Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower on limited comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.33/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −120.68 against this barn's trailing median of $367.01.

Average price

$246.33

56 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,327

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$783

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$140.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.88

vs NM average

−17.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	260.26	1,401	30
Medium and Large 1-2	536	246.07	1,319	18thin
Medium and Large 2	551	205.36	1,131	7thin
Small 4	515	120.00	618	1thin

One grade step is worth $140.26/cwt here — about $783 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 sale56 hd

246.33

—

NM average4 barns · 490 hd

236.45

+9.88

National average181 barns · 13,137 hd

263.96

−17.63

This barn, trailing median28 sales

367.01

−120.68

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	—	Low	1,439	128.05	1,843	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,250	123.96	1,549	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	942	102.69	967	14

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$1,571	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,150	$1,375	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	570	$700	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	978	$1,428	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	775	$1,325	2thin

Every lot, as filed

104 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	185	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	840	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	262.69/cwt	257.00–266.00	1,361	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	474	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,256	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	315.91/cwt	305.00–330.00	1,478	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	255.39/cwt	250.00–256.00	1,479	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	323.80/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,247	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	285.45/cwt	285.00–285.50	1,536	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	120	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,093	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	186.51/cwt	183.00–190.00	1,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,454	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	241.73/cwt	235.75–257.50	1,646	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	265.41/cwt	262.50–271.00	1,237	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	1,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,920	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	279.01/cwt	275.00–280.00	1,585	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	327.23/cwt	310.00–342.50	1,355	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	960	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,699	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	281.67/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,084	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	280.06/cwt	270.00–285.00	751	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	234.60/cwt	230.00–237.00	1,426	3
Steers	Small 4	250–300	295	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Heifers	Small 4Unweaned	200–250	238	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	2
Heifers	Small 4	250–300	290	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	290	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,083	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	223.37/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,604	11
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	515	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	618	1
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	1
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	420	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	710	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	604	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	740	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	673	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,144	122.37/cwt	117.00–126.00	1,400	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	968	111.78/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,082	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	923	104.76/cwt	100.00–109.00	967	2
Bulls	—	—	1,256	118.74/cwt	103.00–125.00	1,491	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	1,750.00/head	1,625.00–1,850.00	1,750	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	805	170.00/cwt	162.50–177.50	1,369	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,435.00/head	1,435.00–1,435.00	1,435	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	1,300.00/head	1,200.00–1,400.00	1,300	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,212.50/head	1,200.00–1,225.00	1,213	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	916	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	138.83/cwt	120.00–150.00	1,145	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	1,325.00/head	1,275.00–1,375.00	1,325	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	570	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bulls	—	—	1,539	132.26/cwt	127.00–137.00	2,035	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	125.55/cwt	121.00–130.00	1,701	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	975	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	829	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,068	92.33/cwt	92.00–93.00	986	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,722	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	152.49/cwt	151.00–154.00	2,707	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	201.33/cwt	190.00–207.00	1,168	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	360	359.78/cwt	359.00–360.00	1,295	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	505	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	1,656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	735.00/head	735.00–735.00	735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	254.92/cwt	247.00–268.00	1,603	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	410	227.53/cwt	225.00–230.00	933	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	183.81/cwt	180.00–190.00	1,130	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,022	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	299.90/cwt	295.00–305.00	1,284	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	529	208.39/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,102	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,011	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	285	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	898	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	929	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	285.98/cwt	260.00–297.50	1,376	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	256.18/cwt	242.50–270.00	1,186	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,618	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,520	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	90	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	265.73/cwt	250.00–275.00	861	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	261.66/cwt	250.00–273.00	1,518	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	196.98/cwt	194.00–200.00	1,507	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	80	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	257.10/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	369	270.54/cwt	267.50–275.00	998	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,708	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	894	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	239.78/cwt	234.00–245.00	1,391	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	242.48/cwt	232.50–260.00	1,145	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	248.49/cwt	242.00–259.00	1,290	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	229.50/cwt	227.00–232.00	1,503	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,643	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	278.87/cwt	254.00–295.00	1,486	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	200.62/cwt	190.00–225.00	1,370	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,445	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	420	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,229	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,264	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	505	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,040	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,924	1

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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