Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 30, 2024

522 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $279.98/cwt +7.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,338/hd at 478 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $324.69/cwt +16.65 vs last sale · ≈ $1,205/hd at 371 lb · 15 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $336.14/cwt -13.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,108/hd at 330 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	522	521	922
Feeder cattle	286	346	552
Slaughter cattle	151	111	261
Replacement cattle	85	64	109

Market comments — USDA reporter

No Accurate comparison on any class due to no reported sale last week. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–270	268	2	275.00–325.00	$300.23	$805	—
315 unweaned	315	1	270.00	$270.00	$850	—
305–335	320	3	275.00–300.00	$286.90	$918	-5.79
370–395	383	7	250.00–300.00	$281.43	$1,078	-11.72
415–430	421	4	270.00–290.00	$278.11	$1,171	+14.06
460–495	478	14	262.00–295.00	$279.26	$1,335	+6.75
478 value added	478	2	285.00	$285.00	$1,362	—
520–540	530	6	240.00–270.00	$254.69	$1,350	-8.56
563–583	576	10	195.00–258.00	$235.88	$1,359	-17.07
605–623	616	7	210.00–244.00	$236.34	$1,456	+7.69
680–695	688	2	230.00–235.00	$232.53	$1,600	+10.55
800	800	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,880	+23.00
862–865	863	4	195.00	$195.00	$1,683	—
930	930	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,767	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
217 unweaned	217	3	332.00	$332.00	$720	—
325 unweaned	325	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,024	—
320–345	330	11	315.00–355.00	$338.06	$1,116	-11.78
355–395	371	10	300.00–325.00	$309.53	$1,148	+1.49
371 value added	371	5	355.00	$355.00	$1,317	—
410 value added	410	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,394	—
400–430	411	6	295.00–325.00	$308.52	$1,268	+8.52
495	495	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,584	+4.94
630	630	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,600	—
670–695	683	2	245.00–250.00	$247.55	$1,691	—
710	710	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,740	—
805	805	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,972	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255–270	263	3	200.00–260.00	$226.96	$597	—
555–595	575	2	200.00–232.00	$216.56	$1,245	+9.12
700	700	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,400	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	2	111.00	$111.00	$622	-6.00
630	630	1	120.00	$120.00	$756	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215–220 unweaned	218	2	625.00–700.00	$662.93	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205–210 unweaned	208	2	560.00–600.00	$580.24	-19.76

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255 unweaned	255	1	270.00	$270.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365	365	1	575.00	$575.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	250.00	$250.00	$500	-45.35
255–260	258	2	250.00	$250.00	$645	-40.00
310 unweaned	310	1	275.00	$275.00	$852	—
350–370	360	2	240.00–255.00	$247.29	$890	-16.54
400–420	408	4	227.00–250.00	$244.21	$996	+4.21
475–495	485	2	220.00–245.00	$232.76	$1,129	-1.87
505–540	523	10	227.00–255.00	$240.71	$1,259	+4.08
585–595	590	2	200.00–220.00	$209.92	$1,239	-12.29
600	600	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,332	-5.36
683	683	3	210.00	$210.00	$1,434	-6.93
718–735	724	3	197.00–202.00	$200.31	$1,450	+2.29
775	775	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,550	-7.12
800	800	1	207.50	$207.50	$1,660	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261–285 unweaned	266	5	260.00–280.00	$275.71	$733	—
260–285	277	3	285.00–310.00	$295.30	$818	—
311	311	4	280.00	$280.00	$871	-13.62
350–380	365	3	275.00–295.00	$281.67	$1,028	—
433–435	434	4	265.00–270.00	$266.25	$1,156	+15.25
435 value added	435	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,240	—
463–490	472	9	260.00–277.00	$272.41	$1,286	—
505	505	2	265.00	$265.00	$1,338	—
570	570	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,425	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	230	3	210.00–230.00	$223.04	$513	—
310–340	325	2	210.00–222.00	$216.28	$703	—
375	375	1	245.00	$245.00	$919	+5.00
410–440	427	3	180.00–222.00	$203.53	$869	-16.47
455	455	1	205.00	$205.00	$933	—
520	520	1	167.50	$167.50	$871	-45.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
153 unweaned	153	4	575.00	$575.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	72.00	$72.00	$252	—
415	415	1	90.00	$90.00	$374	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
153 unweaned	153	1	500.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70 unweaned	70	1	225.00	$225.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–340	323	2	270.00–290.00	$279.46	$903	—
380	380	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,064	—
410–435	422	3	200.00–250.00	$232.13	$980	—
495	495	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,138	—
515–540	525	3	180.00–225.00	$205.00	$1,076	-45.00
560–585	575	4	205.00–240.00	$222.28	$1,278	+47.28
635–645	640	2	165.00–220.00	$192.29	$1,231	+15.00
655	655	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,212	—
755	755	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,525	+25.00
895	895	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,522	+17.00
1125	1125	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,822	—
1175	1175	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,833	—
1260	1260	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,777	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	145.00	$145.00	$732	—
865	865	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,280	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
153 unweaned	153	1	500.00	$500.00	—
230 unweaned	230	1	640.00	$640.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155 unweaned	155	1	630.00	$630.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720	720	1	70.00	$70.00	$504	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1060	938	80-85%	10	119.00–121.00	$119.54	$1,121	—
830–1413	1158	80-85%	40	116.00–127.00	$121.26	$1,404	-26.45
620–1525	1215	80-85%	26	125.00–134.00	$128.83	$1,565	—
1230	1230	80-85%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,660	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$524	—
660	660	85-90%	1	108.00	$108.00	$713	—
750–830	790	85-90%	2	90.00–93.00	$91.42	$722	-11.24
780–845	820	85-90%	3	106.00–109.00	$106.95	$877	-0.35
720–1160	919	85-90%	12	95.00–106.00	$100.53	$924	-20.51
690–1400	920	85-90%	32	107.00–116.00	$111.68	$1,027	-9.36

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1545–1630	1588	75-80%	2	120.00–126.00	$123.08	$1,955	—
1890	1890	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$2,457	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1100	1100	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,705	—
1155	1155	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,536	—
1000–1725	1395	9	120.00–138.00	$128.88	$1,798	—
1665–2170	1902	7	141.00–149.00	$144.69	$2,752	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
570–930	750	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,388
595–1105	816	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	28	150.00–177.00	$166.02	$1,355

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
713–885	758	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	190.00–195.00	$192.50	$1,459
680–885	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	182.00–187.50	$184.83	$1,469

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	118.00	$118.00	$938

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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
1253	1253	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1269	1269	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	2,550.00	$2,550.00	+750.00
1281	1281	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	1,910.00	$1,910.00	+110.00
1415	1415	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,920.00	$1,920.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,650.00	$1,650.00	—
1015–1165	1075	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,750.00–2,000.00	$1,875.00	—
1320	1320	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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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.