Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 31, 2025

310 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $316.63/cwt +3.25 vs last sale · ≈ $1,338/hd at 423 lb · 13 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $335.75/cwt +19.55 vs last sale · ≈ $1,738/hd at 518 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	310	466	592
Feeder cattle	184	325	429
Slaughter cattle	80	81	80
Replacement cattle	46	60	83

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: No accurate comparisons on Steer and heifer calves. Feeder steers and heifers 5.00-7.00 higher under limited comparisons. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, slaughter bulls steady. Trade and demand moderate.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,204	—
310 fancy	310	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,132	+16.04
340	340	2	335.00	$335.00	$1,139	+17.67
340 value added	340	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,292	-15.21
355	355	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,242	—
440 fancy	440	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,606	+25.00
455–460 value added	459	5	351.00–370.00	$354.77	$1,628	+32.81
455–465	460	3	320.00–330.00	$325.70	$1,498	+19.90
460 fancy	460	1	337.00	$337.00	$1,550	+7.00
505	505	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,626	+9.32
512–543 value added	519	9	325.00–341.00	$337.28	$1,750	+12.28
620–644	637	6	272.00–277.00	$276.02	$1,758	+0.98
903	903	2	237.00	$237.00	$2,140	—
1010	1010	1	218.00	$218.00	$2,202	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355	355	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,083	+20.00
420	420	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,260	—
535	535	1	282.00	$282.00	$1,509	+57.00
560–595	578	2	277.00	$277.00	$1,601	-6.99
600–645	622	3	262.00–277.00	$270.51	$1,683	+13.51
812	812	3	257.00	$257.00	$2,087	+41.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	255.00	$255.00	$867	—
375	375	2	220.00	$220.00	$825	-30.00
400–420	412	3	240.00–255.00	$248.26	$1,023	+13.26
490	490	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,176	±0.00
555–590	573	2	230.00–250.00	$240.31	$1,377	-5.72
760–775	768	2	212.00–217.00	$214.48	$1,647	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–540	535	2	110.00–115.00	$112.48	$602	+2.48
570	570	1	113.00	$113.00	$644	—
580	580	2	118.00	$118.00	$684	—
605–635	615	3	110.00–118.00	$112.75	$693	+0.75
808	808	2	120.00	$120.00	$970	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
240	240	1	625.00	$625.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235 value added	235	1	380.00	$380.00	$893	—
255	255	1	330.00	$330.00	$842	—
260 value added	260	1	370.00	$370.00	$962	—
300 value added	300	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,050	—
313–340	327	2	305.00–307.00	$306.04	$1,001	—
355–385	373	6	320.00–330.00	$326.18	$1,217	+4.96
405–435 fancy	417	5	326.00–335.00	$331.58	$1,383	—
413–445	426	8	300.00–322.00	$307.28	$1,309	+4.41
460 fancy	460	1	331.00	$331.00	$1,523	+12.09
470–475	473	2	320.00–322.00	$321.01	$1,518	+24.63
500–530	515	2	307.00–310.00	$308.54	$1,589	+40.79
515 fancy	515	1	322.00	$322.00	$1,658	—
558 fancy	558	2	315.00	$315.00	$1,758	—
585–590	587	3	290.00–300.00	$293.35	$1,722	—
615–620	618	2	260.00–272.00	$265.98	$1,644	—
660–693	674	7	250.00–252.00	$250.88	$1,691	+8.88
703	703	4	243.00	$243.00	$1,708	—
775	775	3	226.00	$226.00	$1,752	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	285.00	$285.00	$940	+8.02
455 value added	455	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,342	—
460–480	468	3	267.00–285.00	$274.60	$1,285	+11.13
505–510	507	3	250.00–255.00	$251.68	$1,276	-23.32
550–580	567	3	247.00–272.00	$260.38	$1,476	+16.81
678	678	2	228.00	$228.00	$1,546	+11.63
725	725	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,559	-13.00
765	765	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,545	+3.39

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	275.00	$275.00	$674	—
355–390	373	2	235.00–252.00	$243.90	$910	+28.32
435	435	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,000	-12.46
450–465	458	2	200.00–242.00	$221.34	$1,014	-18.76
530	530	2	200.00–210.00	$205.00	$1,086	-25.58
565	565	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,226	+11.00
600–630	615	2	192.00–217.00	$204.80	$1,260	-4.27

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	252.00	$252.00	$1,235	—
540	540	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,539	+2.64
675	675	1	237.00	$237.00	$1,600	—
755	755	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,223	-37.95
830	830	1	187.00	$187.00	$1,552	—
915	915	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,638	+19.00
1000	1000	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,720	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,112	—
920	920	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,380	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	317.00	$317.00	$1,553	—
610	610	1	307.00	$307.00	$1,873	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	120.00	$120.00	$762	+18.00
650	650	1	92.00	$92.00	$598	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1030	869	80-85%	5	113.00–119.00	$116.98	$1,017	+10.82
805–1580	1028	80-85%	12	112.50–118.00	$114.91	$1,181	+3.73
965–1140	1053	80-85%	2	119.50–131.00	$125.73	$1,324	—
1040–1525	1156	80-85%	24	119.50–129.00	$123.14	$1,423	—
1325	1325	80-85%	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,749	—
1310–1430	1384	80-85%	4	130.00–134.50	$132.62	$1,835	+5.21

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	85-90%	1	80.00	$80.00	$508	—
680	680	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$435	—
755–980	844	85-90%	4	104.00–111.00	$108.36	$915	—
880	880	85-90%	1	70.00	$70.00	$616	-16.97
785–1010	883	85-90%	8	103.00–112.00	$107.69	$951	+20.72
925	925	85-90%	1	95.00	$95.00	$879	—
1200	1200	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,200	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1480–1725	1603	75-80%	2	115.00–117.00	$116.08	$1,861	—
1960	1960	75-80%	1	105.00	$105.00	$2,058	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1540	1210	5	120.00–130.00	$124.35	$1,505	—
1150–1770	1416	5	134.00–139.00	$136.00	$1,926	—
1545–1975	1849	5	157.00–165.00	$161.21	$2,981	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
540–955	808	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	185.00–197.00	$189.33	$1,530

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,264
670–1025	866	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	170.00–185.00	$175.40	$1,519

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700	700	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,050

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
560	560	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	150.00	$150.00	$840

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
865–1040	953	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	121.00	$121.00	$1,153
765–1030	954	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	117.00–144.00	$135.25	$1,290
775–1180	1014	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	106.00–131.00	$123.14	$1,249
1545	1545	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,839

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
855–1055	956	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,275.00–1,575.00	$1,412.50
950–1095	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,362.50
855–1375	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,275.00–1,485.00	$1,380.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	810.00	$810.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00
1110	1110	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00
895	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00

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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.