Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-10-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves were steady to 2.00 lower while heifer calves were 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were steady, to 1.00-2.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were 4.00-6.00 lower. Trade was good demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $243.75/cwt on 97 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −153.67 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$243.75

97 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$766

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

$144.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−21.43

vs NM average

−55.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	264.39	1,396	50
Medium and Large 1-2	547	235.58	1,288	39
Medium and Large 2	562	203.33	1,142	3thin
Small 4	526	126.64	666	4thin
Medium 1-2	525	120.00	630	1thin

One grade step is worth $144.39/cwt here — about $766 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 sale97 hd

243.75

—

NM average4 barns · 635 hd

265.18

−21.43

National average188 barns · 32,793 hd

299.33

−55.58

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−153.67

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	1,589	126.74	2,013	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,162	111.47	1,295	132
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,569	108.65	1,704	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	989	100.67	996	98

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,038	$1,575	6
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,525	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,043	$1,296	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	930	$1,196	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	927	$1,141	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,089	$1,718	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,060	$1,400	2thin

Every lot, as filed

171 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 2Unweaned	250–300	295	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,018	2
Steers	Small 4	400–450	435	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	531	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	237.46/cwt	227.50–248.00	1,567	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	316.79/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,207	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	250	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	180	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	157	311.52/head	300.00–335.00	312	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	160	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	910	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	525	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	630	1
Steers	Small 4	450–500	455	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	208	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Steers	Small 4	450–500	455	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	257.11/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,481	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	600–650	641	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	247.20/cwt	240.00–252.00	1,540	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	202.51/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	302.50/cwt	281.00–325.00	1,280	16
Steers	Small 4	350–400	360	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	308.92/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,001	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	219.43/cwt	200.00–232.50	1,488	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	222.56/cwt	218.00–238.00	1,594	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	301.91/cwt	299.00–305.00	1,434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	224.67/cwt	220.00–227.00	1,768	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	204.48/cwt	199.00–210.00	1,458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,005	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,083	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,748	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	847	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	262.37/cwt	250.00–277.00	1,367	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	266	281.76/cwt	280.00–285.00	749	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	285.77/cwt	265.00–295.00	909	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,843	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	236.69/cwt	223.00–250.00	1,363	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	259.53/cwt	243.00–267.00	1,233	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	236.19/cwt	216.00–255.00	1,249	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	669	183.94/cwt	175.00–201.00	1,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	866	155.30/cwt	150.00–192.00	1,345	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	225.46/cwt	221.00–230.00	1,420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	204.30/cwt	195.00–214.00	1,671	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	272.62/cwt	260.00–290.00	1,044	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	362	228.67/cwt	225.00–235.00	828	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	965	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,689	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	794	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,509	5
Steers	Small 4	600–650	608	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	748	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,166	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	266.27/cwt	245.00–278.00	1,142	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	217.81/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,019	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	345	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,052	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,065	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,530	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	217.48/cwt	200.00–225.00	944	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	215	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	526	288.91/cwt	282.00–300.00	1,520	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	290	215.00/head	215.00–215.00	215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	507	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,179	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	738	155.81/cwt	150.00–185.00	1,150	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	820	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	395	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	988	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	165	404.55/head	350.00–450.00	405	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	200–250	245	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	551	1
Bulls	Small 4	550–600	555	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	652	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	185.78/cwt	175.00–193.50	1,601	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	990	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,742	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,434	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	1,305.00/head	1,250.00–1,420.00	1,305	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	1,460.00/head	1,460.00–1,460.00	1,460	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	133.67/cwt	124.00–150.00	1,247	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,605	119.27/cwt	116.00–123.00	1,914	4
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,628	128.97/cwt	126.00–130.00	2,100	4
Bulls	—	—	1,643	138.45/cwt	138.00–139.00	2,275	2
Bulls	—	—	1,599	128.20/cwt	124.00–133.00	2,050	17
Bulls	—	—	1,461	119.94/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,752	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,289	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,405	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	968	1,567.50/head	1,475.00–1,660.00	1,568	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	1,975.00/head	1,975.00–1,975.00	1,975	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	875	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	118.90/cwt	105.00–126.00	1,445	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,329	111.60/cwt	109.00–114.50	1,483	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,062	111.70/cwt	103.00–117.00	1,186	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,414	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	990	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	836	153.85/cwt	140.00–167.00	1,286	34
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	797	173.21/cwt	167.00–187.00	1,380	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	1,258.33/head	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,258	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	730	1,010.00/head	1,010.00–1,010.00	1,010	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	660	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	1,567	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	1,375.00/head	1,200.00–1,500.00	1,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,510	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	875	1,056.67/head	830.00–1,190.00	1,057	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	112.00/cwt	109.00–117.00	1,288	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	1,885.00/head	1,885.00–1,885.00	1,885	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	700	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,295	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	206.76/cwt	180.00–213.00	1,375	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,210	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	901	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	445	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,001	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	670	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	450	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	540	1
Heifers	Small 4	350–400	385	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	200.50/cwt	200.50–200.50	1,564	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	600	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,392	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	232.38/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,174	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,460	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	632	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	247.13/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,176	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,316	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	219.83/cwt	215.00–232.00	1,038	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	100–150	135	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	193.65/cwt	187.00–202.50	1,288	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	225.54/cwt	215.00–233.00	936	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	190	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Heifers	Small 4	200–250	245	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	523	485.24/head	435.00–540.00	485	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	540	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,269	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	241.80/cwt	225.00–247.50	907	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	584	1
Heifers	Small 4	350–400	350	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	248.81/cwt	245.00–250.00	916	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	262.84/cwt	255.00–270.00	867	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	209.72/cwt	205.00–220.00	1,202	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	327	211.53/cwt	210.00–215.00	692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	843	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,408	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	216.21/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,103	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	237.84/cwt	235.00–240.00	816	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	248.46/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,061	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	433	200.20/cwt	189.00–210.00	867	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	248.98/cwt	236.00–256.00	1,170	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	668	177.63/cwt	175.00–186.00	1,187	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,587	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	616	205.68/cwt	197.00–210.00	1,267	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	703	197.31/cwt	192.00–200.00	1,387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	207.10/cwt	205.00–210.00	779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	135	376.85/head	325.00–425.00	377	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	450–500	460	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	479	182.06/cwt	170.00–200.00	872	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	188.04/cwt	175.00–200.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	410	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,107	2
Steers	Small 4	500–550	526	126.64/cwt	107.00–139.00	666	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	585	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	350	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,108	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	741	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,297	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	90	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	2
Steers	Small 4	250–300	270	570.00/head	570.00–570.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	450	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	948	105.17/cwt	99.00–117.00	997	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	93.66/cwt	90.00–97.50	820	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	104.87/cwt	100.00–110.00	1,140	48
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	110.05/cwt	106.00–111.50	1,285	76
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	866	82.11/cwt	80.00–87.00	711	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	967	112.67/cwt	111.00–115.50	1,090	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	663	79.43/cwt	70.00–87.00	527	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	113.77/cwt	112.00–124.00	1,330	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,480	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,524	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,613	111.48/cwt	111.00–112.00	1,798	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	852	92.94/cwt	90.00–100.00	792	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,112	2
Bulls	Small 4	700–750	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	155	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1

How this sale compares

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