Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 13, 2023

1,376 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $279.75/cwt +0.06 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 325 lb · 48 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $254.10/cwt -0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,197/hd at 471 lb · 45 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $217.86/cwt -3.17 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 524 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,376	966	795
Feeder cattle	1,032	669	595
Slaughter cattle	218	213	166
Replacement cattle	126	84	34

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week : Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 4.00-5.00 higher while slaughter bulls sold steady. Trade good and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	287.00	$287.00	$674	-0.50
260–265 unweaned	263	2	242.00–250.00	$245.96	$647	—
250–295	286	22	265.00–302.50	$275.06	$787	-9.68
300–345	325	46	250.00–292.00	$279.98	$910	+0.29
320–335 unweaned	328	2	268.00–281.00	$274.35	$900	—
350–390	367	36	250.00–287.00	$272.70	$1,001	+19.61
400–448	423	33	238.00–277.00	$254.46	$1,076	-1.78
450–499	471	45	220.00–271.00	$254.10	$1,197	-0.90
500–547	527	39	220.00–265.00	$238.08	$1,255	-2.97
555–598	578	9	211.00–240.00	$226.22	$1,308	+2.34
600–642	628	8	210.00–224.00	$217.12	$1,364	-10.74
660–680	668	7	206.00–210.00	$207.74	$1,388	-12.27
715–746	738	10	208.00–216.00	$213.62	$1,577	+5.87
755–780	768	6	200.00–205.00	$202.46	$1,555	-7.54
850–866	863	5	185.00–186.50	$186.20	$1,607	—
921	921	12	187.00	$187.00	$1,722	—
970	970	2	174.00	$174.00	$1,688	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 unweaned	245	1	270.00	$270.00	$662	—
285	285	1	322.00	$322.00	$918	—
295 unweaned	295	11	260.00	$260.00	$767	—
300–345	322	15	295.00–312.00	$302.83	$975	-5.51
359–395 value added	368	13	312.00–317.50	$313.96	$1,155	—
355–390	373	23	282.00–310.00	$299.77	$1,118	+0.84
400–410 value added	407	3	315.00–317.00	$316.34	$1,288	—
400–445	420	16	272.50–300.00	$286.13	$1,202	-9.92
450 value added	450	3	317.00	$317.00	$1,426	—
450–485	467	17	275.00–302.00	$285.47	$1,333	+5.53
500–548	530	14	260.00–285.00	$273.63	$1,450	+5.09
570	570	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,550	+15.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240	235	2	260.00–282.50	$271.01	$637	+14.22
265–295	281	4	195.00–260.00	$238.84	$671	+4.59
300–340	326	7	202.50–245.00	$227.41	$741	-1.61
350–395	370	13	180.00–230.00	$213.07	$788	+18.02
400–440	414	8	200.00–232.00	$213.06	$882	-11.94
495	495	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,040	+1.01
515–546	537	15	177.50–222.00	$197.18	$1,059	+0.85
550–595	573	10	180.00–220.00	$206.18	$1,181	-8.82
600–630	610	5	177.50–212.00	$201.36	$1,228	+21.83
650–685	671	12	160.00–204.00	$189.15	$1,269	-20.85
710–740	727	5	189.00–200.00	$193.85	$1,409	-1.60
785–790	788	2	185.00–192.00	$188.51	$1,485	+13.51
840	840	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,478	—
910–942	934	4	153.00–170.00	$165.86	$1,549	—
983	983	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,622	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	80.00	$80.00	$344	—
520	520	1	86.00	$86.00	$447	+22.91
585–593	591	11	88.00–89.00	$88.73	$524	+1.73
619	619	6	87.00	$87.00	$539	+18.75
650	650	1	90.00	$90.00	$585	-5.00
735	735	1	80.00	$80.00	$588	-13.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	242.00–252.50	$247.25	$606	—
255–295	272	3	230.00–245.00	$238.50	$649	—
305–325	315	2	232.50–240.00	$236.13	$744	+5.54
350–385	375	7	222.00–245.00	$238.61	$895	+4.36
413–440	424	7	220.00–239.00	$235.06	$997	+4.91
465–490	474	14	212.00–230.00	$220.84	$1,047	-1.67
502–548	524	39	200.00–230.00	$217.86	$1,142	-3.17
561–598	578	16	206.00–220.00	$211.97	$1,225	-7.15
600–637	629	23	199.00–210.00	$203.30	$1,279	-8.48
685–698	695	5	190.00–194.00	$193.21	$1,343	-11.25
713–735	717	5	195.00–201.50	$196.33	$1,408	-5.81
765–788	780	3	177.00–195.00	$182.88	$1,426	—
825	825	1	189.00	$189.00	$1,559	+1.00
880–885	883	2	186.00–188.00	$187.00	$1,651	±0.00
900	900	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,575	—
962	962	3	170.00	$170.00	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 unweaned	235	1	215.00	$215.00	$505	—
270	270	1	217.50	$217.50	$587	—
365–390	382	3	190.00–205.00	$194.78	$744	+27.28
445	445	1	165.00	$165.00	$734	—
483–495	488	7	180.00–202.50	$185.42	$905	+4.49
500–545	535	9	165.00–200.00	$184.48	$987	+16.98
568–585	577	10	167.50–205.00	$186.99	$1,079	+14.99
605–635	619	7	171.00–193.00	$183.10	$1,133	+9.37
688	688	8	169.00–180.00	$173.13	$1,191	-12.60
720	720	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,296	+6.30
750–785	764	6	164.00–175.00	$169.85	$1,298	-1.72
810–821	817	6	175.00–185.00	$181.70	$1,484	+10.87
853–885	869	21	165.00–177.00	$171.54	$1,491	-5.31
916	916	5	176.00	$176.00	$1,612	—
970	970	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,494	-16.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245 unweaned	245	2	248.00	$248.00	$608	—
275–293	286	5	260.00–273.00	$266.78	$763	+8.90
300–345	322	20	245.00–263.00	$255.31	$822	+1.40
340 unweaned	340	1	247.00	$247.00	$840	—
360–398	384	17	247.00–257.50	$251.97	$968	-2.65
400 unweaned	400	1	240.00	$240.00	$960	—
400–440	421	22	242.50–253.00	$248.23	$1,045	+1.26
455–495	471	10	228.00–242.50	$234.30	$1,104	-2.85

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	83.00	$83.00	$315	—
455	455	1	75.00	$75.00	$341	—
580	580	1	81.00	$81.00	$470	+5.39
600–630	615	2	60.00–88.00	$73.66	$453	+11.22
660	660	1	87.00	$87.00	$574	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–135 unweaned	125	2	275.00–300.00	$288.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
335	335	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
240	240	1	240.00	$240.00	$576	+10.00
410	410	1	210.00	$210.00	$861	±0.00
463	463	4	232.50	$232.50	$1,076	+22.50
550–580	569	7	185.00–215.00	$197.68	$1,125	+25.18
605–640	617	3	170.00–200.00	$189.62	$1,170	—
655–661	660	5	159.00–182.00	$163.57	$1,080	+6.02
750	750	5	156.00	$156.00	$1,170	—
810	810	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,191	+0.01

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–260 unweaned	258	2	250.00–280.00	$265.15	$684	—
275	275	1	261.00	$261.00	$718	—
375	375	1	255.00	$255.00	$956	—
445	445	1	247.50	$247.50	$1,101	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–645	630	2	123.00–160.00	$141.94	$894	—
710	710	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,079	+29.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	1	80.00	$80.00	$556	—
775	775	1	70.00	$70.00	$542	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
988–1350	1108	80-85%	5	93.00–110.00	$99.73	$1,105	—
1035–1298	1171	80-85%	5	91.00–93.00	$92.02	$1,078	+1.11
960–1565	1217	80-85%	53	90.00–95.50	$93.33	$1,136	—
1010–1535	1234	80-85%	41	96.00–107.00	$100.89	$1,245	—
1160–1445	1275	80-85%	3	107.50–108.50	$107.88	$1,375	+13.43

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–648	621	85-90%	5	75.00–80.00	$75.83	$471	—
727–770	744	85-90%	5	54.00	$54.00	$402	—
635–984	794	85-90%	8	60.00–70.50	$66.31	$527	—
685–980	811	85-90%	4	50.00–70.00	$61.74	$501	+4.97
830–1140	979	85-90%	14	83.00–94.00	$87.41	$856	+9.80
760–1294	1003	85-90%	22	72.00–81.50	$78.31	$785	—
760–1240	1050	85-90%	48	84.00–92.50	$87.75	$921	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
980	980	1	96.00	$96.00	$941	—
1090–1730	1336	6	87.00–100.00	$95.40	$1,275	—
1083–1780	1372	6	108.00–117.00	$111.03	$1,523	—
1210–1745	1512	9	105.00–116.00	$112.90	$1,707	—
1540–2330	1836	7	117.00–124.00	$119.41	$2,192	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–983	901	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	110.00–130.00	$122.00	$1,099

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
888	888	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	100.00	$100.00	$888

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
945–1225	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	1,100.00–1,350.00	$1,208.75
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
840	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,255

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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
1115–1260	1213	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,710.00–2,030.00	$1,905.56	+25.56
1310	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
1465	1465	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
940–1185	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,500.00–1,675.00	$1,600.00	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00	—

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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.