Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 16, 2026

494 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $358.31/cwt +15.07 vs last sale · ≈ $2,212/hd at 617 lb · 24 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $432.34/cwt +23.88 vs last sale · ≈ $2,241/hd at 518 lb · 23 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $387.37/cwt +15.48 vs last sale · ≈ $2,021/hd at 522 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	494	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255 unweaned	255	2	575.00–595.00	$585.00	$1,492	—
320–330	327	5	545.00–555.00	$551.02	$1,802	-2.38
360 value added	360	1	540.00	$540.00	$1,944	-29.53
350–395	387	6	485.00–510.00	$494.71	$1,915	-6.34
400–440	421	7	475.00–500.00	$484.17	$2,038	+3.14
460–470	463	9	445.00–475.00	$455.64	$2,110	-10.49
505–520 value added	514	6	450.00–460.00	$455.88	$2,343	-49.12
505–548	520	16	415.00–430.00	$422.72	$2,198	+17.71
520 fancy	520	1	445.00	$445.00	$2,314	—
566–596	581	8	410.00–435.00	$422.18	$2,453	+9.63
590	590	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,360	-12.55
603–620 value added	609	3	425.00–440.00	$434.91	$2,649	—
600–625	613	3	390.00–410.00	$401.54	$2,461	+6.54
655–695	665	10	345.00–370.00	$352.43	$2,344	-0.16
667–678 value added	671	5	370.00–385.00	$378.94	$2,543	—
720–735	733	12	335.00–345.00	$340.77	$2,498	-4.23
738 value added	738	2	355.00	$355.00	$2,620	—
756–780	759	8	330.00–335.00	$330.64	$2,510	—
875	875	1	330.00	$330.00	$2,888	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,200	—
345	345	2	485.00–510.00	$497.50	$1,716	+102.50
355–395	382	3	470.00–485.00	$476.38	$1,820	+5.81
415	415	1	425.00	$425.00	$1,764	-25.97
430–445	437	3	445.00–460.00	$451.62	$1,974	+0.65
450	450	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,800	-17.40
450–495	477	6	410.00–440.00	$426.85	$2,036	+36.85
520–545	535	6	375.00–385.00	$381.68	$2,042	-0.77
550–585	566	4	360.00–395.00	$378.57	$2,143	+22.44
605–635	619	4	350.00–375.00	$362.66	$2,245	+16.38
683–695	687	3	330.00–340.00	$336.63	$2,313	—
720	720	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,268	-15.10
860	860	1	275.00	$275.00	$2,365	-12.91

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370 unweaned	370	2	375.00	$375.00	$1,388	—
365–390	378	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,606	—
415–440	428	5	357.50–385.00	$372.98	$1,596	+11.58
490	490	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,788	-10.00
520–540	530	2	345.00	$345.00	$1,828	—
570–595	583	2	330.00–345.00	$337.66	$1,969	-11.31
600	600	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,980	—
680	680	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,040	±0.00
985	985	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,118	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	2	150.00	$150.00	$795	-1.64
560	560	1	150.00	$150.00	$840	-14.22
607–620	609	7	159.00–160.00	$159.85	$973	+0.14

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
163 unweaned	163	3	625.00	$625.00	-275.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
345	345	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
550	550	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–275	268	2	515.00–540.00	$527.15	$1,413	+52.15
300 value added	300	1	570.00	$570.00	$1,710	—
300	300	2	530.00	$530.00	$1,590	+43.42
365 fancy	365	1	485.00	$485.00	$1,770	+2.40
385	385	2	455.00	$455.00	$1,752	-4.92
410–415 value added	413	2	455.00–480.00	$467.42	$1,930	-2.47
420–440	429	4	405.00–430.00	$411.41	$1,765	-2.63
445 fancy	445	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,958	-2.48
468–495	477	10	400.00–425.00	$412.05	$1,965	-4.48
500–520 fancy	510	2	400.00–415.00	$407.35	$2,077	—
505–515 value added	510	2	430.00–440.00	$434.95	$2,218	—
500–545	525	14	365.00–395.00	$377.72	$1,983	+5.83
550–578	569	9	375.00–390.00	$381.31	$2,170	+6.31
605–609 fancy	607	11	357.00–365.00	$361.35	$2,193	—
615 value added	615	1	380.00	$380.00	$2,337	+35.00
615–648	627	12	345.00–365.00	$353.72	$2,218	+11.58
655–690	679	4	352.00–365.00	$359.32	$2,440	—
686 value added	686	4	349.00	$349.00	$2,394	—
718	718	2	330.00	$330.00	$2,369	—
935	935	1	295.00	$295.00	$2,758	—
1050	1050	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,940	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	445.00	$445.00	$1,268	—
325–345	335	2	415.00–455.00	$434.40	$1,455	+34.40
385	385	2	415.00–435.00	$425.00	$1,636	-30.00
410–445	425	5	390.00–410.00	$397.84	$1,691	-2.16
465–480	473	2	375.00–390.00	$382.62	$1,810	+10.92
500–540	515	6	340.00–360.00	$346.63	$1,785	-9.84
568–590	577	5	345.00–365.00	$355.90	$2,054	+10.23
620–630	625	2	330.00–335.00	$332.52	$2,078	+25.02
655–670	662	7	305.00–335.00	$313.92	$2,078	—
705–725	715	2	285.00–297.00	$291.08	$2,081	—
765–780	773	2	260.00–300.00	$280.19	$2,166	—
800–823	815	3	285.00–287.00	$286.35	$2,334	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	410.00	$410.00	$984	—
335–340	338	2	370.00–400.00	$384.89	$1,301	—
365–370	368	2	400.00–410.00	$404.97	$1,490	—
430	430	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,462	-5.00
465	465	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,674	+31.73
500–525	513	2	260.00	$260.00	$1,334	-65.00
600	600	1	270.00	$270.00	$1,620	—
775	775	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,170	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
323 unweaned	323	2	725.00	$725.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,838	—
520–525	523	2	345.00–365.00	$354.95	$1,856	-45.05
560–595	581	4	305.00–335.00	$322.47	$1,874	-2.53
620–640	630	2	330.00–335.00	$332.54	$2,095	-12.46
655–665	660	2	325.00–345.00	$335.08	$2,212	—
750	750	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,288	—
875	875	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,362	—
1040	1040	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,028	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,262	—
655	655	1	145.00	$145.00	$950	—
705–740	723	4	145.00–185.00	$162.46	$1,175	—
1070	1070	1	168.00	$168.00	$1,798	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–545	525	2	390.00–405.00	$397.21	$2,085	—
635	635	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,350	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,084	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	80-85%	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,218	—
735–1365	980	80-85%	3	140.00–145.00	$142.43	$1,396	—
920–1500	1119	80-85%	13	144.00–157.00	$148.89	$1,666	+4.26
840–1450	1123	80-85%	42	144.00–154.00	$148.24	$1,665	+3.61
1070–1455	1263	80-85%	2	159.00–159.50	$159.29	$2,012	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740–745	743	85-90%	2	98.00–100.00	$99.00	$736	—
815–890	853	85-90%	2	118.00–120.00	$119.04	$1,015	+16.17
830–1220	932	85-90%	9	130.00–138.00	$132.91	$1,239	+1.35

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1635	1635	75-80%	1	147.00	$147.00	$2,403	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1305	1153	2	145.00–158.00	$152.36	$1,757	—
1265–2175	1648	10	169.00–178.00	$173.17	$2,854	—
2005–2260	2133	2	181.00–184.00	$182.41	$3,891	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–805	727	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	200.00–242.00	$217.33	$1,580
520–870	729	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	245.00–255.00	$247.50	$1,804

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–1015	855	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	262.00–285.00	$270.50	$2,313

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
840–980	910	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,220.00–2,250.00	$2,235.00
760–1075	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,400.00	$2,300.00
710–1170	929	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,450.00
1125	1125	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00
1210–1355	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,500.00–2,600.00	$2,550.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,178
795	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,789
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,620
905–1345	1158	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	147.00–175.00	$155.00	$1,795

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
550	550	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
646	646	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	1,550.00	$1,550.00
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,575.00	$1,575.00
745–790	771	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,975.00
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790–1065	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,900.00	$2,816.67
1060–1270	1192	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,900.00–3,250.00	$3,083.33

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,400.00	$1,400.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,050

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
825	825	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	277.00	$277.00	$2,285

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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
955–1210	1083	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00–3,100.00	$3,050.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,250.00	$2,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1395	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
730	730	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.