Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 23, 2025

497 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $310.00/cwt -12.50 vs last sale · ≈ $1,922/hd at 620 lb · 18 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $302.51/cwt ≈ $2,163/hd at 715 lb · 16 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $354.10/cwt +21.49 vs last sale · ≈ $1,456/hd at 411 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	497	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,046	—
345	345	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,397	-10.96
385–395	390	2	400.00–420.00	$409.87	$1,598	+3.29
395 value added	395	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,698	—
420	420	5	390.00–395.00	$392.00	$1,646	-37.76
420 fancy	420	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,722	—
455–460	458	2	375.00–395.00	$384.95	$1,763	+1.71
490 value added	490	5	410.00	$410.00	$2,009	—
505–545	532	3	370.00–380.00	$375.13	$1,996	-23.81
581	581	7	355.00	$355.00	$2,063	±0.00
650	650	1	335.00	$335.00	$2,178	—
714–725	715	16	302.00–310.00	$302.51	$2,163	—
850–877	873	7	265.00–268.00	$265.42	$2,317	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–343	333	4	335.00–345.00	$341.34	$1,137	-23.66
355–363	358	5	350.00–370.00	$365.04	$1,307	-2.41
387 unweaned	387	3	325.00	$325.00	$1,258	—
390	390	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,306	-32.45
400–435	418	2	345.00–370.00	$356.98	$1,492	+11.98
470–495	483	2	350.00–365.00	$357.31	$1,726	-1.12
505–535	513	4	328.00–330.00	$328.52	$1,685	-25.56
569–570	569	7	324.00–335.00	$327.15	$1,861	-4.01
600–645	620	10	315.00–330.00	$321.58	$1,994	+9.36
650–695	677	5	280.00–293.00	$286.11	$1,937	-34.00
705	705	1	297.50	$297.50	$2,097	—
765–770	767	3	263.00–277.00	$272.31	$2,089	+17.31
820	820	1	262.00	$262.00	$2,148	—
875	875	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,969	—
1085	1085	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	2	310.00	$310.00	$790	±0.00
385	385	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,059	—
415	415	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,245	+25.00
475	475	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,425	+31.73
525–530	527	3	275.00–310.00	$298.26	$1,572	-11.74
685	685	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,863	—
730	730	1	259.00	$259.00	$1,891	—
750–780	765	2	255.00–275.00	$264.80	$2,026	-20.20
805	805	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,972	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500–535	520	3	135.00–157.00	$143.73	$747	-6.27
580	580	1	167.00	$167.00	$969	—
660	660	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,003	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135 unweaned	135	1	900.00	$900.00	+50.00
155–180 unweaned	163	3	710.00–900.00	$830.20	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	975.00	$975.00	+145.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
415	415	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	2	365.00–385.00	$375.35	$1,595	-2.85
468–490	475	3	345.00–365.00	$358.13	$1,701	+2.33
500	500	4	355.00	$355.00	$1,775	+15.00
620	620	18	310.00	$310.00	$1,922	-12.50
802	802	3	240.00	$240.00	$1,925	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,026	-20.00
345	345	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,242	-2.56
365	365	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,278	+20.00
355–396 unweaned	380	5	320.00–325.00	$323.13	$1,228	—
401 value added	401	7	363.00	$363.00	$1,456	—
435	435	3	330.00–335.00	$333.33	$1,450	+13.33
460–495	472	3	300.00–320.00	$308.13	$1,454	-15.79
568	568	2	290.00	$290.00	$1,647	-17.24
640–648	645	3	270.00–285.00	$280.04	$1,806	-18.98
675	675	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,755	-30.00
898	898	2	225.00	$225.00	$2,020	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	2	300.00–325.00	$312.50	$1,094	—
445	445	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,335	+50.00
485	485	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,212	-22.69
510–515	513	2	270.00–275.00	$272.51	$1,398	—
615–630	625	3	250.00–275.00	$258.20	$1,614	—
695	695	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,612	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90 unweaned	90	1	825.00	$825.00	—
123–145 unweaned	135	5	825.00–900.00	$866.41	—
170–173 unweaned	172	3	785.00–875.00	$845.35	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	975.00	$975.00	—
185–198 unweaned	194	5	950.00–1,000.00	$990.45	+109.77

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
515	515	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	143.00	$143.00	$779	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,095	-45.00
600	600	1	276.00	$276.00	$1,656	-1.00
655	655	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,703	—
818–830	819	9	225.00–259.00	$255.17	$2,090	+35.20
955–985	970	2	186.00–210.00	$197.81	$1,919	-37.19
1040	1040	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,976	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95 unweaned	95	—	—	2	875.00	$875.00	+75.00
120–145 unweaned	133	—	—	2	850.00	$850.00	—
180 unweaned	180	—	—	1	885.00	$885.00	—
225 unweaned	225	—	—	1	920.00	$920.00	—
955	955	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	+100.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	160.00	$160.00	$800	—
730–745	738	2	135.00–175.00	$155.20	$1,145	—
825	825	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,089	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	975.00	$975.00	—
185 unweaned	185	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,425	—
425	425	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,530	-15.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
110–1300	944	80-85%	18	131.00–143.00	$133.83	$1,263	—
860–1460	1091	80-85%	22	127.00–147.50	$140.65	$1,534	—
840–1490	1097	80-85%	24	128.00–137.50	$134.61	$1,477	—
920–1780	1232	80-85%	22	138.00–149.00	$142.61	$1,757	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480–775	628	85-90%	2	77.00–92.00	$86.26	$542	—
630–740	685	85-90%	2	111.00–115.00	$112.84	$773	+18.92
580–870	740	85-90%	5	106.00–114.00	$109.02	$807	-14.26
645–940	828	85-90%	9	119.00–126.50	$124.35	$1,030	+13.34
595–1280	838	85-90%	13	120.00–126.00	$123.18	$1,032	+12.17
770–1065	908	85-90%	3	92.00–100.00	$97.74	$887	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	3	134.00	$134.00	$2,023	—
1685	1685	75-80%	1	131.00	$131.00	$2,207	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
890–1420	1155	2	144.00–164.00	$156.29	$1,805	—
1100–1725	1425	16	139.00–158.00	$152.59	$2,174	—
1455	1455	1	163.00	$163.00	$2,372	—
1335–2390	1661	24	159.00–169.00	$164.79	$2,737	—
1815	1815	1	172.00	$172.00	$3,122	-2.48

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
645–1050	787	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	174.00–192.00	$184.55	$1,452
665–1130	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	147.00–180.00	$173.56	$1,475

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–725	699	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	192.00–220.00	$205.50	$1,436

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
695–1220	958	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	160.00–182.00	$171.00	$1,638
930–1000	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	154.00–162.00	$158.00	$1,525
1035	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,439
795–1235	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	143.00–184.00	$164.50	$1,798
1070–1230	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	150.00–187.00	$168.00	$1,944
1125–1190	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	150.00–175.00	$162.50	$1,882

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610	610	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
675	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
713	713	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,125.00	$1,125.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740–880	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,750.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	152.00	$152.00	$988

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670	670	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	143.00	$143.00	$958

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,489

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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
820–1205	1046	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,700.00–3,000.00	$2,879.17	+121.67
1015–1290	1107	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	2,425.00–2,600.00	$2,483.33	-129.17
1324–1425	1344	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	3,100.00–3,250.00	$3,130.00	—
1455–1615	1535	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
910	910	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	-350.00
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1020	1020	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	-400.00
1100–1435	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	-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.