Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-03-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold steady to 5.00 lower with limited comparisons. Heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold1.00-2.00 lower, while slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $296.10/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 30 comparable sales and sits −101.32 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$296.10

26 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,651

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$829

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$159.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.38

vs NM average

−61.06 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	329.37	1,795	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	305.26	1,722	14thin
Medium and Large 2	553	225.00	1,243	2thin
Small 4	568	170.00	966	2thin

One grade step is worth $159.37/cwt here — about $829 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 sale26 hd

296.10

—

NM average3 barns · 157 hd

332.48

−36.38

National average170 barns · 10,920 hd

357.16

−61.06

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−101.32

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	1,538	152.67	2,348	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,043	130.51	1,362	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	865	113.70	984	15

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)	993	$2,020	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,395	$1,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	946	$1,846	14
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	861	$1,675	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,077	$1,908	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	785	$1,838	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	998	$1,788	4thin

Every lot, as filed

127 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 2	350–400	375	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	938	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	378	332.25/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,042	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,157	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,328	1
Steers	Small 4	700–750	705	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,199	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	1050–1100	1,051	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,049	6
Steers	Small 4	450–500	460	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,639	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,860	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	326.99/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,756	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,094	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	300–350	325	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	477	368.59/cwt	360.00–372.00	1,758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	415	395.36/cwt	385.00–405.00	1,641	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	340	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,377	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	320	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	382.32/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	440	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	246.58/cwt	236.00–252.00	1,748	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	333.36/cwt	330.00–340.00	1,390	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	60	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	463	287.84/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	287.39/cwt	275.00–300.00	1,609	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	276.82/cwt	267.00–287.00	1,714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	313.21/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,491	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	150	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	619	278.84/cwt	270.00–285.00	1,726	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	298.13/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	1,704	2
Steers	Small 4	550–600	568	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	966	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	289.15/cwt	282.50–297.00	1,966	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	990	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	180	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,009	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,884	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,050	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,101	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	306.57/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	311.61/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,468	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	261.03/cwt	255.00–269.00	1,913	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	324.29/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,359	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	307.20/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,769	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	412.24/cwt	402.50–417.00	1,579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	343.28/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,583	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	333.33/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,860	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,526	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	377.52/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,238	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,240	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	80	503.91/head	400.00–575.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	615	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,983	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	190	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	980	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	2,019	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	783	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,503	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,671	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	503	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,463	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,103	126.74/cwt	122.00–130.00	1,398	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	135.63/cwt	131.00–144.00	1,542	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	835	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	944	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	836	122.55/cwt	114.00–133.00	1,025	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,008	135.47/cwt	127.00–145.00	1,366	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,020	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,030	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	838	92.98/cwt	89.00–97.00	779	3
Bulls	—	—	1,519	155.42/cwt	148.00–159.50	2,361	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	920	118.23/cwt	117.00–120.00	1,088	3
Bulls	—	—	1,288	127.34/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,640	2
Bulls	—	—	2,073	165.55/cwt	165.00–166.00	3,432	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	833	125.42/cwt	121.00–129.00	1,045	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,155	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,733	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	139.73/cwt	130.00–151.00	1,457	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,240	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,538	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	790	1,450.00/head	1,300.00–1,525.00	1,450	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,117	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	730	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	840	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	795	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	980	206.22/cwt	190.00–215.00	2,021	18
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	720	1,425.00/head	1,425.00–1,425.00	1,425	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,891.67/head	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,892	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	131.67/cwt	126.00–139.00	1,240	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	870	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,697	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,241	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	705	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,354	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	939	1,903.57/head	1,650.00–2,100.00	1,904	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,070	2,150.00/head	2,000.00–2,225.00	2,150	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	735	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	176.92/cwt	173.00–187.00	1,385	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,225	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,136	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	252.22/cwt	245.00–257.00	1,657	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	290.41/cwt	285.00–305.00	1,539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,721	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	215	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	882	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	265.10/cwt	258.00–275.00	1,667	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	261.33/cwt	250.00–275.00	1,380	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,680	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	253.48/cwt	247.50–265.00	1,470	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,586	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	302.87/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,296	2
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	528	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	475	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	373	400.95/cwt	400.00–402.00	1,496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	462	348.74/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,611	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,780	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	274.31/cwt	268.00–280.00	1,317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	222.46/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,479	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,406	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	269.80/cwt	265.00–275.00	1,546	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,050	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,764	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	235.75/cwt	225.00–247.50	1,457	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	765	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	942	132.75/cwt	132.00–133.50	1,251	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	1,712.50/head	1,675.00–1,750.00	1,713	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	1,950.00/head	1,875.00–2,025.00	1,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,077	1,908.33/head	1,900.00–1,925.00	1,908	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,395	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	159.67/cwt	150.00–167.00	1,362	6

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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