32	$1,209	-6.26
745	745	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,118	-33.50
760–795	778	2	136.00–165.00	$150.83	$1,173	—
810	810	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,288	+27.09
880	880	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,232	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	262.00	$262.00	$707	—
390	390	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,043	—
440	440	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,100	—
460–470	465	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,070	-20.00
525	525	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,166	—
655	655	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,244	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	100.00	$100.00	$670	—
885	885	2	109.00–120.00	$114.50	$1,013	—
955	955	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,050	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	—
735	735	1	80.00	$80.00	$588	—
845	845	1	80.00	$80.00	$676	—
885	885	1	90.00	$90.00	$796	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	310.00	$310.00	—
230 unweaned	230	1	375.00	$375.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	130.00	$130.00	$696	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120 unweaned	120	1	385.00	$385.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	60.00	$60.00	$438	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–740	738	85-90%	2	48.00–56.00	$51.99	$384	-6.53
795–800	798	85-90%	3	70.00–77.00	$73.67	$588	+14.33
780–920	850	85-90%	2	38.00–69.00	$52.22	$444	—
745–1230	930	85-90%	11	78.00–89.00	$84.26	$784	—
865–1035	934	85-90%	6	84.00–89.50	$87.22	$815	—
896–1248	1044	85-90%	23	90.00–100.00	$94.17	$983	+2.55
1120	1120	85-90%	1	99.00	$99.00	$1,109	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1163	1163	80-85%	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,221	-10.77
935–1335	1214	80-85%	9	101.00–104.50	$101.99	$1,238	—
1205–1245	1225	80-85%	2	108.00–110.00	$108.98	$1,335	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	100.00	$100.00	$835	—
1160–1570	1296	8	103.00–113.00	$108.48	$1,406	—
1445–1835	1663	10	113.00–122.00	$116.28	$1,934	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
770–965	913	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	99.00–130.00	$107.67	$983
820–1375	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	97.00–116.50	$103.19	$1,269

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
890–1070	1008	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,190.00–1,330.00	$1,256.67
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
565	565	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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
1060–1260	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,980.00–2,000.00	$1,998.46	—
940–1515	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,800.00–2,050.00	$1,921.25	+106.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
823–1250	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,740.00	$1,578.75	—
1000–1060	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,425.00	-216.67
1015–1165	1094	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,475.00–1,710.00	$1,605.00	—
1600	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,670.00	$1,670.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750–1000	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,505.00–1,525.00	$1,515.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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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.