Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 5, 2024

670 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $275.94/cwt -44.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,054/hd at 382 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $269.56/cwt -4.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,129/hd at 419 lb · 25 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $221.08/cwt -27.27 vs last sale · ≈ $940/hd at 425 lb · 20 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	670	933	762
Feeder cattle	467	696	558
Slaughter cattle	126	148	150
Replacement cattle	77	89	54

Market comments — USDA reporter

***RESENDING REPORT*** No accurate comparison on any class due to no sale the past two weeks. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–325	319	5	280.00–292.00	$286.41	$914	-24.03
370–395	382	25	260.00–297.50	$275.94	$1,054	-18.56
405–443	419	25	255.00–286.00	$269.56	$1,129	-2.28
450–498	474	19	255.00–270.00	$260.53	$1,235	-12.13
500–525	507	8	240.00–257.00	$250.06	$1,268	-18.67
555–595	576	7	223.00–254.00	$240.57	$1,386	+2.29
617 value added	617	6	250.00	$250.00	$1,542	—
615–648	632	4	237.00	$237.00	$1,498	+4.72
720	720	3	209.00	$209.00	$1,505	-6.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	274	10	250.00–297.00	$258.20	$707	-12.46
300–340	325	6	230.00–270.00	$242.51	$788	-17.57
355–375	368	3	230.00–260.00	$248.67	$915	+12.24
400–445	423	5	232.00–250.00	$240.79	$1,019	+2.77
450–490	477	10	212.50–247.00	$238.56	$1,138	—
510 unweaned	510	1	195.00	$195.00	$994	—
515–525	520	5	228.00–248.00	$237.41	$1,235	+4.39
560–594	583	6	235.00	$235.00	$1,370	+12.88
600–625	617	3	216.00–220.00	$218.70	$1,349	—
855–875	865	2	162.50–165.00	$163.76	$1,417	—
920	920	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,297	—
1000–1045	1025	3	135.00–150.00	$144.30	$1,479	+0.30
1075	1075	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,505	—
1420	1420	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,704	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	230.00	$230.00	$506	—
230	230	1	240.00	$240.00	$552	—
265–295	284	4	230.00	$230.00	$653	+17.84
320–340	330	2	145.00–200.00	$173.33	$572	-48.67
350–395	374	5	177.00–210.00	$192.22	$719	+17.65
445	445	1	200.00	$200.00	$890	-0.61
455–470	463	2	150.00–170.00	$160.16	$742	-6.55
550	550	1	170.00	$170.00	$935	-17.50
660	660	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,003	-24.00
715–745	730	2	150.00–172.00	$160.77	$1,174	-1.76
750–780	760	4	150.00–174.00	$160.35	$1,219	+19.35
1013	1013	2	98.00	$98.00	$993	—
1135	1135	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,135	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	64.00	$64.00	$314	+4.00
505–545	527	3	50.00–72.50	$59.04	$311	-0.23
550–580	567	3	60.00–76.00	$70.21	$398	-3.79
616–645	623	10	57.50–76.50	$72.31	$450	-1.69

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
153	153	2	325.00	$325.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	252.50	$252.50	$720	+1.35
310–345	330	3	230.00–260.00	$241.08	$796	-5.46
350 value added	350	1	270.00	$270.00	$945	+20.59
363–393	373	12	220.00–225.00	$222.01	$828	-10.13
402–445	425	20	212.00–228.00	$221.08	$940	-0.28
450–485	478	17	215.00–223.00	$218.44	$1,044	-2.31
508 value added	508	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,143	—
503–540	520	11	210.00–223.00	$218.27	$1,135	-0.06
555	555	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,193	+3.42
575 value added	575	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,265	-10.73
623	623	6	199.00	$199.00	$1,240	-7.26
677 value added	677	3	193.00	$193.00	$1,307	-7.00
685–690	689	4	189.00–190.00	$189.25	$1,304	-0.42
710	710	1	192.50	$192.50	$1,367	—
926	926	8	165.00	$165.00	$1,528	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	210.00	$210.00	$588	-5.77
320–345	332	5	211.00–235.00	$219.42	$728	+14.39
355–385	364	6	192.00–220.00	$205.69	$749	+4.75
425	425	1	192.00	$192.00	$816	+2.00
454–485	470	2	195.00–210.00	$202.75	$953	+7.00
513	513	4	212.00	$212.00	$1,088	+17.97
550–595	573	2	190.00–194.00	$191.92	$1,100	-0.84
634–645	637	7	176.00–193.00	$178.68	$1,138	-6.11
765–795	775	6	157.50–180.00	$171.90	$1,332	+8.11
865	865	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,462	+22.50
910	910	8	164.00	$164.00	$1,492	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	273	4	165.00–212.50	$188.58	$515	+10.30
305–347	329	6	177.50–217.00	$187.97	$618	+17.85
350–370	361	5	150.00–200.00	$176.63	$638	+21.34
435	435	1	172.00	$172.00	$748	+2.00
450–495	473	4	150.00–185.00	$175.83	$832	+15.83
560–595	583	4	140.00–180.00	$161.32	$940	-9.22
695	695	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,091	+3.42
790–795	793	2	157.00–160.00	$158.50	$1,257	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100 unweaned	100	1	275.00	$275.00	+47.00
213 unweaned	213	2	330.00	$330.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	50.00	$50.00	$220	+10.75
540	540	1	50.00	$50.00	$270	+9.16

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	160.00	$160.00	$992	-8.77
685	685	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,164	—
705–730	715	3	160.00–180.00	$169.91	$1,215	—
800–825	813	2	130.00–155.00	$142.69	$1,160	-9.20
975	975	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420	420	1	230.00	$230.00	$966	—
550	550	4	236.00	$236.00	$1,298	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	1	121.00	$121.00	$732	—
905	905	1	90.00	$90.00	$814	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	85.00	$85.00	$625	+20.00
775	775	1	54.00	$54.00	$418	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	85-90%	1	67.00	$67.00	$459	—
644–985	712	85-90%	5	56.00	$56.00	$399	-13.39
715–1015	868	85-90%	5	60.00–67.00	$63.09	$548	—
680–1230	943	85-90%	17	67.00–78.50	$72.57	$684	—
840–1360	988	85-90%	13	80.00–90.00	$85.25	$842	-1.05
1110	1110	85-90%	1	79.00	$79.00	$877	—
685–1405	1161	85-90%	12	81.00–89.00	$83.57	$970	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830–1135	992	80-85%	6	95.00–110.00	$102.46	$1,016	+5.60
1005–1350	1139	80-85%	7	89.00–94.00	$91.08	$1,037	—
1332–1600	1377	80-85%	6	84.00–92.50	$85.65	$1,179	—
1315–1525	1447	80-85%	3	98.00–104.00	$101.49	$1,469	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235	1235	1	97.00	$97.00	$1,198	—
1050–1920	1582	30	98.00–108.00	$103.28	$1,634	-6.03
1125–2150	1608	13	86.00–97.00	$94.23	$1,515	—
1740	1740	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,879	—
1525–2025	1749	7	109.00–116.00	$112.72	$1,971	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780–895	838	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–132.00	$126.00	$1,056
595–1120	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	100.00–103.00	$101.00	$872

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
945	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
905–1010	956	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,056.25
919–1083	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	1,350.00	$1,350.00
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
915–1115	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00–1,250.00	$1,200.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
868	868	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00
906	906	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,675.00	$1,675.00
1365	1365	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555–735	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	600.00–900.00	$750.00
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745–810	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	825.00–875.00	$850.00	—
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1060	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—
1168	1168	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860	860	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,410.00	$1,410.00	—

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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.