Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-06-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-500 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-6.00 higher, while slaughter bulls sold 7.00-8.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $247.37/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −150.06 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$247.37

35 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,381

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$977

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$165.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−29.95

vs NM average

−51.89 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	566	281.12	1,591	20
Medium and Large 1-2	551	248.38	1,369	9thin
Medium and Large 2	595	222.00	1,321	1thin
Small 4	532	115.60	615	5thin

One grade step is worth $165.52/cwt here — about $977 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale35 hd

247.37

—

NM average4 barns · 565 hd

277.32

−29.95

National average143 barns · 6,512 hd

299.26

−51.89

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−150.06

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	—	Average	1,355	148.75	2,016	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,087	132.56	1,441	94
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,395	126.00	1,758	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	801	103.27	827	63

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)	765	$750	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,897	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,875	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	981	$1,530	5

Every lot, as filed

139 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 1-2	350–400	360	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	871	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	215.29/cwt	187.00–233.00	1,324	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	747	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,055	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	850	1
Heifers	Small 4	350–400	368	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	368	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,125	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	276.89/cwt	260.00–287.00	1,611	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	688	265.43/cwt	264.00–266.00	1,826	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	130	482.05/head	400.00–540.00	482	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	170	483.63/head	400.00–560.00	484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	257.83/cwt	246.00–265.00	1,609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	621	282.70/cwt	281.00–290.00	1,756	11
Steers	Small 4	650–700	660	101.00/cwt	97.00–105.00	667	2
Steers	Small 4	600–650	622	94.05/cwt	88.00–104.00	585	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	223	293.88/cwt	275.00–315.00	655	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	231.32/cwt	222.00–240.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	260	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	726	212.64/cwt	206.00–220.00	1,544	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	230	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	575	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	85	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Heifers	Small 4	600–650	610	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	519	1
Heifers	Small 4	550–600	575	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	725	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	388	209.58/cwt	200.00–230.00	813	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	215.44/cwt	207.50–235.00	1,443	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	204.98/cwt	200.00–210.00	1,031	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	193.37/cwt	187.00–202.50	1,209	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	212.66/cwt	207.00–217.00	1,314	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	203.87/cwt	182.50–217.00	970	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	229.70/cwt	217.00–237.50	1,206	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	218.42/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,260	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	557	198.49/cwt	195.00–202.00	1,106	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	239.43/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,037	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	714	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	753	207.02/cwt	202.00–212.00	1,559	2
Steers	Small 4	400–450	415	553.16/head	525.00–580.00	553	2
Steers	Small 4	500–550	516	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	630	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	411	269.51/cwt	245.00–277.00	1,108	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,948	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	283.47/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,341	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	211.29/cwt	200.00–222.00	989	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,958	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	252.64/cwt	242.00–275.00	1,816	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	250.00/cwt	246.00–254.00	1,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,469	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	315	285.16/cwt	280.00–290.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	238.96/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,016	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	290.99/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	200	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,321	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	2
Steers	Small 4	450–500	481	109.85/cwt	95.00–145.00	528	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	249.26/cwt	240.00–258.00	1,416	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	246.62/cwt	240.00–250.00	1,275	3
Steers	Small 4	550–600	595	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	310	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	760	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	224.54/cwt	212.00–237.00	1,635	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	636	191.68/cwt	182.00–218.00	1,219	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	232.50/cwt	220.00–247.00	628	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	224.32/cwt	190.00–250.00	830	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	145	490.00/head	490.00–490.00	490	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	205	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	158	467.37/head	450.00–500.00	467	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,284	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	218	317.33/cwt	302.50–322.50	692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	221.75/cwt	200.00–242.50	1,182	2
Bulls	Small 4	550–600	595	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	174	522.07/head	500.00–575.00	522	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	130	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,395	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,758	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	116.12/cwt	111.00–121.00	1,060	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,107	141.84/cwt	136.00–145.00	1,570	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	871	127.87/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,114	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	680	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	694	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	723	116.52/cwt	111.00–120.00	842	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	127.93/cwt	119.00–133.00	1,396	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	702	83.40/cwt	80.00–90.00	585	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	105.20/cwt	93.50–110.00	824	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	972	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	145.30/cwt	145.00–146.00	1,587	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,104	136.91/cwt	134.00–144.00	1,511	38
Bulls	—	—	1,486	158.07/cwt	154.00–164.00	2,349	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	688	81.67/cwt	70.00–95.00	562	4
Bulls	—	—	1,238	139.72/cwt	119.00–150.00	1,730	20
Bulls	—	—	1,724	166.74/cwt	165.00–170.50	2,875	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,018	136.29/cwt	130.00–144.00	1,387	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	157.71/cwt	127.00–182.00	1,191	38
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	982	2,066.67/head	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,067	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	843	1,125.00/head	1,000.00–1,250.00	1,125	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	2
Bulls	Small 4	700–750	740	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	881	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	954	1,741.67/head	1,550.00–1,850.00	1,742	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,825.00/head	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,825	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	881	188.80/cwt	188.00–192.00	1,663	5
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	735	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	588	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,283	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,277	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	130.75/cwt	121.00–134.00	1,510	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	830	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	721	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,529	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	181.45/cwt	172.50–187.00	1,243	10
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	765	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,411	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,566	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,539	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	2,175.00/head	2,050.00–2,300.00	2,175	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	940	1,900.00/head	1,850.00–1,950.00	1,900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,750.00/head	1,625.00–1,825.00	1,750	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,112	1,910.00/head	1,850.00–2,100.00	1,910	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	165.04/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,433	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,527	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,609	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	750–800	765	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,103	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	435	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,617	1
Bulls	Small 4	350–400	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	1
Bulls	Small 4	450–500	478	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	416	2
Bulls	Small 4	500–550	520	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,200	2
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	513	113.23/cwt	95.00–132.00	581	2
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	278.78/cwt	275.00–282.50	928	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	233.95/cwt	231.00–240.00	1,357	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	232.71/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,450	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	232.25/cwt	225.00–242.50	1,096	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,601	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,631	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	265.70/cwt	250.00–270.00	1,153	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	230.68/cwt	230.00–231.00	1,585	3

How this sale compares

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