Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, October 3, 2025

603 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $410.91/cwt -18.47 vs last sale · ≈ $1,726/hd at 420 lb · 36 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $466.54/cwt -17.63 vs last sale · ≈ $1,806/hd at 387 lb · 32 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 2 heifers $352.74/cwt -0.11 vs last sale · ≈ $1,333/hd at 378 lb · 14 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	603	—	—

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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	634.00	$634.00	$1,141	—
215 value added	215	1	620.00	$620.00	$1,333	—
220	220	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,199	+13.47
230–240 unweaned	233	3	505.00–535.00	$515.29	$1,201	—
250 value added	250	1	625.00	$625.00	$1,562	+20.00
275	275	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,430	-2.94
283 unweaned	283	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,415	+1.81
305–335	321	10	485.00–520.00	$499.92	$1,605	-8.41
305–345 unweaned	325	2	480.00–485.00	$482.35	$1,568	—
355–398	387	32	455.00–485.00	$466.54	$1,806	-4.72
423 fancy	423	3	485.00	$485.00	$2,052	-5.00
410–443	434	4	445.00–470.00	$457.76	$1,987	-17.34
450–495	466	11	425.00–455.00	$445.22	$2,075	-3.98
508 fancy	508	2	435.00	$435.00	$2,210	-7.46
520–540	524	5	400.00	$400.00	$2,096	-2.42
550–585	563	7	370.00–375.00	$371.44	$2,091	-5.19
608–630	618	5	360.00–377.00	$368.39	$2,277	+8.08
655–658	657	8	360.00–375.00	$367.48	$2,414	—
750–755	753	2	325.00–345.00	$335.03	$2,523	—
835	835	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,547	-22.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–245	223	2	465.00–490.00	$476.24	$1,062	-17.12
280–285	283	4	465.00–490.00	$481.29	$1,362	+41.29
307–345	320	10	435.00–472.50	$452.19	$1,447	-0.02
370–375	373	3	425.00–450.00	$441.74	$1,648	-19.40
400–445	427	10	405.00–440.00	$424.37	$1,812	+5.46
475 unweaned	475	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,734	—
460–490	482	13	390.00–410.00	$395.36	$1,906	-34.35
520–525	521	5	380.00–390.00	$382.02	$1,990	+15.04
570–594	585	8	345.00–360.00	$353.19	$2,066	-6.81
605–615	610	2	340.00–350.00	$344.96	$2,104	—
655–660	658	2	320.00–335.00	$327.53	$2,155	-16.18
715	715	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,324	+8.00
1125	1125	1	227.00	$227.00	$2,554	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
252 unweaned	252	3	400.00	$400.00	$1,008	—
260	260	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,157	±0.00
310–345	329	4	375.00–405.00	$384.70	$1,266	-22.90
350–385	359	7	375.00–400.00	$384.22	$1,379	-19.32
400–415	405	11	375.00–400.00	$384.30	$1,556	+6.84
485–498	492	10	365.00–390.00	$375.01	$1,845	+25.01
510–545	528	2	345.00–350.00	$347.42	$1,834	+40.90
575	575	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,840	±0.00
605	605	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,573	-22.55
770	770	1	278.00	$278.00	$2,141	—
815–825	821	5	257.50–275.00	$261.91	$2,150	—
990	990	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,832	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+241.29

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180	180	1	530.00	$530.00	$954	+15.00
245	245	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,115	—
263 value added	263	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,249	—
325–345	335	2	430.00–440.00	$434.85	$1,457	-9.96
350–360	355	6	417.00–430.00	$421.81	$1,497	-13.57
403–441	420	36	405.00–422.00	$410.91	$1,726	-17.40
460	460	3	402.00	$402.00	$1,849	-10.85
503	503	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,786	—
518 value added	518	10	375.00	$375.00	$1,942	+2.28
565	565	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,978	-26.70
610–620	618	6	339.00–345.00	$344.01	$2,126	+3.55
658	658	3	345.00	$345.00	$2,270	+0.09
720–725	722	3	315.00–328.00	$323.51	$2,336	+6.09

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
243	243	2	405.00	$405.00	$984	+5.00
285–295	290	2	395.00	$395.00	$1,146	±0.00
353–389	378	14	337.50–385.00	$352.74	$1,333	-0.11
403	403	4	370.00	$370.00	$1,491	—
455–495	470	4	340.00–345.00	$341.26	$1,604	+35.95
512	512	8	317.50–340.00	$334.38	$1,712	+69.38
574–590	577	6	285.00–295.00	$293.29	$1,692	+23.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	427.50	$427.50	$919	-9.88
265–270	268	2	410.00–430.00	$419.91	$1,125	-32.15
300–349	342	9	405.00–410.00	$408.33	$1,396	+1.18
373–391	382	8	400.00–410.00	$404.88	$1,547	+9.88
435	435	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,740	+16.23
455–487	474	8	360.00–380.00	$372.07	$1,764	-9.44
555–595	575	3	315.00–340.00	$326.49	$1,877	-3.29
665	665	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,928	+1.62
705	705	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,080	-7.58
915	915	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	3	700.00	$700.00	—

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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	465.00	$465.00	$1,697	+35.00
580	580	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,856	-30.00
840	840	1	272.00	$272.00	$2,285	—
865	865	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,946	—
965	965	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,268	+46.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$616	—
600–890	705	85-90%	4	110.00–122.00	$115.36	$813	—
630–850	732	85-90%	5	122.00–133.00	$128.23	$939	—
640–1020	776	85-90%	4	111.00–126.00	$118.14	$917	—
770–1025	908	85-90%	6	125.00–135.00	$128.89	$1,170	-15.41
745–1005	937	85-90%	19	139.00–148.00	$144.82	$1,357	+33.01
705–1155	974	85-90%	11	140.00–147.00	$143.91	$1,402	-0.31

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1030	940	80-85%	3	145.00–150.00	$148.11	$1,392	—
890–1520	1097	80-85%	19	150.00–158.00	$154.18	$1,691	—
1050–1380	1173	80-85%	6	148.00–157.00	$152.48	$1,789	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1425	1425	75-80%	1	151.50	$151.50	$2,159	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1770	1455	5	175.00–185.00	$179.23	$2,608	—
1540	1540	1	191.00	$191.00	$2,941	—
1490–1595	1543	2	189.00–191.00	$189.97	$2,931	—
1480–1630	1555	2	154.00–165.00	$159.23	$2,476	—
1570	1570	1	164.50	$164.50	$2,583	—
1385–1775	1594	9	175.00–189.50	$183.74	$2,929	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–1015	748	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	190.00–225.00	$207.91	$1,555
944	944	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	235.00	$235.00	$2,218

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
775–950	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	188.00–231.00	$213.00	$1,868
955	955	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,053
760–1200	1054	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	26	152.00–205.00	$184.50	$1,945
970–1220	1079	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	160.00–210.00	$185.33	$2,000
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	192.00	$192.00	$2,093
1045–1205	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	151.00–170.00	$162.00	$1,863
1310–1415	1363	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	180.00–190.00	$185.00	$2,522

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770–1015	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	2,300.00–2,750.00	$2,596.88
780–1010	879	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,341.67
875–985	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,650.00
930–975	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,450.00–2,600.00	$2,525.00
835–1080	958	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	1,850.00–1,950.00	$1,900.00
980–1020	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,300.00	$2,275.00
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,450.00	$2,450.00
970–1150	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00–2,500.00	$2,375.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
826–885	860	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	12	2,750.00–2,775.00	$2,764.58
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
1040–1235	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,850.00–3,050.00	$2,975.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
635–665	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,050.00
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
1000	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,950.00	$1,950.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	262.00	$262.00	$2,397
1115–1370	1243	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	200.00–207.00	$203.50	$2,530

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
738	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	237.00	$237.00	$1,749

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–795	793	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	800.00–850.00	$825.00

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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
1050–1430	1240	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00	—
1325–1365	1345	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,750.00–3,000.00	$2,875.00	—
1345	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—
1295–1590	1393	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,150.00–3,300.00	$3,200.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095–1175	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,550.00–2,800.00	$2,675.00	—
1160	1160	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	-125.00
1450	1450	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1378	1378	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

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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.