Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 18, 2025

528 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $409.98/cwt -20.24 vs last sale · ≈ $1,720/hd at 420 lb · 23 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $411.11/cwt -6.34 vs last sale · ≈ $1,935/hd at 471 lb · 20 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $327.37/cwt -84.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,561/hd at 477 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	528	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–240	230	2	445.00–450.00	$447.61	$1,030	-37.22
265–290	278	2	435.00–445.00	$439.77	$1,223	—
305–345	335	4	420.00–450.00	$433.26	$1,451	-1.55
360 thin fleshed	360	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,620	—
375–390	383	2	395.00–404.00	$399.59	$1,530	-40.23
400–420 unweaned	410	2	395.00–400.00	$397.56	$1,630	—
400–440	418	11	415.00–435.00	$426.92	$1,785	+13.94
414–423	418	7	380.00–391.00	$384.77	$1,608	-28.21
425	425	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,509	-57.98
440 value added	440	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,958	+4.93
451–488	466	11	410.00–440.00	$428.02	$1,995	+33.06
460–473	469	3	400.00–407.00	$404.71	$1,898	+9.75
472–480 unweaned	474	4	380.00–390.00	$387.47	$1,837	—
493	493	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,849	-19.96
500–515 thin fleshed	508	2	420.00	$420.00	$2,134	—
515–533	526	5	350.00–370.00	$359.90	$1,893	+4.90
508–545	527	5	328.00–335.00	$330.18	$1,740	-24.82
550–590	562	5	340.00–370.00	$356.85	$2,005	-8.97
575–588	584	3	310.00–327.00	$321.42	$1,877	-44.40
595	595	1	333.00	$333.00	$1,981	-32.82
610–645	633	4	285.00–300.00	$294.46	$1,864	—
660–680	672	3	280.00–285.00	$283.31	$1,904	—
710–745	728	2	227.00–240.00	$233.34	$1,699	-38.66
765–785	775	2	215.00–222.00	$218.45	$1,693	—
778–780 value added	779	3	245.00–251.00	$249.00	$1,940	—
828	828	3	248.00	$248.00	$2,053	—
850–890	875	3	240.00–245.00	$241.69	$2,115	—
1090	1090	2	227.00–229.00	$228.00	$2,485	—
1325	1325	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,988	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	300.00	$300.00	$900	-124.88
445	445	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,513	—
475–483	481	4	345.00–350.00	$346.23	$1,665	-8.80
525–530	528	2	322.00–327.00	$324.49	$1,713	-2.35
550	550	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,788	-7.45
555	555	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,443	-72.45
615	615	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,230	-104.00
710	710	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,292	-66.43
785	785	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,060	-110.10
895	895	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,477	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	215.00	$215.00	$720	—
485	485	4	197.00	$197.00	$955	—
515	515	1	140.00	$140.00	$721	—
603	603	5	175.00	$175.00	$1,055	—
610	610	1	222.00	$222.00	$1,354	—
740	740	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,413	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,292	—
455	455	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,342	—
530	530	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,616	—
560	560	2	312.50	$312.50	$1,750	—
625	625	2	288.00	$288.00	$1,800	—
770	770	1	217.00	$217.00	$1,671	—
835	835	2	212.00	$212.00	$1,770	—
1028	1028	2	202.00	$202.00	$2,077	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460 value added	460	2	342.00	$342.00	$1,573	—
485	485	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,382	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185 unweaned	185	2	1,035.00	$1,035.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165	165	1	850.00	$850.00	—
230	230	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	80.00	$80.00	$416	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630	630	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,016	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,441	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285 unweaned	285	1	325.00	$325.00	$926	—
345	345	1	275.00	$275.00	$949	-147.52
355–390	365	6	400.00–415.00	$408.67	$1,492	-18.81
365 unweaned	365	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,204	—
415–425	420	2	335.00–340.00	$337.47	$1,417	-78.44
420–435	425	3	275.00–285.00	$281.59	$1,197	-134.32
465 value added	465	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,767	—
450–480	469	6	285.00–315.00	$302.70	$1,420	-109.60
485 fancy	485	7	341.00	$341.00	$1,654	—
515–525	520	2	357.50–385.00	$371.38	$1,931	-23.62
520	520	2	275.00–285.00	$280.00	$1,456	-115.00
560–595	578	4	290.00–307.50	$298.10	$1,723	—
615 thin fleshed	615	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,876	—
605–645	628	4	200.00–215.00	$205.41	$1,290	-83.59
645 fancy	645	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,677	—
662–665	663	9	217.00–230.00	$225.44	$1,495	—
675–695 value added	685	2	245.00–265.00	$255.15	$1,748	—
710–745	728	3	202.00–212.00	$206.38	$1,502	—
730 thin fleshed	730	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,642	—
765	765	2	200.00–220.00	$210.00	$1,606	—
810–840	825	2	210.00–227.50	$218.59	$1,803	-16.41
905	905	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,810	—
1050	1050	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,754	—
1145	1145	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,912	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,125	-79.70
480–490	485	2	225.00–240.00	$232.58	$1,128	-82.26
520	520	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,300	-53.31
535	535	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,124	-93.31
595	595	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,220	-83.71
600–635	618	2	145.00–150.00	$147.57	$912	-127.43
700	700	1	122.00	$122.00	$854	—
760	760	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,330	-45.00
800	800	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,120	—
815	815	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,345	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	150.00	$150.00	$518	—
420	420	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,197	—
585	585	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	—
655–665	660	2	210.00–225.00	$217.44	$1,435	—
815	815	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,793	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
55 unweaned	55	1	800.00	$800.00	—
110	110	1	825.00	$825.00	—
125 unweaned	125	1	860.00	$860.00	—
160	160	1	495.00	$495.00	—
180 unweaned	180	1	950.00	$950.00	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	315.00	$315.00	$1,307	—
670	670	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,742	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
688	688	2	160.00	$160.00	$1,101	—
695	695	1	100.00	$100.00	$695	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	235.00	$235.00	$893	-30.00
570	570	1	125.00	$125.00	$712	-141.08
625	625	1	100.00	$100.00	$625	-130.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	300.00	$300.00	$900	—
705	705	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,410	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
115 unweaned	115	2	750.00	$750.00	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
730	730	1	100.00	$100.00	$730	—
740	740	1	125.00	$125.00	$925	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	2	105.00	$105.00	$698	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–95 unweaned	83	6	600.00–1,000.00	$835.76	—
100 unweaned	100	2	785.00	$785.00	—
150–170 unweaned	160	3	750.00–900.00	$836.46	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,809	—
540	540	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,350	—
565	565	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,565	+2.00
648	648	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,041	—
690	690	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,208	—
798	798	2	230.00	$230.00	$1,835	—
955	955	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,738	—
1110	1110	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,565	-29.94

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	391.00	$391.00	$1,630	-44.00
710	710	1	267.50	$267.50	$1,899	—
870	870	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,827	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
435	435	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,044	—
525	525	1	160.00	$160.00	$840	—
555–575	565	2	160.00–180.00	$170.18	$962	—
720	720	1	70.00	$70.00	$504	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
955–1385	1145	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,312.50	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	—
815	815	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,402	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610–880	720	85-90%	8	69.00–97.00	$86.74	$625	-44.02
620–1040	821	85-90%	17	100.00–125.00	$107.76	$885	—
725–1140	889	85-90%	25	120.00–140.00	$124.68	$1,108	-5.25

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
847–1394	1066	80-85%	38	125.00–144.00	$136.61	$1,456	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
790–1355	1089	75-80%	15	140.00–160.00	$147.67	$1,608	—
1025–1385	1177	75-80%	6	167.00–182.00	$177.93	$2,094	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1130	1090	2	150.00–162.00	$155.78	$1,698	—
1040–1755	1363	9	125.00–150.00	$142.48	$1,942	-12.54
1660–1930	1785	4	163.00–168.50	$164.85	$2,943	—
1225–2520	1795	13	150.00–164.00	$156.66	$2,812	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
560–1200	866	(<2 yrs)	Open	38	155.00–222.00	$189.03	$1,637
990–1155	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	160.00–185.00	$172.50	$1,851

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Bred Cows

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
445	445	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
478	478	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	685.00	$685.00
495	495	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	750.00	$750.00
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,020.00	$1,020.00
635	635	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
820–1340	987	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,100.00
1045–1070	1058	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,500.00	$2,450.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
828	828	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,449
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,980

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1020	1020	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	158.00	$158.00	$1,643

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,647

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
820	820	(<2 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
878–1079	1012	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	1,800.00–1,900.00	$1,833.33

Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615	615	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

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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
610–800	705	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00	-550.00
1010	1010	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—
890–1360	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,000.00–2,300.00	$2,150.00	—
1145	1145	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—
1020–1300	1160	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,150.00–2,300.00	$2,225.00	—
1370	1370	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,185.00	$1,185.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1005–1155	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1185	1185	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
890	890	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—

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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.