Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 11, 2023

762 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $247.24/cwt ≈ $1,280/hd at 518 lb · 33 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $236.75/cwt +10.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,452/hd at 613 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $283.90/cwt +5.35 vs last sale · ≈ $1,467/hd at 517 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	762	733	416
Feeder cattle	468	451	263
Slaughter cattle	145	173	101
Replacement cattle	149	109	52

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold steady , Heifer calve under 400 sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher, feeder heifers no good comparison to previous week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 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
250–285	262	8	307.50–330.00	$318.23	$834	-5.52
305–345	322	12	300.00–317.50	$309.37	$996	-6.94
333 value added	333	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,166	—
355–395	373	7	287.50–300.00	$293.89	$1,096	+1.70
405–435	422	13	272.50–292.50	$286.79	$1,210	+2.69
457–495	473	11	275.00–292.50	$283.16	$1,339	+8.71
500 value added	500	2	302.50	$302.50	$1,512	+12.50
500–548	516	18	265.00–297.50	$282.15	$1,456	+5.03
528 fancy	528	4	282.50	$282.50	$1,492	—
560–585	566	11	252.50–270.00	$256.74	$1,453	-0.22
605 value added	605	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,694	—
610–630	614	17	240.00–254.00	$252.86	$1,553	+6.48
655–665	657	13	251.00	$251.00	$1,649	+7.21

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	222	3	310.00–327.50	$318.59	$707	+13.59
265–295	289	6	260.00–300.00	$288.36	$833	+5.57
330–345	338	3	280.00–290.00	$286.65	$969	+3.94
350–385	368	3	247.50–284.00	$269.43	$992	+4.97
450–495	472	3	230.00–250.00	$243.00	$1,147	+7.12
510–545	528	2	222.50–260.00	$241.87	$1,277	-5.38
610–635	627	5	215.00–237.00	$226.83	$1,422	+8.17
650–695	683	4	212.50–230.00	$225.83	$1,542	+5.20
713–748	725	15	200.00–227.00	$217.51	$1,577	-0.62
810	810	1	203.00	$203.00	$1,644	+6.00
875–885	882	3	200.00–209.00	$202.98	$1,790	—
910–915	913	2	181.00–200.00	$190.47	$1,739	+8.07
950	950	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,805	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	186.00	$186.00	$502	-54.00
325	325	1	200.00	$200.00	$650	—
375	375	1	165.00	$165.00	$619	-46.97
465–485	475	2	195.00	$195.00	$926	+3.04
500–520	508	3	167.50–207.50	$181.44	$922	-20.75
555–575	565	2	190.00–193.00	$191.53	$1,082	+1.53
620	620	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,240	+12.47
690	690	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,104	-15.33
705–715	710	2	185.00–200.00	$192.55	$1,367	—
770–785	778	2	170.00–177.50	$173.71	$1,351	+21.71
805–840	818	8	162.50–191.00	$180.08	$1,473	-1.92
865–885	878	3	181.00–185.00	$182.82	$1,605	+10.49
900–915	908	2	150.00–169.00	$159.58	$1,449	+1.37
1055	1055	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,730	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410	410	1	85.00	$85.00	$348	+14.00
515	515	1	85.00	$85.00	$438	+8.00
575	575	1	87.00	$87.00	$500	—
708	708	1	90.00	$90.00	$637	—
750	750	1	95.00	$95.00	$712	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	1	350.00	$350.00	+3.45

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	280.00	$280.00	$672	—
265 unweaned	265	1	285.00	$285.00	$755	—
250–285	273	5	270.00–300.00	$284.83	$778	+14.83
300–340	326	11	265.00–290.00	$276.25	$901	—
350–390	375	16	257.50–290.00	$273.69	$1,026	+19.90
395 thin fleshed	395	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,185	—
400–435	416	7	257.00–285.00	$270.12	$1,124	+20.22
458–475	463	10	237.50–275.00	$260.27	$1,205	+14.11
455–495 value added	472	3	285.00–287.50	$286.52	$1,352	+11.52
510 thin fleshed	510	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,390	—
508–537	518	32	239.00–252.50	$246.45	$1,277	—
560	560	1	252.50	$252.50	$1,414	—
612	612	19	228.00	$228.00	$1,395	+1.68
618 fancy	618	5	270.00	$270.00	$1,669	—
660	660	9	236.00	$236.00	$1,558	—
710–745	726	5	206.00–224.00	$210.34	$1,527	—
875–880	878	2	177.50–195.00	$186.27	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	260.00	$260.00	$494	—
210	210	1	215.00	$215.00	$452	-35.00
260	260	1	267.50	$267.50	$696	—
305	305	3	237.50	$237.50	$724	-7.95
375–390	383	2	225.00–250.00	$237.25	$909	+14.75
410	410	1	230.00	$230.00	$943	+0.36
465–490	477	3	217.50–237.50	$229.02	$1,092	-0.92
510–541	529	8	212.00–240.00	$218.14	$1,154	-14.93
565–590	576	4	215.00–236.00	$221.60	$1,276	+7.69
600	600	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,245	+5.03
655–680	676	14	202.00–220.00	$210.54	$1,423	+8.57
705	705	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,269	-8.98
785–795	791	5	182.50–186.00	$183.19	$1,449	-6.81
930	930	2	176.00	$176.00	$1,637	—
965–980	972	3	176.00–186.00	$181.50	$1,764	—
1055	1055	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,646	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	212.50	$212.50	$425	-7.50
275	275	2	170.00	$170.00	$468	-30.00
330	330	1	200.00	$200.00	$660	—
370	370	1	200.00	$200.00	$740	+25.00
415–445	433	3	170.00–200.00	$184.26	$798	—
450	450	1	160.00	$160.00	$720	-27.00
500–530	516	4	155.00–190.00	$170.26	$879	-6.82
555–590	571	4	190.00–195.00	$191.91	$1,096	+22.19
600–645	615	4	160.00–187.50	$180.18	$1,108	+9.88
680–695	687	3	150.00–185.00	$169.07	$1,162	-15.93
700	700	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,172	-2.15
760	760	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,140	-13.84

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120 unweaned	120	1	350.00	$350.00	+44.72
165 unweaned	165	1	400.00	$400.00	+53.96

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	84.00	$84.00	$374	—
475	475	1	76.00	$76.00	$361	+1.26

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100 unweaned	100	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–445	429	4	260.00–281.00	$265.20	$1,138	+35.20
475	475	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,145	+2.82
500–520	510	2	262.50–274.00	$268.36	$1,369	—
555	555	1	254.00	$254.00	$1,410	+12.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345 unweaned	345	1	233.00	$233.00	$804	—
550	550	1	216.00	$216.00	$1,188	—
740	740	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,243	—
750–795	773	2	179.00–190.00	$184.66	$1,427	-10.34
845	845	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,360	-2.89
860–865	863	2	141.00–157.00	$148.98	$1,286	-1.02

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	1	425.00	$425.00	—
175 unweaned	175	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125 unweaned	125	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620–685	653	85-90%	2	65.00–68.00	$66.57	$435	—
590–825	725	85-90%	6	62.00–76.00	$70.38	$510	—
710–1315	913	85-90%	18	80.00–90.00	$84.59	$772	—
720–1125	955	85-90%	11	70.00–79.50	$73.77	$705	-21.33
805–1165	955	85-90%	3	90.00–100.00	$96.17	$918	+1.07
805–1430	1003	85-90%	44	90.00–100.00	$95.18	$955	+9.86

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1090	1065	80-85%	2	105.00–105.50	$105.26	$1,121	-6.92
1035–1355	1166	80-85%	11	100.00–105.00	$102.89	$1,200	-9.73
1150–1325	1242	80-85%	6	107.00–117.00	$111.86	$1,389	—
1008–1570	1248	80-85%	36	106.00–116.00	$110.12	$1,374	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1600	1600	75-80%	1	114.00	$114.00	$1,824	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1385–1810	1575	3	92.00–113.50	$99.84	$1,572	—
1215–1925	1596	9	116.00–126.00	$121.24	$1,935	—
1370–2220	1831	4	130.00–133.00	$131.05	$2,400	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–990	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	106.00–112.50	$109.25	$877
805–1000	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	122.50–134.00	$128.25	$1,158

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875–920	898	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	135.00–144.00	$139.50	$1,253
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,441

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–760	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	100.00–101.00	$100.50	$744
1000	1000	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,020

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945–970	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,325.00	$1,325.00
1110	1110	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00
985–1248	1117	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,460.00–1,585.00	$1,522.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

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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
925–1265	1051	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,065.00	—
1092	1092	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,020.00	$2,020.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
1020–1418	1346	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	1,700.00–2,040.00	$1,870.77	—
1393–1470	1419	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,840.00–2,200.00	$1,960.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,340.00	$1,340.00	—
970	970	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1030	1030	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,790.00	$1,790.00	+540.00
1000–1067	1058	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	14	1,700.00–1,810.00	$1,793.57	+386.43
985–1300	1143	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,385.00–1,580.00	$1,482.50	+145.00
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,510.00	$1,510.00	—
1263	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,760.00	$1,760.00	+310.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695–735	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,110.00–1,140.00	$1,125.00	—
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
930	930	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
805	805	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.