Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, June 21, 2024

1,021 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $236.79/cwt -4.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,032/hd at 436 lb · 25 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $240.21/cwt -9.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 514 lb · 24 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $210.54/cwt -16.46 vs last sale · ≈ $1,305/hd at 620 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,021	765	499
Feeder cattle	555	475	359
Slaughter cattle	283	187	107
Replacement cattle	183	103	33

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves had limited comparisons but sold15.00-20,00 lower, Heifer calves had no accurate comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	275.00	$275.00	$660	-15.00
300–345	322	7	270.00–310.00	$280.77	$904	—
350–375	360	5	270.00–295.00	$283.33	$1,020	+18.33
415–445	433	3	250.00–277.00	$262.04	$1,135	-10.87
455–484	472	9	252.00–276.00	$264.03	$1,246	+6.89
500–540	524	16	237.50–268.00	$248.72	$1,303	-12.57
550–598	579	17	235.00–260.00	$253.00	$1,465	+1.51
603–642	626	9	238.00–247.00	$242.70	$1,519	-8.50
660–692	674	14	217.00–240.00	$226.30	$1,525	-15.70
708–743	721	11	220.00–236.00	$230.98	$1,665	+6.63
765–780	773	2	217.00–220.00	$218.49	$1,689	-16.51
830–840	835	3	187.00–199.00	$192.68	$1,609	—
850–878	869	3	189.00	$189.00	$1,642	—
915	915	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,647	—
1190	1190	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,571	—
1530	1530	1	132.00	$132.00	$2,020	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	350.00	$350.00	$822	-48.26
263–270	265	3	325.00–350.00	$333.48	$884	-34.34
325	325	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,105	-20.00
365–395	382	7	297.00–306.00	$300.52	$1,148	-49.48
410–445	433	5	282.50–302.50	$288.24	$1,248	-35.73
465–485	477	9	270.00–281.00	$274.70	$1,310	-31.52
500–527	520	15	267.00–277.00	$273.26	$1,421	-18.66
550–552	552	16	260.00–285.00	$261.56	$1,444	-21.65
613	613	8	259.00	$259.00	$1,588	+6.81
760	760	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,733	-15.21
810	810	1	201.00	$201.00	$1,628	-25.72
930	930	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,767	+2.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	275.00	$275.00	$715	—
400–430	412	4	230.00–240.00	$232.43	$958	+4.19
455–490	473	3	210.00–240.00	$223.70	$1,058	-12.05
510–535	523	2	200.00–219.00	$209.27	$1,094	-8.59
550–590	563	7	197.00–233.00	$213.43	$1,202	-23.57
605	605	6	200.00–220.00	$216.67	$1,311	—
655–695	675	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,431	—
785	785	2	204.00	$204.00	$1,601	—
815–848	837	3	193.00–217.50	$200.95	$1,682	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
340	340	1	585.00	$585.00	—
370	370	1	650.00	$650.00	+38.50
455	455	4	600.00–650.00	$637.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
133 unweaned	133	2	600.00	$600.00	—
185 unweaned	185	1	750.00	$750.00	+94.76
215 unweaned	215	1	700.00	$700.00	—
225	225	1	725.00	$725.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	105.00	$105.00	$357	—
580	580	1	90.00	$90.00	$522	—
655–660	658	2	90.00–100.00	$95.02	$625	-25.98
750	750	1	112.00	$112.00	$840	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115–140 unweaned	127	3	475.00–570.00	$512.96	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325 unweaned	325	1	245.00	$245.00	$796	—
330	330	1	237.00	$237.00	$782	-43.00
360–380	372	7	232.00–247.00	$236.90	$881	-16.62
410–447	436	25	217.00–243.00	$236.79	$1,032	-4.75
450–490	471	6	222.50–240.00	$232.76	$1,096	-4.14
500–540	519	13	218.00–230.00	$222.09	$1,153	-11.88
550–585	569	13	220.00–237.00	$227.35	$1,294	-5.83
600–645	620	19	205.00–218.00	$210.54	$1,305	-16.46
675–693	689	4	213.00–220.00	$214.72	$1,479	+3.52
705–749	736	11	200.00–220.00	$207.00	$1,524	—
790	790	2	189.00	$189.00	$1,493	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	264	4	275.00–295.00	$286.84	$757	—
310	310	2	280.00	$280.00	$868	-23.43
365–373	369	6	250.00–270.00	$259.21	$956	-0.79
464–490	471	7	240.00–252.50	$242.60	$1,143	—
514–520	514	24	240.00–245.00	$240.21	$1,235	-9.79
595	595	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,428	—
650	650	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,482	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–390	368	5	190.00–227.00	$201.49	$741	-33.51
421–440	424	6	197.00–212.50	$199.68	$847	-0.32
475–488	485	5	160.00–200.00	$167.83	$814	—
530–535	533	2	195.00–200.00	$197.49	$1,053	-32.51
550	550	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,182	—
625	625	1	199.00	$199.00	$1,244	-30.00
660	660	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,195	-14.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
148 unweaned	148	2	570.00	$570.00	—
190–195 unweaned	191	4	600.00–650.00	$624.84	—
205 unweaned	205	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	135.00	$135.00	$459	—
448	448	2	82.00	$82.00	$367	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	500.00	$500.00	+50.00
275 unweaned	275	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365	365	1	650.00	$650.00	+150.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315	315	1	285.00	$285.00	$898	—
390–395	393	2	262.00–272.50	$267.28	$1,050	—
450–490	474	4	200.00–257.50	$231.35	$1,097	-23.82
500–545	526	4	232.00–244.00	$236.39	$1,243	-16.58
550–565	558	2	160.00–237.00	$197.98	$1,105	-47.91
605–640	630	4	192.00–237.50	$210.03	$1,323	-17.92
660–675	668	2	212.00–220.00	$216.04	$1,443	+18.32
795	795	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,352	-25.00
810	810	1	206.00	$206.00	$1,669	+32.95
870	870	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,392	—
925	925	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,646	+8.98
990	990	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,643	—
1070	1070	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,905	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
163–195 unweaned	179	2	650.00–700.00	$672.77	-52.23
200 unweaned	200	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90 unweaned	80	2	325.00–400.00	$357.81	-76.65
105 unweaned	105	1	325.00	$325.00	-162.91

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	1	147.00	$147.00	$919	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	175.00	$175.00	$980	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
830	830	80-85%	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,220	—
820–1245	999	80-85%	6	119.00–128.00	$123.11	$1,230	+2.60
740–1370	1099	80-85%	46	116.00–125.00	$122.10	$1,342	—
970–1461	1216	80-85%	43	126.00–137.00	$130.29	$1,584	-0.16
1265	1265	80-85%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,771	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$544	-18.00
593–1040	797	85-90%	28	105.00–115.00	$110.77	$883	+14.26
605–1220	797	85-90%	17	94.00–104.00	$99.97	$797	+3.46
665–1000	820	85-90%	11	103.00–121.00	$114.65	$940	+4.05
770–910	833	85-90%	3	90.00–105.00	$97.31	$811	-13.29
750–1035	868	85-90%	5	117.00–120.00	$118.70	$1,030	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160	1160	75-80%	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,462	—
1195–1685	1432	75-80%	3	120.00–126.00	$123.09	$1,763	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1575	1224	19	100.00–142.00	$131.53	$1,610	—
1160–2045	1493	16	143.00–152.50	$146.80	$2,192	—
1300–1910	1693	11	153.50–164.00	$158.81	$2,689	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
507–750	610	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	167.50–185.00	$179.56	$1,095
610–818	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	112.00–160.00	$120.50	$952
550–1060	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	40	138.00–187.00	$163.79	$1,302

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
653	653	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,254
650–805	695	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	190.00–207.00	$200.31	$1,392

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	133.00	$133.00	$871

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–810	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	115.00–160.00	$137.50	$1,077
1048	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,436
970–1515	1208	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	117.00–140.00	$129.00	$1,558
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	136.00	$136.00	$1,720
1495	1495	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,078

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–950	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,400.00–1,650.00	$1,525.00
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555–590	573	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00–775.00	$737.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,775.00	$1,775.00

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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
835–1290	1013	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	2,110.00–2,385.00	$2,287.50	+202.50
960–1185	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00–2,075.00	$1,950.00	-135.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	+505.56
880–1320	1176	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,950.00–2,325.00	$2,166.67	—
1098–1455	1217	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	1,825.00–2,050.00	$1,911.00	+161.00
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	+200.00
1260–1325	1274	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,275.00–2,475.00	$2,370.83	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–850	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,500.00	$1,425.00	—
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,725.00	$1,725.00	+47.50
910	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
760–1125	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,725.00–2,050.00	$1,953.50	—
905–1145	993	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,400.00–1,850.00	$1,566.67	—
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,875.00	$1,875.00	+167.86
1050–1230	1098	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,325.00–1,675.00	$1,587.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
650–785	708	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,050.00–1,225.00	$1,136.67	—
630–1050	853	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	845.00–1,020.00	$941.67	—

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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.