Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 1, 2025

665 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $452.48/cwt -24.32 vs last sale · ≈ $1,694/hd at 374 lb · 34 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $523.25/cwt -64.90 vs last sale · ≈ $1,697/hd at 324 lb · 28 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $454.72/cwt -0.15 vs last sale · ≈ $1,687/hd at 371 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	665	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
228	228	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,106	-45.00
270–285	277	3	500.00–530.00	$509.76	$1,412	-0.24
285–295 unweaned	290	2	485.00–520.00	$502.20	$1,456	—
308–340 unweaned	324	5	400.00–425.00	$413.60	$1,340	—
325–345	335	11	430.00–460.00	$441.81	$1,480	+21.81
349	349	6	382.00	$382.00	$1,333	-38.00
350–395	367	23	447.00–480.00	$460.53	$1,690	-11.58
380	380	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,520	-72.11
385–395 unweaned	391	4	430.00–440.00	$435.02	$1,701	+3.13
400–445	418	12	405.00–435.00	$425.25	$1,778	-0.38
400–445 unweaned	426	6	370.00–380.00	$374.16	$1,594	-10.31
450	450	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,575	—
455–495	480	8	380.00–407.50	$392.70	$1,885	-19.33
475–495 unweaned	483	3	360.00–385.00	$374.81	$1,810	—
510–545	522	7	345.00–375.00	$362.69	$1,893	+10.89
560–590	577	10	335.00–365.00	$350.14	$2,020	-6.67
600–640	615	13	325.00–345.00	$333.56	$2,051	-6.51
650–685	670	3	335.00–350.00	$341.74	$2,290	+21.74
710	710	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,450	+24.86
790	790	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,172	+8.64
830	830	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,992	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	2	590.00	$590.00	$1,239	-21.02
230–235 fancy	233	2	630.00	$630.00	$1,468	-120.00
240–245 unweaned	243	3	530.00–560.00	$546.78	$1,329	-3.22
250–290	264	4	580.00–610.00	$589.67	$1,557	-82.73
255–290 unweaned	271	12	530.00–565.00	$550.73	$1,492	-39.27
305–328 unweaned	323	16	500.00–530.00	$514.01	$1,660	-30.99
305–345	326	12	530.00–560.00	$535.56	$1,746	-40.71
350	350	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,820	-2.13
353 unweaned	353	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,624	—
410 value added	410	1	497.00	$497.00	$2,038	-75.50
401–427	412	11	437.50–451.00	$445.16	$1,834	-26.13
455–460	457	3	430.00–440.00	$434.98	$1,988	-12.09
500–540	525	5	380.00–410.00	$389.57	$2,045	-49.08
550–585	561	9	375.00–406.00	$386.35	$2,167	-15.67
575 fancy	575	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,415	—
610–620	615	2	350.00–385.00	$367.36	$2,259	-12.44
685	685	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,500	—
750–780	763	3	320.00–325.00	$323.30	$2,467	—
803–840	821	6	280.00–325.00	$301.60	$2,476	—
858	858	2	281.00	$281.00	$2,411	—
905–925	918	3	250.00–285.00	$268.21	$2,462	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–285 unweaned	272	3	425.00–450.00	$441.26	$1,200	—
300–330	315	2	350.00–365.00	$357.86	$1,127	—
375–395	385	3	325.00–340.00	$333.20	$1,283	-61.80
400	400	3	350.00–375.00	$366.67	$1,467	—
515–525	520	2	270.00–310.00	$289.81	$1,507	-20.19
550–570	560	4	280.00–285.00	$282.50	$1,582	+24.97
655–670	663	2	270.00–280.00	$275.06	$1,824	+0.89
770	770	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,694	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,242	—
568	568	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,704	—
815	815	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,402	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	960.00	$960.00	-90.00
175–180 unweaned	178	2	1,000.00–1,050.00	$1,024.65	+224.65

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
410	410	1	750.00	$750.00	-537.50

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225 unweaned	218	2	520.00–530.00	$525.17	$1,145	-122.28
225	225	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,282	-20.00
275–285	283	12	517.50–520.00	$518.53	$1,467	+23.53
305	305	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,647	-100.47
310–345 unweaned	326	4	460.00–475.00	$468.87	$1,529	-41.13
355–390	369	26	445.00–470.00	$458.63	$1,692	-1.57
390–393 unweaned	392	8	430.00–435.00	$432.49	$1,695	—
405–435	415	5	430.00–440.00	$433.51	$1,799	-42.51
415	415	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,764	-51.02
455–480	465	3	410.00–445.00	$421.42	$1,960	+16.42
540	540	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,998	-51.50
550–571	565	15	350.00–375.00	$371.36	$2,098	+13.75
610–640	625	4	345.00–370.00	$353.84	$2,211	—
660–690	678	5	335.00–355.00	$345.94	$2,345	+16.99
705–747	730	8	320.00–345.00	$329.88	$2,408	—
780	780	1	322.50	$322.50	$2,516	—
820	820	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,542	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	2	475.00–500.00	$487.50	$951	-32.50
220 unweaned	220	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,100	+95.00
235	235	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,058	-85.00
260–275	264	6	440.00–450.00	$447.51	$1,181	—
315–345	333	3	420.00–442.00	$433.78	$1,444	+3.78
355–395	375	2	425.00–435.00	$429.73	$1,611	-30.27
370–385 unweaned	378	2	355.00–385.00	$369.70	$1,397	—
411–445	427	15	390.00–420.00	$401.04	$1,712	-22.40
430	430	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,612	-48.44
450–485 unweaned	465	4	355.00–360.00	$357.45	$1,662	—
460–473	466	6	370.00–405.00	$386.58	$1,801	-0.23
505–545	531	11	329.00–355.00	$346.33	$1,839	+9.45
550–585	566	4	315.00–340.00	$332.33	$1,881	+7.33
605–635	621	4	295.00–320.00	$313.13	$1,945	-6.43
785	785	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,198	+20.00
815–840	821	4	261.00–280.00	$265.86	$2,183	+18.86

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	400.00	$400.00	$700	—
225 unweaned	225	1	420.00	$420.00	$945	—
320	320	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,152	—
375	375	1	265.00	$265.00	$994	-85.00
430–445	438	2	240.00	$240.00	$1,051	—
480–490	485	2	340.00–345.00	$342.53	$1,661	+13.30
500–510	505	2	275.00–315.00	$295.20	$1,491	+1.44
585–595	590	2	260.00–300.00	$279.83	$1,651	-18.75
625	625	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,438	-5.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–135 unweaned	120	2	800.00–875.00	$832.81	-142.19

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,250	+25.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385 unweaned	385	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,444	—
385	385	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,617	-95.00
415	415	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,764	-15.00
435 unweaned	435	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,522	—
485	485	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,819	—
535	535	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,953	—
605–645	623	3	297.00–319.00	$309.15	$1,926	+33.85
655	655	1	298.00	$298.00	$1,952	+56.00
705	705	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,727	+33.00
750	750	2	265.00–277.00	$271.00	$2,032	+21.00
855	855	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,437	—
910–945	934	4	225.00–252.00	$235.30	$2,198	—
950	950	2	205.00	$205.00	$1,948	—
1065	1065	1	200.00	$200.00	$2,130	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–710	708	2	210.00–262.00	$235.91	$1,670	—
840	840	1	232.00	$232.00	$1,949	—
1000	1000	1	202.00	$202.00	$2,020	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85 unweaned	85	1	550.00	$550.00	—
115 unweaned	115	1	800.00	$800.00	—
165–180 unweaned	173	2	850.00–975.00	$909.78	-90.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,428	—
765	765	1	310.00	$310.00	$2,372	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	1	300.00	$300.00	$840	—
755	755	1	130.00	$130.00	$982	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
850–1155	996	80-85%	7	148.00–152.00	$150.28	$1,497	—
770–1425	1012	80-85%	25	146.00–156.00	$150.19	$1,520	—
945–1415	1142	80-85%	25	154.00–165.00	$160.82	$1,837	—
935–1610	1172	80-85%	15	154.00–163.00	$157.98	$1,852	+2.16

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
630–675	653	85-90%	2	115.00	$115.00	$751	+18.71
660–735	698	85-90%	2	92.00–102.00	$97.27	$679	—
595–785	702	85-90%	3	92.00–105.00	$99.46	$698	—
605–845	728	85-90%	4	111.00–155.00	$140.57	$1,023	—
720–1040	883	85-90%	9	135.00–146.00	$140.95	$1,245	—
860–905	890	85-90%	4	147.00–149.00	$148.00	$1,317	—
685–1095	914	85-90%	15	139.00–149.00	$144.20	$1,318	+7.71

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1190	1115	2	159.00–166.00	$162.74	$1,815	—
1245	1245	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,942	—
1475–1950	1818	5	184.50–190.00	$187.54	$3,409	—
1760–1950	1855	2	185.00	$185.00	$3,432	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–930	840	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	195.00–200.00	$197.50	$1,659
858–990	914	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	170.00–190.00	$181.71	$1,661

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,460
558–880	739	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	210.00–227.00	$219.60	$1,623

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935–1225	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	145.00–177.00	$162.31	$1,807
1050–1185	1118	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	159.00–169.00	$164.00	$1,834
1120	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,736
875–1189	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	147.00–167.00	$161.79	$1,851
1200–1220	1210	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	154.00–155.00	$154.50	$1,869

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–785	687	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	121.00–138.00	$129.50	$890
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	133.00	$133.00	$1,077

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
865	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,425.00	$2,425.00
990	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,000.00	$2,000.00
1035	1035	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
965	965	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,575.00	$2,575.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
835	835	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	207.00	$207.00	$1,728

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	127.00	$127.00	$1,022

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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
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
928–1110	974	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,750.00	-166.67
1028	1028	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00	—
1045–1185	1115	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00–3,050.00	$2,975.00	+550.00
1358	1358	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
777–1125	861	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,057.14	—
1305	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,400.00	$3,400.00	—

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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.