Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-03-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 7.00-12.00 lower on limited comparisons, while heifer calves sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-7.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00-2.00 higher Trade moderate demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $269.00/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −98.01 against this barn's trailing median of $367.01.

Average price

$269.00

34 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,492

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$504

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$80.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.49

vs NM average

−8.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	276.12	1,540	29
Medium and Large 1-2	543	248.80	1,352	3thin
Medium and Large 2	528	196.09	1,035	2thin

One grade step is worth $80.03/cwt here — about $504 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.22, low $300.85, median $367.01 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale34 hd

269.00

—

NM average4 barns · 364 hd

263.51

+5.49

National average179 barns · 15,589 hd

277.22

−8.22

This barn, trailing median28 sales

367.01

−98.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,567	134.14	2,101	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,075	128.64	1,383	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	756	95.56	722	10

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	973	$1,425	9
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	893	$1,404	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,190	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	725	$1,000	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	818	$1,313	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	840	$1,250	1thin

Every lot, as filed

131 lots · USDA AMS · Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	145	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	225	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	299.41/cwt	292.50–305.00	1,009	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	266.73/cwt	262.00–270.00	1,400	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	280.04/cwt	262.00–297.50	1,182	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	286.64/cwt	277.00–299.00	1,121	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	803	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	303.20/cwt	292.50–315.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	312.84/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,605	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	285.83/cwt	266.00–294.00	1,358	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,223	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	281.46/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,627	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	468	306.42/cwt	305.00–310.00	1,434	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	364.09/cwt	350.00–367.50	1,027	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	278	308.99/cwt	300.00–320.00	859	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	333.99/cwt	320.00–342.50	1,423	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	352.12/cwt	350.00–357.50	1,176	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	230	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	888	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	265.66/cwt	245.00–285.00	1,509	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,744	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	284.97/cwt	277.50–292.00	1,322	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	250–300	290	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	928	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,404	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	935	167.58/cwt	160.00–175.00	1,567	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	85	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	235	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	264.35/cwt	258.00–272.50	1,671	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	225	545.56/head	500.00–600.00	546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,241	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	311.37/cwt	300.00–322.50	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	272.50/cwt	255.00–277.00	1,529	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	231.66/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,397	3
Heifers	Small 4	250–300	278	735.60/head	675.00–790.00	736	4
Heifers	Small 4	200–250	218	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	4
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	420	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bulls	Small 4	150–200	175	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bulls	Small 4	250–300	250	770.00/head	770.00–770.00	770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	572	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,647	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,015	124.95/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,268	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,435	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,966	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,231	127.74/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,572	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	999	129.64/cwt	117.00–142.00	1,295	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	890	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,068	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	668	90.30/cwt	85.00–95.00	603	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	1,375.00/head	1,250.00–1,525.00	1,375	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	886	1,387.50/head	1,325.00–1,400.00	1,388	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	128.25/cwt	127.50–129.00	1,007	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	139.20/cwt	130.00–148.00	1,068	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	770	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,149	1,625.00/head	1,575.00–1,650.00	1,625	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	824	159.70/cwt	153.00–164.00	1,316	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	970	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	127.00/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,496	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,190.00/head	1,190.00–1,190.00	1,190	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	823	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	840	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	665	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bulls	—	—	1,555	143.15/cwt	142.00–144.00	2,226	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	888	103.36/cwt	100.00–109.00	918	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	610	88.15/cwt	86.00–90.00	538	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	835	99.16/cwt	95.00–105.00	828	2
Bulls	—	—	1,583	125.79/cwt	124.00–128.00	1,991	2
Bulls	—	—	1,564	133.82/cwt	129.00–137.00	2,093	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	550	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,260	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	273	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	915	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,357	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	700–750	710	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	923	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	620	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	196.09/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,035	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	592	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,391	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	232.19/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,175	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	268	213.41/cwt	190.00–245.00	572	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	371	316.00/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,172	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	222.49/cwt	220.00–225.00	721	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	407	214.77/cwt	190.00–235.00	874	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	384	226.69/cwt	220.00–240.00	870	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	688	170.28/cwt	150.00–191.00	1,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,335	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	970	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	1,188	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	234.45/cwt	212.00–240.00	987	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	580	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	730	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,007	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	784	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	268.33/cwt	250.00–290.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	80	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	130	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	160	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,312	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,548	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	664	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	251.00/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,506	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	198.42/cwt	187.00–210.00	1,419	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,118	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	238.75/cwt	227.00–250.00	1,110	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,314	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	217.14/cwt	212.50–222.00	1,157	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,059	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	260.70/cwt	250.00–271.00	1,382	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	255.78/cwt	250.00–275.00	826	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	258.20/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,219	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	251.27/cwt	247.00–262.50	942	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	291.13/cwt	275.00–310.00	1,083	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	313.08/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,018	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	262	252.68/cwt	250.00–257.50	662	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	250.28/cwt	237.00–265.00	1,039	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	217.38/cwt	213.50–220.00	1,533	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	195	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	292.92/cwt	262.00–317.00	1,245	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	313.67/cwt	296.00–342.00	853	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	245.86/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,559	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	249.86/cwt	242.00–254.00	1,404	5

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every New Mexico auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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