Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-04-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifer calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 5.00-7.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.23/cwt on 51 head. That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −62.78 against this barn's trailing median of $367.01.

Average price

$304.23

51 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,679

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$445

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

$84.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs NM average

−25.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	333.83	1,824	24
Medium and Large 1-2	558	285.98	1,597	21
Medium and Large 2	553	249.67	1,379	6thin

One grade step is worth $84.16/cwt here — about $445 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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.22, low $300.85, median $367.01 across 28 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 sale51 hd

304.23

—

NM average4 barns · 250 hd

307.93

−3.71

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

−25.72

This barn, trailing median28 sales

367.01

−62.78

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	1,380	148.23	2,045	34
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,009	143.27	1,446	57
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	765	122.89	940	41

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)	984	$2,117	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	909	$2,085	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$1,833	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,142	$2,565	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,078	$2,432	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	933	$2,125	6

Every lot, as filed

149 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 1	200–250	225	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,013	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	2
Steers	Small 4	600–650	618	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,063	2
Bulls	Small 4	750–800	780	134.75/cwt	134.50–135.00	1,051	2
Steers	Small 4	500–550	540	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	1
Bulls	Small 4	900–950	935	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,604	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	464	376.29/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,746	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	425.81/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,767	6
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	437	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	612	3
Bulls	Small 4	800–850	810	126.94/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,028	2
Steers	Small 4	450–500	470	818.42/head	810.00–835.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	391.30/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,663	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	424.80/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,593	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	377	456.46/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,721	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	425	454.01/cwt	450.00–475.00	1,930	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	255	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	525	395.00/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,074	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	298.40/cwt	290.00–310.00	1,910	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	870.00/head	870.00–870.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	80	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	145	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	357.25/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,829	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,016	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	906	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,152	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	520	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,028	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	135	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	250–300	275	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,893	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	302.82/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,756	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	355.12/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,690	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,858	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	203	434.94/cwt	430.00–440.00	883	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	268	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,340	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	368.04/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,958	10
Bulls	Small 4	700–750	726	142.70/cwt	131.00–160.00	1,036	4
Steers	Small 4	200–250	220	785.00/head	785.00–785.00	785	1
Bulls	Small 4	650–700	685	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,014	3
Steers	Small 4	400–450	448	860.00/head	835.00–885.00	860	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,025	144.73/cwt	139.00–149.00	1,483	35
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	633	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	633	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,043	152.90/cwt	152.00–154.00	1,595	2
Bulls	—	—	1,561	160.17/cwt	155.00–165.00	2,500	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	811	127.98/cwt	120.00–132.00	1,038	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	908	116.45/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,057	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,177	2,550.00/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,550	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	175.50/cwt	172.00–180.00	1,295	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	197.00/cwt	187.00–205.00	2,039	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	1,800.00/head	1,700.00–1,900.00	1,800	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	2,050.00/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,050	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	2,450.00/head	2,300.00–2,600.00	2,450	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	2,500.00/head	2,450.00–2,550.00	2,500	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,044	2,385.71/head	2,300.00–2,400.00	2,386	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,031	2,618.75/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,619	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	183.50/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,767	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	2,577.27/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,577	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	893	2,083.33/head	2,000.00–2,100.00	2,083	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	953	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,049	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	817	199.58/cwt	195.00–205.00	1,631	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	970	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	2,056	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,072	171.33/cwt	156.00–181.00	1,837	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,143	2,433.33/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,433	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	780	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	695	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,185	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	194.25/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,505	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,514	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	795	1,725.00/head	1,700.00–1,750.00	1,725	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	670	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	985	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	720	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Stock Cows	Large 1-2	—	915	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,482	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,050	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,701	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	695	121.15/cwt	112.00–130.00	842	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	695	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	653	1
Bulls	—	—	1,792	166.64/cwt	165.00–168.00	2,986	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,280	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,933	1
Bulls	—	—	1,234	140.91/cwt	125.00–152.00	1,739	17
Bulls	Medium 1-2	950–1000	980	178.05/cwt	173.00–183.00	1,745	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	740	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	999	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	918	137.32/cwt	134.00–143.00	1,261	12
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,185	119.69/cwt	110.00–130.00	1,418	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,900	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	3,458	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,086	143.54/cwt	130.00–152.50	1,559	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,080	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	582	246.36/cwt	240.00–260.00	1,434	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	252.98/cwt	232.00–275.00	1,323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	234.26/cwt	222.00–250.00	1,577	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,452	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,272	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	415	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,598	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,775	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	292.61/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,946	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	313.42/cwt	302.50–320.00	1,774	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	705	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	325	350.62/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,140	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	261.96/cwt	250.00–272.00	1,650	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	292.47/cwt	285.00–300.00	1,851	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	337.45/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,772	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	321.39/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,691	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	332.87/cwt	320.00–345.00	1,391	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	210	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,785	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	283.52/cwt	282.50–292.50	1,863	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	395.79/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,504	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	662	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	2,158	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	373	478.06/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,783	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	305	441.69/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	425.03/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,590	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	449.95/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	397.91/cwt	385.00–410.00	1,882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	278	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,182	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	342	473.76/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,620	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	384	430.02/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	605	347.48/cwt	345.00–350.00	2,102	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	414.26/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,794	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	561	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	200–250	235	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,210	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	190	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	460	451.71/cwt	445.00–455.00	2,078	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	359.96/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,034	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	430.00/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	535	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	273	462.57/cwt	455.00–470.00	1,263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	500–550	520	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	133	754.15/head	710.00–800.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,874	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	150	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	650–700	655	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,703	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	764	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,948	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	365.76/cwt	360.00–380.00	1,767	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,251	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	318.30/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,512	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,835	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	275.33/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,569	15

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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