Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, November 17, 2023

1,502 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $192.98/cwt ≈ $1,490/hd at 772 lb · 47 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $237.41/cwt +4.08 vs last sale · ≈ $876/hd at 369 lb · 37 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $220.94/cwt +7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,195/hd at 541 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,502	1,725	1,665
Feeder cattle	869	1,115	1,393
Slaughter cattle	405	435	201
Replacement cattle	228	175	71

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to1.00-2.00 higher, 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
245	245	3	250.00	$250.00	$612	-5.00
255–270	261	4	220.00–260.00	$231.58	$604	-7.12
300–347	324	15	215.00–250.00	$232.39	$753	-6.22
351 value added	351	5	247.00	$247.00	$867	—
350–395	372	32	210.00–247.00	$235.91	$878	+2.58
400–448	421	15	217.00–237.00	$229.01	$964	+1.37
450–495	477	26	197.00–235.00	$224.88	$1,073	+7.09
500–548	541	33	190.00–226.00	$220.94	$1,195	+7.86
550–595	568	10	202.50–222.50	$216.27	$1,228	+12.79
605–630	621	4	190.00–209.00	$197.73	$1,228	+0.45
655–698	679	18	190.00–207.50	$195.05	$1,324	-0.95
710–735	718	3	172.00–190.00	$181.60	$1,304	+16.37
758–788	773	5	160.00–178.50	$170.95	$1,321	+0.29
802–845	821	15	172.00–187.00	$178.41	$1,465	+12.40
850–885	867	3	163.00–180.00	$171.08	$1,483	—
905	905	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,448	—
950	950	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,425	-22.36

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–365	363	2	262.50–275.00	$268.79	$976	+1.36
400–446	429	18	235.00–252.00	$242.31	$1,040	-17.64
466–497	476	21	226.00–238.00	$230.59	$1,098	-9.96
503 value added	503	16	235.00	$235.00	$1,182	—
500–530	517	11	220.00–232.00	$226.74	$1,172	-1.85
553–595	566	8	218.00–234.00	$228.36	$1,293	+6.36
600–640	620	12	217.00–234.00	$221.33	$1,372	—
655–665 value added	664	7	220.00–230.00	$221.41	$1,470	—
653–683	671	19	206.00–228.00	$216.41	$1,452	—
710–735	722	23	190.50–220.50	$214.69	$1,550	—
770–785	784	14	190.00–197.00	$196.51	$1,541	—
805–845	822	3	194.50–206.00	$200.10	$1,645	—
862	862	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,569	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	195.00	$195.00	$458	-37.50
275–287	284	4	195.00–198.00	$197.27	$560	-9.20
305–340	320	3	180.00–202.50	$193.74	$620	-4.98
365–390	372	8	150.00–196.00	$176.68	$657	-23.84
400–405	403	3	180.00–190.00	$186.65	$752	+2.71
455–495	479	7	157.50–192.00	$170.22	$815	-10.57
505–535	518	3	165.00–170.00	$168.38	$872	+8.79
620–638	630	4	156.00–184.00	$169.09	$1,065	-9.25
675–695	685	3	164.00–180.00	$172.13	$1,179	-0.95
715–745	730	2	170.00–177.00	$173.43	$1,266	+18.94
780	780	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,092	-17.04
840	840	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,323	—
905–949	940	5	130.00–135.00	$134.04	$1,260	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170–180 unweaned	174	5	225.00–375.00	$293.68	—
215 unweaned	215	1	375.00	$375.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	50.00	$50.00	$258	—
650	650	1	56.00	$56.00	$364	—
830	830	1	72.00	$72.00	$598	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210 unweaned	210	1	535.00	$535.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180	180	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	200.00–225.00	$212.10	$494	-27.90
280	280	1	220.00	$220.00	$616	-16.08
305–335	318	10	197.50–220.00	$209.04	$665	-10.37
350–393	375	23	195.00–220.00	$209.59	$786	-2.60
400–444	432	14	180.00–208.00	$193.24	$835	-6.03
455–498	484	13	180.00–213.00	$204.08	$988	+11.62
543–548	546	9	187.50–199.00	$197.17	$1,077	+16.71
550–580	567	5	172.50–195.00	$186.14	$1,055	+1.16
605–645	620	7	170.00–188.00	$182.13	$1,129	+11.22
651–690	664	14	173.00–190.00	$182.15	$1,209	+7.15
700–723	719	8	162.00–174.00	$165.69	$1,191	—
750–798	781	6	155.00–167.00	$162.54	$1,269	-1.95
860–890	875	2	151.00–160.00	$155.58	$1,361	+3.58
910	910	1	161.00	$161.00	$1,465	+11.00
950	950	4	147.00	$147.00	$1,396	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	240.00	$240.00	$636	—
300–345	325	3	220.00–245.00	$230.17	$748	-1.97
365	365	1	220.00	$220.00	$803	-13.53
408	408	3	222.50	$222.50	$908	-1.84
450–455	453	2	216.00–217.00	$216.50	$981	-5.97
500–525	508	14	202.50–217.50	$212.50	$1,080	—
600–625	613	6	200.00–206.00	$202.37	$1,241	—
710–745	719	4	180.00–191.00	$188.15	$1,353	—
746 fancy	746	14	193.00	$193.00	$1,440	—
751–793 fancy	772	47	189.00–197.00	$192.98	$1,490	—
832 fancy	832	9	163.00	$163.00	$1,356	—
858	858	6	187.00	$187.00	$1,604	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	215.00	$215.00	$376	—
245	245	1	175.00	$175.00	$429	-25.47
255–295	271	10	177.00–190.00	$185.27	$502	-1.48
335–345	339	5	155.00–195.00	$175.24	$594	-9.33
380–390	388	5	165.00–192.00	$181.48	$704	-15.52
403–445	417	8	160.00–180.00	$173.77	$725	-1.23
460–490	480	3	162.00–165.00	$164.04	$787	-2.67
545	545	1	165.00	$165.00	$899	+2.80
560	560	1	153.00	$153.00	$857	-6.46
618–620	618	5	142.00–162.00	$146.01	$902	-7.79
650–695	666	4	147.50–160.00	$151.72	$1,010	-3.36
745	745	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,118	—
755–793	773	15	140.00–155.00	$143.15	$1,107	-10.25
810–815	813	2	140.00–152.00	$145.98	$1,187	-11.02
890	890	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,246	-9.94

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	62.50	$62.50	$312	-3.50
625–635	628	3	36.00–62.00	$44.76	$281	—
660	660	1	70.00	$70.00	$462	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
345	345	1	400.00	$400.00	—
518	518	2	410.00	$410.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	300.00	$300.00	-25.00
200 unweaned	200	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190 unweaned	190	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
505–545	515	4	162.00–165.00	$164.21	$846	+1.63
590	590	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,062	—
648	648	2	135.00	$135.00	$875	—
790	790	5	125.00–150.00	$137.00	$1,082	-11.00
860	860	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,161	+11.49

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	2	122.00	$122.00	$714	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190 unweaned	190	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845	845	1	80.00	$80.00	$676	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645–775	695	85-90%	3	30.00–50.00	$37.43	$260	—
820–1395	963	85-90%	52	60.00–71.00	$67.67	$652	+2.77
820–1215	965	85-90%	3	35.00–69.00	$54.93	$530	-9.97
820–1220	978	85-90%	14	60.00–69.00	$64.30	$629	-0.60
750–1195	1002	85-90%	3	55.00–60.00	$56.99	$571	-9.05
685–1355	1031	85-90%	20	65.00–83.00	$76.26	$786	+10.22
855–1397	1095	85-90%	122	72.00–82.00	$77.11	$844	+1.06

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1085	1000	80-85%	9	82.00–85.00	$82.72	$827	—
1030–1380	1106	80-85%	10	96.00–99.00	$96.72	$1,070	—
705–1595	1138	80-85%	27	72.00–96.00	$89.98	$1,024	—
900–1635	1154	80-85%	52	80.00–85.00	$82.74	$955	—
945–1665	1283	80-85%	110	84.00–94.00	$89.38	$1,147	+8.59

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1410–1580	1473	75-80%	3	75.00–77.00	$75.64	$1,114	—
1630	1630	75-80%	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,483	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
935–1285	1110	2	96.00–97.00	$96.58	$1,072	—
985–1330	1153	8	70.00–89.00	$78.85	$909	—
1150–1970	1543	13	90.00–100.00	$94.57	$1,459	—
1000–2095	1579	9	101.00–109.00	$105.76	$1,670	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–985	850	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–130.00	$125.00	$1,062
710–1410	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	100.00–125.00	$109.50	$1,000
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,110

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
550–965	769	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	130.00–143.00	$136.60	$1,050

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1092–1170	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,550.00–1,700.00	$1,610.00
1145–1180	1163	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,700.00	$1,650.00
1213	1213	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,750.00	$1,750.00
1230–1280	1247	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,825.00–2,000.00	$1,883.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
950–1165	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,216.67
1153–1355	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,175.00–1,400.00	$1,325.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1020	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	825.00–1,050.00	$958.33
1025	1025	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570–655	613	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	300.00–400.00	$350.00
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	350.00	$350.00

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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
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
1005–1015	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,575.00	$1,437.50	—
1070–1285	1111	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	10	1,150.00–1,275.00	$1,240.00	—
1035–1620	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,200.00–1,550.00	$1,291.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1160–1168	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00–1,800.00	$1,766.67	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	420.00	$420.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.