Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Accurate comparison on any class due to no reported sale last week. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $227.10/cwt on 20 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −170.32 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$227.10

20 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,273

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$736

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 4

$131.93/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−37.12

vs NM average

−41.45 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	559	242.93	1,357	16thin
Medium and Large 2	575	216.56	1,245	2thin
Small 4	560	111.00	622	2thin

One grade step is worth $131.93/cwt here — about $736 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 sale20 hd

227.10

—

NM average3 barns · 250 hd

264.22

−37.12

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

−41.45

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−170.32

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	1,562	136.71	2,136	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,689	125.39	2,117	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,150	123.77	1,423	77
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	898	107.29	964	51

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)	1,125	$1,750	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,055	$1,650	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,003	$1,475	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,155	$2,184	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,212	$2,143	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,286	$1,909	8

Every lot, as filed

121 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	Lean 85-90%	—	919	100.53/cwt	95.00–106.00	924	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	128.83/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,565	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,890	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,457	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,588	123.08/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,955	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	655	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	524	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	820	106.95/cwt	106.00–109.00	877	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	660	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	713	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,230	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,661	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	938	119.54/cwt	119.00–121.00	1,121	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	111.68/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,027	32
Bulls	Small 4	700–750	720	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	230	640.00/head	640.00–640.00	640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	155	630.00/head	630.00–630.00	630	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	153	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	850–900	865	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,175	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,833	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	315	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	851	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	208	580.24/head	560.00–600.00	580	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	255	270.00/head	270.00–270.00	270	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	218	662.93/head	625.00–700.00	663	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,880	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	371	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,317	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	216.56/cwt	200.00–232.00	1,245	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	309.53/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,148	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	244.21/cwt	227.00–250.00	996	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	247.29/cwt	240.00–255.00	890	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	200	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	266	275.71/cwt	260.00–280.00	733	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	258	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	645	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	216.28/cwt	210.00–222.00	703	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	871	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	217	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	720	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	230	223.04/cwt	210.00–230.00	513	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,338	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	232.76/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,129	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	50–100	70	225.00/head	225.00–225.00	225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	310	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	495	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,584	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	435	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	919	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	203.53/cwt	180.00–222.00	869	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,740	1
Steers	Small 4	350–400	365	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	281.43/cwt	250.00–300.00	1,078	7
Steers	Small 4	600–650	630	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	263	226.96/cwt	200.00–260.00	597	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	153	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	338.06/cwt	315.00–355.00	1,116	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,600	3
Steers	Small 4	550–600	560	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	622	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	247.55/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,691	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	1,875.00/head	1,750.00–2,000.00	1,875	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,415	1,920.00/head	1,920.00–1,920.00	1,920	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	166.02/cwt	150.00–177.00	1,355	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,902	144.69/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,752	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	795	184.83/cwt	182.00–187.50	1,469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,972	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	758	192.50/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,459	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,281	1,910.00/head	1,910.00–1,910.00	1,910	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	121.26/cwt	116.00–127.00	1,404	40
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,253	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	795	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	938	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,388	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,155	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,536	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,100	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,705	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	91.42/cwt	90.00–93.00	722	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	281.67/cwt	275.00–295.00	1,028	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,550	1
Heifers	Small 4	350–400	350	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	252	1
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	415	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1250–1300	1,260	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,777	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	192.29/cwt	165.00–220.00	1,231	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	495	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,139	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	655	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1100–1150	1,125	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,823	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2Unweaned	100–150	135	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	235.88/cwt	195.00–258.00	1,359	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	478	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,362	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,394	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	300.23/cwt	275.00–325.00	805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	688	232.53/cwt	230.00–235.00	1,600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	279.26/cwt	262.00–295.00	1,335	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,024	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	286.90/cwt	275.00–300.00	918	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	254.69/cwt	240.00–270.00	1,350	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	308.52/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,268	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	236.34/cwt	210.00–244.00	1,456	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	232.13/cwt	200.00–250.00	980	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	205.00/cwt	180.00–225.00	1,076	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	222.28/cwt	205.00–240.00	1,278	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	279.46/cwt	270.00–290.00	903	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	505	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	732	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,064	1
Bulls	—	—	1,395	128.88/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,798	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	595	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	278.11/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,171	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	863	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,683	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,269	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	455	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	933	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	724	200.31/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,450	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	209.92/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,239	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	153	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	266.25/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,156	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	871	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	277	295.30/cwt	285.00–310.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	240.71/cwt	227.00–255.00	1,259	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	272.41/cwt	260.00–277.00	1,286	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,522	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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