Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 9, 2026

741 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $534.57/cwt +16.06 vs last sale · ≈ $1,982/hd at 371 lb · 44 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $442.45/cwt +33.74 vs last sale · ≈ $2,070/hd at 468 lb · 37 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $474.52/cwt +7.86 vs last sale · ≈ $1,792/hd at 378 lb · 33 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	741	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240 unweaned	235	2	565.00–575.00	$570.11	$1,340	—
270–295 value added	289	4	610.00–620.00	$615.00	$1,777	-25.00
280–298	292	6	560.00–580.00	$572.68	$1,672	-3.26
305–335	323	3	550.00–560.00	$553.40	$1,787	+12.13
305–343 value added	325	5	585.00–600.00	$592.26	$1,925	-2.74
353–378 value added	357	19	565.00–580.00	$569.53	$2,033	+17.22
350–390 fancy	379	6	530.00	$530.00	$2,009	+8.00
370–395	382	19	495.00–510.00	$501.05	$1,914	+6.23
416–445 value added	424	7	515.00–545.00	$534.81	$2,268	+12.41
400–448	426	13	470.00–500.00	$481.03	$2,049	+13.48
438 fancy	438	4	510.00	$510.00	$2,234	+25.00
455 value added	455	1	550.00	$550.00	$2,502	+64.34
450–475	463	8	445.00–475.00	$466.13	$2,158	+17.47
450–495 fancy	485	11	480.00–510.00	$484.97	$2,352	—
510 value added	510	1	505.00	$505.00	$2,576	+58.88
508–548	524	28	395.00–420.00	$405.01	$2,122	-8.44
574–595	581	15	405.00–430.00	$412.55	$2,397	+10.60
625	625	3	385.00–400.00	$395.00	$2,469	+7.11
655–693	675	6	340.00–360.00	$352.59	$2,380	-30.29
716	716	4	345.00	$345.00	$2,470	-11.58

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295 unweaned	278	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,390	—
340	340	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,343	-30.00
355–395	373	8	460.00–475.00	$470.57	$1,755	+14.00
415–445	433	5	440.00–465.00	$450.97	$1,953	+22.23
455–460	458	2	400.00–435.00	$417.40	$1,912	+10.16
465	465	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,814	-17.24
523–547	535	7	375.00–392.00	$382.45	$2,046	-2.60
555–595	582	3	352.00–365.00	$356.13	$2,073	+6.13
605–645	623	14	335.00–365.00	$346.28	$2,157	-3.72
650	650	2	326.00	$326.00	$2,119	-8.73
700–730	715	2	325.00–335.00	$330.10	$2,360	—
753–795	760	10	300.00–323.00	$307.39	$2,336	—
820	820	1	317.00	$317.00	$2,599	+20.33
860–880	873	3	282.00–300.00	$287.91	$2,513	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
485	485	1	160.00	$160.00	$776	—
515–540	523	3	130.00–175.00	$151.64	$793	—
550–585	574	5	160.00–182.00	$164.22	$943	+19.22
623–630	627	4	150.00–167.00	$159.71	$1,001	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 unweaned	250	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,100	+100.00
335 unweaned	335	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,256	—
420–440	430	3	350.00–385.00	$361.40	$1,554	-23.60
495	495	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,856	+22.56
555–575	560	5	330.00–355.00	$348.97	$1,954	—
690	690	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,070	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	1	900.00	$900.00	±0.00
205–235 unweaned	225	3	800.00–1,050.00	$887.04	—
240	240	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	—
255–270 unweaned	262	3	925.00–1,125.00	$1,042.83	-132.17

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
440	440	2	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258	258	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,226	-11.89
263 unweaned	263	2	445.00	$445.00	$1,170	-5.00
275 value added	275	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,512	+23.51
315–348	332	17	470.00–500.00	$486.58	$1,615	+8.61
340 fancy	340	1	507.00	$507.00	$1,724	—
357 value added	357	5	520.00	$520.00	$1,856	+23.57
365–394 fancy	380	8	480.00–485.00	$482.60	$1,834	+14.60
360–395	382	20	455.00–475.00	$459.92	$1,757	+3.56
400–435 fancy	414	4	440.00–445.00	$442.48	$1,832	-0.82
405–445	427	7	405.00–435.00	$414.04	$1,768	-3.75
408–444 value added	431	7	450.00–480.00	$469.89	$2,025	+9.89
453–490 value added	464	20	435.00–465.00	$448.64	$2,082	+20.54
460–483 fancy	471	12	430.00–445.00	$442.93	$2,086	—
450–490	476	5	402.00–427.50	$416.53	$1,983	+35.82
500–540	515	15	365.00–385.00	$371.89	$1,915	+4.08
550	550	1	375.00	$375.00	$2,062	+3.00
568 fancy	568	4	394.00	$394.00	$2,238	—
605–625	614	8	340.00–352.00	$342.14	$2,101	+6.30
618 value added	618	5	345.00	$345.00	$2,132	-17.50
769	769	5	330.50	$330.50	$2,542	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,139	—
300–305	303	2	410.00–435.00	$422.60	$1,280	-4.77
315	315	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,260	-27.37
330 value added	330	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,485	—
385	385	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,752	+25.00
430	430	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,720	—
460–490	480	3	360.00–385.00	$371.70	$1,784	+14.23
530–545	542	7	345.00–359.00	$356.47	$1,932	—
555–590	572	13	335.00–360.00	$345.67	$1,977	—
630	630	2	300.00–315.00	$307.50	$1,937	—
918	918	2	260.00	$260.00	$2,387	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225 unweaned	220	2	400.00–435.00	$417.10	$918	—
420	420	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,449	+2.59
468–495	477	3	325.00–330.00	$328.27	$1,566	+28.27
505	505	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,641	+10.00
555	555	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,582	+20.00
800	800	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,960	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–190 unweaned	167	3	775.00–825.00	$801.50	-28.50
220	220	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430–445	438	2	165.00–185.00	$174.83	$766	—
565–595	580	2	115.00–130.00	$122.69	$712	-52.31

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
375	375	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,100	+17.64
595	595	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,934	-26.61
625	625	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,156	-36.87
710–725	718	2	270.00–275.00	$272.53	$1,957	+75.53
800–840	820	2	255.00–260.00	$257.44	$2,111	-41.56
928	928	4	207.00	$207.00	$1,921	+7.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290 unweaned	290	1	575.00	$575.00	$1,668	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
300 unweaned	300	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100 unweaned	100	1	700.00	$700.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	145.00	$145.00	$710	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885–1340	1113	80-85%	22	142.00–151.00	$145.83	$1,623	-2.72
860–1440	1125	80-85%	47	141.00–152.00	$144.63	$1,627	-3.92
890–1550	1163	80-85%	18	135.00–141.00	$138.16	$1,607	—
895–1530	1167	80-85%	17	133.00–141.00	$138.02	$1,611	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595	595	85-90%	1	120.00	$120.00	$714	—
820–845	833	85-90%	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,000	-5.79
775–1070	865	85-90%	5	100.00–105.00	$102.87	$890	-26.15
890	890	85-90%	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,237	+9.98
895	895	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$984	-19.02
710–1145	920	85-90%	15	124.00–136.00	$131.56	$1,210	-1.99
1015	1015	85-90%	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,340	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1590	1590	75-80%	1	137.00	$137.00	$2,178	-9.67

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1530	1237	10	129.00–161.00	$145.90	$1,805	—
1245–1675	1380	4	164.00–172.00	$167.60	$2,313	—
1360–1895	1658	9	164.00–174.00	$169.96	$2,818	—
1660	1660	1	146.00	$146.00	$2,424	—
1695–1845	1763	3	176.00–185.00	$179.38	$3,162	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–920	803	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	220.00–242.00	$229.67	$1,844
850–1155	1018	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	210.00–225.00	$218.33	$2,223

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
685–990	793	(<2 yrs)	Open	14	240.00–265.00	$255.64	$2,027

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825–1010	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,400.00–2,525.00	$2,462.50
840–1100	971	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,075.00
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
895–1285	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	1,900.00–2,450.00	$2,093.50
1211	1211	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	2,075.00	$2,075.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	156.00	$156.00	$1,466
845–1110	943	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	140.00–159.00	$150.33	$1,418
845–1030	952	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	151.00–162.00	$156.00	$1,485
880–1090	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	153.00–154.00	$153.50	$1,512
930–1133	1085	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	143.00–149.00	$145.71	$1,581
960–1290	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	144.00–150.00	$147.00	$1,654

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–740	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,250.00–1,400.00	$1,325.00
645–850	748	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,650.00
725–1025	793	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	1,500.00–1,900.00	$1,750.00
740–935	838	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,300.00–1,700.00	$1,500.00
720–1085	887	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	1,200.00–1,650.00	$1,383.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1070	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	3,050.00	$3,050.00
1010–1270	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,650.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
870	870	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685	685	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00	—
1045–1200	1123	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,350.00	+416.67
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	+616.67
1305	1305	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,550.00	$2,550.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—
845	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1520	1520	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,625.00	$2,625.00	—

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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.