Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 18, 2023

667 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $300.26/cwt +6.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,110/hd at 370 lb · 37 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $296.30/cwt +9.65 vs last sale · ≈ $941/hd at 318 lb · 26 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $212.93/cwt +5.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,319/hd at 619 lb · 21 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	667	762	529
Feeder cattle	379	468	274
Slaughter cattle	159	145	193
Replacement cattle	129	149	62

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 5.00-7.00 higher while heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 lower on limited comparison. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-4.00 lower while slaughter bulls sold 6.00-8.00 lower. 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
230–238	235	4	290.00–315.00	$306.39	$720	-12.20
255 unweaned	255	1	252.00	$252.00	$643	—
250–283	270	4	270.00–300.00	$288.48	$779	+0.12
300–339	317	25	285.00–305.00	$298.15	$945	+11.50
335	335	1	250.00	$250.00	$838	-36.65
355–370	364	7	260.00–287.00	$274.04	$998	+4.61
445	445	2	241.00–245.00	$243.00	$1,081	—
460	460	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,012	-23.00
455–495	481	5	257.50–260.00	$258.97	$1,246	+15.97
505–540	521	13	220.00–260.00	$247.08	$1,287	+5.21
555–575	564	8	222.50–250.00	$235.78	$1,330	—
600–635	613	3	232.50–247.00	$238.48	$1,462	+11.65
655–695	676	8	204.00–232.50	$219.19	$1,482	-6.64
705–730	720	5	205.00–230.00	$217.05	$1,563	-0.46
750–765	758	2	209.00–219.00	$214.05	$1,622	—
880	880	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,778	-0.98
900–915	908	2	192.50–193.00	$192.75	$1,750	+2.28

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	322.50	$322.50	$871	+4.27
315–320	318	4	310.00–327.50	$319.06	$1,015	+9.69
350–390	369	36	295.00–312.50	$300.41	$1,109	+6.52
390 unweaned	390	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,150	—
420–445	441	7	280.00–285.00	$280.68	$1,238	-6.11
485–490	488	2	277.50–280.00	$278.76	$1,360	-4.40
500–530	517	3	266.00–271.00	$268.36	$1,387	-13.79
575	575	1	262.50	$262.50	$1,509	+5.76
645 fancy	645	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,612	—
660	660	1	236.00	$236.00	$1,558	-15.00
715	715	1	233.00	$233.00	$1,666	—
855–860	858	2	202.00–220.00	$211.03	$1,811	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	225.00	$225.00	$450	—
270–280	275	2	227.00–230.00	$228.47	$628	+42.47
330	330	2	160.00–200.00	$180.00	$594	-20.00
355–383	368	3	202.50–224.00	$215.60	$793	+50.60
425	425	2	207.50	$207.50	$882	—
450–498	475	4	149.00–202.00	$184.48	$876	-10.52
510–540	523	4	170.00–200.00	$187.37	$980	+5.93
575–590	583	2	191.00–208.00	$199.61	$1,164	+8.08
625	625	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,125	-20.00
718	718	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,465	+11.45
750	750	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,148	-20.71
815–840	832	3	175.00–195.00	$185.74	$1,545	+5.66

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	85.00	$85.00	$323	—
490–495	493	2	89.00–97.00	$92.98	$458	—
535–540	538	2	76.00–89.00	$82.47	$444	-2.53
550	550	1	85.00	$85.00	$468	-2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160–190 unweaned	171	4	360.00–400.00	$374.93	+24.93

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
375	375	1	360.00	$360.00	—
450	450	1	490.00	$490.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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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	255	1	267.00	$267.00	$681	-0.50
320	320	1	230.00	$230.00	$736	-7.50
365–395	376	4	230.00–245.00	$235.49	$885	-1.76
440	440	1	241.00	$241.00	$1,060	+11.00
455–495	475	2	237.00–245.00	$240.83	$1,144	+11.81
500–540	520	6	210.00–235.00	$221.47	$1,152	+3.33
555–575	562	3	207.00–220.00	$211.44	$1,188	-10.16
600–640	617	13	204.00–216.00	$209.19	$1,291	+1.69
623 value added	623	8	219.00	$219.00	$1,364	—
650–679	675	13	207.00–220.00	$212.83	$1,437	+2.29
705–730	713	5	197.00–205.00	$202.39	$1,443	+22.39
810	810	2	192.00–203.50	$197.75	$1,602	—
860	860	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,656	—
955	955	1	184.00	$184.00	$1,757	+2.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	1	277.00	$277.00	$673	—
260–290	274	7	270.00–277.50	$271.14	$743	-13.69
305–335	320	4	266.00–270.00	$267.49	$856	-8.76
365–395	376	6	250.00–268.00	$260.87	$981	-12.82
430–445	440	5	247.00–255.00	$249.30	$1,097	-20.82
475–495	482	3	250.00–257.00	$252.40	$1,217	-7.87
725	725	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,552	+3.66
775	775	2	210.00	$210.00	$1,628	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	215.00	$215.00	$441	+2.50
205 unweaned	205	1	167.00	$167.00	$342	—
260	260	1	147.00	$147.00	$382	-23.00
355	355	1	180.00	$180.00	$639	-20.00
400–420	410	2	190.00–200.00	$194.88	$799	+10.62
450–465	458	2	180.00–185.00	$182.46	$836	+22.46
535–545	540	2	167.50–200.00	$183.60	$991	+13.34
600–610	604	3	165.00–174.00	$167.99	$1,015	-12.19
650–695	672	3	157.00–186.00	$174.29	$1,171	+5.22
705–740	722	3	182.00–188.00	$184.12	$1,329	+16.62
788	788	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,340	+20.00
865–870	868	2	161.00–180.00	$170.53	$1,480	—
900	900	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,350	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130–140 unweaned	133	4	230.00–275.00	$241.89	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	1	260.00	$260.00	-140.00
305	305	1	400.00	$400.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	87.00	$87.00	$474	—
610	610	1	71.00	$71.00	$433	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
385	385	1	385.00	$385.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–435	430	2	220.00–240.00	$230.12	$990	—
520	520	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,014	—
605–635	623	3	180.00–191.00	$185.40	$1,155	—
715	715	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,162	-5.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	275.00	$275.00	$921	—
370	370	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,092	—
450	450	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,170	+19.00
575	575	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,150	-54.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	1	150.00	$150.00	$870	—
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	—
855	855	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,154	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105 unweaned	105	1	275.00	$275.00	-125.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
715	715	1	460.00	$460.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–935	843	85-90%	2	82.00–85.00	$83.66	$705	—
660–1033	868	85-90%	4	63.50–70.00	$65.70	$570	—
780–1160	906	85-90%	10	68.00–75.00	$71.31	$646	-13.28
610–1169	907	85-90%	15	36.00–75.00	$67.41	$611	-17.18
760–1435	1031	85-90%	38	79.00–89.00	$83.27	$859	-11.91
805–1435	1143	85-90%	42	88.00–98.00	$93.26	$1,066	—
1015–1390	1203	85-90%	4	90.00–104.00	$96.44	$1,160	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
875–1260	1070	80-85%	17	100.50–117.00	$106.35	$1,138	+1.09
930–1310	1127	80-85%	3	100.00	$100.00	$1,127	—
1075–1190	1136	80-85%	4	113.00–115.00	$114.53	$1,301	—
990–1485	1146	80-85%	34	104.00–112.00	$107.03	$1,227	—
980–1550	1232	80-85%	23	97.00–103.00	$100.61	$1,240	-11.25

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1850	1265	20	80.00–105.00	$93.11	$1,178	—
1135–2010	1559	12	108.00–117.00	$112.01	$1,746	+12.17
1560–1705	1633	2	126.00–128.00	$127.04	$2,075	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835–1040	912	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	140.00–163.00	$151.00	$1,377

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–900	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$985

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,071
995	995	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,094

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925–1080	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,412.50
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00

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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
985–1055	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,420.00	-370.00
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	-690.00
960–1160	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,175.00	-618.57
1025–1125	1063	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,250.00	$1,150.00	-643.57
925–1160	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00–1,225.00	$1,183.75	-609.82
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,610.00	$1,610.00	-410.00
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,750.00	$1,750.00	±0.00
1590	1590	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–900	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	725.00–835.00	$780.00	—
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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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.