Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 18, 2024

1,155 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $265.39/cwt +2.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,384/hd at 522 lb · 44 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $193.65/cwt -4.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,288/hd at 665 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $259.53/cwt +2.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,233/hd at 475 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,155	950	1,203
Feeder cattle	762	684	814
Slaughter cattle	252	171	279
Replacement cattle	141	95	110

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer calves were steady to 2.00 lower while heifer calves were 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were steady, to 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were 4.00-6.00 lower. Trade was good 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
250–275	266	8	280.00–285.00	$281.76	$749	-10.74
305–345	318	12	265.00–295.00	$285.77	$909	-6.14
350–398	383	17	260.00–290.00	$272.62	$1,044	+2.61
395 unweaned	395	1	250.00	$250.00	$988	—
400–448	429	21	245.00–278.00	$266.27	$1,142	+14.38
450–490	475	23	243.00–267.00	$259.53	$1,233	+2.29
507 value added	507	9	232.50	$232.50	$1,179	—
505–548	529	11	216.00–255.00	$236.19	$1,249	-0.91
560–598	576	19	223.00–250.00	$236.69	$1,363	+0.20
625–635	630	2	221.00–230.00	$225.46	$1,420	+6.42
665–695	678	11	200.00–232.50	$219.43	$1,488	+0.72
710–715	713	2	199.00–210.00	$204.48	$1,458	+1.22
785	785	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,499	-9.00
800–835	818	2	195.00–214.00	$204.30	$1,671	-14.70
880	880	1	219.00	$219.00	$1,927	—
910–930	920	2	190.00	$190.00	$1,748	+0.67
970	970	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,843	—
1005	1005	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,859	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	325.00	$325.00	$910	+4.92
300–335	324	4	300.00–335.00	$308.92	$1,001	-10.47
345 unweaned	345	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,052	—
355 unweaned	355	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,065	—
355–394	381	13	305.00–325.00	$316.79	$1,207	+2.15
405–434	423	16	281.00–325.00	$302.50	$1,280	-2.07
460–490	475	2	299.00–305.00	$301.91	$1,434	+18.25
500–545	521	39	250.00–277.00	$262.37	$1,367	-0.27
505–540 value added	526	5	282.00–300.00	$288.91	$1,520	—
560–585	576	6	255.00–260.00	$257.11	$1,481	-16.07
610–640	623	7	240.00–252.00	$247.20	$1,540	+10.23
654–680	660	14	227.50–248.00	$237.46	$1,567	+4.98
708–735	716	9	218.00–238.00	$222.56	$1,594	+1.98
780–795	787	3	220.00–227.00	$224.67	$1,768	+6.75
925–935	930	2	200.00–205.00	$202.51	$1,883	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	270.00	$270.00	$580	—
245 unweaned	245	1	225.00	$225.00	$551	—
285	285	1	247.00	$247.00	$704	+2.00
320–335	328	2	250.00	$250.00	$820	+25.38
350–390	362	4	225.00–235.00	$228.67	$828	-4.30
400–443	434	13	200.00–225.00	$217.48	$944	-17.52
450–480	468	4	210.00–230.00	$217.81	$1,019	-4.19
530	530	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,166	+18.93
570	570	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,083	-30.00
585	585	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	-20.00
658–690	669	3	175.00–201.00	$183.94	$1,231	-13.46
735–738	738	6	150.00–185.00	$155.81	$1,150	-29.26
794	794	5	190.00	$190.00	$1,509	—
805	805	4	190.00	$190.00	$1,530	—
865–875	866	8	150.00–192.00	$155.30	$1,345	-32.70
965	965	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,689	+17.91

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	2	122.00	$122.00	$531	+2.00
455	455	1	120.00	$120.00	$546	-3.64
515–530	526	4	107.00–139.00	$126.64	$666	+0.35
608	608	2	123.00	$123.00	$748	+21.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	400.00	$400.00	—
150–180 unweaned	165	2	350.00–450.00	$404.55	-67.91
208	208	2	500.00	$500.00	—
290 unweaned	290	1	215.00	$215.00	—
450	450	2	560.00	$560.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	120.00	$120.00	$630	—
641	641	4	140.00	$140.00	$897	—
847	847	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,237	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
270	270	1	570.00	$570.00	—
360	360	1	500.00	$500.00	—
455	455	1	550.00	$550.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180 unweaned	180	1	250.00	$250.00	$450	—
248	248	8	255.00	$255.00	$632	—
250 unweaned	250	1	200.00	$200.00	$500	—
285	285	2	230.00	$230.00	$656	—
335 unweaned	335	1	220.00	$220.00	$737	—
340–345	343	6	235.00–240.00	$237.84	$816	+2.78
368–395	375	9	225.00–247.50	$241.80	$907	+0.90
402–443	415	19	215.00–233.00	$225.54	$936	-16.12
460 unweaned	460	1	217.50	$217.50	$1,000	—
450–485	472	20	215.00–232.00	$219.83	$1,038	-2.38
500–545	510	10	200.00–220.00	$216.21	$1,103	-4.63
555–595	573	7	205.00–220.00	$209.72	$1,202	-4.71
600–648	616	9	197.00–210.00	$205.68	$1,267	+2.63
650–689	665	23	187.00–202.50	$193.65	$1,288	-4.33
700–710	703	3	192.00–200.00	$197.31	$1,387	+5.31
835	835	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,586	±0.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	205.00	$205.00	$584	—
295 unweaned	295	1	190.00	$190.00	$560	-30.00
300–345	327	3	210.00–215.00	$211.53	$692	-1.54
350 unweaned	350	1	200.00	$200.00	$700	—
360–395	376	5	205.00–210.00	$207.10	$779	+7.10
420–443	433	11	189.00–210.00	$200.20	$867	-2.24
450–493	479	4	170.00–200.00	$182.06	$872	+2.06
500–545	523	2	175.00–200.00	$188.04	$983	+1.96
580	580	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,108	+8.50
655–688	668	6	175.00–186.00	$177.63	$1,187	-11.86
741	741	9	175.00	$175.00	$1,297	+3.00
843	843	5	167.00	$167.00	$1,408	-12.10

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–345	330	2	255.00–270.00	$262.84	$867	+6.27
350–395	368	4	245.00–250.00	$248.81	$916	-4.86
370 value added	370	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,018	—
410 value added	410	2	270.00	$270.00	$1,107	—
415–445	427	3	240.00–255.00	$248.46	$1,061	+1.12
458–495 value added	470	6	236.00–256.00	$248.98	$1,170	—
460–484	476	16	235.00–252.00	$247.13	$1,176	+0.25
540	540	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,269	+0.52
585	585	3	225.00	$225.00	$1,316	-10.08

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90 unweaned	90	2	300.00	$300.00	-125.00
130–140 unweaned	135	2	325.00–425.00	$376.85	+51.85
135	135	1	300.00	$300.00	—
155–158 unweaned	157	3	300.00–335.00	$311.52	-120.16
190	190	1	450.00	$450.00	—
220	220	4	525.00	$525.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
245	245	1	525.00	$525.00	—
350	350	2	550.00	$550.00	—
500–545	523	2	435.00–540.00	$485.24	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	120.00	$120.00	$462	—
450	450	1	120.00	$120.00	$540	-5.00

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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	225.00	$225.00	$1,001	—
500–510	505	2	220.00–245.00	$232.38	$1,174	+2.38
570	570	2	195.00	$195.00	$1,112	+5.00
600	600	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,392	+39.95
655–690	665	10	180.00–213.00	$206.76	$1,375	+1.01
700	700	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,295	-2.02
780	780	1	200.50	$200.50	$1,564	+45.50
850–885	862	6	175.00–193.50	$185.78	$1,601	+15.39
990	990	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,742	+37.00
1000	1000	1	146.00	$146.00	$1,460	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	340.00	$340.00	$901	—
440	440	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,210	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	117.50	$117.50	$652	—
730	730	1	102.00	$102.00	$745	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,005	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
155 unweaned	155	1	375.00	$375.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
880–1120	967	80-85%	6	111.00–115.50	$112.67	$1,090	+0.09
940–1730	1168	80-85%	76	106.00–111.50	$110.05	$1,285	—
930–1645	1169	80-85%	47	112.00–124.00	$113.77	$1,330	—
1260–1303	1289	80-85%	3	109.00	$109.00	$1,405	-0.76

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535–745	663	85-90%	3	70.00–87.00	$79.43	$527	—
670–1190	852	85-90%	5	90.00–100.00	$92.94	$792	-0.52
725–950	866	85-90%	8	80.00–87.00	$82.11	$711	-11.35
740–1055	875	85-90%	9	90.00–97.50	$93.66	$820	+0.20
615–1220	948	85-90%	25	99.00–117.00	$105.17	$997	—
830–1448	1087	85-90%	48	100.00–110.00	$104.87	$1,140	-2.56

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480	1480	75-80%	1	103.00	$103.00	$1,524	—
1540–1685	1613	75-80%	2	111.00–112.00	$111.48	$1,798	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–2080	1461	4	116.00–122.00	$119.94	$1,752	—
1125–2125	1599	17	124.00–133.00	$128.20	$2,050	—
1250–1935	1605	4	116.00–123.00	$119.27	$1,914	—
1300–1940	1628	4	126.00–130.00	$128.97	$2,100	—
1485–1800	1643	2	138.00–139.00	$138.45	$2,275	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–936	797	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	167.00–187.00	$173.21	$1,380
600–966	836	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	34	140.00–167.00	$153.85	$1,286

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	107.00	$107.00	$990
905–950	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	124.00–150.00	$133.67	$1,247
760–1330	1062	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	103.00–117.00	$111.70	$1,186
1035–1225	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	109.00–117.00	$112.00	$1,288
1193	1193	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	118.50	$118.50	$1,414
993–1355	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	105.00–126.00	$118.90	$1,445
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,434
1225–1585	1329	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	109.00–114.50	$111.60	$1,483
1405	1405	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	111.50	$111.50	$1,567

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–1210	959	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,200.00–1,500.00	$1,375.00
830–1250	997	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,300.00	$1,258.33
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,525.00	$1,525.00
928–1165	1007	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,250.00–1,420.00	$1,305.00
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,010.00	$1,010.00
790–965	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	830.00–1,190.00	$1,056.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1195	1195	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,975.00	$1,975.00
1510	1510	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660	660	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
855–1080	968	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,475.00–1,660.00	$1,567.50	+72.50
1060	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00	±0.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,885.00	$1,885.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1245	1245	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00	—

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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.