Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, February 6, 2026

441 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $457.78/cwt ≈ $2,142/hd at 468 lb · 15 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $418.11/cwt -3.99 vs last sale · ≈ $1,977/hd at 473 lb · 14 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $320.16/cwt ≈ $2,039/hd at 637 lb · 11 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	441	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250 unweaned	250	2	555.00–580.00	$567.50	$1,419	-12.69
320–345 unweaned	336	6	525.00–545.00	$531.01	$1,784	—
350–370	362	4	522.00–545.00	$529.39	$1,916	+41.01
365–390 unweaned	382	3	482.00–500.00	$492.17	$1,880	—
400–430	413	8	465.00–490.00	$476.93	$1,970	+8.23
455–490	468	15	445.00–472.00	$457.78	$2,142	—
519 value added	519	4	438.00	$438.00	$2,273	—
520–540	530	7	419.00–430.00	$423.11	$2,242	+31.30
560–590	584	9	379.00–392.00	$384.70	$2,247	-4.64
600–605	604	6	377.00–392.50	$388.68	$2,348	+8.57
650–675	662	3	357.50–363.00	$360.19	$2,384	—
700–740	727	7	337.00–355.00	$348.39	$2,533	+12.39
753–785	760	5	325.00–342.50	$331.45	$2,519	—
905	905	4	305.00	$305.00	$2,760	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 unweaned	220	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,199	—
255 unweaned	255	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,339	—
275	275	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,430	+25.00
320	320	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,376	—
335 value added	335	1	475.00	$475.00	$1,591	—
383	383	2	460.00	$460.00	$1,762	+11.52
400–430	410	3	435.00–450.00	$439.88	$1,804	-11.76
465–485 value added	470	4	435.00–455.00	$449.84	$2,114	—
455–480	474	10	400.00–411.00	$405.42	$1,922	-16.68
510–530	523	4	360.00–390.00	$371.73	$1,944	+21.83
580–595	588	2	365.00–382.50	$373.64	$2,197	-5.20
598 value added	598	8	377.00	$377.00	$2,254	—
605–645	628	9	330.00–360.00	$345.14	$2,167	-14.86
658–670	662	3	355.00–357.50	$355.84	$2,356	—
965–970	968	2	280.00–295.00	$287.48	$2,783	—
1065	1065	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,503	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270 unweaned	270	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,066	—
280	280	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,176	—
340	340	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,360	—
350–360	355	2	370.00–400.00	$385.21	$1,367	—
475–480	478	2	370.00–385.00	$377.46	$1,804	—
620–645	633	2	302.50–315.00	$308.87	$1,955	—
663	663	2	320.00	$320.00	$2,122	—
815	815	2	270.00	$270.00	$2,200	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510–518	515	3	140.00–162.00	$154.74	$797	—
565	565	2	185.00	$185.00	$1,045	+10.00
625	625	1	135.00	$135.00	$844	—
660–685	673	2	162.00–180.00	$170.83	$1,150	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
420	420	1	925.00	$925.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–310	305	2	445.00–475.00	$459.75	$1,402	+10.36
410–445	428	2	375.00–400.00	$388.01	$1,661	+4.84
455–495	483	4	365.00–385.00	$377.41	$1,823	+7.63
519	519	5	435.00	$435.00	$2,258	+81.50
553–583	570	6	320.00–350.00	$335.74	$1,914	-4.26
620–648	637	11	315.00–327.00	$320.16	$2,039	—
662	662	3	322.00	$322.00	$2,132	—
715–733	727	3	315.00–330.00	$319.92	$2,326	—
760	760	2	315.00–325.00	$320.00	$2,432	+30.00
835	835	2	275.00	$275.00	$2,296	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–265	263	3	575.00–585.00	$578.29	$1,521	+38.29
280 unweaned	280	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,484	+5.00
305	305	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,678	—
330 unweaned	330	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,534	-35.00
375 fancy	375	2	510.00	$510.00	$1,912	—
355–395	382	8	475.00–500.00	$490.41	$1,873	+30.80
430	430	2	460.00–485.00	$472.50	$2,032	—
436 value added	436	6	485.00	$485.00	$2,115	—
455	455	2	410.00	$410.00	$1,866	+7.46
490 value added	490	2	475.00	$475.00	$2,328	+20.00
610–645	622	3	340.00–342.00	$340.69	$2,119	-16.69
785	785	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,473	-27.50
840	840	1	317.00	$317.00	$2,663	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	365.00	$365.00	$1,241	—
370	370	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,314	—
438	438	2	300.00	$300.00	$1,314	-47.59
470–490	477	3	320.00–335.00	$329.86	$1,573	-11.81
550–580	573	8	295.00–325.00	$306.14	$1,754	—
655–670	665	3	305.00–315.00	$311.64	$2,072	—
755	755	3	295.00	$295.00	$2,227	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
566	566	7	275.00	$275.00	$1,556	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650–685	668	2	155.00–160.00	$157.57	$1,053	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,418	—
495 value added	495	1	410.00	$410.00	$2,030	—
515	515	1	382.00	$382.00	$1,967	—
560–580	572	3	357.00–370.00	$363.97	$2,082	—
625	625	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,875	—
660	660	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,815	—
720	720	1	340.00	$340.00	$2,448	—
790	790	1	300.00	$300.00	$2,370	—
855	855	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,308	—
970	970	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,522	+40.00
1010	1010	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,727	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,645	—
465	465	1	455.00	$455.00	$2,116	—
630	630	1	365.00	$365.00	$2,300	—
665	665	2	345.00	$345.00	$2,294	-10.00
705	705	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,468	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,199	—
750	750	1	175.00	$175.00	$1,312	-115.00
875	875	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,575	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,184	—
775	775	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,434	—
840	840	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,512	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
783–995	820	80-85%	10	142.00–148.00	$142.73	$1,170	—
820–1395	995	80-85%	13	146.00–166.00	$153.25	$1,525	+9.77
975–1500	1160	80-85%	5	137.00–144.00	$139.99	$1,624	—
1000–1460	1166	80-85%	12	145.00–155.00	$150.07	$1,750	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
518	518	85-90%	2	112.00	$112.00	$580	—
715	715	85-90%	1	100.00	$100.00	$715	-10.00
720–830	770	85-90%	3	102.00–119.00	$110.60	$852	-17.86
765–1050	888	85-90%	3	130.00–143.00	$138.46	$1,230	—
779–1170	891	85-90%	13	135.00–144.00	$138.46	$1,234	—
855–940	898	85-90%	2	117.00–124.00	$120.33	$1,081	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1615	1615	75-80%	1	155.00	$155.00	$2,503	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1220–1420	1317	3	159.00–167.00	$163.63	$2,155	—
1000–1640	1365	4	157.00–166.00	$162.69	$2,221	—
1150–2085	1504	6	173.00–183.00	$177.83	$2,675	—
1405–1725	1609	4	182.00–185.00	$184.00	$2,961	—
1815–2060	1938	2	187.00–188.00	$187.47	$3,633	-2.89

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–1240	828	(<2 yrs)	Open	8	220.00–255.00	$238.75	$1,977
695–1145	847	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	200.00–220.00	$207.00	$1,753

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765	765	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,836
640–905	777	(<2 yrs)	Open	9	252.00–275.00	$261.89	$2,035

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
778	778	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,100.00	$2,100.00
855–995	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	2,600.00–2,700.00	$2,650.00
935	935	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00
840–1010	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,900.00–2,400.00	$2,250.00
805–1110	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,385.71
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,696
880–1140	996	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	160.00–171.00	$166.50	$1,658
1053	1053	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	167.00	$167.00	$1,759
1000–1155	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	140.00–197.00	$166.33	$1,788

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–670	668	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,800.00–2,300.00	$2,050.00
595–905	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,900.00–2,000.00	$1,950.00
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00
880	880	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
900–965	933	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,900.00	$2,900.00
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00
1320	1320	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	2,900.00	$2,900.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695	695	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
625	625	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	140.00	$140.00	$875

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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
1230–1290	1260	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,300.00–3,500.00	$3,400.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	—

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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.