Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 22, 2023

924 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $235.56/cwt +16.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,472/hd at 625 lb · 27 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $271.31/cwt +9.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,424/hd at 525 lb · 23 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $275.49/cwt +3.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 374 lb · 22 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	924	842	573
Feeder cattle	684	634	412
Slaughter cattle	161	138	117
Replacement cattle	79	70	44

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher while heifer calves sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-5.00 lower. 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
285–290	288	2	315.00	$315.00	$907	-7.86
335–348	342	4	320.00–330.00	$323.68	$1,107	+2.22
350–390	363	7	300.00–327.50	$310.96	$1,129	+8.98
405–446	436	19	275.00–305.00	$286.30	$1,248	—
458–498	472	18	275.00–295.00	$283.28	$1,337	+8.28
511–540	525	23	261.00–280.00	$271.31	$1,424	+9.59
555–570	563	5	249.00–254.00	$250.19	$1,409	—
600–637	622	8	247.50–266.00	$254.40	$1,582	+6.42
660–690	674	9	230.00–253.00	$248.81	$1,677	-0.44
705–745	723	15	229.00–244.00	$240.23	$1,737	—
783	783	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,903	—
835	835	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,904	—
883	883	2	247.00	$247.00	$2,181	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	302.00	$302.00	$589	—
210	210	1	270.00	$270.00	$567	-15.00
275–290	283	4	265.00–280.00	$276.15	$782	-15.27
305–340	325	6	260.00–300.00	$280.78	$913	-6.03
370 unweaned	370	1	250.00	$250.00	$925	—
360–395	374	21	245.00–295.00	$276.70	$1,035	+5.01
400–430	414	10	240.00–270.00	$250.90	$1,039	+5.93
460–490	467	7	230.00–275.00	$253.92	$1,186	-7.77
500–520	509	5	235.00–255.00	$239.56	$1,219	+0.90
565–595	582	9	224.00–245.00	$231.80	$1,349	-1.73
600–645	625	27	220.00–242.00	$235.56	$1,472	+16.75
670–685	679	6	222.00–237.00	$226.52	$1,538	+6.52
725–745	735	2	222.00–227.00	$224.47	$1,650	+3.43
835	835	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,920	+14.14
852	852	3	236.00	$236.00	$2,011	+26.00
920	920	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,739	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	250.00	$250.00	$488	+30.00
205–240	220	3	250.00–265.00	$256.27	$564	+4.82
250–295	276	5	217.00–250.00	$229.70	$634	-0.30
335	335	1	240.00	$240.00	$804	+52.41
350–395	374	4	200.00–235.00	$224.73	$840	+9.68
400–435	419	6	200.00–230.00	$217.75	$912	-3.91
450–485	470	5	185.00–237.50	$207.39	$975	+37.28
500–540	519	7	190.00–222.50	$205.52	$1,067	+25.52
585	585	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,155	+17.41
795	795	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,391	-25.00
845	845	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,606	—
885	885	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,531	-12.00
960	960	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,536	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400	400	1	81.00	$81.00	$324	—
450–470	460	2	55.00–92.00	$73.90	$340	-18.10
515–549	535	7	83.50–90.00	$88.28	$472	-0.38
555–585	570	2	85.00–90.00	$87.43	$498	-2.69
605–635	608	9	91.00–97.00	$91.70	$558	-0.92
655–660	658	2	88.00–92.00	$90.01	$592	+0.01
720	720	1	87.00	$87.00	$626	+2.00
783	783	2	93.00	$93.00	$728	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	410.00	$410.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	260.00	$260.00	$533	-2.00
255–280	268	2	270.00–272.00	$271.05	$726	—
315 value added	315	1	265.50	$265.50	$836	—
315–325	320	7	245.00–247.00	$245.29	$785	-14.71
350–398	376	13	245.00–257.00	$247.77	$932	-37.23
400–430	417	7	237.00–247.50	$242.09	$1,010	—
441–449 value added	445	11	250.00–251.00	$250.55	$1,115	—
458–486	477	17	242.00–247.00	$245.95	$1,173	—
507–545	517	4	232.00	$232.00	$1,199	—
505–533 value added	526	16	250.00–252.00	$250.12	$1,316	+5.73
553–578	566	8	230.00–252.50	$233.98	$1,324	-1.87
600–645	619	12	218.00–240.00	$229.51	$1,421	+7.36
655–660	658	2	227.00–227.50	$227.25	$1,495	+12.25
700–747	720	11	210.00–234.00	$218.77	$1,575	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	250.00	$250.00	$612	-2.00
260–295	275	6	223.00–262.00	$243.35	$669	+33.35
303–330	315	5	222.50–242.50	$236.04	$744	+9.75
355–398	383	5	210.00–240.00	$226.11	$866	+7.23
390 value added	390	4	248.00	$248.00	$967	+8.00
400–445	425	12	202.00–235.00	$222.62	$946	+22.62
450–495	469	7	210.00–231.00	$225.23	$1,056	+4.23
505–545	527	17	207.00–237.00	$223.44	$1,178	+10.55
550–590	565	10	207.00–230.00	$219.01	$1,237	+2.28
605–618	613	4	212.50–226.00	$218.20	$1,338	+12.06
690	690	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,435	—
785	785	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,586	—
903–930	912	3	170.00–191.00	$183.86	$1,677	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190 unweaned	190	1	192.00	$192.00	$365	—
210–240	235	8	210.00–238.00	$218.68	$514	-14.13
265 unweaned	265	1	200.00	$200.00	$530	—
285	285	1	225.00	$225.00	$641	-16.15
300	300	2	160.00–170.00	$165.00	$495	-14.80
395	395	1	205.00	$205.00	$810	+6.41
440–445	443	2	190.00–202.00	$196.03	$868	+25.19
455–493	477	8	170.00–207.50	$187.46	$894	+3.26
520–540	527	3	197.50–200.00	$199.15	$1,050	+25.61
550	550	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,210	+46.45
600–635	622	6	169.00–190.00	$176.30	$1,097	+11.63
656	656	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,246	+13.57
705–745	730	4	170.00–180.00	$175.03	$1,278	+19.39
765	765	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,243	+7.97
808–830	811	8	184.00–186.50	$186.18	$1,510	+21.18
860–890	872	5	155.00–191.00	$168.09	$1,466	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	70.00	$70.00	$196	—
355	355	1	60.00	$60.00	$213	—
425	425	1	82.00	$82.00	$348	—
455	455	1	75.00	$75.00	$341	—
505–540	514	4	55.00–82.00	$71.92	$370	-16.54
550–555	553	4	50.00–70.00	$57.49	$318	-23.51
605	605	1	80.00	$80.00	$484	-4.99
660–670	665	2	60.00–87.00	$73.40	$488	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	1	420.00	$420.00	+10.00
245 unweaned	245	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	250.00	$250.00	$575	—
310–340	325	2	232.50–240.00	$236.08	$767	—
420–430	425	2	200.00–222.00	$210.87	$896	—
500–525	513	2	205.00–215.00	$209.88	$1,077	+34.86
565–575	570	2	180.00–190.00	$185.04	$1,055	—
615–630	623	2	185.00–210.00	$197.65	$1,231	+22.33
660–675	668	2	180.00–185.00	$182.47	$1,219	—
745	745	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,147	—
855	855	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,411	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	125.00	$125.00	$700	—
670	670	1	112.00	$112.00	$750	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	125.00	$125.00	$750	—
960	960	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,315	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565	565	1	83.00	$83.00	$469	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–970	738	85-90%	13	23.00–81.00	$48.45	$358	+0.81
670–920	762	85-90%	3	50.00–60.00	$55.35	$422	-4.15
800	800	85-90%	1	77.00	$77.00	$616	+3.57
545–940	805	85-90%	6	90.00–95.00	$92.73	$746	+19.30
770–1010	901	85-90%	8	64.00–75.00	$69.21	$624	—
845–1215	995	85-90%	22	78.00–86.50	$82.74	$823	—
690–1425	1078	85-90%	34	86.00–96.00	$90.75	$978	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
900	900	80-85%	1	97.00	$97.00	$873	—
905	905	80-85%	1	109.00	$109.00	$986	—
940–1515	1155	80-85%	21	102.00–112.00	$104.95	$1,212	—
980–1440	1158	80-85%	21	95.00–101.00	$98.99	$1,146	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–980	765	2	70.00–86.00	$80.25	$614	—
1145–1415	1269	5	89.00–100.00	$97.26	$1,234	—
1395–1735	1538	6	106.00–117.00	$112.29	$1,727	—
1530–2245	1819	7	120.00–130.00	$123.02	$2,238	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–805	698	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	140.00–172.50	$152.90	$1,067
880–930	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	133.00–139.00	$136.00	$1,231

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1008	1008	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	180.00	$180.00	$1,814

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
483–730	631	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	107.00–130.00	$117.33	$740
825–905	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	112.50–114.00	$113.25	$980

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Bred Cows

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
688	688	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00	$800.00
700–735	723	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	600.00–800.00	$733.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	925.00	$925.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	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 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045–1165	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,725.00	$1,668.75	+52.08
980–1340	1165	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,550.00	—
1080–1355	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,625.00	—
1245–1365	1305	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,210.00	$2,210.00	+422.50
1175–1335	1245	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,850.00–1,950.00	$1,900.00	+112.50
1315	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1433	1433	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.