Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 23, 2026

536 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $442.39/cwt -2.58 vs last sale · ≈ $1,893/hd at 428 lb · 14 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $385.03/cwt +3.35 vs last sale · ≈ $2,029/hd at 527 lb · 13 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1-2 bulls $207.74/cwt ≈ $2,050/hd at 987 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	536	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195 unweaned	195	1	555.00	$555.00	$1,082	—
250 unweaned	250	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,125	—
265	265	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,246	—
305–315	310	2	495.00–505.00	$499.92	$1,550	+2.42
340 unweaned	340	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,564	—
383–385	384	3	450.00–462.00	$454.01	$1,743	-22.37
400–448	428	14	430.00–460.00	$442.39	$1,893	-9.23
465–475	470	3	420.00–435.00	$426.61	$2,005	-0.24
490	490	1	397.00	$397.00	$1,945	-29.85
495	495	1	387.50	$387.50	$1,918	-39.35
508–546	527	13	377.00–390.00	$385.03	$2,029	+3.35
555–589	577	9	360.00–388.00	$368.84	$2,128	-9.73
603–640	612	6	350.00–385.00	$365.29	$2,236	+2.63
690	690	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,208	-16.63
745	745	2	315.00	$315.00	$2,347	±0.00
828	828	3	300.00	$300.00	$2,484	—
885	885	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,655	+25.00
930	930	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,511	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–240 unweaned	235	2	560.00–570.00	$565.11	$1,328	—
264–265 unweaned	264	5	560.00–590.00	$566.02	$1,494	-18.98
250–295	273	2	575.00–600.00	$586.47	$1,601	—
310–325 value added	318	2	570.00–590.00	$580.24	$1,845	—
325 unweaned	325	1	500.00	$500.00	$1,625	—
335–345	342	6	527.00–530.00	$527.98	$1,806	-23.04
360 value added	360	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,908	-10.00
360–385	370	3	465.00–495.00	$480.07	$1,776	-14.64
400–425	410	4	470.00–490.00	$476.36	$1,953	-7.81
510	510	1	420.00	$420.00	$2,142	-2.72
600–625	616	6	380.00–400.00	$383.38	$2,362	-18.16
663–693	673	11	352.00–365.00	$358.58	$2,413	+6.15
700–715	705	5	340.00–349.00	$346.58	$2,443	+5.81
755	755	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,605	+14.36
850 value added	850	1	338.00	$338.00	$2,873	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
178 unweaned	178	2	400.00	$400.00	$712	—
209 unweaned	209	4	400.00	$400.00	$836	—
305	305	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,144	—
345 unweaned	345	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,104	—
365 unweaned	365	2	350.00–370.00	$360.00	$1,314	-15.00
375	375	2	447.00	$447.00	$1,676	+22.00
425–435	430	2	355.00–360.00	$357.47	$1,537	-15.51
450–495	470	3	380.00–390.00	$383.19	$1,801	+18.19
500–505	502	3	357.00–367.50	$362.17	$1,818	+17.17
560–575	568	2	340.00–350.00	$345.07	$1,960	+7.41
625	625	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,031	-5.00
715	715	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,002	—
890	890	2	242.00	$242.00	$2,154	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–568	565	4	125.00–185.00	$153.62	$868	+3.62
620	620	1	167.00	$167.00	$1,035	+7.15
700	700	1	126.00	$126.00	$882	—
795	795	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210–228 unweaned	224	4	825.00–1,000.00	$958.89	—
285 unweaned	285	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,430	+22.85
263 unweaned	263	3	500.00	$500.00	$1,315	—
300–310	305	2	510.00–525.00	$517.38	$1,578	-12.62
360–385	377	9	442.00–465.00	$452.74	$1,707	-2.26
400 value added	400	2	475.00	$475.00	$1,900	+7.58
410 fancy	410	1	447.00	$447.00	$1,833	+7.00
415–445	425	5	420.00–445.00	$436.21	$1,854	+24.80
458	458	2	415.00	$415.00	$1,901	+2.95
500–505	503	2	380.00	$380.00	$1,911	+2.28
555–585	570	2	365.00–370.00	$367.43	$2,094	-13.88
608–635	621	8	332.00–355.00	$343.14	$2,131	-10.58
656	656	4	364.00	$364.00	$2,388	+4.68
705–710	708	2	325.00–335.00	$330.02	$2,337	+0.02

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	505.00	$505.00	$1,212	—
290 unweaned	290	2	435.00	$435.00	$1,262	—
290	290	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,320	+10.00
320–340	333	3	415.00–445.00	$424.60	$1,414	-9.80
348 value added	348	3	475.00	$475.00	$1,653	—
375–385	380	2	400.00–435.00	$417.73	$1,587	-7.27
400	400	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,500	-22.84
400–430	420	3	395.00–420.00	$402.94	$1,692	+5.10
450–485	466	7	364.00–385.00	$374.12	$1,743	-8.50
510–545	537	5	337.00–362.00	$349.82	$1,879	+3.19
555–565	558	3	335.00–350.00	$344.04	$1,920	-11.86
650	650	2	305.00–335.00	$320.00	$2,080	+6.08
762	762	3	270.00	$270.00	$2,057	-10.19
800	800	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,240	-6.35
850	850	3	275.00	$275.00	$2,338	—
940	940	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,632	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 unweaned	200	1	400.00	$400.00	$800	—
335 unweaned	335	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,206	—
335–345	340	2	400.00–409.00	$404.43	$1,375	+19.54
355–385	374	4	355.00–375.00	$364.90	$1,365	-40.07
405–425	412	3	330.00–370.00	$351.32	$1,447	+11.32
485	485	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,600	-30.00
565–595	580	2	305.00–325.00	$314.74	$1,825	—
645	645	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,967	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160 unweaned	160	1	875.00	$875.00	—
223 unweaned	223	2	900.00	$900.00	—
285 unweaned	285	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
470–475	473	2	370.00–375.00	$372.49	$1,762	-2.51
500	500	1	372.00	$372.00	$1,860	+17.05
553	553	2	352.00	$352.00	$1,947	+29.53
610–630	620	2	327.00–340.00	$333.60	$2,068	+1.06
775	775	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,248	-15.00
860	860	1	240.00	$240.00	$2,064	-30.00
925	925	2	215.00–240.00	$227.50	$2,104	—
955–990	987	12	182.00–210.00	$207.74	$2,050	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
490	490	1	415.00	$415.00	$2,034	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	1	157.50	$157.50	$850	-92.50

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1075	972	80-85%	10	140.00–144.00	$141.57	$1,376	-0.86
990	990	80-85%	1	137.00	$137.00	$1,356	-5.43
930–1365	1085	80-85%	19	144.00–156.00	$149.65	$1,624	—
978–1400	1092	80-85%	55	135.00–156.50	$153.79	$1,679	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–1030	811	85-90%	4	80.00–115.00	$100.39	$814	—
720–1050	828	85-90%	6	121.00–125.00	$122.91	$1,018	—
745–980	836	85-90%	4	115.00–118.00	$115.69	$967	—
670–1020	852	85-90%	9	129.00–140.00	$135.23	$1,152	+16.19
850–1390	1003	85-90%	16	127.00–138.00	$132.20	$1,326	—
1160	1160	85-90%	1	112.00	$112.00	$1,299	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1170–1650	1375	7	143.00–163.00	$153.11	$2,105	—
1325–2010	1671	10	166.00–180.50	$174.88	$2,922	—
1530–1840	1736	5	184.00–189.00	$186.70	$3,241	—
1565–1990	1801	5	168.00–180.00	$175.23	$3,156	—
1910	1910	1	182.50	$182.50	$3,486	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
583–838	762	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	235.00–245.00	$238.20	$1,815
745–960	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	220.00	$220.00	$1,877

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	250.00	$250.00	$1,912

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,330

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	152.00	$152.00	$1,391
925–1065	977	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	162.00–182.00	$171.33	$1,674
1035	1035	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	195.00	$195.00	$2,018
895–1385	1049	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	140.00–155.00	$149.50	$1,568
830–1720	1090	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	148.50–180.00	$160.55	$1,750
1020–1300	1163	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	147.00–172.00	$159.25	$1,852

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1025–1053	1036	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,900.00–3,100.00	$3,000.00
890–1325	1049	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	2,800.00–3,300.00	$3,033.33
985–1089	1074	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	3,000.00–3,550.00	$3,471.43
1070–1645	1268	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,850.00–3,000.00	$2,900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
735–890	811	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,225.00
825–1100	924	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	2,200.00–2,500.00	$2,375.00
903–1100	969	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	2,700.00–2,800.00	$2,766.67
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
855–1350	1091	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	2,000.00–2,500.00	$2,320.00
1010–1955	1375	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,266.67

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645–695	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,500.00–1,800.00	$1,650.00
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
505	505	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
710–860	785	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,000.00–1,300.00	$1,150.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
620–725	673	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	113.00–125.00	$119.00	$801

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,104

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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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
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1155–1200	1178	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00–2,900.00	$2,850.00	—
1200–1395	1298	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1180–1530	1355	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	3,000.00–3,300.00	$3,150.00	—

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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.