Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 28, 2023

691 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $210.83/cwt ≈ $1,611/hd at 764 lb · 12 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 2 heifers $178.18/cwt -8.31 vs last sale · ≈ $1,014/hd at 569 lb · 12 head

light 7-weight M&L 2 heifers $181.96/cwt ≈ $1,306/hd at 718 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	691	656	642
Feeder cattle	436	396	476
Slaughter cattle	174	119	102
Replacement cattle	81	141	64

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves and heifers sold steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers also sold steady on comparable quotes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 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
295	295	1	322.50	$322.50	$951	+6.48
305–320	313	2	307.50–315.00	$311.34	$974	-3.79
329 value added	329	5	329.00	$329.00	$1,082	—
351–390	359	7	297.00–300.00	$299.09	$1,074	-5.71
400–428	423	6	265.00–275.00	$268.02	$1,134	+3.70
465	465	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,209	-3.99
460–495	476	8	255.00–289.00	$272.03	$1,295	+8.04
520–545	539	4	265.00–280.00	$269.63	$1,453	+13.86
565–566	566	8	255.00–260.00	$255.62	$1,447	+2.55
625–630	626	4	244.00–252.50	$246.14	$1,541	+0.47
635 fancy	635	4	270.00	$270.00	$1,714	—
661–690	667	5	237.50–257.00	$252.96	$1,687	+11.99
705–720	710	3	245.00–259.00	$249.73	$1,773	+13.30
788	788	2	252.50	$252.50	$1,990	+13.50
810–843	839	9	225.00–240.00	$238.39	$2,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	265	7	267.00–305.00	$284.06	$753	-15.05
305–345	330	6	250.00–302.50	$272.84	$900	-10.63
380–395	389	4	250.00–280.00	$267.36	$1,040	+15.94
400–445	424	7	220.00–255.00	$240.70	$1,021	-1.93
455–495	478	8	225.00–253.00	$239.07	$1,143	-4.50
508–545	525	12	225.00–245.00	$233.62	$1,227	—
550–585	562	7	220.00–257.00	$244.85	$1,376	+26.38
600–645	613	8	200.00–230.00	$220.54	$1,352	+13.94
653–675	660	3	210.00–230.00	$223.19	$1,473	+8.79
740	740	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,480	±0.00
760	760	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,748	+19.65
968	968	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,839	+12.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
193	193	2	230.00	$230.00	$444	—
210–230	217	3	200.00–225.00	$210.55	$457	-1.46
265–275	270	2	242.50–250.00	$246.18	$665	—
330–335	333	2	175.00–200.00	$187.41	$624	+37.41
380–385	383	2	230.00–240.00	$234.97	$900	—
425–440	433	2	200.00–207.00	$203.44	$881	+48.44
465–485	475	2	190.00–200.00	$194.89	$926	+6.72
508–540	524	5	196.00–205.00	$200.18	$1,049	—
563–570	565	4	165.00–172.50	$166.89	$943	-40.11
605–640	627	3	160.00–172.50	$167.47	$1,050	-10.75
690	690	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,318	—
710–745	726	6	158.00–185.00	$174.49	$1,267	—
840	840	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,449	-2.50
875	875	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,488	—

Medium 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
417	417	5	500.00	$500.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
455–470	460	3	425.00–450.00	$441.49	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	1	375.00	$375.00	-75.00

Small 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
310	310	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–288	276	5	240.00–250.00	$247.19	$682	—
310–330	321	7	220.00–240.00	$234.94	$754	-15.06
355–380	368	5	237.00–245.00	$240.30	$884	+7.30
412–415	413	4	226.00–240.00	$229.52	$948	+0.11
450–495	475	8	212.00–230.00	$225.54	$1,071	+2.99
500–540	521	4	210.00–235.00	$223.91	$1,167	-6.09
560–565	562	3	197.50–231.00	$212.89	$1,196	-17.14
600–640	616	6	197.00–221.00	$209.08	$1,288	+12.52
660–675	665	3	200.00–213.00	$208.60	$1,387	—
715–745	730	2	192.00–201.00	$196.59	$1,435	+6.59
805–835	813	6	175.00–185.00	$183.35	$1,491	—
920–935	923	6	171.00–180.00	$178.48	$1,647	+10.48
1120	1120	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,960	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	240.00	$240.00	$684	+55.00
375	375	1	160.00	$160.00	$600	—
415–430	423	2	185.00–186.00	$185.51	$785	—
450–485	465	4	162.50–200.00	$181.62	$845	-1.71
508–540	521	7	164.00–200.00	$187.53	$977	+14.12
553–595	569	12	140.00–200.00	$178.18	$1,014	-8.31
665–695	675	3	155.00–185.00	$166.91	$1,127	+6.65
700–745	718	12	165.00–188.00	$181.96	$1,306	—
750–780	766	5	140.00–180.00	$162.99	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	270.00	$270.00	$688	+20.00
315	315	2	270.00	$270.00	$850	—
395	395	1	252.00	$252.00	$995	-1.38
400	400	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,008	+4.98
470	470	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,152	+4.86
514–535	522	8	240.00–245.00	$241.92	$1,263	+2.94
550–590	570	2	245.00–252.00	$248.62	$1,417	+16.02
695	695	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,432	—
700–715	708	2	208.00–213.00	$210.53	$1,491	—
762–770	764	12	210.00–211.00	$210.83	$1,611	—
815	815	2	233.00	$233.00	$1,899	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
310	310	3	485.00	$485.00	—
470	470	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110–115 unweaned	113	2	300.00–325.00	$312.78	-47.22

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90 unweaned	90	1	300.00	$300.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	81.00	$81.00	$470	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–530	518	2	175.00–190.00	$182.32	$944	—
560	560	1	167.00	$167.00	$935	-18.00
616–638	624	8	194.00–200.00	$197.70	$1,234	+15.70
650–660	655	3	185.00–205.00	$193.72	$1,269	+8.72
725	725	1	187.50	$187.50	$1,359	—
755–775	763	3	170.00–180.00	$173.32	$1,322	+8.32
890	890	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,646	—
1040	1040	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,508	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	140.00	$140.00	$749	—
645	645	1	130.00	$130.00	$838	—
685	685	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,028	+22.00
815	815	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,019	+15.00
1025	1025	1	91.00	$91.00	$933	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	285.00	$285.00	$826	—
460	460	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,067	+3.64
545	545	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,144	—
570–580	578	4	220.00–227.50	$225.65	$1,304	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	1	84.00	$84.00	$697	—
880	880	2	87.00–92.00	$89.50	$788	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	1	85.00	$85.00	$518	—
720	720	1	97.00	$97.00	$698	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	135.00	$135.00	$736	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	85-90%	1	58.00	$58.00	$368	+6.15
625–715	670	85-90%	2	80.00–84.00	$82.13	$550	+19.10
630–768	745	85-90%	6	76.50–78.50	$78.22	$583	—
645–940	777	85-90%	3	73.00–76.00	$74.15	$576	—
835–840	838	85-90%	2	91.00–94.00	$92.50	$775	+8.76
750–1125	926	85-90%	21	80.00–90.00	$86.21	$798	+1.42
830–1345	1015	85-90%	32	90.00–100.00	$94.64	$961	—
915–1148	1070	85-90%	3	103.00–103.50	$103.14	$1,104	+7.39

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975–1585	1143	80-85%	19	102.00–108.00	$103.65	$1,185	—
1070–1365	1158	80-85%	4	110.00–125.00	$117.13	$1,356	—
930–1540	1253	80-85%	34	108.50–117.00	$112.22	$1,406	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1444–1590	1502	75-80%	8	108.00–112.50	$109.87	$1,650	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1420	1301	7	82.00–108.00	$97.24	$1,265	—
1320	1320	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,439	—
1220–1975	1648	6	109.00–120.00	$114.15	$1,881	+0.37
1330–2135	1658	6	126.00–132.50	$128.89	$2,137	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–1005	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	107.00–137.00	$127.00	$1,137

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–995	912	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,183.33
965–980	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,290.00–1,325.00	$1,307.50
980	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
745–930	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,150.00	$1,025.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1080–1215	1148	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,530.00	$1,515.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–750	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00–475.00	$462.50

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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
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1271 fancy	1271	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—
1280 fancy	1280	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	—
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,710.00	$1,710.00	-206.25
1550 fancy	1550	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,325.00	$2,325.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015–1055	1037	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,375.00–1,450.00	$1,408.33	—
835–1235	1053	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,335.00–1,685.00	$1,538.33	-71.67
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,680.00	$1,680.00	—
1190	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—
1330	1330	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	+125.00
1415	1415	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,760.00	$1,760.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.