Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 10, 2024

486 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $241.05/cwt +7.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,463/hd at 607 lb · 16 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $282.83/cwt -2.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,343/hd at 475 lb · 16 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $290.48/cwt ≈ $1,235/hd at 425 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	486	566	612
Feeder cattle	314	405	413
Slaughter cattle	134	125	106
Replacement cattle	38	36	93

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer and heifer calves. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady on limited quotes. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235–238	237	3	300.00–307.00	$302.31	$716	-27.69
290	290	1	290.00	$290.00	$841	-11.00
300–340	322	5	280.00–325.00	$305.04	$982	+3.99
350–370	366	9	305.00–322.00	$317.49	$1,162	+20.01
400–446	425	12	280.00–297.00	$290.48	$1,235	—
450–493	475	16	262.00–310.00	$282.83	$1,343	-2.77
500–523	518	6	279.00–297.00	$283.35	$1,468	-14.04
550–595	581	9	261.00–285.00	$272.23	$1,582	+9.81
610–640	624	4	247.00–262.50	$257.43	$1,606	-17.57
680	680	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,666	—
720–730	724	5	200.00–232.00	$219.14	$1,587	—
772–775	773	4	218.00–225.00	$219.76	$1,699	—
825	825	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,774	—
1015	1015	3	199.00	$199.00	$2,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	375	2	230.00–252.00	$241.44	$905	—
410	410	1	235.00	$235.00	$964	-20.00
465–490	478	2	205.00–235.00	$220.39	$1,053	—
505–510	508	3	187.50–207.50	$194.12	$986	-17.54
550	550	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,331	+74.30
600–635	612	3	227.00–237.00	$231.25	$1,415	—
660–675	670	3	180.00–222.00	$203.96	$1,367	+17.96
820	820	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,312	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	322.00	$322.00	$741	—
285	285	2	340.00	$340.00	$969	—
585–588	587	4	279.00–285.00	$280.49	$1,646	-4.05

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	1	300.00	$300.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480	480	1	500.00	$500.00	-70.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	105.00	$105.00	$766	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
400–440	411	10	280.00–305.00	$288.12	$1,184	-9.95
470–492	478	8	285.00–290.00	$288.07	$1,377	+0.49
500–525	520	5	260.00–272.00	$262.31	$1,364	+3.85
555–595	571	10	232.00–262.50	$247.14	$1,411	-1.75
600–635	607	16	222.00–258.00	$241.05	$1,463	+7.10
674	674	7	235.00	$235.00	$1,584	+3.31
700–728	721	4	234.00–240.00	$235.46	$1,698	+15.46

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	287.50	$287.50	$661	-2.28
250–260	255	2	265.00–285.00	$274.80	$701	-0.20
300	300	1	265.00	$265.00	$795	—
350–360	355	2	257.00–270.00	$263.41	$935	+3.41
400–440	425	7	242.00–277.00	$261.26	$1,110	+7.45
455–490	476	6	232.00–252.00	$244.63	$1,164	-1.91
505–545	521	5	220.00–257.00	$239.78	$1,249	+11.50
565–580	573	5	221.00–247.00	$235.66	$1,350	+5.45
655–685	672	3	212.00–223.00	$217.28	$1,460	-3.32
715–720	718	2	207.00–207.50	$207.25	$1,488	-2.52

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	200.00	$200.00	$600	—
415	415	1	197.00	$197.00	$818	+32.00
464–498	474	11	165.00–210.00	$181.90	$862	+1.90
540	540	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,026	—
715	715	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,394	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	525.00	$525.00	—
150–170 unweaned	160	2	525.00–550.00	$536.72	-38.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85 unweaned	85	1	400.00	$400.00	—
155–190 unweaned	173	2	510.00–525.00	$516.74	+91.74

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	300.00	$300.00	$510	—
290	290	5	300.00	$300.00	$870	—
398	398	3	272.00	$272.00	$1,083	—
440	440	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,122	-75.00
470–485	481	6	220.00–260.00	$253.41	$1,219	-51.03
510–520	513	3	220.00–262.50	$244.67	$1,255	—
571	571	4	246.00	$246.00	$1,405	+0.47
620–625	623	2	222.00–232.00	$227.02	$1,414	-42.98
705–733	724	5	197.50–232.00	$205.90	$1,491	-17.32
770	770	4	187.50–215.00	$194.38	$1,497	+4.38
840	840	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,512	-20.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120 unweaned	120	1	600.00	$600.00	—
150–185 unweaned	170	4	560.00–600.00	$584.49	-27.46
205 unweaned	205	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
129 unweaned	129	4	500.00	$500.00	+83.47

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	1	132.50	$132.50	$1,252	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	215.00	$215.00	$817	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555–1025	763	85-90%	7	66.00–82.00	$75.16	$573	—
765–790	782	85-90%	3	100.00–107.00	$102.28	$800	—
675–1040	832	85-90%	13	69.00–84.00	$77.40	$644	-23.82
845–930	872	85-90%	6	90.00–100.00	$96.93	$845	-19.92
920–1305	1073	85-90%	18	101.00–110.00	$106.93	$1,147	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930–1635	1112	80-85%	27	108.00–116.00	$112.29	$1,249	—
1030–1605	1313	80-85%	11	116.00–122.00	$118.32	$1,554	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1465–1610	1524	75-80%	4	108.50–114.00	$112.60	$1,716	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1090–1275	1160	3	120.00–122.00	$120.73	$1,400	—
1000–1970	1319	17	100.00–128.00	$116.47	$1,536	—
1515–1895	1703	5	133.00–141.00	$136.35	$2,322	—
1720–1860	1790	2	145.00	$145.00	$2,596	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–1000	820	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	126.00–142.00	$134.00	$1,099
465–1435	991	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	126.00–150.00	$135.50	$1,343

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–893	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	150.00–172.50	$164.94	$1,357

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–815	783	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00
1575	1575	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,161

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
815	815	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
871–1275	996	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,750.00–1,900.00	$1,780.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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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.