Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, March 28, 2025

626 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $370.58/cwt +27.30 vs last sale · ≈ $1,764/hd at 476 lb · 19 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $470.92/cwt +80.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,547/hd at 328 lb · 16 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $439.96/cwt +27.72 vs last sale · ≈ $1,667/hd at 379 lb · 15 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	626	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,043	—
255	255	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,275	+65.00
260 unweaned	260	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,118	—
315–340 fancy	324	4	450.00–475.00	$464.79	$1,506	+49.79
320–340 value added	327	5	505.00–520.00	$512.05	$1,674	—
320–340	330	6	420.00–445.00	$433.38	$1,430	+55.86
345 thin fleshed	345	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,777	—
355–385 value added	368	4	450.00–475.00	$460.05	$1,693	—
350–395	383	9	415.00–435.00	$428.28	$1,640	+16.04
375–390 fancy	383	2	445.00–460.00	$452.35	$1,733	—
405–440 fancy	423	3	435.00–440.00	$436.67	$1,847	+41.67
405–435	424	6	395.00–415.00	$405.77	$1,720	+45.77
415–435 value added	427	3	450.00–470.00	$456.48	$1,949	—
455–470 value added	463	2	400.00–430.00	$414.76	$1,920	—
450–495	477	16	355.00–380.00	$363.53	$1,734	+20.25
485 fancy	485	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,916	—
511 value added	511	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,891	—
515–545	534	7	335.00–355.00	$345.36	$1,844	+18.37
565–595	580	5	345.00–350.00	$347.05	$2,013	+13.72
610 value added	610	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,257	+47.50
605–645	625	2	320.00–345.00	$332.10	$2,076	+22.10
659 value added	659	4	335.00	$335.00	$2,208	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	2	390.00–410.00	$400.00	$1,100	+40.00
380–390	386	4	375.00–385.00	$380.05	$1,467	+47.80
400–445	425	8	375.00–390.00	$380.67	$1,618	+80.67
470–498	486	8	325.00–350.00	$335.41	$1,630	+23.80
520–541	535	8	310.00–325.00	$317.45	$1,698	+19.32
563–565	564	3	315.00–320.00	$316.67	$1,786	+9.47
610–643	625	9	287.00–315.00	$304.04	$1,900	-2.53
650	650	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,722	-24.15
702–705	703	4	267.00–272.00	$270.75	$1,903	+9.72
785	785	2	258.00	$258.00	$2,025	—
800–825	813	2	240.00–242.00	$240.98	$1,959	-4.02
860	860	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,892	—
1055	1055	3	197.00	$197.00	$2,078	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	2	320.00	$320.00	$976	—
630	630	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,732	-3.84
660–670	665	2	270.00–290.00	$280.08	$1,863	+21.08
765	765	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,775	-8.00
820	820	1	244.00	$244.00	$2,001	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	1	850.00	$850.00	+346.09
170	170	2	875.00–900.00	$887.50	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	1	145.00	$145.00	$964	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	435.00–455.00	$445.00	$1,290	+40.00
325–335 value added	330	3	445.00–465.00	$451.67	$1,491	+46.67
305–340	331	4	400.00–425.00	$408.98	$1,354	+53.98
365–375 value added	372	3	475.00–500.00	$491.82	$1,830	—
375–380	378	3	385.00–400.00	$389.96	$1,474	+7.64
365–390 fancy	380	5	415.00–430.00	$421.86	$1,603	+20.91
405–440	419	5	350.00–370.00	$358.02	$1,500	+24.66
410–445 value added	430	6	400.00–420.00	$410.14	$1,764	+14.78
450–460 value added	453	3	400.00–420.00	$413.24	$1,872	+44.65
450–490	469	11	350.00–365.00	$358.68	$1,682	+45.47
502 value added	502	6	385.00	$385.00	$1,933	—
515	515	3	330.00	$330.00	$1,700	-5.00
568	568	2	320.00	$320.00	$1,818	+5.00
630–645	638	2	270.00–275.00	$272.53	$1,739	-4.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370–390	382	10	350.00–370.00	$368.06	$1,406	+73.06
400–435	418	2	325.00–327.00	$325.96	$1,363	+23.09
455–485	472	7	300.00–335.00	$313.99	$1,482	+26.15
500–535	515	10	300.00–325.00	$316.52	$1,630	+26.11
550–593	576	6	290.00–320.00	$299.55	$1,725	+12.16
655–698	677	4	255.00	$255.00	$1,726	+2.78
725–735	730	2	228.00–245.00	$236.56	$1,727	-10.02
750–780	766	5	225.00–255.00	$242.09	$1,854	+20.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
360–390	370	3	320.00	$320.00	$1,184	—
405	405	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,114	—
490	490	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,348	+0.69
505–515	510	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,504	+33.67
570–595	585	3	280.00–285.00	$283.30	$1,657	+29.82
683	683	3	260.00	$260.00	$1,776	+37.54
720	720	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,620	-2.00
810	810	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,701	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	2	800.00	$800.00	+500.00
105 unweaned	105	1	775.00	$775.00	—
150–170 unweaned	158	3	800.00–850.00	$821.16	—
210–215	213	2	850.00–925.00	$887.06	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830–1160	1032	(<2 yrs)	N/A	40	3,250.00–5,750.00	$4,206.25	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
495	495	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,584	—
550–560	555	7	300.00–335.00	$320.77	$1,780	+50.97
620–630	622	5	287.00–315.00	$294.20	$1,830	+11.70
650–695	663	8	260.00–287.00	$270.39	$1,793	+19.39
720	720	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,656	-7.00
785	785	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,546	+5.00
925–930	928	2	208.00–215.00	$211.49	$1,963	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,365	—
340 unweaned	340	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,241	—
395	395	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,837	+85.00
460 unweaned	460	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,656	—
475	475	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,900	+75.00
500–535	513	3	335.00–360.00	$348.33	$1,787	—
568	568	3	345.00	$345.00	$1,960	—
640	640	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,240	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 unweaned	80	1	775.00	$775.00	—
105–125 unweaned	118	4	760.00–800.00	$771.49	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
645	645	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,032	—
665	665	1	143.00	$143.00	$951	—
740	740	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,147	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865	865	80-85%	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,272	—
800–1030	897	80-85%	18	127.00–135.00	$131.96	$1,184	—
750–1440	992	80-85%	14	124.00–135.00	$129.53	$1,285	—
770–1565	1008	80-85%	21	131.00–148.00	$139.39	$1,405	+3.92
1140	1140	80-85%	1	152.50	$152.50	$1,738	+16.87
885–1490	1179	80-85%	22	136.00–146.00	$141.47	$1,668	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–715	663	85-90%	2	95.00–100.00	$97.70	$648	—
680–810	753	85-90%	5	100.00–111.00	$107.12	$807	—
785	785	85-90%	1	115.00	$115.00	$903	—
540–1113	887	85-90%	9	115.00–124.00	$117.83	$1,045	—
890	890	85-90%	3	80.00	$80.00	$712	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1845	1338	5	147.00–157.00	$149.50	$2,000	—
1000–1800	1361	9	130.00–147.00	$141.61	$1,927	—
1195–1565	1406	5	139.00–147.00	$143.17	$2,013	—
1055–2020	1593	13	148.00–162.00	$155.38	$2,475	—
1670–2205	1914	14	163.00–176.00	$169.90	$3,252	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
525–810	754	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	197.00–240.00	$213.73	$1,612

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670–755	713	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	165.00–177.00	$171.00	$1,219
700–790	745	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,378

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
595	595	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	122.00	$122.00	$726
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,502
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,544
840–1225	1056	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	123.00–172.00	$153.00	$1,616
720–1415	1067	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	22	128.00–166.00	$147.55	$1,574
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,697

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
833–1095	912	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	2,100.00–2,600.00	$2,387.50
935–1090	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	2,150.00–2,500.00	$2,403.85

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–910	792	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,700.00–2,000.00	$1,866.67
765–1025	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,600.00–1,900.00	$1,733.33
800–1150	978	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,916.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–925	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	154.00–210.00	$179.67	$1,365

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	1,525.00	$1,525.00
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

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	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—
946	946	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,150.00	$2,150.00	—
1085–1180	1133	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,400.00–2,600.00	$2,500.00	—
1125–1190	1169	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,250.00–2,600.00	$2,450.00	—
1025–1375	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,050.00	—
1255	1255	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1300	1300	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830–965	898	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,050.00	—
895–947	933	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	1,660.00–1,900.00	$1,734.17	—
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
920–1050	968	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,000.00	—

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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.