Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-09-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold steady to 5.00 lower, while heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $414.37/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 23 of 30 comparable sales and sits +16.95 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$414.37

67 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,240

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$465

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

$73.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.75

vs NM average

−2.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	428.14	2,294	38
Medium and Large 1-2	548	397.80	2,180	28
Medium and Large 2	515	355.00	1,828	1thin

One grade step is worth $73.14/cwt here — about $465 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale67 hd

414.37

—

NM average3 barns · 250 hd

412.61

+1.75

National average140 barns · 6,808 hd

416.53

−2.16

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

+16.95

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	1,418	183.76	2,606	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,088	160.59	1,747	80
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,360	143.02	1,945	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	840	138.84	1,166	24

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)	1,265	$2,850	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,034	$2,757	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	951	$2,546	14
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,059	$2,520	5
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	899	$2,286	7
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	976	$2,259	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,318	$3,050	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,168	$2,961	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	870	$2,907	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,124	$2,806	8

Every lot, as filed

174 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 1Fancy	600–650	618	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,503	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	363.52/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,646	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	429	451.45/cwt	437.00–465.00	1,937	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	363.37/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,100	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,480	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,000	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,670	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,588	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	656	139.69/cwt	135.00–142.50	916	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	819	146.26/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,198	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	161.12/cwt	155.00–168.00	1,869	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,147	156.12/cwt	148.00–163.00	1,791	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	893	112.58/cwt	110.00–115.00	1,005	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	132.15/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,170	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	481.01/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	467	475.73/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,222	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	513	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,360	2
Steers	Small 4	700–750	725	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	446.09/cwt	437.00–470.00	1,659	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	380.61/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,013	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	650–700	650	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,321	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	523	409.98/cwt	405.00–415.00	2,144	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	456	453.58/cwt	452.00–460.00	2,068	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	200	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	440.65/cwt	425.00–455.00	2,093	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	170	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	1,071	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	346.37/cwt	342.00–350.00	2,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	437.03/cwt	422.50–450.00	2,273	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	318	534.93/cwt	525.00–555.00	1,701	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	479.89/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,025	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	383.34/cwt	367.00–395.00	2,365	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,717	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	235	599.04/cwt	590.00–605.00	1,408	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	441.48/cwt	430.00–460.00	2,062	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	337.45/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	400.76/cwt	395.00–407.50	2,272	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	519.45/cwt	505.00–535.00	1,912	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	350–400	385	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,733	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	520	425.14/cwt	420.00–430.00	2,211	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	670	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	735	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,801	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	715	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,123	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	874	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	805	2,950.00/head	2,950.00–2,950.00	2,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	728	302.33/cwt	280.00–310.00	2,201	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,121	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,001	2,910.00/head	2,700.00–3,150.00	2,910	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,267	175.17/cwt	144.00–194.00	2,219	12
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	222.33/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,667	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	176.25/cwt	145.00–185.50	1,939	44
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	2,166.67/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,167	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	2,875.00/head	2,700.00–3,050.00	2,875	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	865	222.50/cwt	220.00–225.00	1,925	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,504	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	834	197.00/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,643	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,023	2,233.33/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,233	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,489	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	179.50/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,657	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	2,637.50/head	2,500.00–2,750.00	2,638	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,327	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	178.67/cwt	175.00–181.00	1,926	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,283.33/head	2,100.00–2,400.00	2,283	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,019	176.86/cwt	159.00–197.00	1,802	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,037	178.70/cwt	168.00–191.00	1,853	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	912	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,675.00/head	2,600.00–2,750.00	2,675	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	2,344.44/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,344	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	2,310.00/head	2,200.00–2,475.00	2,310	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	2,680.00/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,680	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,043	3,150.00/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,150	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	817	2,950.00/head	2,900.00–3,150.00	2,950	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	206.10/cwt	206.00–207.00	2,391	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,231	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,462	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,145	2,890.00/head	2,800.00–3,050.00	2,890	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,191	3,108.33/head	2,950.00–3,250.00	3,108	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,480	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	2,750.00/head	2,750.00–2,750.00	2,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	2,650.00/head	2,650.00–2,650.00	2,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	2,600.00/head	2,500.00–2,700.00	2,600	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	382.54/cwt	370.00–410.00	1,243	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,343	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	276	530.87/cwt	515.00–542.00	1,465	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	303.33/cwt	300.00–305.00	2,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	426.67/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,758	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	955	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,579	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	215	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,183	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	532	415.50/cwt	415.00–420.00	2,210	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	480.08/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,536	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	840	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,327	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	303.46/cwt	290.00–310.00	2,382	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	347.42/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	452.21/cwt	445.00–460.00	1,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,677	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	630	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,796	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	360	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,854	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	485	407.55/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,977	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	708	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,982	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	282	419.88/cwt	400.00–430.00	1,184	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	503	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	595	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	280	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,207	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,828	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	620	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,798	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	364	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,547	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	588	281.63/cwt	280.00–285.00	1,656	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	675	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	608	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	995	163.66/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,628	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,360	143.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,402	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	322	422.11/cwt	400.00–440.00	1,359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,856	1
Bulls	—	—	1,623	190.71/cwt	185.00–195.50	3,095	8
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,384	178.09/cwt	174.00–180.50	2,465	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,058	149.95/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,586	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,478	190.73/cwt	184.00–198.00	2,819	5
Bulls	—	—	1,180	177.31/cwt	170.00–181.00	2,092	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	146.27/cwt	141.00–151.00	1,412	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	480	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	336.26/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,599	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	445	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,136	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	171	1,062.96/head	1,000.00–1,175.00	1,063	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	420	509.79/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,141	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	265	566.16/cwt	550.00–575.00	1,500	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,025	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	520	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,314	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	461	376.45/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	395.02/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,086	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,150	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	2,139	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	290	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,508	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	755	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	287.62/cwt	265.00–302.00	2,384	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	122	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	160	900.00/head	800.00–1,000.00	900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	603	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,533	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	215	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,292	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	153	1,110.00/head	1,110.00–1,110.00	1,110	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	343.40/cwt	340.00–347.00	1,820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	415	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,122	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	205	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	236	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,097	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	307.07/cwt	295.00–327.00	1,879	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,075	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	315.94/cwt	307.00–325.00	2,227	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	464.59/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,487	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	351.36/cwt	337.00–360.00	2,203	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	372	477.10/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,775	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	486	416.04/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,022	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	777	294.96/cwt	280.00–305.00	2,292	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	315.42/cwt	307.00–335.00	2,139	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	394.70/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,076	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	436.79/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,896	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	282	474.70/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,339	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	380.64/cwt	360.00–385.00	2,208	9

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