Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 19, 2024

717 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight S 4 heifers $104.00/cwt +16.03 vs last sale · ≈ $593/hd at 570 lb · 12 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $318.75/cwt +3.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,316/hd at 413 lb · 12 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $235.43/cwt -3.16 vs last sale · ≈ $1,486/hd at 631 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	717	1,079	656
Feeder cattle	345	639	396
Slaughter cattle	189	292	119
Replacement cattle	183	148	141

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week ; Steer calve were 8.00-10.00 higher on limited comparison. Heifer calves were steady to 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were 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
293	293	2	315.00	$315.00	$923	—
295 unweaned	295	2	330.00	$330.00	$974	—
335	335	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,156	—
350–395	365	7	295.00–325.00	$305.64	$1,116	—
400–435	413	12	300.00–340.00	$318.75	$1,316	+16.89
451–480	457	7	290.00–300.00	$298.55	$1,364	-11.66
505–532	525	4	280.00–292.00	$289.12	$1,518	-8.74
550–595	565	5	260.00–292.50	$280.77	$1,586	+3.28
610–620	613	7	245.00–263.00	$259.15	$1,589	-11.98
660–690	675	3	258.00–265.00	$261.96	$1,768	-6.96
723–735	727	3	242.00–248.00	$245.98	$1,788	-9.06
795	795	1	247.00	$247.00	$1,964	+8.52
815–830	823	2	235.00–236.00	$235.50	$1,938	+3.70
850	850	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,040	+10.00
925	925	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,035	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–315	310	3	265.00–305.00	$289.81	$898	-11.15
350–385	363	4	270.00–295.00	$276.21	$1,003	-12.01
400–435	421	6	250.00–275.00	$264.45	$1,113	+0.63
460–488	477	4	270.00–275.00	$272.44	$1,300	-0.04
505–535	516	5	260.00–275.00	$266.10	$1,373	+4.71
573–595	581	7	246.00–260.00	$254.26	$1,477	+2.81
610–630	620	2	230.00–256.00	$243.21	$1,508	-0.33
660–695	680	3	212.50–246.00	$234.25	$1,593	-11.95
723–733	728	4	240.00–241.00	$240.50	$1,751	-0.51
795	795	1	223.00	$223.00	$1,773	-22.25
845	845	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,521	-22.00
920–930	923	3	173.00–192.00	$185.62	$1,713	-4.38
1010	1010	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,919	—
1375	1375	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,200	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	2	225.00–250.00	$237.50	$784	-6.57
370	370	1	205.00	$205.00	$758	-32.41
490	490	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,004	-21.30
515	515	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,082	-2.43
560–585	573	2	200.00	$200.00	$1,146	-20.00
615	615	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,168	—
875	875	1	172.50	$172.50	$1,509	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140 unweaned	140	2	500.00	$500.00	-25.00
178 unweaned	178	2	600.00	$600.00	+73.19
190–193	192	3	670.00–685.00	$680.05	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	775.00	$775.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–283	277	3	275.00–283.00	$280.45	$777	+9.61
300	300	1	275.00	$275.00	$825	+11.36
380–385	383	2	242.50–255.00	$248.71	$953	+3.68
415	415	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,038	+6.51
455–490	477	3	221.00–255.00	$237.62	$1,133	-7.82
505–545	532	3	240.00–250.00	$244.87	$1,303	+5.24
560–580	564	7	230.00–245.00	$241.28	$1,361	+4.65
605–635	620	2	205.00–220.00	$212.68	$1,319	+1.69
675–693	687	3	215.00–217.50	$216.68	$1,489	+8.20
705–747	742	10	207.50–219.00	$217.51	$1,614	+17.85
755–765	760	6	205.00–215.00	$210.83	$1,602	+0.29

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	280.00	$280.00	$812	-10.50
310–340	326	4	285.00–300.00	$289.81	$945	+10.44
374	374	4	275.00	$275.00	$1,028	+0.91
400	400	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,060	+9.45
502–525	511	8	254.00–258.00	$255.60	$1,306	+8.76
605–648	631	10	224.00–240.00	$235.43	$1,486	-3.16
670–680	675	2	220.00–245.00	$232.41	$1,569	-1.72
765	765	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,664	—
890	890	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,780	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	200.00	$200.00	$460	—
255–270	263	2	230.00–250.00	$240.29	$632	+40.29
325	325	1	190.00	$190.00	$618	—
365	365	1	215.00	$215.00	$785	+15.00
440	440	1	205.00	$205.00	$902	-0.09
455–480	463	3	180.00–195.00	$185.18	$857	-28.07
505–535	519	7	200.00–220.00	$207.20	$1,075	+12.70
550–560	556	4	200.00–220.00	$209.92	$1,167	+20.05
605	605	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,210	—
804	804	4	187.50	$187.50	$1,508	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80–96 unweaned	89	7	350.00–400.00	$369.23	-80.77
113–145	124	3	500.00–600.00	$539.08	—
170	170	2	630.00–700.00	$665.00	—
175–195 unweaned	185	2	600.00	$600.00	+73.97
220–233	228	5	650.00–675.00	$665.34	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	121.00	$121.00	$641	+31.69
570	570	12	104.00	$104.00	$593	+16.03
685	685	1	113.00	$113.00	$774	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
435	435	1	600.00	$600.00	-50.00
575	575	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
360	360	1	675.00	$675.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205 unweaned	205	1	625.00	$625.00	-25.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395 unweaned	395	1	215.00	$215.00	$849	—
435–440	438	2	250.00–280.00	$264.91	$1,160	-5.92
465	465	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,139	-20.00
505–525	515	2	247.50–265.00	$256.42	$1,321	+9.58
575–580	578	2	232.50–245.00	$238.72	$1,380	+2.58
655–660	658	2	182.50–218.00	$200.18	$1,317	-44.82
700–715	708	3	190.00–235.00	$207.50	$1,469	-11.02
795	795	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,391	-20.44
845	845	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,563	+14.14
870–880	875	2	168.00–181.00	$174.46	$1,527	-7.34
900–940	920	2	175.00–195.00	$184.78	$1,700	+11.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	600.00	$600.00	+125.00
175	175	1	600.00	$600.00	—
215–245	235	3	675.00–790.00	$737.84	—
265	265	1	750.00	$750.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	335.00	$335.00	$838	—
485	485	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,431	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	225.00	$225.00	$821	—
875	875	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,146	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585	585	1	118.00	$118.00	$690	+11.00
675	675	1	118.00	$118.00	$796	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	1	155.00	$155.00	$852	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1075	927	80-85%	11	118.00–132.00	$126.71	$1,175	+5.20
1030	1030	80-85%	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,349	+7.45
1005–1430	1173	80-85%	18	132.50–144.00	$136.60	$1,602	-5.66
805–1470	1179	80-85%	56	120.00–131.00	$127.17	$1,499	-15.09
1140–1365	1253	80-85%	2	148.00–151.00	$149.37	$1,872	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675	675	85-90%	1	75.00	$75.00	$506	-21.00
725	725	85-90%	1	84.00	$84.00	$609	+4.36
670–910	794	85-90%	5	99.00–104.00	$101.15	$803	+1.53
802	802	85-90%	5	90.00	$90.00	$722	-25.05
695–930	832	85-90%	14	102.00–121.00	$118.13	$983	+3.08
583–1098	838	85-90%	20	110.00–119.00	$115.52	$968	+0.47

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1335–1455	1395	75-80%	2	126.00–131.00	$128.39	$1,791	—
1545	1545	75-80%	1	121.00	$121.00	$1,869	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1185–1340	1263	2	132.00–135.00	$133.59	$1,687	—
905–1715	1336	5	123.50–141.00	$133.99	$1,790	—
1280–1955	1574	7	143.00–152.00	$146.83	$2,311	-7.01
1425–1895	1698	8	153.00–163.00	$158.08	$2,684	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–1005	791	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	170.00–195.00	$181.59	$1,436
590–1085	833	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	20	130.00–180.00	$155.65	$1,297

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680–970	832	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	180.00–202.50	$194.00	$1,614
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	202.50	$202.50	$2,055

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815–895	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	148.00–190.00	$164.67	$1,416
950–990	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	128.00–130.00	$129.00	$1,251
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,682

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
835–1080	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,500.00–1,675.00	$1,611.67
1005–1085	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,750.00–1,775.00	$1,762.50
1165	1165	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,625.00	$1,625.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1230	1230	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,980.00	$1,980.00

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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
790–1230	996	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,175.00–2,300.00	$2,213.57	—
1015–1270	1094	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	2,000.00–2,350.00	$2,150.00	—
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	+42.86
881–1428	1154	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	24	2,150.00–2,500.00	$2,356.25	—
905–1405	1204	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,300.00–2,650.00	$2,417.86	+184.40
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
765–990	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,500.00–1,625.00	$1,568.75	—
780–1225	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00–1,950.00	$1,875.00	—
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—
835–1130	1037	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,891.67	—
1055	1055	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	+570.00
845–1225	1056	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,600.00–1,750.00	$1,712.50	-67.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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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.