Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 21, 2025

653 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $327.79/cwt -0.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,589/hd at 485 lb · 39 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $328.77/cwt +6.14 vs last sale · ≈ $1,380/hd at 420 lb · 37 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $365.16/cwt +8.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,565/hd at 428 lb · 24 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	653	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	430.00	$430.00	$968	+80.00
205–247 unweaned	237	4	395.00–410.00	$398.25	$944	—
250–260 fancy	255	2	415.00–420.00	$417.55	$1,065	—
255–260	256	4	395.00–400.00	$396.27	$1,014	+21.27
268–275 value added	270	4	365.00–368.00	$367.24	$992	-28.21
290–295 unweaned	293	2	350.00–365.00	$357.56	$1,048	—
305–325 fancy	315	2	380.00–400.00	$389.68	$1,227	+6.38
310–345	332	6	350.00–370.00	$360.85	$1,198	+0.85
364–393	379	8	337.50–340.00	$338.80	$1,284	-21.20
375–395 fancy	388	3	370.00–385.00	$374.83	$1,454	+7.20
395 value added	395	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,501	-1.81
400–435 value added	428	21	363.00–387.50	$368.50	$1,577	-2.47
410–445	432	3	335.00–350.00	$341.81	$1,477	-3.29
475–484 fancy	483	6	357.00–367.00	$358.64	$1,732	+20.64
450–493	485	33	320.00–340.00	$322.18	$1,563	-1.74
522–540	525	8	310.00–317.50	$312.83	$1,642	+3.11
525 value added	525	7	330.00	$330.00	$1,732	—
532–536 fancy	534	7	335.00	$335.00	$1,789	—
553–555 fancy	554	3	335.00	$335.00	$1,856	+18.00
560 value added	560	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,904	—
580–595	583	11	315.00–320.00	$319.31	$1,862	+8.29
600–645	630	11	284.00–305.00	$293.77	$1,851	+0.46
635 value added	635	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,000	+13.00
665 value added	665	3	309.00	$309.00	$2,055	—
673–675	674	6	273.00–290.00	$284.34	$1,916	—
705	705	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,904	—
820	820	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,009	—
868–875	869	6	227.00–232.00	$231.16	$2,009	+11.16

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–285	268	2	330.00–345.00	$337.01	$903	+7.01
310–330	318	5	300.00–322.00	$316.49	$1,006	—
365	365	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,113	—
400–425	413	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,280	+0.10
490	490	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,421	-20.17
513–545	529	2	278.00–280.00	$279.03	$1,476	—
555	555	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,610	+11.13
635	635	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,714	+7.49
660–690	669	9	260.00–274.00	$267.67	$1,791	+15.72
685	685	3	220.00	$220.00	$1,507	-31.95
725	725	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,812	-15.00
775	775	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,015	+30.00
808–810	809	3	225.00–247.00	$239.65	$1,939	—
855	855	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,838	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	300.00	$300.00	$735	—
305	305	1	275.00	$275.00	$839	+30.00
430–440	435	2	245.00–250.00	$247.53	$1,077	—
515–520	518	2	215.00–260.00	$237.61	$1,231	—
580	580	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,160	-43.04
620–635	628	2	220.00–240.00	$230.12	$1,445	-3.36
655	655	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,356	-6.47
728	728	2	211.00	$211.00	$1,536	—
775–784	783	7	202.50–210.00	$208.94	$1,636	-16.06
805	805	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,650	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	1	118.00	$118.00	$702	—
600–625	613	2	127.00–130.00	$128.53	$788	—
660–695	678	2	125.00–138.00	$131.33	$890	+11.33
840	840	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,092	—
855	855	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,197	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
245	245	1	650.00	$650.00	—
390	390	1	550.00	$550.00	—
500	500	1	635.00	$635.00	—
580	580	1	620.00	$620.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110 unweaned	110	1	625.00	$625.00	—
180 unweaned	180	1	850.00	$850.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–280	276	5	335.00–340.00	$337.97	$933	-37.03
343–345	344	6	320.00–340.00	$330.00	$1,135	+20.00
370–395 fancy	383	2	325.00–335.00	$329.84	$1,263	-21.32
390–398	395	3	320.00–340.00	$326.58	$1,290	-4.96
418 value added	418	3	418.00	$418.00	$1,747	+58.00
408–445	420	24	305.00–325.00	$317.91	$1,335	+8.94
410–423 fancy	420	10	327.00–335.00	$328.07	$1,378	-16.84
487	487	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,510	-1.73
500–525	515	12	287.00–307.00	$299.67	$1,543	+9.67
605–617	611	18	258.00–260.00	$259.56	$1,586	+2.06

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	310.00	$310.00	$790	—
305	305	1	290.00	$290.00	$884	+13.78
368	368	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,159	±0.00
400–445	429	22	285.00–299.00	$297.40	$1,276	+25.50
455–490	473	2	265.00–270.00	$267.41	$1,265	-4.96
455–493 value added	485	5	296.00–300.00	$296.75	$1,439	—
500–540	521	5	250.00–265.00	$258.93	$1,349	-2.53
505–534 value added	532	13	270.00–274.00	$270.29	$1,438	—
550–591	574	15	257.00–270.00	$266.48	$1,530	+13.76
625–640	635	4	227.00–243.00	$237.55	$1,508	-4.00
653–688	670	10	242.00–255.00	$245.50	$1,645	+5.50
710–748	729	4	225.00–237.00	$230.36	$1,679	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–335	320	2	265.00	$265.00	$848	—
360–395	379	7	240.00–275.00	$266.93	$1,012	+36.93
405–440	431	7	243.00–270.00	$252.63	$1,089	—
475–495	486	4	220.00–265.00	$246.96	$1,200	+5.96
500–535	515	3	225.00–255.00	$240.79	$1,240	-1.77
570–585	581	4	244.00–247.00	$245.26	$1,425	+15.27
650	650	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,346	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–470	463	2	145.00–175.00	$159.76	$740	—
720	720	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,008	—
750	750	1	118.00	$118.00	$885	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
370–375	373	2	635.00–710.00	$672.25	—
540	540	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	279.00	$279.00	$1,228	-11.00
560–575	568	2	295.00–315.00	$305.13	$1,733	+74.41
600–605	603	2	242.00–245.00	$243.51	$1,468	—
685	685	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,610	+35.00
729	729	8	233.00	$233.00	$1,699	+11.00
815–820	818	2	170.00	$170.00	$1,391	-51.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	123.00	$123.00	$843	—
865	865	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,298	—
920–925	923	2	143.50–157.00	$150.27	$1,387	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425–430	428	2	330.00–355.00	$342.43	$1,466	—
840	840	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,016	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,190	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–650	620	85-90%	2	62.00–77.00	$69.86	$433	—
615–740	675	85-90%	3	62.00–75.00	$68.40	$462	—
705	705	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$846	—
800–877	861	85-90%	7	94.00–99.00	$95.22	$820	-14.21
750–1045	898	85-90%	2	87.00–90.00	$88.75	$797	-20.68
705–1075	915	85-90%	17	107.00–115.00	$110.72	$1,013	—
735–1010	949	85-90%	18	116.00–122.00	$119.63	$1,135	—
760–1228	1072	85-90%	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,233	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925	925	80-85%	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,184	—
810–1485	1060	80-85%	16	116.00–131.00	$126.26	$1,338	+4.71
995–1500	1188	80-85%	27	131.50–142.50	$135.01	$1,604	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350	1350	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,755	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1850	1411	4	142.00–150.00	$145.91	$2,059	—
1385–1595	1490	2	136.00–139.00	$137.61	$2,050	-4.53
1550	1550	1	134.50	$134.50	$2,085	—
1695–1750	1722	3	160.00–169.00	$164.69	$2,836	—
1525–2095	1793	3	144.50–154.50	$149.05	$2,672	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–895	727	(<2 yrs)	Open	17	165.00–182.00	$176.41	$1,283
650–865	779	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	151.00–170.00	$158.29	$1,233

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665–675	670	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	205.00–208.00	$206.50	$1,384

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
655	655	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	142.00	$142.00	$930

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885–1090	973	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	114.50–136.00	$123.50	$1,202
765–1475	1091	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	115.00–134.00	$129.69	$1,415
910–1405	1091	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	125.00–135.00	$128.63	$1,403
1145	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	129.00	$129.00	$1,477

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820–900	875	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,525.00–1,825.00	$1,712.50
785–1080	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,600.00–2,050.00	$1,800.00
995	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,425.00	$2,425.00
1050–1105	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,950.00–2,200.00	$2,075.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–805	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,200.00	$1,100.00
755–920	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,100.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1010	1010	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
920–990	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,250.00	—
1115	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
1230	1230	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.