Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2025-12-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves were steady, while heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $415.47/cwt on 61 head. That ranks 24 of 30 comparable sales and sits +18.04 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$415.47

61 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,449

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$281.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.34

vs NM average

−28.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	426.54	2,282	54
Medium and Large 1-2	548	376.29	2,060	4thin
Medium and Large 2	518	330.05	1,710	2thin
Small 4	575	145.00	834	1thin

One grade step is worth $281.54/cwt here — about $1,449 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale61 hd

415.47

—

NM average3 barns · 292 hd

412.13

+3.34

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

−28.63

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

+18.04

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	1,589	161.27	2,562	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,524	149.59	2,280	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,172	142.25	1,667	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	876	125.32	1,097	40

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$2,437	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$2,419	13
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	994	$2,358	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	932	$2,343	17
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	960	$2,175	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,207	$2,070	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,138	$1,933	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	890	$1,775	2thin

Every lot, as filed

157 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 2	550–600	560	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	443	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,038	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	364	496.43/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,807	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	663	315.09/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	2,076	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	455	428.10/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,948	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	857	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,528	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	270	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	417.79/cwt	402.00–430.00	1,784	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	427.37/cwt	410.00–445.00	1,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	323.33/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,312	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	678	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,509	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	644	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	377	522.00/cwt	522.00–522.00	1,968	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	380.71/cwt	370.00–395.00	1,835	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	324	516.13/cwt	512.00–535.00	1,672	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	265	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	928	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	255	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,482	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	165	517.73/cwt	510.00–525.00	854	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	280	526.49/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,474	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	200–250	235	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,058	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	356.58/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	407.24/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,947	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	408	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,979	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	558	428.21/cwt	427.00–430.00	2,389	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	150	830.00/head	830.00–830.00	830	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	296.67/cwt	295.00–300.00	2,433	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	673	334.73/cwt	332.00–340.00	2,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	385.05/cwt	375.00–390.00	2,079	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	518	330.05/cwt	320.00–340.00	1,710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,888	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	352.44/cwt	340.00–365.00	1,720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	150–200	165	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	866	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,318	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	235	580.21/cwt	575.00–590.00	1,363	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	412	428.74/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,766	4
Steers	Small 4	550–600	575	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	834	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	405	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,559	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,499	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,995	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,890	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,163	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	375	456.57/cwt	440.00–475.00	1,712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,035	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,795	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	401.95/cwt	385.00–410.00	2,307	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	575.94/cwt	555.00–590.00	1,572	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	663	402.48/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,668	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	448.66/cwt	435.00–460.00	2,122	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	494.82/cwt	480.00–510.00	1,920	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	467.55/cwt	450.00–480.00	1,996	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	413.45/cwt	395.00–425.00	2,142	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	550–600	576	418.09/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,408	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	332	494.80/cwt	480.00–505.00	1,643	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	541.27/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,824	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	387.89/cwt	382.00–395.00	2,413	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	382.88/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,554	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	470	485.66/cwt	470.00–490.00	2,283	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	316	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,880	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	185	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	255	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	1,632	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	600–650	620	401.53/cwt	390.00–410.00	2,489	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	700–750	748	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	190	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	209	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,045	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	279	511.51/cwt	500.00–517.00	1,427	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	517	446.12/cwt	440.00–455.00	2,306	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	413	522.40/cwt	507.00–530.00	2,158	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	359	552.31/cwt	535.00–570.00	1,983	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	260	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	270	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	918	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,828	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,519	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,389	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,550	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	1,055	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,055	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	790	119.82/cwt	113.00–127.00	947	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	913	133.55/cwt	122.00–142.00	1,219	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,497	151.53/cwt	148.00–155.00	2,268	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,220	138.61/cwt	138.00–139.00	1,691	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	809	101.97/cwt	95.00–110.00	825	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	125.79/cwt	125.00–126.00	1,057	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	860	129.02/cwt	126.00–135.00	1,110	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,565	146.67/cwt	146.00–147.50	2,295	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,053	138.22/cwt	129.00–141.00	1,455	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	143.80/cwt	140.00–154.00	1,802	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,117	148.55/cwt	145.00–153.00	1,659	6
Bulls	—	—	1,463	151.45/cwt	133.00–157.00	2,216	8
Bulls	—	—	1,993	180.41/cwt	179.50–182.00	3,596	3
Bulls	—	—	1,573	165.17/cwt	161.00–171.00	2,598	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,480	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	2,353	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,207	2,070.00/head	1,900.00–2,300.00	2,070	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	189.74/cwt	150.00–220.00	2,119	39
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,380	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,484	1
Bred Cows	Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	810	1,816.67/head	1,600.00–2,000.00	1,817	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	150.19/cwt	141.00–175.00	1,784	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	2,137.50/head	1,825.00–2,450.00	2,138	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,014	2,625.00/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,625	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	768	1,700.00/head	1,600.00–1,800.00	1,700	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	790	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	869	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,032	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	3
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	697	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	843	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	969	2,033.33/head	1,900.00–2,100.00	2,033	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,320	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,442	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	2,471.43/head	2,200.00–2,625.00	2,471	7
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	725	246.00/cwt	242.00–250.00	1,784	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	210.00/cwt	190.00–230.00	1,428	2
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	525	184.57/cwt	170.00–200.00	969	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,730	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	3,235	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,038	2,575.00/head	2,400.00–2,750.00	2,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	2,540.38/head	2,300.00–2,700.00	2,540	13
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	909	223.80/cwt	220.00–227.00	2,034	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	335.84/cwt	332.50–340.00	2,089	3
Heifers	Small 4	550–600	575	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,006	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,895	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	342.41/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	765	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,607	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	367.81/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,902	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,563	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	477.97/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,587	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,395	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	378	468.00/cwt	465.00–470.00	1,769	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	486.89/cwt	470.00–500.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	443.30/cwt	440.00–445.00	1,849	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	489	357.47/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,748	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	610	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	456.36/cwt	440.00–465.00	1,739	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	730	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,438	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,002	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	550–600	595	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	273.29/cwt	250.00–297.50	2,132	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,392	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	351.61/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,969	3
Bulls	Medium 1-2	500–550	500	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	381.87/cwt	370.00–390.00	2,394	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	675	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,836	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	382.36/cwt	370.00–415.00	1,950	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	399.08/cwt	375.00–425.00	1,908	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	165.00/cwt	150.00–180.00	1,617	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	700	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	700	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	1,933.33/head	1,700.00–2,100.00	1,933	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	187.50/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,941	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	215.55/cwt	205.00–230.00	1,731	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	195.00/cwt	185.00–205.00	1,858	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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