Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 12, 2024

455 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $279.01/cwt -1.98 vs last sale · ≈ $1,585/hd at 568 lb · 21 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $262.69/cwt -3.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,361/hd at 518 lb · 20 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $220.00/cwt -25.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,454/hd at 661 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	455	679	935
Feeder cattle	372	514	613
Slaughter cattle	56	107	182
Replacement cattle	27	58	140

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower on limited comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 lower. 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
358–361 value added	360	9	359.00–360.00	$359.78	$1,295	-10.22
370–393	385	4	320.00–325.00	$323.80	$1,247	-8.64
400–430	414	9	310.00–342.50	$327.23	$1,355	+10.01
450–495	468	16	305.00–330.00	$315.91	$1,478	+1.28
505 value added	505	2	328.00	$328.00	$1,656	—
510–542	538	9	285.00–285.50	$285.45	$1,536	-28.05
550–595	568	21	275.00–280.00	$279.01	$1,585	-1.94
605–645	629	9	247.00–268.00	$254.92	$1,603	-21.94
670–686	681	15	235.75–257.50	$241.73	$1,646	-7.73
730	730	2	241.00	$241.00	$1,759	—
755	755	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,752	—
960	960	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,920	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	307.50	$307.50	$723	—
275	275	1	325.00	$325.00	$894	-10.00
285 unweaned	285	1	315.00	$315.00	$898	-5.00
315	315	1	295.00	$295.00	$929	-16.24
395	395	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,224	+17.51
420 value added	420	1	292.50	$292.50	$1,228	—
420–445	428	3	295.00–305.00	$299.90	$1,284	+5.00
450–497	481	14	260.00–297.50	$285.98	$1,376	+13.88
505–544	533	13	254.00–295.00	$278.87	$1,486	-8.22
560–590	580	7	250.00–273.00	$261.66	$1,518	+2.66
632	632	3	243.00	$243.00	$1,536	-24.00
655	655	2	227.00–232.00	$229.50	$1,503	+4.98
710	710	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,605	+6.59
834	834	12	197.00	$197.00	$1,643	-28.00
1040	1040	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,924	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	272.50	$272.50	$1,022	+27.98
505	505	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,060	-13.64
575	575	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,208	-5.94
665	665	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,264	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120 unweaned	120	1	725.00	$725.00	—
185 unweaned	185	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90 unweaned	90	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
295	295	1	560.00	$560.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	300.00	$300.00	$840	—
385	385	3	280.00–285.00	$281.67	$1,084	-13.33
402	402	7	272.00	$272.00	$1,093	-2.44
450–475	466	7	262.50–271.00	$265.41	$1,237	—
474 value added	474	7	265.00	$265.00	$1,256	—
501–545	518	20	257.00–266.00	$262.69	$1,361	-3.49
578–590	579	10	250.00–256.00	$255.39	$1,479	-1.35
610	610	2	247.00	$247.00	$1,507	-10.00
661	661	18	220.00	$220.00	$1,454	-25.00
710–730	718	11	220.00–225.00	$223.37	$1,604	+3.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	3	270.00–285.00	$280.06	$751	+2.59
305–345	324	5	250.00–275.00	$265.73	$861	-1.52
350–385	369	5	267.50–275.00	$270.54	$998	+5.71
403–445	422	5	250.00–260.00	$257.10	$1,085	-2.02
450–495	472	7	232.50–260.00	$242.48	$1,145	-9.88
500–540	519	13	242.00–259.00	$248.49	$1,290	+4.29
565–595	580	5	234.00–245.00	$239.78	$1,391	+8.02
600–625	608	3	230.00–237.00	$234.60	$1,426	+24.60
660–695	683	4	190.00–225.00	$200.62	$1,370	—
705	705	4	205.00	$205.00	$1,445	+10.25
760–770	765	2	194.00–200.00	$196.98	$1,507	-20.02
885	885	1	193.00	$193.00	$1,708	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	240.00	$240.00	$684	-5.00
345	345	1	242.00	$242.00	$835	—
405–415	410	2	225.00–230.00	$227.53	$933	—
468	468	2	216.00	$216.00	$1,011	+11.00
505–545	529	4	190.00–230.00	$208.39	$1,102	-11.32
580	580	3	190.00–207.00	$201.33	$1,168	-8.70
603–635	615	4	180.00–190.00	$183.81	$1,130	-16.19

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	6	100.00	$100.00	$290	—
470	470	1	110.00	$110.00	$517	—
515	515	1	120.00	$120.00	$618	+16.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
238 unweaned	238	2	325.00	$325.00	—
420	420	1	550.00	$550.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	2	735.00	$735.00	+50.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 unweaned	80	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–465	463	2	242.50–270.00	$256.18	$1,186	-33.82
530	530	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,484	—
635	635	1	256.00	$256.00	$1,626	+36.80
755–760	758	2	183.00–190.00	$186.51	$1,414	-6.29
840	840	1	181.00	$181.00	$1,520	-0.97
865	865	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,618	-2.00
960	960	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,699	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,083	—
493	493	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,405	—
578	578	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,503	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710	710	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$604	-3.32
740	740	85-90%	1	91.00	$91.00	$673	+2.68
870–975	923	85-90%	2	100.00–109.00	$104.76	$967	-9.28
890–1110	968	85-90%	7	104.00–115.00	$111.78	$1,082	-2.22
975	975	85-90%	1	85.00	$85.00	$829	-29.00
705–1430	1068	85-90%	2	92.00–93.00	$92.33	$986	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1280	1144	80-85%	4	117.00–126.00	$122.37	$1,400	—
1115–1680	1355	80-85%	4	121.00–130.00	$125.55	$1,701	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1480	1256	8	103.00–125.00	$118.74	$1,491	—
1435	1435	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,722	—
1000–2075	1539	8	127.00–137.00	$132.26	$2,035	—
1760–1790	1775	2	151.00–154.00	$152.49	$2,707	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–1045	825	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	120.00–150.00	$138.83	$1,145

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–865	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	162.50–177.50	$170.00	$1,368

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1155	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,625.00–1,850.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805–905	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,200.00–1,225.00	$1,212.50
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
570	570	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	111.00	$111.00	$916

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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
680–870	775	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00–1,375.00	$1,325.00	—
780–955	868	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,300.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,675.00	$1,675.00	—

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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.