Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 8, 2023

970 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $313.22/cwt +4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $1,159/hd at 370 lb · 33 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $290.80/cwt -5.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,337/hd at 460 lb · 26 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $313.71/cwt +6.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,009/hd at 322 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	970	922	456
Feeder cattle	624	552	286
Slaughter cattle	239	261	127
Replacement cattle	107	109	43

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00-2.00 higher. Traded active 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
235	235	2	325.00	$325.00	$764	—
290–295	293	2	322.50–328.00	$325.23	$953	-1.05
300–315 value added	305	3	322.50–329.00	$325.15	$992	—
305–335	325	15	300.00–320.00	$311.42	$1,012	+5.25
366 fancy	366	6	320.00	$320.00	$1,171	—
353–390	370	26	300.00–320.00	$311.20	$1,151	+1.55
390 value added	390	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,268	—
400–435	415	13	290.00–315.00	$297.68	$1,235	+4.69
415 value added	415	1	322.50	$322.50	$1,338	±0.00
450 value added	450	5	312.50	$312.50	$1,406	—
450–480	462	21	283.00–297.50	$285.63	$1,320	-4.04
515–530	526	15	267.00–270.00	$267.40	$1,407	-2.97
577	577	5	257.00	$257.00	$1,483	—
605–645	617	9	247.00–255.00	$250.35	$1,545	+2.85
705	705	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,727	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
207–220	214	3	267.50–307.00	$284.76	$609	-18.61
255–295	283	16	265.00–317.00	$306.84	$868	+9.39
328	328	3	292.00	$292.00	$958	+2.08
370–392	383	8	250.00–290.00	$281.04	$1,076	+2.57
402–448	416	9	250.00–280.00	$259.47	$1,079	-1.66
455–495	483	14	245.00–280.00	$266.95	$1,289	+0.29
520–545	531	12	230.00–257.00	$248.68	$1,320	+4.92
550–560	553	3	220.00–257.00	$244.52	$1,352	+17.18
600–640	619	9	212.00–230.00	$223.86	$1,386	-0.45
650–699	680	10	212.50–231.00	$218.24	$1,484	-5.05
745	745	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,564	±0.00
760	760	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,653	-3.50
905	905	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,647	-8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	282.00–295.00	$288.50	$678	+61.50
260–275	268	2	237.00–245.00	$241.11	$646	—
320	320	1	230.00	$230.00	$736	-22.44
390–395	393	2	240.00–245.00	$242.48	$953	+25.36
403–445	429	7	215.00–240.00	$222.32	$954	+10.05
450–495	480	4	187.50–240.00	$200.44	$962	-11.13
480	480	1	200.00	$200.00	$960	-11.57
505–530	516	10	166.00–217.00	$183.21	$945	-18.79
550–595	580	3	172.00–190.00	$181.95	$1,055	-28.75
615	615	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,279	+10.05
655–695	676	7	172.00–198.00	$186.81	$1,263	-5.26
700–728	721	5	177.00–197.00	$186.11	$1,342	+1.73
750	750	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,335	—
800–845	822	3	155.00–195.00	$172.61	$1,419	-2.39
880	880	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,452	—
930	930	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,553	—
965–995	980	2	150.00–175.00	$162.31	$1,591	—
1045	1045	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,672	—
1135	1135	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,702	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	95.00	$95.00	$408	—
474	474	4	96.00	$96.00	$455	—
515–540	531	5	90.00–96.00	$94.00	$499	+4.40
567	567	6	95.00	$95.00	$539	+25.00
610–622	619	4	91.00–92.00	$91.75	$568	+7.75
675–680	678	2	80.00–105.00	$92.45	$627	+6.45

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
325	325	1	475.00	$475.00	+200.00
370	370	2	470.00	$470.00	—
425	425	2	460.00	$460.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
178 unweaned	178	3	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155–165 unweaned	160	2	420.00	$420.00	—
205	205	1	460.00	$460.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	260.00	$260.00	$494	—
210–245	228	2	240.00–280.00	$261.54	$596	+1.54
275–290	283	2	260.00–272.00	$265.84	$752	+4.40
305–340	330	11	225.00–252.50	$240.23	$793	+7.10
379	379	5	212.00	$212.00	$803	-4.61
400–440	418	10	206.00–237.00	$219.35	$917	+1.29
465–499	488	13	211.50–232.00	$214.89	$1,049	-18.62
515–540	529	16	201.00–217.00	$213.16	$1,128	+2.64
565	565	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,158	-0.25
635–640	638	3	200.00–207.00	$202.32	$1,291	-1.07
655–670	663	2	207.00–208.00	$207.51	$1,376	—
705	705	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,410	±0.00
770–782	779	4	192.00–198.00	$196.52	$1,531	—
805–825	816	4	185.00–197.00	$193.79	$1,581	—
855–875	865	2	180.00–188.00	$184.05	$1,592	—
920–927	926	7	170.00–174.00	$173.43	$1,606	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–233	227	5	212.50–245.00	$237.50	$539	+12.50
320	320	1	210.00	$210.00	$672	-12.00
365–395	381	5	175.00–210.00	$190.81	$727	-3.00
405–448	431	9	175.00–215.00	$192.48	$830	-4.90
455–475	463	4	170.00–202.50	$191.50	$887	-10.23
500–530	510	7	180.00–199.00	$188.50	$961	-11.50
555–590	571	5	175.00–200.00	$188.79	$1,078	-4.56
610–635	621	4	163.00–187.00	$178.38	$1,108	-6.34
650–690	666	5	170.00–187.00	$178.98	$1,192	+7.01
715–735	725	2	172.00–192.00	$181.86	$1,318	+0.81
758	758	16	160.00–177.00	$170.63	$1,293	+13.63
830–845	838	2	170.00–171.00	$170.50	$1,429	-2.29
870	870	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,522	+4.90

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–295	266	14	267.00–287.50	$276.91	$737	+1.91
300–340	318	11	265.00–300.00	$276.41	$879	+8.19
359–377	368	13	246.00–272.00	$255.44	$940	+0.44
410	410	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,066	—
473–495	480	3	207.00–232.50	$223.74	$1,074	—
588–595	589	5	210.00–230.00	$225.96	$1,331	—
613–625	617	3	210.00–225.00	$219.94	$1,357	—
673–695	680	3	205.00–210.00	$206.70	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–130 unweaned	127	3	285.00–350.00	$318.75	+18.75
180 unweaned	180	1	400.00	$400.00	—
200 unweaned	200	1	470.00	$470.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
375–390	383	2	475.00–485.00	$479.90	—
410–440	425	2	460.00–485.00	$472.94	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	83.00	$83.00	$303	—
570–575	573	2	82.00–86.00	$84.01	$481	-3.82

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	475.00	$475.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–375	368	2	200.00–210.00	$204.90	$754	—
535	535	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,054	—
560	560	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,120	+10.00
610–645	628	2	187.00–200.00	$193.68	$1,216	+14.75
660–675	668	2	182.00–192.00	$187.06	$1,250	—
700–725	713	2	170.00–190.00	$179.82	$1,282	+29.82
880	880	1	177.50	$177.50	$1,562	—
935	935	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,094	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	74.00	$74.00	$437	—
720	720	1	82.00	$82.00	$590	—
845	845	1	87.00	$87.00	$735	+12.00
1000	1000	1	85.00	$85.00	$850	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	222.00	$222.00	$988	-50.32
590	590	1	222.50	$222.50	$1,313	+7.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	172.00	$172.00	$636	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–870	688	85-90%	5	57.00–76.00	$66.40	$457	—
780–790	785	85-90%	2	62.00–65.00	$63.51	$499	-18.49
890–950	920	85-90%	2	83.00–99.00	$91.26	$840	-1.66
755–1100	999	85-90%	10	72.00–76.00	$74.49	$744	-7.99
645–1115	1025	85-90%	37	78.50–86.50	$83.77	$859	—
940–1093	1040	85-90%	5	90.00–99.00	$94.13	$979	—
805–1360	1048	85-90%	60	86.00–96.00	$91.67	$961	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750–1685	1046	80-85%	13	98.00–115.00	$109.83	$1,149	—
955–1530	1134	80-85%	22	93.00–103.00	$99.27	$1,126	—
930–1665	1275	80-85%	34	103.00–113.50	$109.37	$1,394	—
1265–1470	1358	80-85%	4	116.00–117.00	$116.36	$1,580	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,547	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
915–1505	1124	4	106.00–117.00	$111.48	$1,253	—
1070–1495	1257	3	98.00–102.00	$100.47	$1,263	+1.26
1070–1830	1404	11	86.00–110.00	$95.64	$1,343	—
1000–1785	1414	8	111.00–122.00	$116.28	$1,644	—
1320–1915	1605	15	123.00–133.00	$128.37	$2,060	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
790–945	876	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	120.00–135.00	$127.20	$1,114
745–1045	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	111.00–130.35	$117.59	$1,092
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	124.00	$124.00	$1,228

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–950	843	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	128.00–156.00	$144.25	$1,216

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
850	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	$850

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
760–1105	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	835.00–1,010.00	$922.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1190	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,300.00–1,500.00	$1,365.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

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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
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,720.00	$1,720.00	—
1130	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	-25.00
935–1330	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,635.00–1,900.00	$1,747.50	+147.50
1184–1418	1254	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,700.00–1,950.00	$1,775.00	—
1220–1460	1340	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—
1160–1575	1365	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,906.25	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
962–972	967	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	780.00–1,100.00	$940.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	+50.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
620	620	Young (2-4 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.