Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, December 19, 2025

685 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $431.60/cwt +31.03 vs last sale · ≈ $2,233/hd at 517 lb · 36 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $518.51/cwt -4.13 vs last sale · ≈ $1,952/hd at 376 lb · 30 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $466.66/cwt +19.22 vs last sale · ≈ $1,761/hd at 377 lb · 28 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	685	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	235	3	575.00–590.00	$580.21	$1,363	—
255 value added	255	1	640.00	$640.00	$1,632	+54.79
255–290	273	4	555.00–590.00	$575.94	$1,572	+60.28
270–283 unweaned	279	3	500.00–517.00	$511.51	$1,427	+23.35
316 value added	316	9	595.00	$595.00	$1,880	—
305–345 unweaned	332	3	480.00–505.00	$494.80	$1,643	—
325–341	337	8	535.00–545.00	$541.27	$1,824	+3.77
350–385 value added	359	10	535.00–570.00	$552.31	$1,983	-0.12
377 fancy	377	5	522.00	$522.00	$1,968	+1.37
360–397	388	15	480.00–510.00	$494.82	$1,920	+9.09
408 fancy	408	2	485.00	$485.00	$1,979	+0.60
405–427 value added	413	10	507.00–530.00	$522.40	$2,158	+9.97
400–448	427	13	450.00–480.00	$467.55	$1,996	+10.66
460–485 value added	470	8	470.00–490.00	$485.66	$2,283	-9.81
455–495	473	15	435.00–460.00	$448.66	$2,122	+12.29
500–534 value added	517	20	440.00–455.00	$446.12	$2,306	-13.88
500–545	518	16	395.00–425.00	$413.45	$2,142	+16.84
555–563 fancy	558	5	427.00–430.00	$428.21	$2,389	—
565–585	574	5	385.00–410.00	$401.95	$2,307	+11.84
560–583 value added	576	8	415.00–425.00	$418.09	$2,408	+9.12
600–630 value added	620	3	390.00–410.00	$401.53	$2,489	-13.47
600–645	622	8	382.00–395.00	$387.89	$2,413	+17.46
650–675 value added	663	4	395.00–415.00	$402.48	$2,668	+30.48
660–680	667	7	380.00–390.00	$382.88	$2,554	+42.06
725–740	732	3	340.00–370.00	$356.58	$2,610	+18.79
748 value added	748	2	385.00	$385.00	$2,880	—
850	850	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,890	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165	165	1	525.00	$525.00	$866	+35.00
190 unweaned	190	1	505.00	$505.00	$960	—
209 unweaned	209	4	500.00	$500.00	$1,045	—
235	235	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,058	—
275	275	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,499	+140.19
310	310	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,318	+22.48
355–395	375	2	440.00–475.00	$456.57	$1,712	+6.94
408–415	412	4	425.00–430.00	$428.74	$1,766	+21.23
460–495	478	8	395.00–420.00	$407.24	$1,947	+15.10
535–543	540	3	375.00–390.00	$385.05	$2,079	+22.35
570	570	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,995	-6.79
600–635	618	2	350.00	$350.00	$2,163	+50.00
665–690	673	3	332.00–340.00	$334.73	$2,253	-1.03
805–835	820	3	295.00–300.00	$296.67	$2,433	-11.33
1035	1035	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,794	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 unweaned	270	1	340.00	$340.00	$918	—
385	385	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,482	+10.00
405	405	1	385.00	$385.00	$1,559	—
485–490	488	2	340.00–365.00	$352.44	$1,720	+6.14
515–520	518	2	320.00–340.00	$330.05	$1,710	+15.27
640	640	1	295.00	$295.00	$1,888	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185 unweaned	185	1	900.00	$900.00	+200.00
260 unweaned	260	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	145.00	$145.00	$834	-8.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
160–170 unweaned	165	2	510.00–525.00	$517.73	$854	—
270 unweaned	270	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,215	—
260–295	273	3	470.00–500.00	$486.89	$1,329	+36.67
273–295 value added	280	3	520.00–530.00	$526.49	$1,474	+22.25
303–332 value added	324	13	512.00–535.00	$516.13	$1,672	-4.82
315–348	332	6	470.00–500.00	$477.97	$1,587	+0.55
355–370 value added	364	4	480.00–505.00	$496.43	$1,807	+25.98
350–393 fancy	378	11	465.00–470.00	$468.00	$1,769	—
360–395	381	13	440.00–465.00	$456.36	$1,739	+61.36
413–425 fancy	417	3	440.00–445.00	$443.30	$1,849	—
400–448	427	9	402.00–430.00	$417.79	$1,784	+0.94
443 value added	443	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,038	-10.00
450–480 value added	455	13	420.00–440.00	$428.10	$1,948	+7.12
460–498	482	9	370.00–395.00	$380.71	$1,835	-4.86
515 value added	515	1	435.00	$435.00	$2,240	—
505–520	517	7	365.00–380.00	$367.81	$1,902	-11.53
558	558	4	372.00	$372.00	$2,076	+10.25
610 fancy	610	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,166	—
615–630	622	3	332.50–340.00	$335.84	$2,089	-0.33
644 value added	644	4	362.50	$362.50	$2,334	-3.50
675	675	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,228	-0.92
678 value added	678	4	370.00	$370.00	$2,509	+10.00
700–730	715	3	320.00–330.00	$323.33	$2,312	—
857	857	3	295.00	$295.00	$2,528	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 unweaned	255	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,033	+60.00
265	265	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,285	+65.00
325–330	328	2	410.00–445.00	$427.37	$1,402	+62.37
395	395	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,698	—
470–495	489	4	345.00–365.00	$357.47	$1,748	+0.88
650–675	663	2	310.00–320.00	$315.09	$2,089	—
765	765	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,295	—
893	893	6	287.00	$287.00	$2,563	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265 unweaned	265	1	350.00	$350.00	$928	—
410–440	425	2	340.00–345.00	$342.41	$1,455	+27.41
465	465	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,395	-30.00
510	510	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,606	—
560	560	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,484	—
715	715	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,895	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–540	525	2	170.00–200.00	$184.57	$969	—
575	575	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,006	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150 unweaned	150	1	830.00	$830.00	+97.19

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460–495	478	2	375.00–425.00	$399.08	$1,908	—
500–518	510	4	370.00–415.00	$382.36	$1,950	—
555–570	560	3	345.00–355.00	$351.61	$1,969	—
605–638	627	4	370.00–390.00	$381.87	$2,394	—
675	675	1	272.00	$272.00	$1,836	-18.15
730	730	1	197.00	$197.00	$1,438	-68.00
765–795	780	2	250.00–297.50	$273.29	$2,132	-20.23
800	800	6	299.00	$299.00	$2,392	—
850	850	1	215.00	$215.00	$1,828	—
900	900	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,800	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	550.00	$550.00	$2,035	—
455	455	1	440.00	$440.00	$2,002	—
525	525	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,389	—
600	600	2	425.00	$425.00	$2,550	—
690	690	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,518	+41.00
765	765	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,486	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	335.00	$335.00	$1,675	—
595	595	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,815	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1380	1053	80-85%	17	129.00–141.00	$138.22	$1,455	—
830–1405	1117	80-85%	6	145.00–153.00	$148.55	$1,659	+15.96
1015–1445	1220	80-85%	3	138.00–139.00	$138.61	$1,691	—
795–1545	1253	80-85%	27	140.00–154.00	$143.80	$1,802	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
718–865	790	85-90%	4	113.00–127.00	$119.82	$947	+11.30
605–1030	809	85-90%	4	95.00–110.00	$101.97	$825	-32.58
690–1035	840	85-90%	4	125.00–126.00	$125.79	$1,057	—
720–965	860	85-90%	11	126.00–135.00	$129.02	$1,110	+8.29
650–1110	913	85-90%	15	122.00–142.00	$133.55	$1,219	+5.18
1055	1055	85-90%	2	100.00	$100.00	$1,055	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435–1610	1497	75-80%	3	148.00–155.00	$151.53	$2,268	—
1405–1725	1565	75-80%	2	146.00–147.50	$146.67	$2,295	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1195–1720	1463	8	133.00–157.00	$151.45	$2,216	—
1480	1480	1	159.00	$159.00	$2,353	—
1325–1795	1573	6	161.00–171.00	$165.17	$2,598	—
1790–2370	1993	3	179.50–182.00	$180.41	$3,596	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–760	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	190.00–230.00	$210.00	$1,428
625–1155	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	11	205.00–230.00	$215.55	$1,731

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715–735	725	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	242.00–250.00	$246.00	$1,784
768–1065	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	220.00–227.00	$223.80	$2,034

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
895–1010	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	185.00–205.00	$195.00	$1,858
920–1055	980	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	150.00–180.00	$165.00	$1,617
825–1245	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	180.00–195.00	$187.50	$1,941
795–1360	1117	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	39	150.00–220.00	$189.74	$2,119
905–1348	1188	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	141.00–175.00	$150.19	$1,784
1320	1320	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	185.00	$185.00	$2,442
1380	1380	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	180.00	$180.00	$2,484

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705–1090	882	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	2,200.00–2,625.00	$2,471.43
890–925	908	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,825.00–2,450.00	$2,137.50
858–1198	982	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	13	2,300.00–2,700.00	$2,540.38
800–1275	1014	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,625.00
900–1175	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,575.00
1040–1500	1207	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	1,900.00–2,300.00	$2,070.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00
725–820	768	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	1,600.00–1,800.00	$1,700.00
755–895	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,600.00–2,000.00	$1,816.67
870–1018	969	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,900.00–2,100.00	$2,033.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–1168	1032	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1140	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1165	1165	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
697	697	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	121.00	$121.00	$843
790	790	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	110.00	$110.00	$869

Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1065	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1730	1730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	187.00	$187.00	$3,235

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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
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
1070–1205	1138	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,700.00–2,100.00	$1,933.33	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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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.