Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, August 29, 2025

897 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $470.64/cwt -8.32 vs last sale · ≈ $2,004/hd at 426 lb · 34 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $442.23/cwt +0.84 vs last sale · ≈ $2,083/hd at 471 lb · 29 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $452.13/cwt -6.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,851/hd at 409 lb · 19 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	897	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180 value added	180	1	710.00	$710.00	$1,278	—
245 fancy	245	1	620.00	$620.00	$1,519	-49.27
275 unweaned	275	1	560.00	$560.00	$1,540	—
265–290	285	8	580.00–610.00	$594.86	$1,695	-17.81
288 fancy	288	2	660.00	$660.00	$1,901	+34.22
313 fancy	313	2	630.00	$630.00	$1,972	+39.94
313–330 value added	316	5	610.00–635.00	$629.79	$1,990	+9.66
320–335 unweaned	328	2	515.00–520.00	$517.56	$1,698	—
330–348	343	4	530.00–560.00	$545.23	$1,870	+4.72
355 value added	355	2	580.00	$580.00	$2,059	-20.00
365	365	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,807	-34.94
355–393	380	13	510.00–540.00	$518.28	$1,969	-11.66
400–445 value added	411	8	490.00–508.00	$496.69	$2,041	+23.60
400–445	427	21	442.00–475.00	$459.44	$1,962	-7.67
430–448 fancy	444	5	475.00–480.00	$475.97	$2,113	-19.03
455–470 value added	461	5	470.00–475.00	$472.04	$2,176	—
450–498	473	24	425.00–452.00	$436.02	$2,062	+8.42
520–540	530	2	415.00–440.00	$427.26	$2,264	-12.74
550–583	561	8	390.00–405.00	$397.99	$2,233	-7.01
618–645	628	7	350.00–377.50	$358.27	$2,250	-14.73
650–687	673	7	345.00–362.00	$353.60	$2,380	-4.12
704–725	710	9	342.00–355.00	$347.12	$2,465	-20.38
845	845	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,535	—
913	913	3	285.00	$285.00	$2,602	+15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175–190 unweaned	183	3	500.00–530.00	$517.95	$948	—
195	195	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,121	—
205–240 unweaned	223	2	470.00–500.00	$483.82	$1,079	—
215–240	228	2	550.00–560.00	$554.73	$1,265	-5.71
265 unweaned	265	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,246	+8.21
270	270	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,418	-30.86
325–345	338	5	470.00–515.00	$479.75	$1,622	-14.41
370 unweaned	370	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,498	-35.00
352–395	373	13	460.00–495.00	$479.76	$1,790	+6.44
435 unweaned	435	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,762	—
425–445	436	7	415.00–442.00	$435.41	$1,898	+9.04
450–495	477	10	385.00–415.00	$407.10	$1,942	+2.57
510 value added	510	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,142	—
505–545	518	15	375.00–405.00	$388.52	$2,013	+1.39
553–585	574	11	360.00–380.00	$370.21	$2,125	-8.85
665–680	676	4	335.00–342.00	$339.25	$2,293	—
760	760	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,242	—
815	815	1	285.00	$285.00	$2,323	—
960	960	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,352	—
1010	1010	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,323	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	325.00	$325.00	$780	—
275 unweaned	275	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,059	—
250–299	285	9	425.00–455.00	$432.48	$1,233	—
315–345	333	3	425.00–445.00	$436.63	$1,454	+11.63
350–380	364	5	400.00–420.00	$415.11	$1,511	—
410–445	428	2	375.00–385.00	$379.80	$1,626	+19.80
480–486	485	5	350.00–362.00	$359.62	$1,744	—
500–543	530	11	325.00–370.00	$354.71	$1,880	—
560–585	575	4	353.00–356.00	$354.74	$2,040	+24.74
620	620	2	298.00–335.00	$316.50	$1,962	+59.00
675	675	1	281.00	$281.00	$1,897	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–536	526	6	210.00–270.00	$229.21	$1,206	—
685	685	1	135.00	$135.00	$925	—
760	760	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,064	—
800–845	823	2	120.00–195.00	$158.53	$1,305	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160–193 unweaned	181	5	900.00–1,150.00	$1,082.25	+151.00
200 unweaned	200	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140 unweaned	140	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165 unweaned	165	1	500.00	$500.00	$825	—
215–240 unweaned	228	8	500.00–530.00	$520.74	$1,187	+70.74
275–285 unweaned	278	3	450.00	$450.00	$1,251	+25.00
317 value added	317	5	465.00	$465.00	$1,474	—
310–346	337	9	450.00–470.00	$460.52	$1,552	-21.14
355–398	381	14	400.00–425.00	$413.36	$1,575	-13.25
400–445	426	9	395.00–425.00	$406.91	$1,733	-4.40
440–445	443	2	390.00	$390.00	$1,728	-21.31
450–494	477	10	362.00–388.00	$378.75	$1,807	-6.12
490 value added	490	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,009	—
500–545	512	9	335.00–360.00	$346.35	$1,773	-13.83
543 value added	543	3	365.00	$365.00	$1,982	—
550–585	566	7	320.00–340.00	$330.89	$1,873	-16.52
615–640	624	5	315.00–335.00	$321.96	$2,009	+4.79
698	698	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,199	+15.00
710–721	719	5	307.00–315.00	$313.42	$2,253	+6.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220–235 unweaned	225	4	535.00–545.00	$539.94	$1,215	-20.06
278–293 unweaned	284	5	517.50–538.00	$527.98	$1,499	-11.11
300–328	318	6	495.00–525.00	$503.41	$1,601	-4.90
359–398	377	13	440.00–460.00	$445.17	$1,678	-15.93
400 unweaned	400	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,680	—
403–407	406	13	437.00–455.00	$449.25	$1,824	+4.91
415–440 value added	420	5	465.00–470.00	$466.05	$1,957	—
455–470	463	2	420.00–430.00	$425.08	$1,968	+5.39
505	505	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,868	-25.37
595	595	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,172	-10.00
600	600	2	340.00–347.00	$343.50	$2,061	-3.01
655	655	1	332.00	$332.00	$2,175	+1.73
738	738	2	340.00	$340.00	$2,509	+6.41

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	425.00–455.00	$439.18	$1,001	—
240 unweaned	240	1	435.00	$435.00	$1,044	+35.00
255–260	258	3	435.00–450.00	$439.94	$1,135	+30.20
320	320	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,296	—
365–398	394	10	330.00–385.00	$374.87	$1,477	—
400–440	426	6	345.00–380.00	$366.89	$1,563	+14.36
470–495	483	16	320.00–355.00	$342.06	$1,652	-7.04
500–541	525	6	320.00–327.00	$325.22	$1,707	-18.09
575	575	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,725	—
610	610	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,769	+3.00
652–675	658	10	260.00–280.00	$267.05	$1,757	-7.95

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120–145 unweaned	138	4	900.00–1,000.00	$951.91	+51.91
160–192 unweaned	180	5	900.00–1,075.00	$1,025.19	-24.81

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
329	329	4	435.00	$435.00	$1,431	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
523	523	2	225.00	$225.00	$1,177	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110 unweaned	110	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,624	-4.77
475–495	485	2	360.00–365.00	$362.55	$1,758	-54.99
505–545	532	3	330.00–355.00	$341.33	$1,816	-33.67
580	580	1	369.00	$369.00	$2,140	+13.04
670	670	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,742	—
720–730	723	4	230.00–242.00	$233.03	$1,685	—
760	760	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,672	-48.94
845	845	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,944	-22.50
870	870	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,784	-77.00
1020	1020	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,948	—
1055	1055	1	188.00	$188.00	$1,983	—
1225	1225	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,874	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190 unweaned	190	1	510.00	$510.00	$969	—
320	320	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,696	—
515	515	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,828	—
620–638	632	3	340.00–350.00	$343.27	$2,169	—
800	800	2	267.00	$267.00	$2,136	—
1170	1170	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,246	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,524	—
685	685	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,267	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	300.00	$300.00	$795	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
882–1230	1050	80-85%	25	155.50–167.00	$159.60	$1,676	+0.41
845–1675	1058	80-85%	16	142.00–157.00	$151.46	$1,602	-7.73
975–1540	1139	80-85%	8	155.00–168.00	$162.01	$1,845	—
945–1420	1212	80-85%	7	148.00–154.00	$150.57	$1,825	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
750	750	85-90%	1	112.00	$112.00	$840	—
725–995	846	85-90%	6	122.00–133.00	$129.49	$1,095	-8.52
815–1165	961	85-90%	7	141.00–150.00	$145.60	$1,399	-9.19
805–1180	1037	85-90%	8	141.00–152.00	$145.83	$1,512	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510	1510	75-80%	1	160.00	$160.00	$2,416	+5.00
1480–1575	1528	75-80%	2	145.00–153.00	$149.12	$2,279	-5.88
1695	1695	75-80%	1	139.00	$139.00	$2,356	—
1860–1895	1878	75-80%	2	142.00–145.00	$143.51	$2,695	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1710	1309	12	150.00–183.00	$173.87	$2,276	—
960–1660	1335	10	169.00–185.00	$177.39	$2,368	—
1470–1770	1595	6	178.00–190.00	$186.37	$2,973	-7.59
1370–2230	1707	15	184.00–195.00	$189.45	$3,234	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625–1195	816	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	195.00–209.00	$202.43	$1,652
973	973	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	165.00	$165.00	$1,605
980–985	983	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	183.00–185.00	$184.00	$1,809

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
605–815	707	(<2 yrs)	Open	13	220.00–255.00	$235.15	$1,663

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,170
813–1615	1049	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	52	145.00–177.50	$166.08	$1,742
960–1185	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	150.00–212.00	$176.80	$1,892
870–1263	1098	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	152.00–185.00	$164.40	$1,805
1000–1275	1108	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	145.00–178.00	$161.67	$1,791
1110	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,732
985–1275	1117	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	18	153.00–188.00	$175.50	$1,960
895–1390	1136	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	140.00–185.00	$166.45	$1,891

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
878–1160	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	28	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,225.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00
850–1390	1008	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	1,875.00–2,500.00	$2,062.50
1200–1235	1218	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,800.00–2,100.00	$1,950.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–935	869	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,600.00–3,000.00	$2,780.83
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
878–1065	963	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,750.00
795–1090	970	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,900.00–3,300.00	$3,100.00
1080–1125	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,450.00	$3,450.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00
820	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,630
795–895	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	212.00–295.00	$253.50	$2,142
1050–1070	1060	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,014

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,267

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1060	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,728

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
900–930	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,550.00–2,750.00	$2,650.00	—
961	961	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,040.00	$2,040.00	-1,310.00
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1040–1280	1156	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,800.00–2,450.00	$2,137.50	-562.50
1235	1235	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
905	905	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00	-1,000.00
1065–1255	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00–3,150.00	$3,125.00	—
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,200.00	$3,200.00	-300.00
1296	1296	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.