Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 21, 2023

656 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.02/cwt +3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,055/hd at 427 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $263.99/cwt +1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,241/hd at 470 lb · 17 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $253.07/cwt +2.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,483/hd at 586 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	656	627	424
Feeder cattle	396	409	208
Slaughter cattle	119	106	94
Replacement cattle	141	112	122

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves were 10.00-12.00 higher and heifer calves were steady on comparable sales. Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
150–190 unweaned	170	2	300.00–317.00	$307.50	$523	—
273–283	277	5	315.00–317.50	$316.02	$875	+11.59
315–335	323	5	312.50–317.00	$315.13	$1,018	+25.03
355 value added	355	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,154	+25.00
354–375	361	8	285.00–312.50	$304.80	$1,100	+21.95
430–445	433	6	260.00–272.00	$264.32	$1,145	-5.52
450–490	470	17	250.00–275.00	$263.99	$1,241	+1.98
520–535 value added	528	3	265.00–272.00	$267.30	$1,411	-0.30
508–545	531	9	247.00–263.00	$255.77	$1,358	+11.17
550–596	586	16	245.00–265.00	$253.07	$1,483	+2.94
600–649	636	8	240.00–260.00	$245.67	$1,562	+4.40
650–690	674	7	227.50–249.00	$240.97	$1,624	-3.03
707–743	725	6	221.00–246.00	$236.43	$1,714	+14.52
763	763	5	239.00	$239.00	$1,824	+11.00
970	970	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,988	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	230	4	299.00–300.00	$299.27	$688	—
260–295	277	3	297.50–300.00	$299.11	$829	+39.11
325–345	335	2	250.00–315.00	$283.47	$950	—
355–395	375	2	250.00–253.00	$251.42	$943	+19.71
405–435	418	4	230.00–250.00	$242.63	$1,014	+31.07
460–485	477	3	230.00–250.00	$243.57	$1,162	+9.28
565–585	575	2	217.00–220.00	$218.47	$1,256	-7.20
600–635	623	3	200.00–210.00	$206.60	$1,287	-15.35
670–680	673	5	205.00–220.00	$214.40	$1,443	—
705	705	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,410	-4.43
755–780	768	2	201.00–220.00	$210.35	$1,615	+19.77
800–830	809	10	185.00–210.00	$198.33	$1,604	-0.67
890	890	2	191.00	$191.00	$1,700	-6.50
900–915	905	3	175.00–189.00	$183.03	$1,656	—
965	965	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,718	—
1065	1065	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,651	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	225	3	182.00–250.00	$212.01	$477	—
320	320	1	150.00	$150.00	$480	-32.79
430	430	2	155.00	$155.00	$666	—
460–495	486	4	150.00–200.00	$188.17	$915	-1.83
595	595	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,232	+36.92
610–635	623	3	172.00–188.00	$178.22	$1,110	—
830	830	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,452	—
970	970	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,707	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
487	487	3	70.00	$70.00	$341	—
618	618	3	78.00	$78.00	$482	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365	365	1	325.00	$325.00	-110.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	55.00	$55.00	$308	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	250.00	$250.00	$688	±0.00
360–395	388	6	250.00–255.00	$253.38	$983	-2.97
410–448	427	17	240.00–255.00	$247.02	$1,055	+4.58
463–493	472	15	239.00–245.00	$240.14	$1,133	+7.99
505–548	529	11	234.00–248.00	$238.98	$1,264	+3.79
565–595	582	7	225.00–238.00	$232.60	$1,354	+3.27
600–640	623	8	226.00–241.00	$232.20	$1,447	+8.07
650–655	653	3	202.50–220.00	$212.86	$1,390	—
659 fancy	659	5	228.00	$228.00	$1,503	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	240.00	$240.00	$420	—
210 unweaned	210	1	240.00	$240.00	$504	—
300	300	1	250.00	$250.00	$750	+25.00
360	360	3	232.00–235.00	$233.00	$839	+8.00
415–445	435	4	220.00–240.00	$229.41	$998	-0.59
450–465	458	4	207.00–231.00	$222.55	$1,019	+12.42
513	513	4	230.00	$230.00	$1,180	+30.58
570–575	573	3	220.00–235.00	$230.03	$1,318	+28.22
605–640	620	3	190.00–200.00	$196.56	$1,219	-3.51
746	746	7	190.00	$190.00	$1,417	+1.35
755–763	761	5	191.00–192.00	$191.20	$1,455	+5.04
920	920	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,546	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	185.00	$185.00	$509	-7.00
495	495	3	150.00–200.00	$183.33	$907	+18.58
500–545	528	3	170.00–180.00	$173.41	$916	-2.44
555–578	570	3	175.00–192.00	$186.49	$1,063	+19.16
675–690	680	3	150.00–180.00	$160.26	$1,090	—
850–865	858	2	160.00–170.00	$164.96	$1,415	+14.96

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	360.00	$360.00	+60.00
150–160 unweaned	155	2	300.00	$300.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	86.00	$86.00	$396	—
520	520	2	80.00	$80.00	$416	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	140.00	$140.00	$672	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	185.00	$185.00	$832	—
595	595	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,101	—
605	605	2	182.00	$182.00	$1,101	-2.47
675	675	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,249	—
750	750	4	165.00	$165.00	$1,238	—
805	805	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,280	—
943	943	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–445	430	2	230.00–240.00	$234.83	$1,010	—
465–470	468	3	220.00–232.50	$228.36	$1,069	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
133 unweaned	133	2	300.00	$300.00	—
185	185	1	460.00	$460.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	130.00	$130.00	$630	—
655	655	1	128.00	$128.00	$838	—
825	825	1	110.00	$110.00	$908	-19.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	141.00	$141.00	$768	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	100.00	$100.00	$675	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605–660	635	85-90%	4	30.00–66.00	$51.85	$329	—
645	645	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$645	—
630–725	684	85-90%	4	60.00–66.00	$63.03	$431	—
745–965	807	85-90%	7	70.00–79.50	$74.69	$603	+15.19
760–925	843	85-90%	2	81.00–86.00	$83.74	$706	+24.24
780–1020	937	85-90%	11	80.00–89.50	$84.79	$794	—
825–1290	1054	85-90%	17	90.00–100.00	$95.75	$1,009	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945–1125	1007	80-85%	5	100.00–104.00	$101.78	$1,025	-9.89
985–1545	1241	80-85%	21	105.00–115.00	$109.93	$1,364	—
1420	1420	80-85%	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,548	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1820	1234	20	68.00–108.00	$93.22	$1,150	+24.22
1130–1590	1355	4	93.00–96.00	$94.27	$1,277	—
1425–1755	1614	6	109.00–119.00	$113.78	$1,836	—
1575–1925	1710	6	120.00–131.50	$126.52	$2,163	+4.34

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655–1175	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–112.00	$108.75	$1,009
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	100.00	$100.00	$950
965–1195	1042	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	105.00–130.00	$121.67	$1,268

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	96.00	$96.00	$888

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
1025–1045	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,360.00–1,425.00	$1,392.50
1175–1460	1318	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,485.00	$1,392.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00

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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
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,835.00	$1,835.00	+26.67
1004	1004	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1068	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1075–1248	1172	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,850.00–2,085.00	$2,022.22	+137.22
1324	1324	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	2,110.00	$2,110.00	—
1400	1400	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,925.00	$1,925.00	—
1333–1518	1472	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	1,910.00–1,935.00	$1,916.25	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
913–1095	956	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,600.00–1,750.00	$1,710.00	—
890–1220	1061	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00–1,750.00	$1,610.00	+235.00
1240–1410	1325	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915–1140	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	925.00–1,200.00	$1,062.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	-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.