Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

*CORRECTION ON MEDIUM AND LARGE STEERS*

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifer sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $310.37/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −87.05 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$310.37

44 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,698

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,075

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$206.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.01

vs NM average

−30.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	324.73	1,777	37
Medium and Large 1-2	538	282.69	1,520	3thin
Medium and Large 2	539	225.07	1,212	3thin
Small 4	595	118.00	702	1thin

One grade step is worth $206.73/cwt here — about $1,075 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 sale44 hd

310.37

—

NM average3 barns · 272 hd

326.38

−16.01

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

−30.84

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−87.05

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	—	High	1,594	148.81	2,372	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,135	131.67	1,495	44
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,350	130.00	1,755	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	899	107.35	965	53

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)	894	$1,837	13
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	935	$1,580	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	995	$1,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	620	$600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,115	$2,400	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,230	$2,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$2,100	3thin

Every lot, as filed

147 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	800–850	840	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	318	316.49/cwt	300.00–322.00	1,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	284.34/cwt	273.00–290.00	1,916	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	231.16/cwt	227.00–232.00	2,009	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	338.80/cwt	337.50–340.00	1,284	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,838	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	413	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,015	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	312.83/cwt	310.00–317.50	1,642	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	322.18/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,563	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,421	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	360.85/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,198	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	256	396.27/cwt	395.00–400.00	1,014	4
Steers	Small 4	200–250	245	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	341.81/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,477	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,715	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	319.31/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,862	11
Steers	Small 4	500–550	500	635.00/head	635.00–635.00	635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,856	3
Steers	Small 4	600–650	613	128.53/cwt	127.00–130.00	788	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	483	358.64/cwt	357.00–367.00	1,732	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	725	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,813	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	293.77/cwt	284.00–305.00	1,851	11
Steers	Small 4	850–900	855	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	296.75/cwt	296.00–300.00	1,439	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	270.29/cwt	270.00–274.00	1,438	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	418	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	1,747	3
Steers	Small 4	350–400	390	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Steers	Small 4	550–600	580	620.00/head	620.00–620.00	620	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	315	389.68/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	581	245.26/cwt	244.00–247.00	1,425	4
Heifers	Small 4	750–800	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	1
Heifers	Small 4	700–750	720	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,008	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	388	374.83/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,454	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	685	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,507	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	247.53/cwt	245.00–250.00	1,077	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	655	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,356	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	809	239.65/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,939	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,904	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	728	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	230.12/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,445	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	268	337.01/cwt	330.00–345.00	903	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,160	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	783	208.94/cwt	202.50–210.00	1,636	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	237	398.25/cwt	395.00–410.00	944	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	368.50/cwt	363.00–387.50	1,577	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	245	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	267.67/cwt	260.00–274.00	1,791	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	665	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,733	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	180	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	237.61/cwt	215.00–260.00	1,231	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	279.03/cwt	278.00–280.00	1,476	2
Steers	Small 4	650–700	678	131.33/cwt	125.00–138.00	890	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	270	367.24/cwt	365.00–368.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	293	357.56/cwt	350.00–365.00	1,048	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	1
Steers	Small 4	550–600	595	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	395	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,501	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	110	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,610	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	305.13/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	603	243.51/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,468	2
Bulls	Small 4	850–900	865	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,298	1
Bulls	Small 4	900–950	923	150.27/cwt	143.50–157.00	1,387	2
Bulls	Small 4	650–700	685	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	843	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,072	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,233	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	126.26/cwt	116.00–131.00	1,338	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,188	135.01/cwt	131.50–142.50	1,604	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	861	95.22/cwt	94.00–99.00	820	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	949	119.63/cwt	116.00–122.00	1,135	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	675	68.40/cwt	62.00–75.00	462	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	110.72/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,013	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,350	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,755	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	88.75/cwt	87.00–90.00	797	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	620	69.86/cwt	62.00–77.00	433	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	705	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	846	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	925	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,184	1
Bulls	—	—	1,722	164.69/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,836	3
Bulls	—	—	1,411	145.91/cwt	142.00–150.00	2,059	4
Bulls	—	—	1,490	137.61/cwt	136.00–139.00	2,050	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,550	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	2,085	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,793	149.05/cwt	144.50–154.50	2,672	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	176.41/cwt	165.00–182.00	1,283	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	129.69/cwt	115.00–134.00	1,415	13
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	838	1,050.00/head	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,115	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	955	2,250.00/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,250	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	655	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	930	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	158.29/cwt	151.00–170.00	1,233	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	670	206.50/cwt	205.00–208.00	1,384	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	620	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	1,800.00/head	1,600.00–2,050.00	1,800	8
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	770	1,100.00/head	1,000.00–1,200.00	1,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	1,712.50/head	1,525.00–1,825.00	1,713	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,425.00/head	2,425.00–2,425.00	2,425	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	123.50/cwt	114.50–136.00	1,202	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,477	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	2,075.00/head	1,950.00–2,200.00	2,075	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	128.63/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,403	4
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	463	159.76/cwt	145.00–175.00	740	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	246.96/cwt	220.00–265.00	1,200	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,346	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,159	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	534	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,789	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	255	417.55/cwt	415.00–420.00	1,065	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	252.63/cwt	243.00–270.00	1,089	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	266.48/cwt	257.00–270.00	1,530	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	429	297.40/cwt	285.00–299.00	1,276	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	237.55/cwt	227.00–243.00	1,508	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	240.79/cwt	225.00–255.00	1,240	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	379	266.93/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,012	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	245.50/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,645	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	344	330.00/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,135	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	299.67/cwt	287.00–307.00	1,543	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	259.56/cwt	258.00–260.00	1,586	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	848	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	328.07/cwt	327.00–335.00	1,378	10
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	540	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Heifers	Small 4	350–400	373	672.25/head	635.00–710.00	672	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	230.36/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,679	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	521	258.93/cwt	250.00–265.00	1,349	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	383	329.84/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,263	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,510	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	276	337.97/cwt	335.00–340.00	933	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	317.91/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,335	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	395	326.58/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,290	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	267.41/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,265	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	680	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,190	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	342.43/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,466	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,391	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,699	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	440	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,228	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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