Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 4, 2024

1,188 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $271.31/cwt +3.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,403/hd at 517 lb · 77 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $290.05/cwt +12.09 vs last sale · ≈ $1,233/hd at 425 lb · 56 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $223.98/cwt -15.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,147/hd at 512 lb · 39 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,188	845	966
Feeder cattle	879	587	669
Slaughter cattle	229	119	213
Replacement cattle	80	139	84

Market comments — USDA reporter

No Market Reporter available last week; Compared to two weeks ago: Steer an heifer calves trended up 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers were 7.00-12.00 higher, and feeder heifers were steady. Slaughter cows and bulls were 3.00-5.00 lower. 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
270	270	2	360.00	$360.00	$972	—
305–340	319	5	325.00–345.00	$334.17	$1,066	+12.17
350–390	370	12	302.00–345.00	$314.71	$1,164	+28.16
374 fancy	374	5	315.00	$315.00	$1,178	—
400–440	425	56	280.00–320.00	$290.05	$1,233	+12.09
455–493	480	31	275.00–315.00	$288.08	$1,383	+4.93
500–545	517	77	250.00–292.00	$271.31	$1,403	+3.30
550–595	576	27	253.00–285.00	$258.27	$1,488	-6.32
600–646	632	28	228.00–245.00	$234.76	$1,484	-0.07
650–680	665	9	225.00–249.00	$234.41	$1,559	+12.89
705–735	724	6	220.00–238.00	$224.67	$1,627	+8.20
765–785	769	9	223.00–227.00	$224.01	$1,723	—
800	800	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,816	—
850	850	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,785	—
920	920	1	209.00	$209.00	$1,923	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	315.00	$315.00	$709	+26.55
275–285	279	8	260.00–305.00	$275.34	$768	-5.93
300–345	316	7	260.00–300.00	$277.40	$877	-3.88
375–390	382	3	255.00–270.00	$265.09	$1,013	+2.73
405–440	423	7	242.00–270.00	$262.01	$1,108	-0.75
450–495	488	10	240.00–272.50	$264.41	$1,290	+8.97
510–545	534	5	230.00–242.00	$237.74	$1,270	+2.91
550–590	574	14	234.00–250.00	$242.85	$1,394	+8.04
602–646	623	8	212.00–235.00	$224.21	$1,397	-0.15
650–695	669	6	215.00–240.00	$221.00	$1,478	+2.48
715	715	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,537	+5.15
770–780	772	5	212.00–219.00	$217.59	$1,680	+7.59
900	900	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,863	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–325	320	3	225.00–245.00	$231.56	$741	+4.35
350–390	365	9	200.00–225.00	$211.52	$772	-28.48
425	425	2	200.00	$200.00	$850	-17.00
463	463	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,019	—
535	535	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,124	+16.17
568	568	2	215.00	$215.00	$1,221	—
645	645	2	207.00	$207.00	$1,335	+5.31
685	685	2	187.00	$187.00	$1,281	-3.00
868	868	3	182.00	$182.00	$1,580	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
471	471	4	130.00	$130.00	$612	—
505	505	1	120.00	$120.00	$606	—
555–595	570	3	125.00–135.00	$128.45	$732	+3.95
615–630	623	2	123.00–125.00	$124.01	$773	+1.01
660	660	1	125.00	$125.00	$825	+1.57
755	755	1	128.00	$128.00	$966	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
235	235	1	625.00	$625.00	+75.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	255.00	$255.00	$599	-15.00
280–285	283	3	240.00–245.00	$243.32	$689	+14.43
310–345	324	4	232.00–242.00	$237.55	$770	+4.12
355–397	384	19	223.00–250.00	$233.32	$896	-2.16
400–440	424	34	217.00–237.00	$227.50	$965	+0.53
453–495	478	32	212.00–230.00	$223.41	$1,068	-9.21
500–540	523	10	215.00–220.00	$217.05	$1,135	-11.97
551–590	579	31	205.00–223.00	$213.40	$1,236	-6.66
600–645	624	12	200.00–214.00	$207.74	$1,296	-2.87
660–695	676	4	201.00–211.00	$207.03	$1,400	+2.52
750–770	760	2	202.00–210.00	$205.95	$1,565	+11.45
825–845	832	3	201.00–202.00	$201.34	$1,675	+9.34
890	890	1	194.00	$194.00	$1,727	+8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
337	337	4	255.00	$255.00	$859	+10.00
365–395	373	4	250.00–265.00	$253.98	$947	+4.70
405–440	418	3	260.00–275.00	$266.47	$1,114	+19.02
450–468	467	24	240.00–265.00	$241.00	$1,125	-5.03
500–522	512	39	219.50–230.00	$223.98	$1,147	-15.26
550–595	573	2	245.00–260.00	$252.21	$1,445	+18.21
610	610	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,342	+2.71
710–737	733	6	208.00–212.00	$208.65	$1,529	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	220.00	$220.00	$506	—
275	275	1	237.50	$237.50	$653	+4.54
300–338	318	5	200.00–220.00	$209.62	$667	-2.38
355–380	368	2	217.50–220.00	$218.79	$805	+15.45
400–435	420	5	197.50–215.00	$201.35	$846	-7.05
460–495	475	15	195.00–217.00	$207.49	$986	—
510–546	532	13	185.00–215.00	$202.17	$1,076	+22.17
570–590	577	3	178.00–210.00	$190.85	$1,101	—
616–640	624	8	185.00–195.00	$188.19	$1,174	-2.81
655–676	673	7	177.00–190.00	$178.81	$1,203	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–130 unweaned	128	2	375.00–400.00	$387.75	—
165–178 unweaned	174	3	325.00–520.00	$458.24	-66.76
223	223	2	560.00	$560.00	+29.69

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	277.00	$277.00	$485	—
200 unweaned	200	1	257.00	$257.00	$514	—
205	205	1	275.00	$275.00	$564	+70.00
280	280	2	220.00	$220.00	$616	—
360–380	374	4	200.00–255.00	$213.80	$800	+11.80
477–485	479	5	225.00–230.00	$228.99	$1,097	+13.07
525	525	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,218	—
560–570	565	2	215.00–220.00	$217.52	$1,229	-2.62
725	725	1	226.00	$226.00	$1,638	+51.95
990	990	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,475	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	345.00	$345.00	$673	—
303	303	3	325.00	$325.00	$985	—
363	363	6	292.00	$292.00	$1,060	+22.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,060	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	1	110.00	$110.00	$880	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	85-90%	1	76.00	$76.00	$498	-0.48
685	685	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$548	+3.52
560–850	753	85-90%	10	90.00–100.00	$96.37	$726	—
610–1160	915	85-90%	5	90.00–110.00	$100.20	$917	—
620–1390	927	85-90%	34	100.00–110.00	$106.48	$987	—
855–1525	1082	85-90%	58	100.00–110.00	$107.08	$1,159	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
966–1060	982	80-85%	15	110.00–111.00	$110.93	$1,089	—
950–1615	1215	80-85%	48	111.00–116.00	$112.72	$1,370	+0.07
1100–1320	1230	80-85%	3	100.00–116.00	$108.90	$1,339	-3.75
1150–1440	1281	80-85%	9	105.00–111.00	$109.43	$1,402	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1590	1547	75-80%	3	108.00–109.00	$108.67	$1,681	—
1620	1620	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$1,701	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1500	1266	4	121.00–127.00	$124.78	$1,580	—
1420	1420	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,846	—
1315–2025	1653	6	129.00–148.00	$136.01	$2,248	—
1675–1910	1793	2	135.00–140.00	$137.66	$2,468	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
633–1015	774	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	160.00–190.00	$170.47	$1,319
840–946	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	144.00–152.00	$149.60	$1,354

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
585–846	800	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	157.00–165.00	$163.10	$1,305

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
745–785	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	100.00–110.00	$105.00	$803
728–1025	802	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	120.00	$120.00	$962
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	107.00	$107.00	$904
760–1335	1048	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	106.00–118.00	$112.00	$1,174
1270–1380	1331	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	109.00–113.00	$111.00	$1,477

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
788	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Small 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	725.00	$725.00

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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
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,880.00	$1,880.00	—
1045–1303	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,425.00–1,610.00	$1,546.67	—
1383	1383	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,790.00	$1,790.00	+90.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	-580.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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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.