Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00-3.00 higher, with limited comparisons, Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade moderate demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.13/cwt on 30 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −68.29 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$329.13

30 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,765

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$281

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

$76.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.99

vs NM average

−19.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	335.25	1,788	27
Medium and Large 1-2	520	305.00	1,586	1thin
Medium and Large 2	583	258.48	1,507	2thin

One grade step is worth $76.77/cwt here — about $281 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 sale30 hd

329.13

—

NM average4 barns · 335 hd

335.12

−5.99

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

−19.11

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−68.29

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	1,540	155.99	2,402	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,065	131.22	1,397	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	868	102.35	889	18

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)	1,087	$1,936	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	907	$1,917	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	920	$1,500	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	845	$1,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$1,850	1thin

Every lot, as filed

111 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	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,987	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,586	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	328	376.28/cwt	372.50–380.00	1,234	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	505	345.83/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,746	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	329.41/cwt	312.00–332.00	1,878	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	351.09/cwt	337.00–357.50	1,468	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	255	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,058	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	374	370.02/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,384	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	523	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,517	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	85	730.00/head	700.00–760.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	332.04/cwt	320.00–343.50	1,590	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	308.47/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,928	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	600	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	578	250.99/cwt	250.00–252.00	1,451	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	245.05/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,152	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	382	374.33/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,430	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	349.14/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,603	5
Steers	Small 4	400–450	417	816.40/head	800.00–850.00	816	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	221.06/cwt	215.00–227.00	1,844	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	265	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	300	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,116	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	550	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,843	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	422	295.08/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,245	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,889	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	583	258.48/cwt	257.00–260.00	1,507	2
Steers	Small 4	500–550	510	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	340.21/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,766	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	411	369.47/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,519	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	358.02/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,156	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,038	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	240	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	275	375.15/cwt	370.00–390.00	1,032	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,296	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	314.91/cwt	305.00–320.00	1,669	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	283.43/cwt	279.00–292.00	1,913	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	600	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,956	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	335	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,005	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,166	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	453	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,619	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	661	265.99/cwt	264.00–267.00	1,758	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	276.63/cwt	270.00–290.00	1,640	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	256.50/cwt	255.00–257.00	1,688	4
Bulls	Small 4	500–550	543	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	641	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	630	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	475	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,663	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	325	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	813	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	994	125.92/cwt	119.00–130.00	1,252	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,215	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,397	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	108.16/cwt	104.00–114.00	909	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,172	135.72/cwt	131.00–142.50	1,591	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	91.87/cwt	90.00–94.00	726	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	855	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	864	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	745	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	961	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	991	138.79/cwt	132.00–144.00	1,375	5
Bulls	—	—	1,772	164.73/cwt	160.00–169.00	2,919	5
Bulls	—	—	1,502	152.08/cwt	148.00–154.00	2,284	3
Bulls	—	—	1,015	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,421	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	704	172.33/cwt	160.00–177.00	1,213	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,238	1,816.67/head	1,800.00–1,850.00	1,817	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	973	2,025.00/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	2,025	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	800	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	2,075.00/head	2,000.00–2,150.00	2,075	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	1,837.50/head	1,800.00–1,900.00	1,838	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,269	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	735	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	130.33/cwt	124.00–138.00	1,398	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,670	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	890	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,184	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	715	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	605	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	1,621	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	307.85/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,604	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	238.38/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,578	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	255	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	816	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	454	342.21/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,554	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	424	354.13/cwt	347.50–360.00	1,502	14
Heifers	Small 4	550–600	575	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	650	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	271.27/cwt	270.00–272.50	1,682	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	343.80/cwt	335.00–347.50	1,275	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	639	251.24/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,605	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,803	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	268.48/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,530	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,001	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	440	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	282	371.75/cwt	365.00–375.00	1,048	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	552	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,370	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	738	238.01/cwt	236.00–240.00	1,757	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	750–800	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	502	336.66/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,690	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	395	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	314.82/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,508	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	333.52/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,397	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,581	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	323.01/cwt	321.00–325.00	1,366	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,235	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	310.91/cwt	301.00–315.00	1,657	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,357	1

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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