Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves had limited comparisons, but were steady to 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers also had limited comparisons were steady. Slaughter cows were 1.00-3.00 higher and slaughter bulls were 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $259.98/cwt on 49 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −137.44 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$259.98

49 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,440

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$974

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$160.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.69

vs NM average

−39.44 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	564	288.41	1,627	25
Medium and Large 1-2	552	255.53	1,411	17thin
Medium and Large 2	537	224.24	1,203	3thin
Small 4	510	128.00	653	4thin

One grade step is worth $160.41/cwt here — about $974 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 sale49 hd

259.98

—

NM average4 barns · 398 hd

283.67

−23.69

National average149 barns · 7,793 hd

299.42

−39.44

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−137.44

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	1,425	138.97	1,980	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,725	130.50	2,251	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,119	126.69	1,418	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	830	103.82	862	25

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)	838	$1,292	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	830	$1,275	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	635	$825	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,081	$1,769	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	894	$1,678	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	928	$1,365	5

Every lot, as filed

143 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
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	130.45/cwt	126.00–136.00	1,572	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	777	86.94/cwt	80.00–91.00	676	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	112.40/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,075	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	994	120.51/cwt	116.00–125.00	1,198	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	800	110.60/cwt	102.00–115.00	885	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,010	124.85/cwt	120.00–128.00	1,261	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	782	96.51/cwt	94.00–100.00	755	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	660	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	647	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,725	130.50/cwt	130.50–130.50	2,251	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,373	137.49/cwt	137.00–138.00	1,888	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	901	119.17/cwt	118.00–122.00	1,074	5
Bulls	—	—	1,130	126.11/cwt	112.50–138.00	1,425	12
Bulls	—	—	1,739	154.94/cwt	152.00–158.00	2,694	6
Bulls	—	—	1,605	144.00/cwt	139.00–149.00	2,311	12
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,285	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	194.89/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,604	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	896	1
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	440	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	485	585.00/head	585.00–585.00	585	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	253.52/cwt	240.00–275.00	951	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,623	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	93	434.46/head	325.00–550.00	434	2
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	483	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	303.43/cwt	300.00–310.00	1,016	3
Heifers	Small 4	700–750	710	770.00/head	770.00–770.00	770	1
Heifers	Small 4	300–350	343	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	252.97/cwt	239.00–268.00	1,318	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	227.95/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,429	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,482	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	280	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	310	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	874	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,100	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	197.72/cwt	167.50–230.00	1,364	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	160	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	169.02/cwt	165.00–173.00	1,589	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	255.17/cwt	235.00–270.00	1,217	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	245.89/cwt	227.50–265.00	1,402	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	1,677.50/head	1,600.00–1,760.00	1,678	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	555	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	823	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,116	1,894.44/head	1,825.00–2,150.00	1,894	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	157.25/cwt	147.00–170.00	1,300	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,215	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	765	181.67/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,390	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	703	201.10/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,414	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,302	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	251.49/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,436	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	252.19/cwt	235.00–268.00	1,586	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	217	338.15/cwt	335.00–340.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	174	656.14/head	600.00–750.00	656	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	226.72/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,832	3
Steers	Small 4	500–550	510	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	398.26/cwt	395.00–400.00	856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	291.92/cwt	277.00–310.00	1,527	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	248.26/cwt	243.00–257.00	1,800	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	264.50/cwt	260.50–268.00	1,735	3
Heifers	Small 4	600–650	617	92.61/cwt	92.00–95.00	571	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	283.21/cwt	265.00–290.00	1,662	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	323.97/cwt	295.00–345.00	1,354	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	367.82/cwt	350.00–385.00	1,012	2
Steers	Small 4	200–250	240	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	243.21/cwt	222.50–250.00	1,885	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,346	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	200	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Small 4	450–500	495	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Steers	Small 4	400–450	410	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	1
Steers	Small 4	350–400	375	611.50/head	575.00–650.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	743	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	150	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	180	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	612	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	508	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,560	4
Steers	Small 4	650–700	658	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	796	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	233.18/cwt	224.00–241.00	1,329	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	339	234.16/cwt	225.00–240.00	794	5
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	400	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	440	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	233.97/cwt	220.00–241.00	1,235	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	475	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,045	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	638	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,461	2
Heifers	Small 4	350–400	390	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	241.54/cwt	222.00–260.00	1,039	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	672	211.20/cwt	198.00–218.00	1,419	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,231	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	121	408.97/head	325.00–450.00	409	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	236.90/cwt	227.00–247.00	1,130	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	645	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	233.94/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,448	12
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,055	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,635	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	715	912.75/head	900.50–925.00	913	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,217	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	152.00/cwt	148.00–156.00	1,502	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,164	128.00/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,490	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,011	2,085.00/head	1,925.00–2,280.00	2,085	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,028	1,707.14/head	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,707	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	167.00/cwt	155.00–176.00	1,246	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	1,481.25/head	1,375.00–1,600.00	1,481	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,073	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	595	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	825	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	675	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	854	1
Bulls	Small 4	650–700	650	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	220	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	114	487.91/head	425.00–575.00	488	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	170	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	173.05/cwt	166.00–185.00	1,422	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	217.01/cwt	206.00–227.50	1,569	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	700–750	710	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	568	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	414	228.24/cwt	215.00–245.00	945	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	270	315.83/cwt	300.00–330.00	853	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,733	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,810	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	257.14/cwt	245.00–270.00	1,209	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	306.22/cwt	285.00–320.00	1,439	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,020	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	235.75/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,120	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,351	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	261.29/cwt	237.00–273.50	1,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	224.35/cwt	214.00–239.00	1,597	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	251.20/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,555	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	180.47/cwt	162.00–200.00	1,299	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	232.90/cwt	205.00–240.00	780	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	320	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	655.24/head	625.00–725.00	655	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	220	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	638	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,621	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	160	511.72/head	500.00–525.00	512	2
Dairy Steers	Large 2	500–550	500	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	272.91/cwt	257.00–285.00	1,179	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	240.48/cwt	240.00–241.00	897	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	217.86/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,133	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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