Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 12, 2025

596 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $522.65/cwt +41.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,978/hd at 378 lb · 35 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $447.44/cwt +27.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,730/hd at 387 lb · 31 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $466.35/cwt +46.78 vs last sale · ≈ $2,192/hd at 470 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	596	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–190	188	2	615.00–645.00	$629.80	$1,184	—
255–265 unweaned	258	3	475.00–495.00	$488.16	$1,259	—
260–290	278	3	495.00–525.00	$515.66	$1,434	+25.53
260–295 value added	283	3	580.00–587.50	$585.21	$1,656	+45.21
330	330	2	520.00–555.00	$537.50	$1,774	+51.59
350–385	366	8	475.00–505.00	$485.73	$1,778	+35.17
360–393 value added	378	11	535.00–565.00	$552.43	$2,088	+61.32
350–398 fancy	385	16	510.00–530.00	$520.63	$2,004	—
400–445 fancy	409	9	480.00–485.00	$484.40	$1,981	+24.40
430–435 value added	431	4	490.00–520.00	$512.43	$2,209	+39.86
425–446	439	10	445.00–475.00	$456.89	$2,006	+19.50
450–491 value added	469	11	485.00–510.00	$495.47	$2,324	+46.88
455–480 fancy	469	8	455.00–470.00	$460.03	$2,158	—
450–495	472	9	420.00–445.00	$436.37	$2,060	+27.68
500–540	526	15	385.00–405.00	$396.61	$2,086	+1.41
535 value added	535	1	460.00	$460.00	$2,461	+44.20
550–598	568	12	380.00–405.00	$390.11	$2,216	+5.96
593–597 value added	594	9	397.00–415.00	$408.97	$2,429	+5.63
600–635	615	6	360.00–380.00	$370.43	$2,278	+0.52
628 value added	628	2	415.00	$415.00	$2,606	+26.92
655 value added	655	1	372.00	$372.00	$2,437	—
668–690	675	6	330.00–345.00	$340.82	$2,301	-25.31
705–743	730	3	332.00–350.00	$337.79	$2,466	+7.70
770–795	783	2	310.00–315.00	$312.46	$2,447	-24.98
805	805	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,576	-1.20
815	815	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,486	-16.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	1	490.00	$490.00	$833	+65.00
245 unweaned	245	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,262	—
255–280	267	3	395.00–415.00	$404.81	$1,081	-25.19
265–270 value added	268	3	445.00–455.00	$450.00	$1,206	-9.73
305–335 value added	320	2	470.00–485.00	$477.15	$1,527	+22.15
325–330	328	2	400.00–405.00	$402.52	$1,320	-22.19
320–345	333	4	410.00–415.00	$413.70	$1,378	-11.01
350–390	369	4	440.00–465.00	$449.63	$1,659	+64.63
405–445	419	8	390.00–420.00	$407.51	$1,707	+25.16
435	435	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,610	-12.35
455–495	481	4	380.00–405.00	$392.14	$1,886	+17.83
500–545	523	4	350.00–385.00	$362.70	$1,897	-8.47
555–595	586	16	340.00–370.00	$356.79	$2,091	+18.76
615	615	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,845	±0.00
625–630	628	2	325.00–340.00	$332.47	$2,088	+32.47
650–665	662	7	315.00–342.00	$335.76	$2,223	+9.47
735	735	1	292.00	$292.00	$2,146	-9.12
823	823	4	308.00	$308.00	$2,535	+23.00
935	935	2	265.00	$265.00	$2,478	+24.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	400.00	$400.00	$920	—
265	265	2	360.00	$360.00	$954	—
385	385	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,444	+50.00
455–485	465	4	345.00–350.00	$346.30	$1,610	—
510–525	518	2	300.00–330.00	$314.78	$1,631	—
570	570	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,910	+37.39
690	690	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,966	—
710	710	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,633	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
522	522	3	146.00	$146.00	$762	-34.00
565	565	7	153.00	$153.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185 unweaned	185	1	700.00	$700.00	-100.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 value added	200	1	480.00	$480.00	$960	—
230–245	238	2	510.00–540.00	$524.53	$1,248	—
250–265	261	4	435.00–455.00	$450.22	$1,175	+30.57
257–295 value added	277	7	500.00–505.00	$504.24	$1,397	—
315–326 value added	324	6	500.00–525.00	$520.95	$1,688	+80.80
300–343	334	16	455.00–485.00	$477.42	$1,595	+87.30
370	370	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,462	-24.93
365–398 value added	380	12	462.00–485.00	$470.45	$1,788	—
378–398	392	18	420.00–450.00	$435.01	$1,705	+15.08
400–440	411	10	400.00–435.00	$416.85	$1,713	+44.93
415 value added	415	2	470.00	$470.00	$1,950	—
458–465 value added	462	5	415.00–425.00	$420.98	$1,945	—
455–490	472	7	365.00–395.00	$385.57	$1,820	+25.27
500	500	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,725	+5.92
503–530	513	15	365.00–395.00	$379.34	$1,946	+40.26
565–590	572	6	345.00–375.00	$361.75	$2,069	+28.35
565–585 value added	574	4	377.00–390.00	$382.34	$2,195	+31.66
617 value added	617	3	366.00	$366.00	$2,258	—
605–645	634	4	320.00–345.00	$336.17	$2,131	+11.94
660 value added	660	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,376	—
650–675	663	4	327.00–335.00	$330.92	$2,194	+13.15
840	840	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,646	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	390.00	$390.00	$956	-28.38
270 unweaned	270	1	345.00	$345.00	$932	—
295	295	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,239	+20.00
310	310	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,132	—
355	355	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,420	+58.11
423 value added	423	3	395.00	$395.00	$1,671	—
400–445	431	7	385.00–395.00	$392.20	$1,690	+42.70
470–485	477	3	345.00–370.00	$356.59	$1,701	+26.84
505–520	517	7	315.00–345.00	$326.45	$1,688	+16.50
535–540 value added	538	2	355.00–360.00	$357.49	$1,923	—
550–593	574	6	330.00–350.00	$339.75	$1,950	+18.87
715	715	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,966	+3.84
980	980	1	242.00	$242.00	$2,372	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	345.00	$345.00	$724	—
286	286	5	375.00	$375.00	$1,072	+67.29
352	352	2	310.00	$310.00	$1,091	—
435	435	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,370	+55.00
490	490	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,617	+56.84

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–473	467	6	162.00–170.00	$165.94	$775	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–170 unweaned	160	2	600.00–850.00	$732.81	+107.81
225 unweaned	225	1	900.00	$900.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–665	660	2	270.00–310.00	$290.15	$1,915	+5.15
735	735	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,948	-55.00
765–775	770	2	290.00–297.00	$293.52	$2,260	+3.52
940	940	1	192.00	$192.00	$1,805	-13.00
1010	1010	1	227.50	$227.50	$2,298	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590	590	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,094	+8.38
658	658	3	324.00	$324.00	$2,132	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–750	700	85-90%	3	92.00–100.00	$95.77	$670	—
755–820	788	85-90%	2	108.00–109.00	$108.52	$855	—
765–855	804	85-90%	7	121.00–152.00	$134.55	$1,082	+22.49
765–985	889	85-90%	5	115.00–125.00	$120.73	$1,073	+10.73
900	900	85-90%	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,215	—
780–1040	926	85-90%	8	124.00–135.00	$128.37	$1,189	-3.52
970	970	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$873	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770	770	80-85%	1	145.00	$145.00	$1,116	—
835–1110	1007	80-85%	3	142.00–148.00	$145.24	$1,463	—
825–1380	1104	80-85%	18	141.00–160.00	$150.53	$1,662	+8.00
1080–1140	1110	80-85%	2	129.00–136.00	$132.59	$1,472	-9.94

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1520	1435	75-80%	2	140.00–148.50	$144.00	$2,066	—
1675	1675	75-80%	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,596	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1140–1330	1208	3	138.50–140.00	$139.45	$1,685	—
1295–1990	1600	5	162.00–170.00	$166.81	$2,669	—
1070–2150	1644	4	163.00–167.00	$164.38	$2,702	—
1795	1795	1	173.50	$173.50	$3,114	—
1845	1845	1	172.00	$172.00	$3,173	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
720–955	831	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	220.00–245.00	$231.17	$1,921
898	898	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	217.00	$217.00	$1,949

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
560–950	739	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	190.00–220.00	$202.63	$1,497
570–1055	798	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	175.00–185.00	$181.00	$1,444

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1015–1295	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	137.00–175.00	$153.27	$1,701
975–1410	1205	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	150.00–185.00	$171.09	$2,062
1155–1320	1238	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	175.00–195.00	$185.00	$2,290

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
775	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
750–965	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,000.00
940–980	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,800.00
1045	1045	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
980–1195	1072	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	1,850.00–2,300.00	$2,083.33
1075	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
695–865	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,650.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
935–1013	987	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,300.00–2,650.00	$2,416.67

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
430	430	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$602
635	635	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	113.00	$113.00	$718

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
975	975	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,316

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
830	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,060.00	$1,060.00

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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
1085–1175	1130	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00–3,200.00	$3,150.00	—
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00	±0.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,600.00	$2,600.00	+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.