Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-10-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Market Reporter available last week; Compared to two weeks ago: Steer an heifer calves trended up 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers were 7.00-12.00 higher, and feeder heifers were steady. Slaughter cows and 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 $258.45/cwt on 130 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −138.97 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$258.45

130 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,391

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$727

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$141.59/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.39

vs NM average

−28.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	267.92	1,426	104
Medium and Large 1-2	563	241.51	1,361	19thin
Medium and Large 2	557	213.33	1,188	3thin
Small 4	554	126.34	700	4thin

One grade step is worth $141.59/cwt here — about $727 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale130 hd

258.45

—

NM average4 barns · 577 hd

266.84

−8.39

National average167 barns · 15,497 hd

286.82

−28.37

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−138.97

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	1,538	132.35	2,035	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	111.81	1,316	75
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,565	107.75	1,687	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	988	105.06	1,038	109

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,040	$1,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	893	$1,006	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,225	$1,558	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$1,295	4thin

Every lot, as filed

128 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	217.05/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,135	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	190.85/cwt	178.00–210.00	1,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	324	237.55/cwt	232.00–242.00	770	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	207.49/cwt	195.00–217.00	986	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	253.98/cwt	250.00–265.00	947	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	252.21/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	223.41/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,068	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	241.00/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,125	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	205	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	217.52/cwt	215.00–220.00	1,229	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,218	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	223	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	223.98/cwt	219.50–230.00	1,147	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	207.03/cwt	201.00–211.00	1,400	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,060	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	213.80/cwt	200.00–255.00	800	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,639	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	303	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	985	3
Bulls	Small 4	800–850	800	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,255	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	830	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	802	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	962	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,048	112.00/cwt	106.00–118.00	1,174	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	705	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	865	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	105.00/cwt	100.00–110.00	803	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	149.60/cwt	144.00–152.00	1,354	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	800	163.10/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,305	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	750	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	904	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,880.00/head	1,880.00–1,880.00	1,880	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	788	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	774	170.47/cwt	160.00–190.00	1,319	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,231	1,546.67/head	1,425.00–1,610.00	1,547	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,383	1,790.00/head	1,790.00–1,790.00	1,790	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,331	111.00/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,477	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,846	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,793	137.66/cwt	135.00–140.00	2,468	2
Bulls	—	—	1,653	136.01/cwt	129.00–148.00	2,248	6
Bulls	—	—	1,266	124.78/cwt	121.00–127.00	1,580	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	655	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	498	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,230	108.90/cwt	100.00–116.00	1,339	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	685	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	548	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,082	107.08/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,159	58
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,701	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,281	109.43/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,402	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,547	108.67/cwt	108.00–109.00	1,681	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	753	96.37/cwt	90.00–100.00	726	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	982	110.93/cwt	110.00–111.00	1,089	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	915	100.20/cwt	90.00–110.00	917	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	927	106.48/cwt	100.00–110.00	987	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,215	112.72/cwt	111.00–116.00	1,370	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	175	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	485	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	800–850	815	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,060	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	195	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	228.99/cwt	225.00–230.00	1,097	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	616	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	868	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,580	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,281	2
Steers	Small 4	650–700	660	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	221.00/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,478	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	265.09/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,013	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	534	237.74/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,270	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	200	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	514	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	231.56/cwt	225.00–245.00	741	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,019	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	277.40/cwt	260.00–300.00	877	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	242.85/cwt	234.00–250.00	1,394	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	279	275.34/cwt	260.00–305.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,221	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,335	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	224.21/cwt	212.00–235.00	1,397	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	264.41/cwt	240.00–272.50	1,290	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	423	262.01/cwt	242.00–270.00	1,108	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	211.52/cwt	200.00–225.00	772	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	234.41/cwt	225.00–249.00	1,559	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	800	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,816	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	224.01/cwt	223.00–227.00	1,723	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	258.27/cwt	253.00–285.00	1,488	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	772	217.59/cwt	212.00–219.00	1,680	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,124	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	271.31/cwt	250.00–292.00	1,403	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	314.71/cwt	302.00–345.00	1,164	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	224.67/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,627	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	234.76/cwt	228.00–245.00	1,484	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	225	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	709	1
Steers	Small 4	500–550	505	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	606	1
Steers	Small 4	750–800	755	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	966	1
Steers	Small 4	600–650	623	124.01/cwt	123.00–125.00	773	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	208.65/cwt	208.00–212.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	266.47/cwt	260.00–275.00	1,114	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	859	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	368	218.79/cwt	217.50–220.00	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	275	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	832	201.34/cwt	201.00–202.00	1,675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	424	227.50/cwt	217.00–237.00	965	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	243.32/cwt	240.00–245.00	689	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	374	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	188.19/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,174	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	213.40/cwt	205.00–223.00	1,236	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	205.95/cwt	202.00–210.00	1,565	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	207.74/cwt	200.00–214.00	1,296	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	233.32/cwt	223.00–250.00	896	19
Steers	Small 4	450–500	471	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	290.05/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,233	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	318	209.62/cwt	200.00–220.00	667	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	532	202.17/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,076	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	178.81/cwt	177.00–190.00	1,203	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,923	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	334.17/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,066	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	201.35/cwt	197.50–215.00	846	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	128	387.75/head	375.00–400.00	388	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	200–250	230	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	174	458.24/head	325.00–520.00	458	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	288.08/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,383	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,785	1
Steers	Small 4	550–600	570	128.45/cwt	125.00–135.00	732	3

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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