Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 11, 2025

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $430.22/cwt +4.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,831/hd at 426 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	302	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175–190 unweaned	183	2	500.00–517.50	$509.11	$932	—
210 value added	210	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,134	—
210–225	218	2	480.00–490.00	$484.83	$1,057	-0.17
305–320	312	3	425.00–450.00	$434.81	$1,357	+1.43
355–395	368	5	430.00–450.00	$439.82	$1,619	+11.54
405–430	416	4	402.00–420.00	$412.98	$1,718	+7.21
410–445 value added	431	7	430.00–450.00	$440.07	$1,897	-16.41
450–495 value added	466	4	430.00–450.00	$439.95	$2,050	+25.19
455–495	476	4	380.00–400.00	$394.96	$1,880	+31.43
503–545 value added	524	4	365.00–375.00	$369.80	$1,938	-0.20
515–535	525	3	350.00–365.00	$355.00	$1,864	+9.64
555–580	561	5	345.00–375.00	$365.82	$2,052	+18.77
625 value added	625	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,219	-15.00
700	700	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,904	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,010	—
270–280	275	4	430.00–450.00	$440.18	$1,210	+40.18
315–330	323	2	420.00–430.00	$424.88	$1,372	—
365–380	373	2	400.00–420.00	$409.80	$1,529	+29.75
485–490	488	2	350.00–360.00	$355.03	$1,733	+19.62
510–530	517	3	320.00–340.00	$326.84	$1,690	+9.39
570–595	583	2	330.00–335.00	$332.45	$1,938	+15.78
615–645	625	6	290.00–315.00	$304.00	$1,900	-0.04
665–680	672	3	265.00–295.00	$276.33	$1,857	+11.33
715–730	723	2	242.00–255.00	$248.43	$1,796	-22.32
750–780	765	2	240.00–250.00	$245.10	$1,875	-12.90
835	835	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,021	+1.02
855	855	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,966	+10.00
930–945	938	2	225.00–227.00	$226.01	$2,120	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
482–485	483	4	245.00–260.00	$256.23	$1,238	—
518	518	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,424	—
583	583	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,603	—
610–635	623	2	265.00–280.00	$272.65	$1,699	-2.35
650	650	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,462	-55.08

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	185.00	$185.00	$906	—
550	550	1	170.00	$170.00	$935	—
610	610	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,128	—
655	655	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,081	+20.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–235	220	2	440.00–460.00	$450.68	$991	—
270	270	1	415.00	$415.00	$1,120	-30.00
320–325	323	2	420.00–425.00	$422.52	$1,365	+13.54
333 value added	333	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,515	+3.33
368–375	370	4	425.00–430.00	$427.48	$1,582	+37.52
380 fancy	380	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,653	+13.14
410 fancy	410	3	445.00	$445.00	$1,824	—
420–443	438	5	410.00–425.00	$415.91	$1,822	+57.89
450–465	458	2	400.00–425.00	$412.30	$1,888	+53.62
525	525	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,074	+65.00
615	615	2	289.00	$289.00	$1,777	+16.47
765 value added	765	4	280.00	$280.00	$2,142	—
828	828	4	235.00	$235.00	$1,946	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–395	373	2	375.00–385.00	$379.70	$1,416	+11.64
400	400	2	325.00–350.00	$337.50	$1,350	+11.54
470–495	483	3	300.00–330.00	$314.84	$1,521	+0.85
475–490 value added	483	2	332.00–355.00	$343.68	$1,660	—
507–545	524	7	292.00–315.00	$303.31	$1,589	-13.21
560–585	568	4	285.00–290.00	$288.71	$1,640	-10.84
635–645	640	2	275.00	$275.00	$1,760	—
655–685	672	3	256.00–270.00	$261.99	$1,761	+6.99
775	775	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,705	-22.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	2	255.00–275.00	$265.00	$1,020	-55.00
400	400	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,100	±0.00
460–480	469	4	250.00–267.00	$256.76	$1,204	-18.24
505–520	512	3	260.00–282.00	$272.24	$1,394	-22.76
550–565	558	2	260.00–272.00	$266.08	$1,485	-17.22
605	605	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,392	—
660–690	675	2	240.00–265.00	$252.22	$1,702	-7.78
830	830	1	195.00	$195.00	$1,618	-15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
60–90 unweaned	75	2	525.00–600.00	$570.00	-230.00
125 unweaned	125	1	700.00	$700.00	-75.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,398	—
470	470	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,480	-5.00
570	570	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,568	-45.77
610	610	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,922	+20.80
725	725	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,646	-3.00
800	800	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,680	—
860	860	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,505	—
1070	1070	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,883	—
1100–1135	1118	2	167.00–175.00	$170.94	$1,911	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225 unweaned	225	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,125	—
435	435	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,892	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90 unweaned	90	1	800.00	$800.00	+25.00
155 unweaned	155	1	850.00	$850.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,282	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1025	885	80-85%	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,168	+0.04
735–1060	926	80-85%	4	132.00–139.00	$135.66	$1,256	—
965	965	80-85%	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,515	+27.47
710–1260	1014	80-85%	24	142.00–155.00	$146.75	$1,488	+7.36
820–1520	1183	80-85%	16	140.00–152.50	$146.10	$1,728	+4.63

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655	655	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$720	+12.30
685–780	744	85-90%	4	125.00–135.00	$130.76	$973	—
845–915	873	85-90%	3	127.00–135.00	$129.93	$1,134	+12.10

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175	1175	1	159.00	$159.00	$1,868	—
1090–1285	1202	3	128.00–149.00	$140.61	$1,690	—
1010–1590	1356	9	150.00–161.00	$155.02	$2,102	+13.41
1500–1705	1603	2	163.00–164.00	$163.53	$2,621	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
565–1045	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	150.00–190.00	$171.75	$1,362
745–900	818	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	185.00–190.00	$188.33	$1,541

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–935	805	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	187.00–205.00	$199.00	$1,602

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–1337	1209	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	153.00–160.00	$154.75	$1,871
1225–1393	1359	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	147.00–154.00	$148.40	$2,017

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1215	988	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,700.00	$2,550.00
1015–1085	1047	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,525.00	$2,441.67
1110–1270	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–705	693	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,600.00–1,650.00	$1,625.00
735	735	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,432
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,888
1535	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	145.00	$145.00	$2,226

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1110	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,200.00–2,300.00	$2,250.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620	620	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$868

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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
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	+815.83

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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.