Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, June 20, 2025

415 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $462.10/cwt +41.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,770/hd at 383 lb · 10 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $377.60/cwt +3.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,836/hd at 486 lb · 10 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	415	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230 unweaned	230	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,311	+145.00
235	235	1	605.00	$605.00	$1,422	—
260–273	269	3	595.00–615.00	$601.45	$1,618	+56.45
250–295 unweaned	273	2	565.00–580.00	$571.88	$1,561	—
305–325	315	2	450.00–480.00	$464.52	$1,463	+19.58
310–345 value added	333	3	520.00–525.00	$521.55	$1,737	—
355–393	374	7	450.00–475.00	$458.92	$1,716	+10.29
375 value added	375	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,988	—
375 fancy	375	1	487.50	$487.50	$1,828	—
415–440	423	3	450.00–475.00	$461.63	$1,953	+14.13
440 value added	440	5	495.00	$495.00	$2,178	—
445	445	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,869	+15.00
465–490	475	3	400.00–425.00	$409.88	$1,947	-16.58
510–530	523	3	360.00–375.00	$365.06	$1,909	+2.56
515–538 value added	530	3	405.00–420.00	$409.86	$2,172	+31.03
550–560	553	3	350.00–360.00	$356.69	$1,972	—
605–630	618	2	335.00–340.00	$337.45	$2,085	—
695	695	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,363	+10.02
800	800	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,320	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,305	+95.00
307	307	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,074	+5.00
380 value added	380	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,520	—
410 value added	410	2	420.00	$420.00	$1,722	+35.00
400–445	423	2	330.00–365.00	$346.57	$1,466	+31.57
480	480	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,656	-28.67
465–495	487	9	365.00–390.00	$381.22	$1,857	+7.55
500–535	509	7	320.00–350.00	$337.93	$1,720	—
525	525	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,654	—
565–585	573	5	320.00–345.00	$339.05	$1,943	+18.92
615–645	630	2	280.00–302.00	$291.26	$1,835	-32.05
650–685	668	2	310.00–322.50	$316.09	$2,111	+3.64
880	880	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,200	+26.01

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,110	+54.86
510	510	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,530	—
550–565	558	2	265.00–300.00	$282.26	$1,575	+22.26
610–620	615	4	260.00–275.00	$271.22	$1,668	+16.42
655–667	665	6	252.50–290.00	$258.66	$1,720	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–138 unweaned	127	3	900.00	$900.00	+40.00
158 unweaned	158	2	900.00	$900.00	—
200–215 unweaned	208	2	800.00–1,000.00	$896.39	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185–195 unweaned	190	2	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
215 unweaned	215	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–218	215	3	555.00	$555.00	$1,193	—
225 unweaned	225	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,035	—
300–335	309	4	420.00–445.00	$438.22	$1,354	+48.22
335–340 value added	338	2	505.00–525.00	$514.93	$1,740	—
375 fancy	375	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,819	—
382–393	385	8	445.00–475.00	$456.38	$1,757	+56.38
425 value added	425	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,891	—
410–445	428	4	365.00–375.00	$372.60	$1,595	+0.10
430–443 fancy	440	4	405.00–410.00	$406.22	$1,787	—
470–480	477	3	380.00–410.00	$400.14	$1,909	+35.14
500–545	524	4	350.00–370.00	$356.40	$1,868	+6.43
560–585	572	3	325.00–335.00	$331.73	$1,897	+3.04
678 fancy	678	3	315.00	$315.00	$2,136	—
695	695	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,016	+17.70
715	715	2	290.00	$290.00	$2,074	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,034	+65.00
285–290	288	2	355.00–385.00	$370.13	$1,066	+32.29
340	340	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,275	—
355 value added	355	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,420	—
465–495	479	8	315.00–345.00	$333.94	$1,600	+7.94
480	480	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,488	-16.00
515–545	531	7	315.00–340.00	$327.81	$1,741	+42.81
575–590	583	2	290.00–320.00	$305.19	$1,779	+22.75
605	605	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,573	+20.00
605	605	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,634	+30.00
655	655	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,670	—
800–819	815	5	224.00–235.00	$226.16	$1,843	+3.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,155	+27.34
405–440	423	2	220.00–245.00	$233.02	$986	—
450–465	455	3	250.00–275.00	$259.95	$1,183	-15.05
505–540	523	2	250.00–285.00	$268.09	$1,402	+36.09
585	585	1	235.00	$235.00	$1,375	—
748	748	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,646	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160–190 unweaned	175	2	925.00–1,000.00	$965.71	+165.71
203–205 unweaned	204	3	925.00–1,000.00	$950.16	+200.16

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
133 unweaned	133	3	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	1	145.00	$145.00	$754	—
605	605	1	130.00	$130.00	$786	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410 unweaned	410	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,435	—
470	470	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,833	—
530	530	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,934	+25.00
550	550	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,870	—
615–645	628	3	280.00–295.00	$284.97	$1,790	+9.97
675–690	683	2	265.00–275.00	$269.95	$1,844	—
715	715	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,502	—
750–765	758	2	217.50–220.00	$218.74	$1,658	—
925	925	2	182.50–197.50	$190.00	$1,758	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,635	—
325–335 unweaned	330	2	485.00–505.00	$494.85	$1,633	+104.85
395 unweaned	395	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,778	—
655	655	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,998	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
715	715	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,165	+13.00
855	855	1	154.00	$154.00	$1,317	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600	600	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,650	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	1	975.00	$975.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–1033	921	80-85%	14	136.50–139.00	$138.41	$1,275	—
830–1435	1021	80-85%	9	131.50–141.00	$137.83	$1,407	—
890–1330	1104	80-85%	7	139.00–149.00	$144.85	$1,599	-1.31
715–1580	1155	80-85%	25	142.00–154.00	$146.16	$1,688	+5.75

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–820	783	85-90%	4	124.00–130.00	$127.32	$997	—
715–935	786	85-90%	6	122.00–132.50	$128.57	$1,011	—
705–1095	803	85-90%	4	111.50–120.00	$116.44	$935	—
715–860	839	85-90%	8	132.00–145.00	$142.52	$1,196	—
810–895	853	85-90%	2	89.00–100.00	$94.77	$808	-46.21

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1690–1720	1700	75-80%	3	135.00–143.00	$137.70	$2,341	—
1558–1995	1777	75-80%	4	135.50–138.50	$136.82	$2,431	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
930	930	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,674	—
1010–1100	1055	2	147.00–153.00	$150.13	$1,584	—
1055	1055	1	148.50	$148.50	$1,567	—
1050–1745	1367	10	167.00–176.00	$172.94	$2,364	—
1410–1885	1747	6	181.50–190.00	$185.39	$3,239	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
735–1110	894	(<2 yrs)	Open	19	200.00–216.00	$208.16	$1,861
610–1145	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	190.00–205.00	$194.00	$1,839

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
755–920	846	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	190.00–206.00	$194.00	$1,641
815–980	911	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	170.00–185.00	$179.40	$1,634

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
1063	1063	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,850.00	$1,850.00
1125	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
1130–1210	1170	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,850.00	$1,775.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
880–890	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,550.00–1,750.00	$1,650.00
920	920	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,550.00	$1,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,368
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,598
1085	1085	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,573

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1465	1465	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

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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
964–1240	1019	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	3,200.00–3,275.00	$3,215.00	+431.67
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00	—
1130	1130	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—
1000–1320	1179	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,750.00–3,100.00	$2,978.00	—
1220–1233	1229	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,300.00	$3,300.00	+225.00
1218–1455	1337	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	3,150.00–3,350.00	$3,250.00	+62.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,750.00	$1,750.00	—
875–905	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,450.00–2,500.00	$2,475.00	—
865–940	903	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00–2,750.00	$2,625.00	—
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—
1030–1210	1120	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00–3,200.00	$3,050.00	—
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,300.00	$2,300.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
635	635	Aged (>8 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.