Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-05-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-05-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer calves. On heifer calves 5.00-8.00 lower on limited comparison. No accurate comparison on feeder calves. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-7.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $272.59/cwt on 53 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −124.83 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$272.59

53 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,485

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,007

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$199.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.59

vs NM average

−38.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	299.87	1,582	23
Medium and Large 1-2	555	263.64	1,464	27
Medium and Large 2	595	232.00	1,380	1thin
Small 4	575	100.00	575	2thin

One grade step is worth $199.87/cwt here — about $1,007 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $449.67, low $339.19, median $397.42 across 30 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 sale53 hd

272.59

—

NM average4 barns · 348 hd

286.18

−13.59

National average163 barns · 10,302 hd

310.77

−38.18

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−124.83

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	1,378	138.37	1,907	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,090	121.36	1,323	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	796	97.48	776	26

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)	790	$1,313	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	947	$1,180	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,064	$1,960	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,899	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,346	$1,625	4thin

Every lot, as filed

112 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 1	450–500	477	329.21/cwt	320.00–332.00	1,570	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	160	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	272.33/cwt	262.00–292.00	1,683	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	195	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	780	2
Bulls	Small 4	600–650	645	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,680	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	242.61/cwt	232.00–251.00	1,516	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	273.14/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,278	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	214.89/cwt	208.00–225.00	1,517	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	270.10/cwt	263.00–272.00	1,383	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	1,344	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	567	227.61/cwt	202.00–247.00	1,291	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	271.00/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,404	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	302.88/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,563	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	231.70/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,541	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	288	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	281.75/cwt	272.00–292.00	1,223	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	902	171.01/cwt	165.00–174.00	1,543	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	238.40/cwt	235.00–242.00	1,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	238.09/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,133	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	148.98/cwt	141.00–157.00	1,442	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,098	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,647	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	223.73/cwt	217.00–229.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Small 4	300–350	345	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	2
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	410	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	390	1
Heifers	Small 4	600–650	623	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	498	2
Steers	Small 4	650–700	655	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	590	3
Steers	Small 4	550–600	575	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	575	2
Steers	Small 4	450–500	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,178	112.92/cwt	110.00–118.00	1,330	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,030	124.59/cwt	119.00–131.00	1,283	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	104.90/cwt	100.00–110.00	972	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	740	85.27/cwt	79.00–97.00	631	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	598	99.87/cwt	95.00–104.00	597	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	700	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	665	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,287	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	146.33/cwt	140.00–157.00	1,210	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,507	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	138.00/cwt	127.00–150.00	1,209	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,091.67/head	1,875.00–2,200.00	2,092	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,206	2,108.33/head	2,050.00–2,400.00	2,108	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	781	172.00/cwt	160.00–187.00	1,343	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,346	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	1,762.50/head	1,725.00–1,800.00	1,763	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	1,689.17/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,689	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	824	164.40/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,355	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	645	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,161	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	815	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	690	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,075	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,398	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	127.98/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,450	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	796	94.50/cwt	90.00–100.00	752	10
Bulls	—	—	1,078	126.24/cwt	114.00–133.00	1,361	5
Bulls	—	—	1,735	149.67/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,597	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	114.93/cwt	110.00–119.50	1,199	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	233.27/cwt	200.00–240.00	989	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,623	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	247.99/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,666	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	314.93/cwt	304.00–335.00	1,370	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	325.67/cwt	325.00–327.00	990	3
Bulls	—	—	1,420	141.01/cwt	135.00–145.50	2,002	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	826	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	551	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	179.39/cwt	175.00–192.00	816	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	397	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	854	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	881	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	298.34/cwt	285.00–315.00	1,104	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	765	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	509	192.50/cwt	168.00–210.00	980	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,688	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	945	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,748	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	240.82/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,151	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,022	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	120	312.50/head	300.00–325.00	313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	85	385.00/head	385.00–385.00	385	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	261.02/cwt	260.00–262.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	217.52/cwt	207.00–228.00	1,436	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	231.42/cwt	217.00–250.00	1,194	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,141	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	222.11/cwt	200.00–245.00	1,595	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	229.00/cwt	219.00–245.00	1,342	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,250	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	245	316.00/cwt	315.00–317.00	774	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	258.30/cwt	252.00–263.00	982	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,426	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	266.43/cwt	252.00–282.00	1,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	286.69/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,350	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,015	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	257.75/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,508	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	237.64/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,117	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,329	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	297.22/cwt	285.00–310.00	990	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	242.22/cwt	230.00–259.00	1,514	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	282.70/cwt	265.00–300.00	1,244	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,135	172.94/cwt	166.00–180.00	1,963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	263.36/cwt	247.00–272.00	1,130	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	202.96/cwt	195.00–222.00	1,279	4

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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