Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-09-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves sold 10.00-12.00 lower, while heifer calves sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 8.00-10.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $234.94/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −162.48 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$234.94

56 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,260

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$727

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$142.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−26.02

vs NM average

−31.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	267.16	1,427	24
Medium and Large 1-2	535	234.82	1,257	20
Medium and Large 2	534	193.83	1,035	8thin
Small 4	562	124.50	700	4thin

One grade step is worth $142.66/cwt here — about $727 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 sale56 hd

234.94

—

NM average4 barns · 714 hd

260.96

−26.02

National average174 barns · 10,991 hd

266.64

−31.70

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−162.48

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	1,619	133.30	2,158	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,325	112.00	1,484	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,185	111.52	1,322	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	938	98.63	925	56

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)	1,200	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,093	$1,300	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,105	$1,192	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	815	$1,005	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	775	$807	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	590	$675	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,253	$2,225	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,334	$1,986	28
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,120	$1,950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,382	$1,638	8

Every lot, as filed

135 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	Small 4	600–650	605	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	744	1
Steers	Small 4	650–700	679	123.43/cwt	115.00–128.00	838	4
Steers	Small 4	800–850	800	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	167.15/cwt	142.00–178.00	1,312	27
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	785	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	955	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	765	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	1,412.50/head	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,413	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	123.67/cwt	109.00–147.00	1,193	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,126	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,385	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,304	1,836.84/head	1,600.00–1,860.00	1,837	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,382	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,397	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,045	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	240	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,218	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	778	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,148	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	215.92/cwt	200.00–232.00	1,054	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	148.47/cwt	130.00–166.00	1,143	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	220.14/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,261	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,226	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,295	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	217	530.31/head	500.00–625.00	530	4
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	423	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	239.24/cwt	230.00–246.00	1,234	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	174.05/cwt	160.00–190.00	1,267	3
Bulls	Small 4	400–450	425	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,594	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	677	183.00/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,239	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	890	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,727	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,040	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,277	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	739	788.00/head	760.00–860.00	788	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,230.00/head	1,110.00–1,350.00	1,230	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	186.29/cwt	185.00–188.00	1,459	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,278	2,380.00/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,380	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,385	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	590	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	595	660.00/head	660.00–660.00	660	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,093	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	1,837.50/head	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,838	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,477	125.09/cwt	116.00–131.00	1,848	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,100	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,650	1
Bulls	—	—	1,860	137.91/cwt	135.00–144.00	2,565	6
Bulls	—	—	1,465	126.99/cwt	123.00–131.00	1,860	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	653	76.48/cwt	72.00–80.00	499	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,114	115.64/cwt	112.00–119.50	1,288	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	883	97.03/cwt	91.00–99.00	857	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	105.21/cwt	100.00–109.00	1,069	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	974	92.36/cwt	88.00–96.00	900	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	789	84.67/cwt	80.00–87.00	668	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	951	102.89/cwt	100.00–109.00	978	7
Bulls	—	—	1,908	145.54/cwt	145.00–146.00	2,777	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	109.03/cwt	105.50–114.00	1,299	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,325	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,484	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,202	112.65/cwt	109.00–116.00	1,354	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,318	109.42/cwt	109.00–110.00	1,442	2
Bulls	Small 4	550–600	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	180	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	170	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	515	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	773	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	451	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	538	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	667	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	227.21/cwt	215.00–238.00	738	2
Steers	Small 4	900–950	928	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,141	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	680	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	218.52/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,497	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	269	281.27/cwt	265.00–290.00	757	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	262.76/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,098	9
Steers	Small 4	550–600	562	124.50/cwt	124.00–126.00	700	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	534	193.83/cwt	187.00–217.00	1,035	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	966	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	234.81/cwt	220.00–244.00	1,334	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	209.85/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,507	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	234.83/cwt	227.00–240.00	1,223	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1000–1050	1,005	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,709	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	262.36/cwt	250.00–275.00	984	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	238	288.45/cwt	287.00–290.00	687	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	286.55/cwt	280.00–292.00	1,069	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	221.52/cwt	216.00–227.00	1,480	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	264.59/cwt	255.00–266.50	1,484	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	201.69/cwt	192.00–211.00	1,236	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	268.01/cwt	251.00–285.50	1,407	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	322	281.28/cwt	270.00–290.00	906	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	216.47/cwt	215.00–218.50	1,574	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	234.83/cwt	226.00–247.00	1,461	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,104	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	224.36/cwt	217.00–232.00	1,407	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	283.15/cwt	263.00–287.00	1,379	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	255.44/cwt	232.00–266.00	1,213	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	198	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	203.34/cwt	200.00–207.00	744	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,337	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	210.61/cwt	201.00–214.00	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	277.96/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,159	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	232.96/cwt	225.00–237.00	629	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	924	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	226.97/cwt	220.00–240.00	962	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,175	1
Steers	Small 4	300–350	345	510.00/head	510.00–510.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	273	228.89/cwt	220.00–237.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	208.40/cwt	200.00–215.00	890	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	217.01/cwt	216.00–220.00	1,424	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	235.48/cwt	222.00–245.00	867	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	170	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	194.50/cwt	194.00–195.00	1,484	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	459	232.62/cwt	226.00–240.00	1,068	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,543	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	246.03/cwt	244.00–250.00	1,154	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	229.02/cwt	219.00–236.00	1,205	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	513	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	923	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	247.45/cwt	242.00–262.00	1,039	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	249.28/cwt	244.00–257.00	920	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	204.51/cwt	200.00–208.00	1,366	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	329	233.43/cwt	227.00–244.00	768	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	569	220.06/cwt	215.00–225.00	1,252	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	217.29/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,369	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	295	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	180	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	170	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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