Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 10, 2023

1,725 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $192.46/cwt -10.22 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 476 lb · 52 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $217.79/cwt -13.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,032/hd at 474 lb · 43 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 steers $178.34/cwt +2.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,097/hd at 615 lb · 42 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,725	1,753	1,750
Feeder cattle	1,115	1,251	1,306
Slaughter cattle	435	351	338
Replacement cattle	175	151	106

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 19.00-22.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00-9.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00-8.00 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
170	170	1	300.00	$300.00	$510	—
248	248	2	255.00	$255.00	$632	-35.00
260–295	277	10	225.00–267.50	$238.70	$661	-18.73
300–340	319	17	210.00–257.50	$238.61	$761	-17.26
350–390	371	28	210.00–255.00	$233.33	$866	-11.20
400–445	428	31	200.00–237.50	$227.64	$974	+3.79
450–499	474	43	198.00–235.00	$217.79	$1,032	-13.20
500–549	525	22	190.00–229.00	$213.08	$1,119	+1.49
550–598	569	30	193.00–222.00	$203.48	$1,158	-14.74
600–645	626	14	190.00–207.00	$197.28	$1,235	-11.03
663	663	2	196.00	$196.00	$1,299	-7.32
713–745	721	6	162.00–173.00	$165.23	$1,191	-36.77
760–790	770	3	165.00–177.00	$170.66	$1,314	-18.61
800–820	806	4	160.00–172.00	$166.01	$1,338	—
968–979	975	6	165.00–176.00	$172.36	$1,681	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
125	125	1	250.00	$250.00	$312	—
235	235	1	232.50	$232.50	$546	—
255–275	264	5	190.00–220.00	$206.47	$545	+6.47
303–340	316	9	190.00–202.50	$198.72	$628	+23.78
350–390	375	4	200.00–202.00	$200.52	$752	+0.52
420–443	430	6	171.00–200.00	$183.94	$791	—
470–493	479	11	167.00–190.00	$180.79	$866	+5.79
510–545	530	14	142.00–180.00	$159.59	$846	-16.18
559–597	574	31	170.00–192.00	$180.97	$1,039	-3.00
600–648	615	42	167.00–188.00	$178.34	$1,097	+2.34
653–695	682	16	160.00–182.00	$173.08	$1,180	-11.66
700–730	709	7	150.00–166.00	$154.49	$1,095	—
757–785	762	6	150.00–158.50	$157.04	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–220	213	2	300.00–310.00	$305.18	$650	—
305–345	323	12	257.50–272.50	$264.40	$854	-22.35
350–398	371	17	260.00–277.50	$267.43	$992	-7.28
405–445	428	39	240.00–270.00	$259.95	$1,113	-5.48
435 value added	435	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,174	-27.00
456–485	464	18	226.00–252.00	$240.55	$1,116	-14.75
505–535	517	19	220.00–255.00	$228.59	$1,182	-12.55
563	563	2	222.00	$222.00	$1,250	-17.99
570 value added	570	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,539	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
467–470	468	4	60.00–65.00	$63.74	$298	-9.95
640–642	642	11	72.00–81.00	$72.82	$468	-10.60
696	696	4	86.50	$86.50	$602	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
245	245	1	325.00	$325.00	—
390	390	1	300.00	$300.00	—
435	435	2	150.00	$150.00	-251.78

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	240.00	$240.00	$552	-25.18
270–295	285	4	230.00–240.00	$236.08	$673	+9.61
300–340	325	9	210.00–237.00	$219.41	$713	-14.94
355–393	372	26	200.00–229.00	$212.19	$789	-4.52
410–449	441	33	185.00–210.00	$199.27	$879	-1.54
450–491	476	52	180.00–212.50	$192.46	$916	-10.22
510–545	524	8	172.50–194.00	$180.46	$946	-15.47
560–595	576	8	177.00–197.00	$184.98	$1,065	-11.14
605–645	643	20	169.00–192.00	$170.91	$1,099	-21.12
673	673	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,178	+1.59
760–788	774	4	164.00–165.00	$164.49	$1,273	-10.70
823–831	828	7	160.00–161.00	$160.57	$1,330	+3.07
860	860	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,307	-10.26
941	941	16	150.00	$150.00	$1,412	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–245	240	2	177.50–222.50	$200.47	$481	—
280–285	282	6	180.00–215.00	$186.75	$527	—
308–340	322	4	170.00–200.00	$184.57	$594	-15.43
353	353	3	197.00	$197.00	$695	—
435	435	4	175.00	$175.00	$761	-13.00
455–493	473	10	150.00–185.00	$166.71	$789	—
503–544	519	18	140.00–180.00	$162.20	$842	-11.54
555–599	579	13	150.00–163.00	$159.46	$923	+0.47
603–649	626	21	151.00–165.00	$153.80	$963	-19.63
650–691	672	15	140.00–167.00	$155.08	$1,042	+6.37
763–780	769	14	144.00–158.00	$153.40	$1,180	+7.89
835	835	6	157.00	$157.00	$1,311	-0.51
875–890	885	3	145.00–160.00	$149.94	$1,327	-2.09

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–335	326	6	220.00–245.00	$232.14	$757	-32.05
375–389	386	10	230.00–235.00	$233.53	$901	-11.86
400–435	423	16	210.00–245.00	$224.34	$949	-8.38
475–490	482	3	217.50–230.00	$222.47	$1,072	-0.24
575	575	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,236	+0.60

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383–390	387	4	63.00–80.00	$71.42	$276	—
440	440	1	60.00	$60.00	$264	—
472	472	3	67.00	$67.00	$316	—
512	512	4	66.00	$66.00	$338	+11.00
580	580	2	60.00	$60.00	$348	+10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	1	325.00	$325.00	—
150–185 unweaned	172	3	225.00–310.00	$270.10	-79.90
385 unweaned	385	1	230.00	$230.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
683	683	6	100.00	$100.00	$683	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–545	530	3	150.00–190.00	$162.58	$862	—
790	790	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,169	-6.51
850–890	870	2	123.00–124.00	$123.51	$1,075	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
123	123	2	165.00	$165.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	150.00	$150.00	$592	—
720	720	1	144.00	$144.00	$1,037	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	52.00	$52.00	$377	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–940	807	85-90%	12	40.00–50.00	$46.25	$373	-12.38
715–1080	880	85-90%	7	35.00–59.00	$52.43	$461	—
705–1240	933	85-90%	24	50.00–59.00	$55.52	$518	-5.95
815–1100	958	85-90%	5	60.00–69.50	$64.90	$622	-0.71
750–1415	1002	85-90%	96	60.00–70.00	$66.04	$662	-7.20
755–1181	1072	85-90%	36	71.00–84.00	$76.05	$815	-7.04
890–1575	1119	85-90%	104	70.00–80.00	$74.53	$834	-7.38

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1090	990	80-85%	2	81.00–86.50	$84.03	$832	—
955–1555	1255	80-85%	2	79.00–81.00	$79.76	$1,001	—
1135–1325	1268	80-85%	20	79.00–83.50	$80.79	$1,024	—
1065–1652	1318	80-85%	77	82.00–92.00	$84.29	$1,111	-7.82

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
2000	2000	75-80%	1	88.00	$88.00	$1,760	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1350	1233	2	90.00	$90.00	$1,110	—
1075–1875	1476	17	80.00–90.00	$85.80	$1,266	—
1300–2170	1686	28	91.00–102.00	$95.91	$1,617	—
1385–2100	1733	11	103.00–113.00	$107.04	$1,855	-7.96

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
965–1180	1076	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	95.00–105.00	$97.50	$1,049

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920–930	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,295

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,125.00–1,425.00	$1,275.00
765–1215	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,010.00–1,175.00	$1,106.00
1170	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–968	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	100.00–124.00	$115.00	$1,009

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
910	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
995	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1035–1060	1048	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,700.00	$1,550.00
1210	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–690	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	425.00–525.00	$475.00

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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
935–1125	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,137.50	—
1035–1235	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,053.57	—
1255	1255	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	-275.00
1265–1458	1419	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	1,100.00–1,235.00	$1,208.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
930–1208	1069	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
1020–1390	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	±0.00
958	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	650.00	$650.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–865	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–925.00	$875.00	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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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.