Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-7.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold for 7.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold for 2.00-3.00 lower. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $396.53/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 15 of 30 comparable sales and sits −0.89 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$396.53

31 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,187

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$457

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

$99.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.75

vs NM average

−16.99 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	422.37	2,300	15thin
Medium and Large 1-2	556	383.60	2,131	13thin
Medium and Large 2	570	323.32	1,843	3thin

One grade step is worth $99.05/cwt here — about $457 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale31 hd

396.53

—

NM average3 barns · 458 hd

417.28

−20.75

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−16.99

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−0.89

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	—	Low	1,593	180.78	2,879	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,074	155.94	1,676	78
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,423	149.47	2,126	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	912	141.71	1,292	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	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	936	$2,962	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	978	$2,575	11
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	983	$2,483	6
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,038	$2,175	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	964	$2,170	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,039	$2,155	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,140	$2,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$2,363	6

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,858	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,268	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	850–900	872	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,459	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,875	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	221	1,210.00/head	1,210.00–1,210.00	1,210	5
Bulls	Medium 1-2	800–850	845	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	425.94/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,976	5
Bulls	Small 4	600–650	640	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,280	1
Bulls	Small 4	850–900	895	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,325	1
Bulls	Small 4	900–950	910	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,450	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,410	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	2,073	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,510	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	2,310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	208	1,149.40/head	1,100.00–1,200.00	1,149	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	188	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,043	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	795	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	434.54/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,821	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,362	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	460.76/cwt	450.00–485.00	1,972	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	316.69/cwt	305.00–323.00	2,432	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	365.04/cwt	355.00–375.00	2,256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	442.03/cwt	437.00–470.00	1,680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	340	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,683	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	355	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,917	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	479.96/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,550	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,960	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,070	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	533.70/cwt	520.00–550.00	1,767	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	190	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,026	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	473	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1100–1150	1,100	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	2,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	543	424.33/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,304	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	405	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,640	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	328.31/cwt	320.00–340.00	2,036	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	185	1,050.07/head	1,000.00–1,095.00	1,050	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,232	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,261	151.47/cwt	150.00–154.00	1,910	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	968	145.09/cwt	136.00–156.50	1,404	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	680	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	816	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	134.60/cwt	129.00–138.00	1,097	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,107	165.50/cwt	148.00–177.00	1,832	24
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	2,335.71/head	2,100.00–2,450.00	2,336	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	997	168.33/cwt	165.00–175.00	1,678	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,073	2,250.00/head	1,900.00–2,850.00	2,250	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	745	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,936	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	690	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,484	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	172.73/cwt	162.00–183.00	1,848	15
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	779	274.44/cwt	220.00–290.00	2,138	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,019	3,011.11/head	3,000.00–3,025.00	3,011	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	201.25/cwt	185.00–215.00	1,662	20
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,467	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	2,680.00/head	2,600.00–2,800.00	2,680	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	2,850.00/head	2,850.00–2,850.00	2,850	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,079	164.86/cwt	154.00–177.00	1,779	70
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	167.00/cwt	162.00–176.00	1,658	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,039	2,155.00/head	1,950.00–2,450.00	2,155	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	2,250.00/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,250	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	2,993.75/head	2,950.00–3,075.00	2,994	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	585	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	560	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	879	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	191.00/cwt	190.00–192.00	1,839	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	870	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	760	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,064	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	775	144.00/cwt	135.00–153.00	1,116	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,233	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	865	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	765	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,775	165.39/cwt	153.00–175.00	2,936	2
Bulls	—	—	1,612	188.08/cwt	183.00–192.00	3,032	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,020	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	940	146.00/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,372	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,410	149.29/cwt	145.00–150.00	2,105	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,022	156.71/cwt	150.00–168.00	1,602	42
Bulls	Medium 1-2	700–750	725	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,392	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	151.23/cwt	148.00–154.00	1,623	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,073	159.13/cwt	154.00–167.00	1,707	17
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,434	173.46/cwt	168.00–180.00	2,487	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,696	185.83/cwt	180.00–193.00	3,152	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,773	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	370.65/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,735	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	293	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	982	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	362.54/cwt	355.00–370.00	1,769	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	323	386.98/cwt	365.00–410.00	1,250	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	835	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,129	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	364.27/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,566	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,136	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	421	366.35/cwt	355.00–400.00	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	385	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	583	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	365.99/cwt	357.00–380.00	2,101	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	382.89/cwt	365.00–400.00	1,275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	323.32/cwt	320.00–325.00	1,843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	381	442.49/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,686	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,090	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	478.46/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	391.14/cwt	375.00–407.00	2,077	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	285	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	286	494.18/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,413	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	325	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	273.75/cwt	262.00–285.00	2,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	445.39/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,107	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	502.09/cwt	500.00–515.00	1,883	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	100	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	82	763.78/head	650.00–825.00	764	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,158	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	435	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,132	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	535	373.79/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	200–250	245	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,949	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	414.12/cwt	400.00–420.00	1,425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	583	320.95/cwt	317.00–325.00	1,871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	233	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,060	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	85	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	210	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	890	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	394.31/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,853	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	302.80/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,920	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,471	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,265	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	120	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	337.39/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	267.44/cwt	260.00–275.00	2,361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	365	482.69/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,762	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,767	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,054	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	380.79/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,407	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	484.94/cwt	475.00–495.00	1,334	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	337.35/cwt	330.00–342.00	2,260	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	321.36/cwt	312.00–327.00	2,143	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	408.81/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,594	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	421.70/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,868	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	808	276.26/cwt	275.00–277.50	2,232	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	230	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,265	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	421.36/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,027	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,000	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	426	430.65/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,835	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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