Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, January 30, 2026

357 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $404.04/cwt -10.96 vs last sale · ≈ $1,934/hd at 479 lb · 35 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $422.10/cwt +9.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,081/hd at 493 lb · 35 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $380.11/cwt -3.27 vs last sale · ≈ $2,319/hd at 610 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	357	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	627.50–630.00	$628.78	$1,383	—
250–270 unweaned	260	2	575.00–585.00	$580.19	$1,508	+14.17
275–295	288	3	607.00–625.00	$612.72	$1,765	+26.25
300–340	320	2	580.00–600.00	$590.63	$1,890	+62.65
350 value added	350	1	585.00	$585.00	$2,048	+55.00
350–383 fancy	375	8	520.00–525.00	$520.59	$1,952	—
350–385	377	12	472.00–502.50	$488.38	$1,841	+8.31
403–430	410	4	465.00–480.00	$468.70	$1,922	-7.66
420 value added	420	2	507.00	$507.00	$2,129	—
520–545	534	4	385.00–402.50	$391.81	$2,092	-28.19
550–577	563	12	385.00–405.00	$389.34	$2,192	—
609–616	610	32	375.00–392.00	$380.11	$2,319	-3.27
717	717	3	336.00	$336.00	$2,409	-10.58
850	850	1	325.00	$325.00	$2,762	—
1081	1081	4	296.00	$296.00	$3,200	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	495.00	$495.00	$1,460	+25.00
355–385	375	3	430.00–457.00	$448.48	$1,682	-5.53
420–435	426	4	445.00–459.00	$451.64	$1,924	+9.25
430	430	1	410.00	$410.00	$1,763	-32.39
453–497	493	35	405.00–423.00	$422.10	$2,081	+34.60
510–520	515	2	340.00–360.00	$349.90	$1,802	-35.13
560–595	568	14	350.00–385.00	$378.84	$2,152	+10.00
645	645	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,322	-5.29
760	760	1	284.00	$284.00	$2,158	—
880	880	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,552	-10.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	2	175.00	$175.00	$1,029	+21.38

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	340.00	$340.00	$782	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	2	540.00	$540.00	$1,431	-10.00
295–298 unweaned	297	5	525.00	$525.00	$1,559	+25.00
298 fancy	298	3	545.00	$545.00	$1,624	—
300–305 value added	303	2	555.00–565.00	$559.96	$1,697	—
335–346	345	9	520.00–550.00	$523.24	$1,805	—
345 unweaned	345	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,725	—
375–396	388	10	450.00–470.00	$459.61	$1,783	+6.87
470 value added	470	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,138	—
475–481	479	34	399.00–412.50	$402.54	$1,928	-12.46
515	515	5	375.00–375.50	$375.40	$1,933	-4.60
550	550	1	370.00	$370.00	$2,035	+2.57
620–642	634	5	340.00–367.00	$357.38	$2,266	+14.24
715	715	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,467	+14.98
795	795	2	342.50	$342.50	$2,723	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240 unweaned	240	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,224	+5.00
265	265	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,113	-35.00
310–345	328	3	430.00–465.00	$449.39	$1,474	+24.79
336–348 value added	341	7	467.00–490.00	$477.06	$1,627	+2.06
350–375	363	4	400.00–425.00	$406.47	$1,475	-11.26
400–445	423	2	370.00–395.00	$383.17	$1,621	-19.77
450–485	472	5	355.00–385.00	$369.78	$1,745	-4.34
507–530	520	11	340.00–365.00	$353.50	$1,838	+3.68
555	555	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,887	-4.04
770	770	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,233	+20.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 unweaned	200	1	320.00	$320.00	$640	-80.00
275 unweaned	275	1	300.00	$300.00	$825	—
410–445	425	4	345.00–350.00	$347.59	$1,477	-3.73
470–480	475	3	325.00–350.00	$341.67	$1,623	+11.67
530	530	1	305.00	$305.00	$1,616	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,190	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	1	355.00	$355.00	$2,414	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965	965	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,123	+12.26

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
925–1005	965	80-85%	2	143.00–144.00	$143.48	$1,385	+1.91
790–1485	1051	80-85%	7	145.00–161.00	$153.79	$1,616	+4.14
895–1295	1064	80-85%	6	149.00–155.50	$151.68	$1,614	+2.03

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665	665	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$665	—
640–815	715	85-90%	3	110.00	$110.00	$786	—
730–845	788	85-90%	2	128.00–129.00	$128.46	$1,012	—
750–930	840	85-90%	2	90.00–100.00	$94.46	$793	-21.23

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1325	1180	2	141.00–157.00	$148.02	$1,747	—
1585–1935	1710	3	176.00–180.50	$178.49	$3,052	-8.21
1670–2100	1857	3	184.50–193.00	$187.44	$3,481	—
1690–2055	1928	3	190.00–191.00	$190.36	$3,670	+7.86

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
600–1025	783	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	260.00–280.00	$267.50	$2,095

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,396
595–875	743	(<2 yrs)	Open	3	220.00–260.00	$240.67	$1,788

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	245.00	$245.00	$2,254
935–1080	1008	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	145.00–175.00	$160.00	$1,613
930–1220	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	152.00–179.00	$166.90	$1,869

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
755	755	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,300.00	$2,300.00
935	935	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,025.00	$2,025.00
865–1040	953	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,250.00	$2,125.00
935–1145	1040	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,950.00	$1,825.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–783	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,050.00–1,300.00	$1,181.25

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920	920	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,000.00	$3,000.00
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	3,100.00	$3,100.00
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	3,200.00	$3,200.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,035.00	$1,035.00
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

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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
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	3,050.00	$3,050.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

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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.