Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 25, 2024

1,128 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $270.49/cwt +5.10 vs last sale · ≈ $1,436/hd at 531 lb · 62 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $263.03/cwt +5.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,143/hd at 434 lb · 59 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $290.35/cwt -11.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,339/hd at 461 lb · 49 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,128	1,155	1,915
Feeder cattle	883	762	1,332
Slaughter cattle	174	252	299
Replacement cattle	71	141	284

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week : Steer and heifer calves sold 25.00-30.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade was Excellent and demand active.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–288	282	4	340.00–347.00	$341.64	$963	+16.64
300–329 value added	325	10	405.00–430.00	$426.23	$1,385	—
310–338	326	8	345.00–385.00	$358.41	$1,168	+49.49
365 value added	365	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,460	—
350–380	371	7	317.00–357.00	$328.03	$1,217	+11.24
401 value added	401	14	402.00	$402.00	$1,612	—
400–428	420	17	290.00–315.00	$300.06	$1,260	-2.44
423 fancy	423	10	327.00	$327.00	$1,383	—
458 value added	458	21	294.00	$294.00	$1,347	—
463 fancy	463	8	285.00	$285.00	$1,320	—
455–480	464	20	280.00–294.00	$288.65	$1,339	-13.26
503–547	530	32	260.00–280.00	$267.78	$1,419	+5.41
524–534 value added	532	30	260.00–276.00	$273.38	$1,454	-15.53
553 value added	553	25	276.00	$276.00	$1,526	—
550–567	557	12	252.00–265.00	$256.78	$1,430	-0.33
610 fancy	610	8	257.00	$257.00	$1,568	—
600–643	619	19	245.00–253.00	$247.01	$1,529	-0.19
620 value added	620	5	249.00	$249.00	$1,544	—
651–692 value added	659	32	248.00–256.50	$254.63	$1,678	—
655–697	679	15	234.00–258.00	$254.34	$1,727	+16.88
702–745	721	12	215.00–240.00	$229.88	$1,657	+7.32
750	750	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,688	—
907	907	3	221.00	$221.00	$2,004	+18.49
988	988	2	210.00	$210.00	$2,075	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–265	260	3	300.00–325.00	$315.29	$820	+33.53
310–345	325	6	285.00–310.00	$289.23	$940	+3.46
350–390	371	6	290.00–300.00	$298.25	$1,107	+25.63
410–445	429	15	255.00–285.00	$280.32	$1,203	+14.05
455–490	478	14	255.00–275.00	$267.15	$1,277	+7.62
500–545	533	13	211.00–261.00	$246.15	$1,312	+9.96
565–580	574	10	220.00–253.00	$245.11	$1,407	+8.42
615–635	630	4	224.00–240.00	$227.90	$1,436	+2.44
653–690	672	8	210.00–226.00	$220.00	$1,478	+0.57
745	745	2	206.00	$206.00	$1,535	+1.52
780	780	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,443	-6.00
800	800	2	200.00–210.00	$205.00	$1,640	+0.70
870	870	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,757	-17.00
935	935	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,683	-10.00
1050–1090	1070	2	177.00–185.00	$180.93	$1,936	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	220.00	$220.00	$836	-8.67
400–440	422	5	200.00–220.00	$213.77	$902	-3.71
455–490	477	3	200.00–230.00	$214.35	$1,022	-3.46
535–543	540	4	180.00–207.00	$199.31	$1,076	-20.69
550–565	558	2	200.00–207.00	$203.45	$1,135	+13.45
608	608	2	208.00	$208.00	$1,265	—
650	650	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,235	+6.06
765	765	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,454	±0.00
930	930	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,628	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	2	122.00	$122.00	$705	—
615	615	1	121.00	$121.00	$744	-2.00
710	710	1	125.00	$125.00	$888	—
815	815	3	116.00	$116.00	$945	—
923	923	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,108	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
205–210	208	6	675.00–700.00	$691.57	+191.57

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
330	330	2	425.00	$425.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–290	278	3	300.00–350.00	$326.59	$908	—
323–345	335	9	295.00–325.00	$311.94	$1,045	+49.10
345 value added	345	16	357.00	$357.00	$1,232	—
347 fancy	347	3	327.00	$327.00	$1,135	—
352–395 value added	364	8	270.00–347.00	$323.69	$1,178	+48.69
363–364 fancy	364	8	275.00–300.00	$284.36	$1,035	—
350–392	379	8	255.00–265.00	$260.72	$988	+11.91
405–440	425	20	234.50–260.00	$250.86	$1,066	+2.40
413–448 fancy	435	18	250.00–255.00	$251.19	$1,093	—
405–447 value added	443	21	272.00–286.00	$284.78	$1,262	+14.78
470–493	481	20	235.00–247.00	$240.88	$1,159	-6.25
503–548	533	14	225.00–242.00	$231.07	$1,232	-3.93
542 fancy	542	12	238.00	$238.00	$1,290	—
563 fancy	563	3	245.00	$245.00	$1,379	—
566–597	584	13	221.00–227.00	$223.12	$1,303	-1.88
610 value added	610	9	251.00	$251.00	$1,531	—
600–624	620	11	220.00–228.00	$221.98	$1,376	—
657–693	667	10	213.00–224.00	$218.07	$1,455	—
720–730	725	2	213.00–217.00	$214.99	$1,559	—
850	850	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,700	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	275.00	$275.00	$646	+20.00
285	285	4	250.00–285.00	$270.00	$770	+40.00
315	315	1	285.00	$285.00	$898	+47.16
395	395	3	235.00	$235.00	$928	-6.80
410–445	422	5	205.00–230.00	$216.79	$915	-8.75
433 value added	433	3	254.00	$254.00	$1,100	—
455–460	457	7	220.00–230.00	$227.16	$1,038	+7.33
500–540	514	7	200.00–230.00	$213.89	$1,099	-2.32
565–595	580	18	197.00–222.00	$205.73	$1,193	-3.99
605–648	623	11	210.00–215.00	$212.99	$1,327	+7.31
705	705	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,410	+2.69
760–775	768	2	190.00–193.00	$191.51	$1,471	—
850	850	2	184.00	$184.00	$1,564	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–315	308	2	200.00–220.00	$210.24	$648	-1.29
375–390	383	2	210.00–220.00	$214.90	$823	+7.80
425–440	433	2	205.00–220.00	$212.37	$920	+12.17
470–475	473	2	179.00–180.00	$179.50	$849	-2.56
512–515	513	4	160.00–185.00	$166.28	$853	-21.76
605	605	3	180.00–185.00	$183.33	$1,109	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	1	700.00	$700.00	—
225	225	1	825.00	$825.00	—
260	260	2	725.00	$725.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110–115 unweaned	113	2	250.00–450.00	$352.22	-24.63
155	155	1	600.00	$600.00	+150.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335–345	340	2	230.00–245.00	$237.39	$807	—
390	390	1	220.00	$220.00	$858	—
480–495	488	2	200.00–222.00	$210.83	$1,029	—
610	610	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,342	-12.00
680–695	688	2	190.00–200.00	$195.05	$1,342	-11.71
755–780	768	2	167.00–187.00	$177.16	$1,361	-23.34
840	840	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,344	—
850	850	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,572	-0.78
940	940	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,617	—
980	980	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,568	-16.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
815	815	2	110.00	$110.00	$896	—
965	965	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,274	—
1060	1060	3	122.50	$122.50	$1,298	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	1	330.00	$330.00	$710	—
285 unweaned	285	1	320.00	$320.00	$912	—
425	425	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,275	+25.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–885	720	85-90%	4	70.00–76.50	$73.13	$527	—
765–995	831	85-90%	4	90.00–95.00	$91.95	$764	—
750–1055	885	85-90%	5	82.50–89.50	$85.69	$758	-7.97
745–1125	888	85-90%	9	69.00–89.00	$84.28	$748	-9.38
730–1160	940	85-90%	36	90.00–98.50	$93.37	$878	-11.80
875–1175	970	85-90%	5	87.00–109.00	$103.09	$1,000	—
735–1579	1072	85-90%	59	100.00–110.00	$106.79	$1,145	+1.92

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–930	918	80-85%	2	110.00–111.00	$110.49	$1,014	—
905–1160	1012	80-85%	3	114.00–120.00	$116.11	$1,175	—
975–1495	1248	80-85%	23	112.00–120.00	$114.61	$1,430	—
1200–1405	1300	80-85%	22	108.50–111.00	$110.46	$1,436	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635–1775	1705	75-80%	2	110.00	$110.00	$1,876	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1110–1510	1254	5	119.50–129.00	$125.79	$1,577	—
1170–1795	1517	10	130.00–138.00	$133.91	$2,031	—
1655–1985	1842	7	143.00–149.00	$145.36	$2,678	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–975	795	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	160.00–170.00	$165.36	$1,315
735–1070	819	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	127.00–155.00	$138.90	$1,138

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
818	818	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	170.00	$170.00	$1,391

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1043	1043	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	111.00	$111.00	$1,158
950–1260	1122	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	106.00–122.00	$114.00	$1,279
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,434
860–1575	1218	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	110.00–113.00	$111.50	$1,358

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
985–1060	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,308.33
1290–1310	1300	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,450.00–1,485.00	$1,467.50

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1348	1348	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,675.00	$1,675.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550	550	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00

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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
1020–1195	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,825.00–1,900.00	$1,862.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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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.