Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 12, 2024

1,079 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 2-weight M&L 1-2 steers $307.32/cwt ≈ $838/hd at 273 lb · 26 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $246.20/cwt -3.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,672/hd at 679 lb · 23 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $300.26/cwt +15.10 vs last sale · ≈ $962/hd at 320 lb · 17 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,079	714	627
Feeder cattle	639	382	409
Slaughter cattle	292	249	106
Replacement cattle	148	83	112

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to the last sale before the July 4th holiday; Steer calves sold 5.00-8.00 higher with limited comparisons. Heifer calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifer sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 lower while slaughter bulls sold 5.00-7.00 lower. 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
185	185	2	320.00	$320.00	$592	—
260–298	272	23	265.00–315.00	$307.43	$836	—
250–290 unweaned	277	3	305.00–310.00	$306.51	$849	—
305–310 unweaned	308	2	290.00–300.00	$295.04	$909	—
300–340	322	15	280.00–312.50	$300.96	$969	+15.80
355–390	373	8	275.00–305.00	$288.22	$1,075	—
400–441	429	7	260.00–280.00	$263.82	$1,132	-5.69
450–485	474	14	250.00–292.00	$272.48	$1,292	—
510–540	521	8	250.00–272.00	$261.39	$1,362	+14.77
550–595	571	7	240.00–258.00	$251.45	$1,436	+2.19
610–645	629	7	233.00–260.00	$243.54	$1,532	+8.54
655–697	679	23	221.00–258.00	$246.20	$1,672	-3.80
725–742	734	2	240.00–242.00	$241.01	$1,769	+16.47
770	770	2	242.50–248.00	$245.25	$1,888	—
845	845	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,707	—
947	947	3	190.00	$190.00	$1,799	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433 value added	433	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,516	—
435–445	440	5	285.00–325.00	$301.86	$1,328	—
465–490	474	4	290.00–325.00	$310.21	$1,470	+26.74
485 value added	485	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,576	—
500–540	524	8	280.00–315.00	$297.86	$1,561	+6.87
565–580 value added	573	2	307.50–320.00	$313.67	$1,797	—
568–595	581	10	260.00–297.00	$277.49	$1,612	+0.60
600–630	614	10	257.00–285.00	$271.13	$1,665	+13.30
660–695	674	8	258.00–285.00	$268.92	$1,813	+3.49
700–735	710	8	248.00–262.50	$255.04	$1,811	+2.40
755–795	769	6	233.00–250.00	$238.48	$1,834	—
825–840	835	4	220.00–237.00	$231.80	$1,936	-7.20
885	885	2	230.00	$230.00	$2,036	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	1	282.50	$282.50	$537	—
235–245	240	2	260.00–270.00	$264.90	$636	—
275	275	1	290.00	$290.00	$798	+57.50
300–345	323	2	220.00–265.00	$244.07	$788	-0.93
365–395	377	5	225.00–250.00	$237.41	$895	+13.09
410	410	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,004	+6.04
460–495	475	4	215.00–240.00	$226.30	$1,075	+15.01
510–545	529	4	200.00–220.00	$212.43	$1,124	—
580	580	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,276	-2.00
665	665	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,396	—
790	790	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,635	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	1	500.00	$500.00	—
135 unweaned	135	1	525.00	$525.00	+35.00
160–190 unweaned	173	4	450.00–550.00	$526.81	+59.44

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160–195 unweaned	183	3	600.00–675.00	$626.59	—
200–205 unweaned	203	2	625.00–675.00	$650.31	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
295	295	1	500.00	$500.00	—
363	363	3	550.00	$550.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–585	572	3	97.00–117.00	$110.35	$631	+20.35
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	-1.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	290.00	$290.00	$696	-3.88
248	248	2	310.00	$310.00	$769	—
260 unweaned	260	1	297.00	$297.00	$772	—
265 value added	265	2	330.00	$330.00	$874	—
255–280	270	4	280.00–297.00	$290.50	$784	—
305 unweaned	305	1	290.00	$290.00	$884	—
305–325	320	6	275.00–290.00	$279.37	$894	+0.59
353–370	363	11	265.00–290.00	$274.09	$995	—
400–440	413	9	247.00–271.00	$255.55	$1,055	-10.15
455–485	478	4	255.00–270.00	$261.86	$1,252	—
500–540	518	15	240.00–255.00	$246.84	$1,279	+6.84
550–587	576	13	243.00–248.50	$244.91	$1,411	+10.96
615–643	629	14	230.00–244.00	$238.59	$1,501	+5.88
655–690	669	8	227.00–241.50	$234.13	$1,566	+3.45
684 value added	684	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,607	—
724–740	729	6	225.00–228.00	$226.99	$1,655	+4.49

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	285.00	$285.00	$627	+35.00
275–295	284	4	260.00–277.00	$270.84	$769	+15.84
300–345	328	4	240.00–271.00	$263.64	$865	—
355–395	382	6	238.00–250.00	$245.03	$936	—
415–447	435	5	241.00–250.00	$243.49	$1,059	+4.06
455–480	466	10	230.00–257.00	$245.44	$1,144	+13.19
515–545	525	8	230.00–247.50	$239.63	$1,258	+9.93
550–570	559	7	229.00–241.00	$236.63	$1,323	+18.21
625–635	630	2	210.00–212.00	$210.99	$1,329	-1.67
660–678	671	5	207.50–210.00	$208.48	$1,399	-6.96
700–745	730	9	194.00–215.00	$199.66	$1,458	-12.98
750–793	773	5	200.00–215.00	$210.54	$1,627	+3.52
815	815	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,712	+3.00
930	930	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	200.00	$200.00	$550	—
385	385	2	200.00	$200.00	$770	-9.58
410–425	418	2	200.00–210.00	$205.09	$857	-26.23
450–485	471	5	200.00–220.00	$213.25	$1,004	+9.38
505–540	523	2	180.00–210.00	$194.50	$1,017	-10.48
580–595	588	2	180.00–200.00	$189.87	$1,116	-8.62

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	127.00	$127.00	$622	-3.00
515–535	532	7	85.00–90.00	$89.31	$475	-23.92
550–585	568	2	87.00–89.00	$87.97	$500	-38.03
640	640	3	85.00	$85.00	$544	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
98 unweaned	98	2	450.00	$450.00	±0.00
175–190 unweaned	183	2	500.00–550.00	$526.03	+42.40
215 unweaned	215	1	475.00	$475.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
198 unweaned	198	2	600.00	$600.00	—
223 unweaned	223	2	650.00	$650.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365	365	1	650.00	$650.00	—
420	420	1	650.00	$650.00	—
480	480	1	660.00	$660.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,528	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185 unweaned	185	1	315.00	$315.00	$583	—
290–295	293	2	275.00–305.00	$290.13	$850	—
320–335	328	2	280.00–285.00	$282.44	$926	+37.44
360–395	381	5	220.00–285.00	$258.41	$985	+16.41
400–425	413	2	257.50–285.00	$270.83	$1,119	—
485	485	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,285	+40.00
520–545	537	3	200.00–290.00	$246.84	$1,326	+25.09
550–590	571	4	215.00–247.00	$236.14	$1,348	+36.14
605–645	627	3	226.00–266.00	$247.13	$1,550	+31.84
690	690	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,690	+65.00
704–730	713	8	190.00–230.00	$218.52	$1,558	—
760–795	771	4	160.00–228.00	$195.44	$1,507	-1.56
815–840	828	5	162.00–190.00	$170.86	$1,415	—
850–887	874	5	175.00–191.00	$181.80	$1,589	+16.76
905–925	918	5	162.00–186.00	$172.99	$1,588	+0.99
950–990	970	2	130.00–170.00	$149.59	$1,451	-15.41
1010–1025	1018	2	142.00–162.00	$151.93	$1,547	—
1076	1076	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,560	-2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 unweaned	220	1	340.00	$340.00	$748	—
255–290 unweaned	273	2	315.00–335.00	$324.36	$886	—
380	380	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,254	—
405–440	423	2	297.50–322.00	$309.24	$1,308	-11.76
590	590	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,564	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–145 unweaned	133	2	450.00–625.00	$545.75	-29.25
160 unweaned	160	1	475.00	$475.00	-47.07
225 unweaned	225	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,012	—
820	820	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,230	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	107.00	$107.00	$599	+25.00
890	890	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,006	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–1155	901	80-85%	16	114.00–129.50	$121.51	$1,095	—
785–1675	1003	80-85%	52	118.00–128.00	$123.55	$1,239	—
960–1185	1090	80-85%	5	126.00–135.00	$129.69	$1,414	+1.76
880–1410	1141	80-85%	44	128.00–138.00	$132.31	$1,510	-9.53
1055–1400	1184	80-85%	7	140.00–146.00	$142.26	$1,684	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	85-90%	1	96.00	$96.00	$662	+14.33
635–790	713	85-90%	3	70.00–100.00	$79.64	$568	-36.88
610–880	745	85-90%	2	70.00–80.00	$74.09	$552	-42.43
575–1045	782	85-90%	5	93.00–105.00	$99.62	$779	-5.58
685–960	810	85-90%	12	100.00–125.00	$115.05	$932	—
710–1300	923	85-90%	27	109.00–118.00	$113.03	$1,043	-3.09

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,274	—
970–1405	1188	2	117.00–132.00	$123.13	$1,463	—
1000–1780	1203	14	117.00–138.50	$131.27	$1,579	-8.45
1425–1695	1564	4	150.00–157.00	$153.84	$2,406	—
1040–2170	1621	14	140.00–149.00	$143.42	$2,325	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
630–1015	771	(<2 yrs)	Open	36	142.00–180.00	$162.83	$1,255
687–1005	772	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	21	130.00–162.50	$147.45	$1,138
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,358

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
560–637	618	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	130.00–155.00	$148.75	$919
805–815	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	130.00–135.00	$132.50	$1,073

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,292
765–860	812	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	182.00–193.00	$188.33	$1,529

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,386
1005–1058	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	129.00–133.00	$131.67	$1,369
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,410
1065–1235	1178	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	137.00–152.00	$142.00	$1,673
1315	1315	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,736

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
530–585	558	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	90.00–110.00	$100.00	$558

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
728	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,369

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

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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
780–1018	926	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,975.00–2,075.00	$2,050.00	+150.00
1020–1255	1127	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	2,350.00–2,650.00	$2,508.13	+598.13
1005–1215	1149	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	1,900.00–1,950.00	$1,907.14	—
1060–1375	1233	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	13	2,035.00–2,400.00	$2,233.46	-66.54
1260–1338	1313	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,900.00–2,010.00	$1,970.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–775	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,525.00–1,775.00	$1,650.00	—
765–1110	901	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,535.00–1,835.00	$1,745.00	-5.00
805–1260	1082	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,625.00–1,900.00	$1,780.00	—
875–1370	1123	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,700.00	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
465	465	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—

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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.