Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-11-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer calves sold 22.00-28.00 lower. There were no accurate comparisons to heifer calves. Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 lower. Trade good demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $229.41/cwt on 99 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −168.01 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$229.41

99 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,262

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$613

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$132.04/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.84

vs NM average

−71.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	515	244.04	1,257	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	561	231.42	1,297	72
Medium and Large 2	530	198.73	1,054	9thin
Small 4	575	112.00	644	1thin

One grade step is worth $132.04/cwt here — about $613 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 sale99 hd

229.41

—

NM average4 barns · 889 hd

266.24

−36.84

National average185 barns · 40,108 hd

300.69

−71.28

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−168.01

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	1,496	124.73	1,866	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,219	110.56	1,348	66
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	110.24	1,680	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,017	94.32	959	117

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)	1,033	$1,650	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$1,474	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,078	$1,413	2thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,085	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	827	$1,371	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,027	$1,694	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,170	$1,535	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,185	$1,391	5

Every lot, as filed

133 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
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	668	725.00/head	725.00–725.00	725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	954	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	116.79/cwt	105.00–121.50	1,452	26
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	1,716.67/head	1,650.00–1,750.00	1,717	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	173.45/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,372	22
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,461	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	805	199.50/cwt	197.00–202.00	1,606	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,338	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,700	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	1,205.00/head	1,205.00–1,205.00	1,205	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	1,758.33/head	1,675.00–1,900.00	1,758	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,221	116.72/cwt	109.00–118.50	1,425	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,587.50/head	1,500.00–1,675.00	1,588	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	187.50/cwt	170.00–205.00	553	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	229	256.32/cwt	245.00–275.00	587	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	210.67/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,416	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	910	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,492	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	211.21/cwt	188.00–235.00	866	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	205.24/cwt	204.00–209.00	1,724	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	216.93/cwt	210.00–221.00	818	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	211.10/cwt	205.00–212.00	1,324	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	445	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	979	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	207.44/cwt	200.00–217.00	788	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	232	218.35/cwt	212.00–230.00	507	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	207.05/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,168	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	205.00/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	222.73/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,247	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,141	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	218.79/cwt	207.00–224.00	1,685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	217.67/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,589	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	213.87/cwt	205.00–227.00	903	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	175.36/cwt	160.00–190.00	917	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	1,537.50/head	1,500.00–1,575.00	1,538	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	814	155.96/cwt	140.00–170.00	1,270	28
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	925	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	124.00/cwt	118.00–130.00	1,159	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	895	935.00/head	800.00–1,070.00	935	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	116.75/cwt	110.00–123.50	1,395	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	1,925.00/head	1,925.00–1,925.00	1,925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	925	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,214	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	915	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,015	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,825	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	2,300	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,283	117.26/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,504	5
Bulls	—	—	1,609	131.99/cwt	127.50–139.00	2,124	10
Bulls	—	—	1,463	121.68/cwt	111.00–127.00	1,780	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	979	94.87/cwt	90.00–99.00	929	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,137	104.52/cwt	99.00–109.00	1,188	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,524	110.24/cwt	109.00–112.00	1,680	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	688	75.44/cwt	73.00–79.00	519	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	956	85.15/cwt	79.50–88.50	814	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,075	115.68/cwt	109.00–123.00	1,244	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,075	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,172	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,087	95.15/cwt	90.00–98.50	1,034	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	825	75.34/cwt	55.00–90.00	622	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,223	113.77/cwt	111.50–122.00	1,391	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,234	108.85/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,343	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	140	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	410	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,025	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,092	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,185	3
Bulls	Small 4	600–650	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	214	537.24/head	490.00–580.00	537	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	310	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	378	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,040	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	522	194.81/cwt	175.00–202.00	1,017	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	372	223.81/cwt	210.00–240.00	833	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	561	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	225.75/cwt	210.00–238.00	1,192	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	711	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	217.07/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,035	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	332	285.33/cwt	255.00–293.00	947	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,003	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,755	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	220.07/cwt	213.00–227.00	1,569	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	105	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	212.46/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	262.36/cwt	252.00–267.00	984	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	305.00/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	223.55/cwt	220.00–227.00	2,061	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,077	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,939	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	324	235.10/cwt	225.00–240.00	762	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	249.58/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,046	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	233.75/cwt	215.00–241.00	1,342	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	229.55/cwt	221.00–233.50	1,444	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	244.04/cwt	242.00–256.00	1,257	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,377	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	340.44/cwt	315.00–365.00	970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	229.84/cwt	216.00–237.00	1,871	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,108	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	226.40/cwt	217.50–237.00	1,637	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	226.23/cwt	222.00–233.00	1,509	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	233.90/cwt	223.00–257.00	1,088	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	223.96/cwt	218.00–233.00	1,962	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	227.58/cwt	224.00–235.00	1,518	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	228.48/cwt	212.00–237.00	1,750	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,786	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	2,122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	145	434.64/head	350.00–485.00	435	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	155	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Steers	Small 4	550–600	575	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	434	212.20/cwt	175.00–231.00	921	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	273.03/cwt	265.00–285.00	1,169	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,422	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	260	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	689	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	329	200.05/cwt	175.00–210.00	658	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	188.14/cwt	165.00–195.00	894	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,008	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	427	193.07/cwt	180.00–200.00	824	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,716	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	199.12/cwt	193.00–205.00	1,444	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	198.57/cwt	195.00–202.00	1,519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	200.96/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,674	2
Steers	Small 4	650–700	695	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	660	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	681	196.44/cwt	190.00–216.00	1,338	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	211.95/cwt	200.00–226.00	1,013	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,129	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	196.65/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,827	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	211.50/cwt	207.00–217.50	1,091	20

How this sale compares

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