Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 8, 2025

936 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $380.36/cwt +13.00 vs last sale · ≈ $2,362/hd at 621 lb · 67 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $601.30/cwt +78.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,908/hd at 317 lb · 34 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $444.70/cwt +12.61 vs last sale · ≈ $1,847/hd at 415 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	936	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160	160	1	630.00	$630.00	$1,008	—
196 fancy	196	16	695.00	$695.00	$1,362	—
210–225 unweaned	218	2	570.00–590.00	$579.66	$1,264	+32.88
200–245 value added	222	3	630.00–660.00	$650.98	$1,445	—
205–246	243	23	615.00–630.00	$624.61	$1,518	+34.61
255–285 fancy	265	3	620.00–635.00	$626.42	$1,660	—
255–295	278	4	605.00–620.00	$611.51	$1,700	+21.84
290 unweaned	290	1	585.00	$585.00	$1,696	+34.27
307–330 value added	315	15	620.00–630.00	$624.87	$1,968	—
300–324	316	12	560.00–595.00	$582.33	$1,840	+46.77
313–330 fancy	317	4	610.00–620.00	$617.40	$1,957	—
315–343 unweaned	334	3	530.00–555.00	$537.87	$1,796	+23.86
351–390 fancy	356	8	577.50–585.00	$578.53	$2,060	—
350–365	361	4	540.00–565.00	$558.94	$2,018	+38.94
400–440	421	23	450.00–480.00	$472.26	$1,988	+27.10
439 value added	439	4	487.00	$487.00	$2,138	-10.00
450–470 fancy	454	11	457.50–480.00	$465.93	$2,115	—
460–490	474	11	427.00–455.00	$433.28	$2,054	-1.70
505–545	526	7	405.00–430.00	$420.30	$2,211	+30.73
562–570	564	7	395.00–420.00	$400.04	$2,256	+13.69
613 value added	613	19	388.00	$388.00	$2,378	—
600–648	624	48	370.00–380.00	$377.34	$2,355	+9.98
653–682	670	5	370.00–380.00	$373.90	$2,505	+8.90
718–735	724	3	332.50–345.00	$340.77	$2,467	—
755–790	768	4	325.00–345.00	$337.57	$2,593	+14.27
800–815	810	3	312.50–325.00	$316.62	$2,565	+15.02
859	859	11	277.50	$277.50	$2,384	-3.50
1005	1005	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,432	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,593	+30.24
305–340 value added	326	5	485.00–520.00	$502.18	$1,637	—
330–345	338	2	455.00–485.00	$470.33	$1,590	+28.52
350–390 value added	370	2	500.00–510.00	$505.27	$1,869	—
370	370	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,591	-30.53
355–398	380	9	455.00–480.00	$470.95	$1,790	+70.95
425	425	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,700	-25.25
410–445	427	5	435.00–470.00	$444.84	$1,899	+19.59
452–495 value added	463	5	425.00–435.00	$427.01	$1,977	—
450–495	482	5	385.00–410.00	$396.49	$1,911	+3.79
500–530	515	3	360.00–395.00	$373.62	$1,924	+10.93
510–548 value added	545	11	400.00–435.00	$402.98	$2,196	—
572–590	576	9	347.00–385.00	$356.49	$2,053	+6.35
600–629	623	5	335.00–340.00	$339.04	$2,112	+5.48
655	655	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,965	-41.74
705–745	728	3	330.00–355.00	$341.82	$2,488	-3.18
790–795	793	3	275.00–312.50	$287.45	$2,279	+12.45
805	805	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,012	+10.00
970–995	983	2	205.00–222.00	$213.39	$2,098	—
1168	1168	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,219	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	427.50	$427.50	$1,496	+94.30
435	435	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,131	-106.67
455	455	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,592	—
590–595	593	2	320.00–340.00	$330.04	$1,957	+47.54
605–630	618	2	285.00–315.00	$299.70	$1,852	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
553–565	555	6	175.00–182.00	$180.81	$1,003	-119.19
665	665	1	182.50	$182.50	$1,214	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–140 unweaned	133	2	900.00–950.00	$923.58	-36.42
450 unweaned	450	1	950.00	$950.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
85 unweaned	85	1	650.00	$650.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,062	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–185 unweaned	162	14	630.00–660.00	$657.55	$1,065	—
210–235 unweaned	222	3	540.00–555.00	$547.21	$1,215	+22.04
237 value added	237	21	650.00	$650.00	$1,540	—
274	274	7	550.00	$550.00	$1,507	+31.47
285 fancy	285	6	630.00	$630.00	$1,796	—
290 unweaned	290	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,464	—
308–315	311	10	510.00–535.00	$525.73	$1,635	-14.27
303–336 fancy	328	12	560.00	$560.00	$1,837	—
350–398	384	11	445.00–475.00	$455.71	$1,750	-2.92
400–440	414	24	430.00–460.00	$437.94	$1,813	+4.43
419 fancy	419	8	465.00	$465.00	$1,948	—
455–487	486	28	410.00–432.00	$410.74	$1,996	-10.68
505–534	525	8	367.00–380.00	$370.88	$1,947	+0.88
565–575	567	28	355.00–370.00	$356.27	$2,020	-15.09
605–630	625	9	345.00–357.50	$351.11	$2,194	-2.73
660–665	665	11	325.00–330.00	$325.45	$2,164	-20.49
671 fancy	671	9	360.00	$360.00	$2,416	—
730–735	733	2	330.00–340.00	$335.02	$2,456	+5.14
930	930	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,836	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,402	-8.78
345 value added	345	5	475.00	$475.00	$1,639	—
385–395	390	2	400.00–422.00	$411.14	$1,603	-18.59
437–443	439	5	390.00–410.00	$398.07	$1,748	+23.07
455	455	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,774	+3.42
500–540	513	3	330.00–365.00	$351.10	$1,801	+4.77
580	580	4	320.00	$320.00	$1,856	-12.33
605–629	623	7	310.00–340.00	$317.67	$1,979	+4.54
685–695	690	2	287.00–315.00	$300.90	$2,076	—
728–740	734	4	300.00–315.00	$306.26	$2,248	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,160	—
410–440	424	4	300.00–340.00	$327.40	$1,388	+87.40
465	465	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,534	-12.53
505–546	539	11	320.00–325.00	$320.86	$1,729	+25.66
595	595	2	280.00	$280.00	$1,666	+0.17
665–675	670	2	260.00–295.00	$277.37	$1,858	—
835	835	2	235.00	$235.00	$1,962	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	255.00	$255.00	$676	—
385	385	1	230.00	$230.00	$886	—
450–485	468	2	160.00–180.00	$170.37	$797	—
555	555	1	160.00	$160.00	$888	—
670	670	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,045	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120 unweaned	120	3	925.00	$925.00	—
175 unweaned	175	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	950.00	$950.00	+117.19
270 unweaned	270	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,200	—
385–395	390	2	400.00–465.00	$432.08	$1,685	+12.08
600–605	603	2	330.00–340.00	$335.02	$2,020	+25.87
680	680	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,210	+27.00
710–720	715	2	300.00–307.50	$303.78	$2,172	+58.78
790	790	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,172	—
800–830	815	2	192.00–220.00	$206.26	$1,681	—
865	865	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,033	-50.00
955	955	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,881	-8.00
1215	1215	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,333	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
95–98 unweaned	97	3	800.00–950.00	$848.97	+298.97
105 unweaned	105	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	+275.00
180 unweaned	180	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00	+175.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	620.00	$620.00	$1,674	+110.00
270 unweaned	270	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,485	—
455	455	1	452.50	$452.50	$2,059	—
620	620	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,232	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,033	—
570–585	578	2	220.00–240.00	$230.13	$1,330	—
635	635	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,029	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,106	—
740	740	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,480	-35.91

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
709–1415	968	80-85%	8	152.00–160.00	$155.81	$1,508	+5.53
705–1343	1041	80-85%	67	153.00–173.00	$165.49	$1,723	+15.30
920–1555	1109	80-85%	23	158.50–170.00	$163.90	$1,818	+3.08
1020–1590	1221	80-85%	9	150.00–157.00	$152.66	$1,864	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–705	658	85-90%	3	102.00–137.00	$115.03	$757	+0.03
665	665	85-90%	1	122.00	$122.00	$811	+7.00
680	680	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$680	+2.73
575–907	831	85-90%	7	132.00–141.00	$139.02	$1,155	—
705–1055	868	85-90%	5	146.00–156.00	$150.01	$1,302	+9.06
735–1165	886	85-90%	8	145.00–167.00	$151.02	$1,338	+10.07
825–1100	963	85-90%	2	130.00–135.00	$132.86	$1,279	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1570	1500	75-80%	3	148.00–149.00	$148.51	$2,228	—
1543	1543	75-80%	2	157.00	$157.00	$2,423	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115–1415	1266	7	126.00–179.00	$162.07	$2,052	—
1125–1475	1330	4	181.00–193.00	$187.39	$2,492	—
1415	1415	1	179.00	$179.00	$2,533	—
1250–1760	1520	4	185.00–195.00	$192.44	$2,925	—
1490–1925	1721	4	198.00–204.50	$201.08	$3,461	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,232
725–985	793	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	161.00–172.00	$168.00	$1,332

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–955	712	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	195.00–200.00	$198.73	$1,415
1085	1085	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,866
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	165.00	$165.00	$1,873

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
648–900	732	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	205.00–210.00	$208.33	$1,525
765–880	823	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	220.00–227.00	$223.50	$1,839

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
885	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,637
690–1063	914	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	155.00–186.00	$175.60	$1,605
910–1165	995	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	159.00–170.00	$168.38	$1,675
975–1080	1037	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	165.00–182.00	$174.00	$1,804
940–1245	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	160.00–189.00	$180.50	$1,922
960–1160	1093	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	165.00–185.00	$178.33	$1,949
1048–1485	1194	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	165.00–180.00	$172.67	$2,062

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00
1030–1190	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,150.00–2,525.00	$2,337.50

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825–865	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	210.00–235.00	$222.50	$1,880

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1240	1240	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	149.00	$149.00	$1,088

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

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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
855–915	882	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,150.00	—
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	-200.00
973	973	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00	$2,200.00	-550.00
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	+700.00
940–1065	1003	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,100.00–2,200.00	$2,150.00	+50.00
895–1225	1084	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,400.00–2,875.00	$2,615.00	—
1085–1160	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00–3,150.00	$3,125.00	+150.00
1225	1225	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900–1325	1054	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	3,050.00–3,650.00	$3,300.00	—
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,275.00	$3,275.00	—
1120	1120	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,275.00	$3,275.00	—
1135	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1155	1155	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645	645	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
665–790	728	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,700.00	$1,525.00	—

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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.