Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 22, 2024

530 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $290.98/cwt +31.60 vs last sale · ≈ $1,377/hd at 473 lb · 28 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $277.62/cwt +20.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,562/hd at 563 lb · 25 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $299.41/cwt +8.41 vs last sale · ≈ $1,009/hd at 337 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	530	730	553
Feeder cattle	432	601	340
Slaughter cattle	55	90	153
Replacement cattle	43	39	60

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 7.00-12.00 lower on limited comparisons, while heifer calves sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00-2.00 higher Trade moderate 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
230	230	2	386.00	$386.00	$888	—
275–284	282	5	350.00–367.50	$364.09	$1,027	-15.94
300–343	334	13	350.00–357.50	$352.12	$1,176	-13.82
365	365	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,223	-18.74
400–445	426	12	320.00–342.50	$333.99	$1,423	+6.46
455–480	469	5	292.50–315.00	$303.20	$1,422	+0.34
501–533	513	11	310.00–317.50	$312.84	$1,605	+15.74
515 value added	515	2	337.50	$337.50	$1,738	+51.50
575–580	578	2	273.00–290.00	$281.46	$1,627	-7.95
613–645	632	8	258.00–272.50	$264.35	$1,671	-9.86
800	800	2	218.00	$218.00	$1,744	-6.69
935	935	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,010	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	357.50	$357.50	$697	—
260–290	272	3	296.00–342.00	$313.67	$853	-21.14
310–340	325	2	300.00–325.00	$313.08	$1,018	-9.19
355–385	372	5	275.00–310.00	$291.13	$1,083	-26.01
400–445	425	13	262.00–317.00	$292.92	$1,245	-17.60
453–480	464	4	277.50–292.00	$284.97	$1,322	-0.01
540	540	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,404	-10.41
550–567	562	5	242.00–254.00	$249.86	$1,404	-20.15
605–648	634	4	240.00–250.00	$245.86	$1,559	-5.72
702–710	705	5	213.50–220.00	$217.38	$1,533	—
835	835	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,670	+10.00
850	850	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	290.00	$290.00	$580	—
285	285	1	275.00	$275.00	$784	—
335	335	3	250.00–290.00	$268.33	$899	—
395	395	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,007	+21.12
408–443	421	12	212.00–240.00	$234.45	$987	-19.38
495	495	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,163	-6.28
500–530	510	3	225.00–236.00	$232.19	$1,184	+20.68
592	592	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,391	-3.35
635	635	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,473	—
650	650	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,430	—
730	730	1	198.00	$198.00	$1,445	+8.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 unweaned	80	1	350.00	$350.00	—
130 unweaned	130	1	500.00	$500.00	±0.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–230	228	2	300.00–322.50	$311.37	$710	—
273 value added	273	2	335.00	$335.00	$915	—
255–285	278	5	300.00–320.00	$308.99	$859	-1.83
290 thin fleshed	290	3	320.00	$320.00	$928	—
305–347	337	14	292.50–305.00	$299.41	$1,009	+8.41
370–371 value added	371	5	315.00–320.00	$316.00	$1,172	—
390–392	391	6	277.00–299.00	$286.64	$1,121	+12.06
420 value added	420	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,260	—
400–445	422	5	262.00–297.50	$280.04	$1,182	+10.12
465–470 value added	468	7	305.00–310.00	$306.42	$1,434	—
450–493	475	21	266.00–294.00	$285.83	$1,358	+26.45
510–540	525	4	262.00–270.00	$266.73	$1,400	-3.06
550 value added	550	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,595	—
551–590	561	17	255.00–277.00	$272.50	$1,529	+15.25
572 fancy	572	6	288.00	$288.00	$1,647	—
600–605	603	3	230.00–235.00	$231.66	$1,397	-8.34
685	685	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,507	—
803	803	3	205.00	$205.00	$1,646	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	295.00	$295.00	$664	-5.00
250–280	262	3	250.00–257.50	$252.68	$662	-25.64
320–335	323	5	250.00–275.00	$255.78	$826	+10.09
355–395	375	13	247.00–262.50	$251.27	$942	-8.46
400–435	415	3	237.00–265.00	$250.28	$1,039	-12.36
465–473	472	11	250.00–260.00	$258.20	$1,219	+18.00
520–540	530	2	250.00–271.00	$260.70	$1,382	+28.67
570	570	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,282	-1.79
620	620	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,314	-3.83
665	665	1	196.00	$196.00	$1,303	-26.00
850	850	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,632	—
950	950	1	162.50	$162.50	$1,544	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–290	268	4	190.00–245.00	$213.41	$572	-6.59
320–325	324	4	220.00–225.00	$222.49	$721	-12.51
383–385	384	3	220.00–240.00	$226.69	$870	+1.54
400–415	407	3	190.00–235.00	$214.77	$874	-10.34
515–540	528	2	192.00–200.00	$196.09	$1,035	-28.91
635	635	8	185.00	$185.00	$1,175	-10.97
680–695	688	2	150.00–191.00	$170.28	$1,172	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
218	218	4	650.00	$650.00	—
263–293	278	4	675.00–790.00	$735.60	—
420	420	1	650.00	$650.00	+115.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160 unweaned	160	1	550.00	$550.00	—
205–245 unweaned	225	2	500.00–600.00	$545.56	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,058	—
447	447	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,118	—
455–475	465	2	227.00–250.00	$238.75	$1,110	+12.95
520–545	533	2	212.50–222.00	$217.14	$1,157	-40.83
550–590	568	4	245.00–285.00	$265.66	$1,509	—
600	600	2	237.00–265.00	$251.00	$1,506	+9.38
660	660	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,518	+11.00
710–720	715	2	187.00–210.00	$198.42	$1,419	-10.14
800	800	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,312	-31.00
895	895	1	173.00	$173.00	$1,548	—
925–945	935	2	160.00–175.00	$167.58	$1,567	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	3	312.50	$312.50	$1,241	—
445	445	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,357	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	500.00	$500.00	—
250	250	3	770.00	$770.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	2	150.00	$150.00	$1,335	—
970	970	1	122.50	$122.50	$1,188	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	135.00	$135.00	$837	—
710	710	1	130.00	$130.00	$923	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	750.00	$750.00	—
225 unweaned	225	1	775.00	$775.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85 unweaned	85	1	500.00	$500.00	—
235 unweaned	235	1	525.00	$525.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890	890	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,068	+8.00
845–1245	999	80-85%	13	117.00–142.00	$129.64	$1,295	—
960–1070	1015	80-85%	2	124.00–126.00	$124.95	$1,268	—
915–1545	1231	80-85%	6	125.00–134.00	$127.74	$1,572	—
1435	1435	80-85%	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,966	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–655	610	85-90%	2	86.00–90.00	$88.15	$538	+4.58
625–750	668	85-90%	3	85.00–95.00	$90.30	$603	—
695–975	835	85-90%	2	95.00–105.00	$99.16	$828	—
745–995	888	85-90%	3	100.00–109.00	$103.36	$918	+30.82

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1320–1790	1555	2	142.00–144.00	$143.15	$2,226	—
1095–1980	1564	4	129.00–137.00	$133.82	$2,093	—
1420–1745	1583	2	124.00–128.00	$125.79	$1,991	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
555–965	824	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	153.00–164.00	$159.70	$1,316

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–1140	767	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	130.00–148.00	$139.20	$1,068

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
800–903	886	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,387.50
735–1035	887	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,250.00–1,525.00	$1,375.00
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,190.00	$1,190.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	121.00	$121.00	$823
690–880	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	127.50–129.00	$128.25	$1,007
925–1430	1178	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	126.00–128.00	$127.00	$1,496

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1000–1223	1149	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,575.00–1,650.00	$1,625.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840	840	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,425.00	$1,425.00	-225.00

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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.