Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 4, 2023

733 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $188.98/cwt -7.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,359/hd at 719 lb · 20 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $246.38/cwt -11.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,572/hd at 638 lb · 15 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $284.10/cwt +16.08 vs last sale · ≈ $1,193/hd at 420 lb · 13 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	733	691	401
Feeder cattle	451	436	276
Slaughter cattle	173	174	79
Replacement cattle	109	81	46

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher, Heifer calves sold 10.00-12.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 thin fleshed	245	1	315.00	$315.00	$772	—
245	245	1	305.00	$305.00	$747	—
255–285	272	8	270.00–305.00	$282.79	$769	-1.27
325–340	335	3	275.00–293.00	$282.71	$947	+9.87
375–395	388	4	245.00–275.00	$264.46	$1,026	-2.90
410	410	1	222.50	$222.50	$912	-18.20
475–480	478	5	227.00–255.00	$235.88	$1,128	-3.19
500–535	516	5	222.50–255.00	$247.25	$1,276	+13.63
560–595	578	6	220.00–245.00	$232.14	$1,342	-12.71
615–640	628	7	210.00–233.00	$218.66	$1,373	-1.88
650–692	674	10	202.00–230.00	$220.63	$1,487	-2.56
700–745	723	8	207.00–230.00	$218.13	$1,577	+18.13
770–797	786	11	202.00–222.00	$211.63	$1,663	-18.37
830	830	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,635	—
903–910	905	4	176.00–197.50	$182.40	$1,651	—
1110	1110	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,787	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	1	375.00	$375.00	$694	—
290	290	2	317.50–330.00	$323.75	$939	+1.25
300–330	315	2	315.00–317.50	$316.31	$996	+4.97
350–395	360	5	290.00–300.00	$292.19	$1,052	-6.90
350–390 value added	370	2	310.00–350.00	$331.08	$1,225	—
400–440	420	13	271.00–292.00	$284.10	$1,193	+16.08
455–495	471	7	265.00–287.00	$274.45	$1,293	+2.42
515 value added	515	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,494	—
505–528	522	8	265.00–282.00	$277.12	$1,447	+7.49
560–570	565	2	252.00–262.00	$256.96	$1,452	+1.34
610–648	638	15	240.00–251.00	$246.38	$1,572	+0.24
655–690	664	4	237.50–255.00	$243.79	$1,619	-9.17
705–713	709	4	233.00–245.00	$239.00	$1,695	-10.73

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	207.50	$207.50	$477	-3.05
290	290	1	240.00	$240.00	$696	-6.18
375–390	380	3	190.00–235.00	$211.97	$805	-23.00
435	435	1	190.00	$190.00	$826	-13.44
460–480	472	6	172.50–215.00	$191.96	$906	-2.93
515–545	529	5	180.00–220.00	$202.19	$1,070	+2.01
575–595	585	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,112	+23.11
600–645	620	5	170.00–208.00	$187.53	$1,163	+20.06
650–680	668	3	150.00–196.00	$175.33	$1,171	-15.67
780	780	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,186	—
815	815	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,483	+9.50
880–885	883	3	171.00–175.00	$172.33	$1,522	+2.33
903–935	919	6	142.00–175.00	$158.21	$1,454	—
1030	1030	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,463	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	71.00	$71.00	$302	—
470–483	480	5	85.00–92.00	$90.63	$435	—
545	545	1	77.00	$77.00	$420	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	350.00	$350.00	—
165–185 unweaned	172	3	300.00–385.00	$346.55	-28.45

Small 3-4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
300	300	1	470.00	$470.00	+170.00
370	370	1	460.00	$460.00	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	157.50	$157.50	$685	—
535	535	1	144.00	$144.00	$770	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360	360	1	132.50	$132.50	$477	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220 unweaned	220	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
375	375	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	250.00	$250.00	$600	—
305–345	328	4	240.00–252.50	$245.45	$805	+10.51
370	370	1	222.50	$222.50	$823	-17.80
400–440	418	4	222.50–236.00	$229.64	$960	+0.12
475–490	478	6	220.00–237.50	$229.94	$1,099	+4.40
510–540	525	6	227.00–245.00	$233.07	$1,224	+9.16
550–573	565	8	200.00–235.00	$213.91	$1,209	+1.02
605–645	630	8	193.00–212.00	$202.47	$1,276	-6.61
656–665	658	5	190.00–205.00	$201.97	$1,329	-6.63
705–730	719	20	175.00–205.00	$188.98	$1,359	-7.61
795	795	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,510	—
1010	1010	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,818	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	220.00	$220.00	$473	—
265–285	275	2	200.00	$200.00	$550	-40.00
360	360	1	175.00	$175.00	$630	+15.00
485	485	1	187.00	$187.00	$907	+5.38
515–535	526	4	170.00–185.00	$177.08	$931	-10.45
565–595	578	7	160.00–176.00	$169.72	$981	-8.46
610–635	627	6	165.00–180.00	$170.30	$1,068	—
680	680	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,258	+18.09
703–745	727	10	160.00–173.00	$169.65	$1,233	-12.31
765–795	785	3	150.00–175.00	$163.84	$1,286	+0.85
865	865	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,470	—
925–935	930	2	130.00–167.00	$148.40	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	280.00	$280.00	$644	—
295	295	1	270.00	$270.00	$796	—
315 fancy	315	2	300.00	$300.00	$945	—
380–390	384	5	250.00–256.00	$253.79	$975	+1.79
400–443	428	7	242.00–255.00	$249.90	$1,070	-2.10
450–485	470	10	237.00–257.00	$246.16	$1,157	+1.16
495 value added	495	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,361	—
600–632	622	6	223.00–238.00	$226.32	$1,408	—
755	755	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,578	-1.83

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	77.50	$77.50	$314	—
475–480	478	2	72.50–77.00	$74.74	$357	—
505	505	2	64.00	$64.00	$323	—
695	695	1	50.00	$50.00	$348	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–140 unweaned	133	2	300.00–310.00	$305.28	-7.50
165–195 unweaned	180	2	300.00–385.00	$346.04	—
240 unweaned	240	1	300.00	$300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–135 unweaned	118	2	250.00	$250.00	—
200 unweaned	200	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210–215 unweaned	213	2	360.00–410.00	$384.71	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	150.00	$150.00	$615	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	290.00	$290.00	$754	—
415–430	423	2	195.00–222.00	$208.26	$881	—
510	510	1	195.00	$195.00	$994	+12.68
610	610	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,022	-30.20
655–695	677	5	180.00–205.00	$192.10	$1,301	-1.62
780	780	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,521	+21.68
800–845	824	4	152.50–186.00	$163.89	$1,350	—
855–895	875	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,312	-35.00
975	975	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375–380	377	3	262.50–280.00	$270.21	$1,019	—
430	430	1	230.00	$230.00	$989	—
450–475	463	2	217.50–260.00	$238.18	$1,103	+6.18
550	550	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,331	+16.35
620	620	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,380	—
675–690	683	2	206.00–215.00	$210.55	$1,438	—
710–740	725	2	200.00–205.00	$202.55	$1,468	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	75.00	$75.00	$405	—
675	675	1	60.00	$60.00	$405	—
775	775	1	77.00	$77.00	$597	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200 unweaned	200	2	475.00–480.00	$477.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
835	835	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,002	-5.00
885	885	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,195	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,240	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–950	770	85-90%	15	58.00–70.50	$68.62	$528	-5.53
735–940	810	85-90%	3	70.00–78.00	$73.41	$595	-19.09
735–1055	864	85-90%	20	70.00–80.00	$75.16	$649	—
830–1100	955	85-90%	3	86.50–107.00	$95.10	$908	—
930–980	955	85-90%	2	93.00	$93.00	$888	—
795–1465	1012	85-90%	23	80.00–90.00	$85.32	$863	-9.32
800–1390	1092	85-90%	32	91.00–100.00	$95.98	$1,048	-7.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1320	1074	80-85%	7	110.00–116.00	$112.18	$1,205	—
905–1390	1076	80-85%	10	103.00–109.00	$105.45	$1,135	—
975–1375	1166	80-85%	21	107.00–116.00	$112.62	$1,313	-4.51
1290	1290	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,548	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1551	1551	75-80%	4	107.00	$107.00	$1,660	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045	1045	1	116.00	$116.00	$1,212	—
1060	1060	1	93.00	$93.00	$986	—
1000–1450	1139	12	83.50–113.00	$102.78	$1,171	—
1200–1685	1351	8	114.00–124.00	$118.99	$1,608	—
1355	1355	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,734	—
1295–1955	1650	8	125.00–133.00	$127.53	$2,104	-1.36

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–830	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	145.00–150.00	$147.50	$1,173
695–1058	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	140.00–145.00	$144.00	$1,418

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1080	851	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	106.00–125.00	$117.20	$997
1190	1190	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,309

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
755–955	837	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	825.00–1,050.00	$941.67

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
995–1035	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,440.00	$1,420.00
1045–1210	1128	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,310.00–1,325.00	$1,317.50

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
603	603	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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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
1030	1030	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	-158.33
965–1200	1069	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,300.00–1,510.00	$1,407.14	-131.19
1105–1135	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,337.50	—
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,685.00	$1,685.00	+5.00
805–1372	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,275.00–1,485.00	$1,450.00	—
1278	1278	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,775.00	$1,775.00	—

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	1,810.00	$1,810.00	—
1170	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
1280–1655	1383	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,675.00–1,800.00	$1,718.75	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	975.00	$975.00	—
845	845	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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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.