Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, June 7, 2024

805 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $257.85/cwt -30.68 vs last sale · ≈ $1,374/hd at 533 lb · 51 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $238.57/cwt -15.57 vs last sale · ≈ $1,231/hd at 516 lb · 39 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $230.96/cwt -8.89 vs last sale · ≈ $1,571/hd at 680 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	805	810	532
Feeder cattle	517	467	363
Slaughter cattle	176	271	115
Replacement cattle	112	72	54

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves, and feeder steers and heifers had limited comparisons. Slaughter cows sold steady to 1.00-2.00 lower, while slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–275	265	4	280.00–305.00	$295.33	$783	-69.67
315	315	1	275.00	$275.00	$866	-62.97
355 unweaned	355	1	282.00	$282.00	$1,001	—
358–385	367	3	267.50–280.00	$271.87	$998	-55.34
405–447	429	15	260.00–284.00	$275.94	$1,184	-16.63
450–490	469	33	250.00–282.50	$263.68	$1,237	-28.84
525 unweaned	525	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,365	—
510–546	533	50	246.00–276.00	$257.81	$1,374	-30.72
550–595	569	20	246.00–270.00	$255.15	$1,452	-16.43
610–648	627	13	230.00–250.00	$243.94	$1,530	-8.70
650–697	680	39	216.00–242.50	$230.96	$1,571	-8.89
718	718	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,687	+5.98
760	760	2	219.00	$219.00	$1,664	+9.00
825	825	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,551	-32.00
890	890	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,638	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–375	366	4	250.00–262.50	$253.20	$927	-24.25
400	400	1	220.00	$220.00	$880	—
520–546	540	6	220.00–245.00	$226.06	$1,221	-17.30
655	655	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,317	-18.00
705–745	725	2	196.00–200.00	$197.94	$1,435	—
752	752	3	194.00	$194.00	$1,459	-5.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	2	302.00	$302.00	$1,223	-39.32
505–530	518	2	284.00–290.00	$287.07	$1,487	-18.93
725	725	7	239.00	$239.00	$1,733	-14.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	400.00	$400.00	—
165 unweaned	165	1	525.00	$525.00	+65.00
205 unweaned	205	1	550.00	$550.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
413–425	417	3	675.00	$675.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	280.00	$280.00	$630	-22.50
275	275	1	265.00	$265.00	$729	-15.00
340	340	1	250.00	$250.00	$850	—
400–444	425	11	230.00–262.50	$246.69	$1,048	+6.52
452–494	479	29	235.00–247.50	$238.56	$1,143	-2.94
505–545	516	39	220.00–247.00	$238.57	$1,231	-15.57
555–575	568	3	237.00–240.00	$239.02	$1,358	-1.52
625	625	6	223.00	$223.00	$1,394	+0.92

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	200.00	$200.00	$510	—
305	305	1	220.00	$220.00	$671	—
430	430	1	200.00	$200.00	$860	-20.00
560–565	563	2	180.00–192.00	$186.03	$1,047	—
605–640	634	6	193.00–207.00	$199.30	$1,264	—
678–685	679	13	208.00–211.00	$208.23	$1,414	—
755	755	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,510	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408–435	417	3	270.00	$270.00	$1,126	-12.70
455–495	482	11	252.00–270.00	$256.10	$1,234	-10.68
535–538	538	6	266.00–270.00	$266.66	$1,435	-0.51
595	595	2	232.50	$232.50	$1,383	-19.47

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
348	348	2	625.00	$625.00	—
400	400	1	600.00	$600.00	—
495	495	1	625.00	$625.00	—
550	550	1	575.00	$575.00	—
615	615	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–140 unweaned	123	3	325.00–400.00	$353.38	-112.92
170 unweaned	170	1	400.00	$400.00	-136.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	1	550.00	$550.00	-50.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	60.00	$60.00	$276	-35.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	295.00	$295.00	$752	—
300–315 unweaned	308	2	280.00	$280.00	$862	—
330	330	1	280.00	$280.00	$924	-10.00
380	380	1	257.00	$257.00	$977	—
415–440	427	3	245.00–265.00	$255.20	$1,090	-29.80
450–465	454	6	220.00–285.00	$255.61	$1,160	+3.67
524–535	526	5	245.00–270.00	$250.08	$1,315	-4.92
595	595	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,190	-78.13
605–630	618	3	195.00–240.00	$222.98	$1,378	-44.02
725	725	1	169.00	$169.00	$1,225	—
920	920	1	164.00	$164.00	$1,509	+4.03

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–125 unweaned	113	3	325.00–475.00	$383.09	-70.81
155 unweaned	155	1	400.00	$400.00	—
435	435	2	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205 unweaned	205	1	315.00	$315.00	$646	-35.00
415	415	1	301.00	$301.00	$1,249	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	210.00	$210.00	$693	—
520	520	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,040	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1355	1127	80-85%	28	115.00–122.00	$119.27	$1,344	-5.01
1185	1185	80-85%	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,766	—
890–1360	1191	80-85%	39	123.00–133.00	$125.44	$1,494	—
1315	1315	80-85%	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,578	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–733	720	85-90%	10	80.00–94.00	$92.68	$667	+15.93
740	740	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$703	-23.16
650–1220	953	85-90%	10	96.00–106.50	$103.47	$986	—
780–1254	1019	85-90%	40	108.00–118.00	$114.23	$1,164	—
1055	1055	85-90%	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,240	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1770	1770	75-80%	1	117.00	$117.00	$2,071	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1485	1276	5	117.00–140.00	$132.34	$1,689	—
1360	1360	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,931	—
1000–2195	1513	6	143.50–154.00	$147.49	$2,232	+5.60
1520	1520	1	158.00	$158.00	$2,402	+16.11

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610	610	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	131.00	$131.00	$799
610–1185	837	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	22	123.00–166.00	$145.52	$1,218
665–960	847	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	154.00–170.00	$162.79	$1,379

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760–890	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	172.00–192.00	$187.00	$1,483
620–935	856	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	170.00–178.00	$175.50	$1,502

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,227
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,150
1005–1125	1062	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	120.00–129.00	$124.00	$1,317
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,619
1179–1740	1460	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	118.00–131.00	$124.50	$1,818

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,260.00	$1,260.00
1050–1120	1082	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,525.00–1,750.00	$1,625.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–775	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–1,025.00	$912.50
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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
1144	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
835–1455	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,950.00–2,250.00	$2,100.00	—
1130–1375	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	1,800.00–2,175.00	$1,967.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845–1125	977	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,400.00–1,720.00	$1,531.43	—
983	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	+616.67

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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.