Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 3, 2024

566 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $258.46/cwt +6.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,396/hd at 540 lb · 17 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $368.81/cwt +80.03 vs last sale · ≈ $1,756/hd at 476 lb · 17 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $233.95/cwt -11.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,467/hd at 627 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	566	500	673
Feeder cattle	405	380	465
Slaughter cattle	125	98	135
Replacement cattle	36	22	73

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steers and heifer calves sold 25.00-30.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bull sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade 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
300–340	313	4	360.00–400.00	$382.08	$1,196	+38.35
355	355	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,349	+45.45
365 value added	365	3	430.00	$430.00	$1,570	—
410–445	429	9	335.00–385.00	$365.03	$1,566	+52.27
455–495	476	17	350.00–380.00	$368.81	$1,756	+80.03
515–545	530	2	300.00–320.00	$309.72	$1,642	+26.23
550–595	576	8	254.00–330.00	$284.54	$1,639	+32.54
585 unweaned	585	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,580	—
623	623	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,620	+34.00
655	655	2	241.00–255.00	$248.00	$1,624	-1.09
700	700	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,750	+15.73

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180 unweaned	180	1	302.50	$302.50	$544	—
230	230	1	330.00	$330.00	$759	—
255	255	1	301.00	$301.00	$768	+101.00
305–340	317	3	285.00–330.00	$301.05	$954	+51.05
360–390	369	5	275.00–335.00	$297.48	$1,098	+77.48
455–495	470	4	260.00–320.00	$285.60	$1,342	+15.21
505–520	513	2	290.00–305.00	$297.39	$1,526	+40.39
577–585	579	4	240.00–270.00	$262.42	$1,519	+62.42
610	610	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,678	+16.00
1120	1120	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,478	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	120.00	$120.00	$522	—
460	460	3	128.00	$128.00	$589	—
525–549	547	10	112.50–125.00	$118.98	$651	—
565–590	578	2	112.00–119.00	$115.42	$667	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	220.00	$220.00	$561	—
300–345	323	2	210.00–255.00	$230.93	$746	+73.93
435–440	438	2	255.00	$255.00	$1,117	+85.00
515–530	522	3	200.00–220.00	$211.66	$1,105	—
560–590	575	2	160.00–175.00	$167.70	$964	—
690	690	1	186.00	$186.00	$1,283	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365	365	1	650.00	$650.00	—
475	475	1	570.00	$570.00	—
600	600	1	670.00	$670.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	430.00	$430.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–245 unweaned	225	4	312.50–320.00	$315.22	$709	—
225–240	233	2	310.00–330.00	$320.32	$746	—
270 unweaned	270	1	320.00	$320.00	$864	—
260–280	272	5	320.00–325.00	$321.91	$876	+18.66
313–340	320	4	315.00–325.00	$322.34	$1,031	—
355–395	381	5	300.00–320.00	$308.91	$1,177	+17.66
420–445	428	3	285.00–305.00	$298.07	$1,276	+3.27
470–480	475	2	280.00–295.00	$287.58	$1,366	+15.75
500–547	540	17	250.00–290.00	$258.46	$1,396	+6.77
557–595	568	10	232.00–272.00	$248.89	$1,414	-11.38
600–638	627	15	221.00–252.00	$233.95	$1,467	-11.51
650–682	667	8	221.00–245.00	$231.69	$1,545	+36.69
743	743	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,635	-3.38
760–799	796	14	220.00–224.00	$223.73	$1,781	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–235	230	2	280.00–300.00	$289.78	$666	—
260	260	1	275.00	$275.00	$715	—
350	350	1	260.00	$260.00	$910	—
410–440	431	4	245.00–265.00	$253.81	$1,094	-13.19
468–495	477	3	240.00–250.00	$246.54	$1,176	+16.54
510–545	532	3	215.00–239.00	$228.28	$1,214	-33.57
558–570	562	3	215.00–260.00	$230.21	$1,294	+92.71
615	615	2	202.50	$202.50	$1,245	+37.50
660–675	664	7	208.00–245.00	$220.60	$1,465	+50.60
720–730	725	2	207.50–212.00	$209.77	$1,521	—
755	755	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,548	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
385	385	1	525.00	$525.00	—
413–425	417	3	570.00–575.00	$571.70	—
450–470	457	3	540.00–650.00	$577.74	—
515	515	1	610.00	$610.00	—
570	570	1	690.00	$690.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
102–140 unweaned	120	7	400.00	$400.00	—
150 unweaned	150	1	425.00	$425.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	245.00	$245.00	$514	—
345	345	1	200.00	$200.00	$690	—
404	404	4	165.00	$165.00	$667	—
485	485	1	180.00	$180.00	$873	—
575	575	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,150	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
180 unweaned	180	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,452	—
455–475	465	3	270.00–340.00	$304.44	$1,416	+34.44
555–570	563	2	205.00–285.00	$245.53	$1,382	+0.89
605	605	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,634	—
690	690	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,325	-56.81
710–745	731	7	200.00–250.00	$223.22	$1,632	+17.23
785	785	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,492	-8.30
805	805	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,610	—
905–910	908	2	175.00–190.00	$182.52	$1,657	—
995	995	3	165.00–170.00	$168.33	$1,675	—
1010	1010	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,737	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–415	408	3	350.00–370.00	$363.22	$1,482	—
478	478	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,745	—
528	528	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,742	—
604	604	10	280.00	$280.00	$1,691	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110–124 unweaned	121	6	400.00–500.00	$416.53	—
155–170 unweaned	164	4	500.00–550.00	$525.19	—
230–235 unweaned	233	2	400.00–585.00	$493.49	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170–175 unweaned	174	5	610.00–620.00	$611.95	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	110.00	$110.00	$742	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	80-85%	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,035	-0.20
865–1395	1039	80-85%	27	118.00–127.50	$121.38	$1,261	—
795–1360	1060	80-85%	21	110.00–117.00	$114.22	$1,211	+6.32

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–730	700	85-90%	2	93.00–100.00	$96.35	$674	—
770–890	809	85-90%	4	100.00–104.00	$101.22	$819	+20.00
785–965	887	85-90%	3	116.50–117.00	$116.85	$1,036	-1.67
795–1195	912	85-90%	21	105.00–115.00	$111.40	$1,016	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1140	1068	2	117.00–127.00	$122.34	$1,307	—
1030–1360	1198	6	122.00–127.00	$124.80	$1,495	—
1610–1995	1810	6	131.00–145.00	$137.47	$2,488	—
1650–2135	1880	3	147.00–157.00	$151.94	$2,856	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
578–930	785	(<2 yrs)	Open	31	147.00–165.00	$156.87	$1,231
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	117.00	$117.00	$1,088
725–1140	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	125.00–145.00	$135.00	$1,260

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,277
570–923	812	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	170.00–182.00	$174.00	$1,413

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
873–1015	901	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,740.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00
998	998	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	115.00	$115.00	$776
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,401
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,047
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,524

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
525	525	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

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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
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
905–1115	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,550.00	$1,483.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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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.