Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 2, 2024

616 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $288.35/cwt +14.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,646/hd at 571 lb · 17 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $322.67/cwt +14.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,188/hd at 368 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	616	810	733
Feeder cattle	270	347	451
Slaughter cattle	158	221	173
Replacement cattle	188	242	109

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves were 7.00-12,00 higher. Feeder steers were 10.00-15,00 higher. Feeder heifers were steady on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls were 5.00-7.00 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
305–315	310	2	305.00–320.00	$312.62	$969	-0.70
355 value added	355	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,225	—
350–395	365	7	295.00–330.00	$315.62	$1,152	+7.32
393 unweaned	393	2	325.00	$325.00	$1,277	—
410 value added	410	3	340.00	$340.00	$1,394	—
400–430	412	5	295.00–310.00	$303.03	$1,248	-19.95
450–480	460	4	305.00–328.00	$318.86	$1,467	+12.83
535–545	538	4	280.00–325.00	$301.65	$1,623	+18.66
550–590	571	17	285.00–302.50	$288.35	$1,646	+14.06
600–620	608	9	263.00–295.00	$284.47	$1,730	+16.88
680–685	683	3	262.00–280.00	$267.97	$1,830	+11.45
710–725	718	2	254.00–267.00	$260.43	$1,870	+4.56
760–785	770	5	230.00–250.00	$243.95	$1,878	+6.95
908	908	3	226.00	$226.00	$2,052	—
970	970	2	221.00	$221.00	$2,144	—
1002–1038	1023	7	213.00–215.00	$213.84	$2,188	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	305.00	$305.00	$884	—
345	345	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,035	+22.27
450–466	462	7	255.00–275.00	$270.05	$1,248	-3.80
515–545	535	5	265.00–275.00	$269.33	$1,441	+6.27
575	575	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,438	-1.94
605–635	617	6	220.00–246.00	$234.12	$1,445	-15.61
665–670	668	2	239.00–245.00	$242.01	$1,617	-7.38
765–770	768	2	220.00–243.00	$231.54	$1,778	-15.46
928	928	2	192.00	$192.00	$1,782	+2.00
1550	1550	1	156.00	$156.00	$2,418	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	230.00	$230.00	$678	-40.00
300	300	1	240.00	$240.00	$720	-15.00
360–365	363	2	220.00–225.00	$222.48	$808	-47.52
455–495	476	8	190.00–240.00	$219.82	$1,046	-43.18
520–530	525	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,155	—
600	600	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,380	—
680	680	1	239.00	$239.00	$1,625	+58.31
720–740	730	2	199.00–220.00	$209.36	$1,528	+19.36
790	790	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,801	+34.33

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195	195	2	770.00	$770.00	—
215	215	2	810.00	$810.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	90.00	$90.00	$504	—
640	640	1	107.00	$107.00	$685	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
430	430	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
308	308	2	265.00	$265.00	$816	+1.92
355–385	370	2	242.00–270.00	$256.57	$949	-5.22
415–446	436	7	240.00–257.00	$252.72	$1,102	-2.28
450–478	461	6	240.00–255.00	$250.43	$1,154	+13.43
515–535	525	2	200.00–235.00	$217.83	$1,144	-18.77
560–565	561	4	230.00–240.00	$232.49	$1,304	+5.23
610–640	620	5	217.00–245.00	$229.73	$1,424	+3.06
655–679	676	9	211.00–212.50	$212.34	$1,435	-6.93
705–735	720	2	207.00–212.00	$209.45	$1,508	-10.55
755	755	7	205.00	$205.00	$1,548	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 unweaned	235	2	290.00	$290.00	$682	—
255 unweaned	255	1	315.00	$315.00	$803	—
290–295	293	2	300.00–320.00	$309.91	$908	—
305–345	325	3	290.00–305.00	$298.13	$969	—
365	365	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,077	-10.00
420–430	427	3	265.00–295.00	$274.84	$1,174	+2.42
470	470	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,246	-20.00
515	515	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,442	+24.61
555–595	578	4	250.00–255.00	$252.49	$1,459	+6.49
610	610	6	238.00	$238.00	$1,452	-6.37
650	650	2	229.00–230.00	$229.50	$1,492	+2.15
725–743	736	7	226.00–240.00	$232.53	$1,711	+1.72

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	230.00	$230.00	$610	-30.10
395	395	1	230.00	$230.00	$908	+1.22
405–425	415	3	216.00–240.00	$232.00	$963	+6.47
555	555	1	197.50	$197.50	$1,096	-22.50
655–660	658	2	170.00–202.00	$186.06	$1,224	-5.94
780	780	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,482	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,313	—
470–495	483	2	260.00–265.00	$262.56	$1,268	+42.56
510–525	518	2	247.00–257.00	$252.07	$1,306	+7.07
595	595	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,499	-6.03
720–745	733	2	160.00–172.50	$166.14	$1,218	—
805	805	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,264	-20.00
950	950	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,472	-2.74

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185 unweaned	185	1	730.00	$730.00	—
210 unweaned	210	1	700.00	$700.00	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,414	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	235.00	$235.00	$764	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760–1110	924	80-85%	12	133.00–140.00	$135.72	$1,254	+8.15
795–1140	984	80-85%	9	128.00–134.00	$130.18	$1,281	—
805–1390	1064	80-85%	20	124.00–134.00	$130.95	$1,393	—
1170	1170	80-85%	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,743	—
815–1740	1177	80-85%	47	135.00–145.50	$140.33	$1,652	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$472	—
615–925	757	85-90%	5	82.00–94.00	$89.74	$679	-14.64
665–975	783	85-90%	4	100.00–110.00	$102.55	$803	-1.83
730–890	811	85-90%	5	107.50–124.00	$118.19	$959	—
780–975	856	85-90%	5	115.00–124.00	$118.42	$1,014	+0.24

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1610	1610	75-80%	1	135.50	$135.50	$2,182	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1015–1695	1301	12	119.00–143.00	$136.72	$1,779	—
1295–1685	1490	2	157.00–158.00	$157.43	$2,346	—
1470–1750	1610	2	143.00–144.00	$143.54	$2,311	—
1375–2040	1704	9	146.00–156.00	$151.01	$2,573	—
1420–1985	1781	9	158.00–168.00	$163.82	$2,918	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–825	772	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	185.00–187.00	$185.67	$1,433
690–975	833	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	25	140.00–187.50	$177.78	$1,481
810–995	903	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	140.00–165.00	$152.50	$1,377

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–990	908	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	189.00–217.50	$203.25	$1,846

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,029
670–1000	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	135.00–165.00	$150.00	$1,252
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,590
760–1060	957	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	133.00–155.00	$141.29	$1,352
1075–1430	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	137.00–184.00	$152.67	$1,821

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
912	912	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	178.50	$178.50	$1,628

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
810–1025	918	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00–1,675.00	$1,662.50	—
893–1190	977	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,179.17	—
1010–1130	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,800.00	$1,800.00	-440.00
1045–1120	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,150.00–2,450.00	$2,300.00	+60.00
868–1470	1122	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	14	1,875.00–2,500.00	$2,119.64	-80.36
820–1695	1206	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,575.00–2,250.00	$2,023.08	-133.74
1325	1325	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	-25.00
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,675.00	$2,675.00	+475.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1105	1105	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,985.00	$2,985.00	—
985–1370	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	2,700.00–2,850.00	$2,793.75	+12.92
1108–1380	1199	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,650.00–2,750.00	$2,716.67	-64.16
1130–1505	1336	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,600.00–3,100.00	$2,820.00	+370.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
475	475	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
970	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—

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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.