Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 26, 2024

476 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $206.70/cwt ≈ $1,492/hd at 722 lb · 13 head

light 6-weight M&L 2 heifers $164.68/cwt ≈ $1,052/hd at 639 lb · 11 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 2 heifers $175.65/cwt ≈ $1,377/hd at 784 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	476	696	390
Feeder cattle	273	439	260
Slaughter cattle	99	153	80
Replacement cattle	104	104	50

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 20.00-26.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Trade moderate 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
295	295	2	338.00	$338.00	$997	—
303–315	307	3	320.00–335.00	$329.87	$1,013	+50.87
358–393	372	8	305.00–329.00	$318.02	$1,183	+42.36
375 value added	375	1	342.00	$342.00	$1,282	—
405–443	428	7	285.00–335.00	$301.23	$1,289	+41.23
460 value added	460	1	327.00	$327.00	$1,504	—
465	465	2	269.00–312.00	$290.50	$1,351	+25.50
500–540	522	6	263.00–285.00	$278.05	$1,451	+34.55
565	565	1	263.00	$263.00	$1,486	+23.00
615	615	6	257.00	$257.00	$1,581	+21.04
720	720	5	236.50	$236.50	$1,703	+25.50
755	755	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,638	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
216	216	1	275.00	$275.00	$594	—
270	270	1	295.00	$295.00	$796	—
305	305	1	280.00	$280.00	$854	+43.09
395	395	1	276.00	$276.00	$1,090	+34.13
405–440	423	3	237.00–284.00	$257.01	$1,087	+24.05
460	460	1	262.00	$262.00	$1,205	+25.31
515	515	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,339	+30.04
560	560	2	249.00	$249.00	$1,394	+17.76
665–698	691	5	227.00–238.00	$229.12	$1,583	+2.12
700	700	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,470	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	220.00	$220.00	$726	+8.78
365	365	2	230.00	$230.00	$840	+25.64
410	410	1	225.00	$225.00	$922	+25.79
600	600	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,020	-25.04
786	786	4	175.00	$175.00	$1,376	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255–270	263	2	400.00–435.00	$418.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	1	440.00	$440.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160 unweaned	160	1	270.00	$270.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	1	70.00	$70.00	$315	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 unweaned	205	1	237.00	$237.00	$486	—
315–340	332	3	264.00–275.00	$267.48	$888	+38.05
345 value added	345	1	277.00	$277.00	$956	—
367	367	3	237.50	$237.50	$872	+11.93
405–420	413	4	225.00–250.00	$236.19	$975	+10.25
453 value added	453	2	257.00	$257.00	$1,164	—
455–478	474	6	221.00–242.00	$238.64	$1,131	+15.18
505 value added	505	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,273	—
528–545	534	3	216.00–225.00	$221.94	$1,185	+6.11
558–584	574	10	225.00–236.00	$231.97	$1,332	+20.72
638	638	8	230.00	$230.00	$1,467	+25.00
652–670	654	10	220.00–233.00	$231.67	$1,515	—
708–745	722	13	200.00–215.00	$206.70	$1,492	—
767–775	769	4	206.00–230.00	$223.95	$1,722	—
800	800	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,640	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218	218	2	209.00	$209.00	$456	+7.34
318–325	320	3	180.00–210.00	$190.15	$608	+18.95
350–375	369	4	192.00–212.00	$204.07	$753	+19.07
420	420	1	190.00	$190.00	$798	+7.65
475–490	482	3	167.00–175.00	$169.66	$818	—
515	515	1	180.00	$180.00	$927	+2.61
620–647	639	11	153.00–180.00	$164.68	$1,052	—
660–670	665	4	150.00–170.00	$165.04	$1,098	-1.96
705	705	1	167.50	$167.50	$1,181	—
755–789	784	11	155.00–179.00	$175.65	$1,377	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	2	227.00	$227.00	$449	—
215–218	217	4	226.00–235.00	$228.23	$495	—
280–295	288	2	220.00–231.00	$225.36	$649	-2.90
330	330	1	244.00	$244.00	$805	+29.41
420–425	423	2	222.00–225.00	$223.49	$945	+18.33
455–480	470	6	207.00–235.00	$222.94	$1,048	+27.97
555–570	563	2	207.00–235.00	$221.19	$1,245	+28.35
630	630	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,197	+8.50
655–695	683	4	182.00–200.00	$187.30	$1,279	-12.35
755–775	765	2	182.50–188.00	$185.29	$1,417	—
890	890	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,646	—
950	950	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,634	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60 unweaned	60	1	250.00	$250.00	—
110 unweaned	110	1	250.00	$250.00	+27.73

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
275	275	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450–495	470	3	260.00–282.00	$269.70	$1,268	—
605–620	613	3	218.00–247.00	$232.05	$1,422	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	208.00	$208.00	$1,082	—
565	565	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,130	—
670	670	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,273	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	110.00	$110.00	$808	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–950	895	80-85%	2	93.00–95.00	$94.06	$842	—
1045–1158	1120	80-85%	18	99.00–105.00	$100.46	$1,125	—
905–1560	1149	80-85%	13	100.00–109.00	$104.18	$1,197	—
860–1353	1151	80-85%	57	93.00–98.00	$95.90	$1,104	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595–830	710	85-90%	5	40.00–70.00	$54.60	$388	—
715–945	834	85-90%	4	65.00–71.00	$68.31	$570	+3.26
800–935	852	85-90%	8	74.50–75.00	$74.68	$636	+1.75
890	890	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$810	+13.64
935	935	85-90%	1	82.00	$82.00	$767	—
835–1235	1024	85-90%	38	84.50–92.50	$89.29	$914	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1855	1617	8	89.00–102.00	$98.22	$1,588	—
1565–2010	1738	6	105.00–114.00	$108.71	$1,889	-8.34
1675–2115	1847	5	116.00–131.00	$123.94	$2,289	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–800	720	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	125.00–127.00	$125.67	$905

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Bred Cows

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
740–775	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	650.00–850.00	$775.00
770	770	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1020–1035	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,700.00	$1,600.00
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,342

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
485	485	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
515	515	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$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
925–1055	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,500.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—

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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.