Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves Sold steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-4.00 higher. Trade moderate demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $348.00/cwt on 32 head, down $46.71 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 30 comparable sales and sits −49.42 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$348.00

▼ 46.71 vs prior sale

32 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,898

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,274

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$266.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−59.12

vs NM average

−117.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	420.00	2,142	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	547	378.41	2,072	22
Medium and Large 2	528	355.33	1,878	5thin
Small 4	565	153.62	868	4thin

One grade step is worth $266.38/cwt here — about $1,274 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 sale32 hd

348.00

—

NM average3 barns · 290 hd

407.13

−59.12

National average169 barns · 18,411 hd

465.33

−117.33

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−49.42

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	—	High	1,640	171.88	2,819	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,075	151.23	1,626	85
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	911	126.15	1,149	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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	928	$2,773	13
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	969	$2,767	3thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	980	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,322	$2,583	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	942	$2,423	13
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	989	$2,407	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,327	$2,975	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,178	$2,850	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,800	1thin

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	450–500	495	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	454.01/cwt	450.00–462.00	1,743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	357.47/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,537	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,144	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,154	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	612	365.29/cwt	350.00–385.00	2,236	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,208	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,655	1
Steers	Small 4	700–750	700	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	882	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	426.61/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,005	3
Steers	Small 4	750–800	795	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	160	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	625	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,031	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,676	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	383.19/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	745	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	450–500	490	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,945	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	400	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,900	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	476.36/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,953	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	345.07/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,960	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	502	362.17/cwt	357.00–367.50	1,818	3
Steers	Small 4	600–650	620	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	223	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,430	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	240	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,212	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	290	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,262	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	200–250	200	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	335	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,206	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	452.74/cwt	442.00–465.00	1,707	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	263	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,315	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	367.43/cwt	365.00–370.00	2,094	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	285	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	348	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,653	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	333	424.60/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,414	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	380	417.73/cwt	400.00–435.00	1,587	2
Steers	Small 4	550–600	565	153.62/cwt	125.00–185.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	358.58/cwt	352.00–365.00	2,413	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	442.39/cwt	430.00–460.00	1,893	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	527.98/cwt	527.00–530.00	1,806	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	310	499.92/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,002	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	368.84/cwt	360.00–388.00	2,128	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	360	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	850–900	850	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,873	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	383.38/cwt	380.00–400.00	2,362	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	385.03/cwt	377.00–390.00	2,029	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	828	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	346.58/cwt	340.00–349.00	2,443	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	340	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,564	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	235	565.11/cwt	560.00–570.00	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	264	566.02/cwt	560.00–590.00	1,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,511	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	480.07/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,776	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	325	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	195	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,082	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	318	580.24/cwt	570.00–590.00	1,845	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	150–200	178	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	586.47/cwt	575.00–600.00	1,601	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	285	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	200–250	209	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	836	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	345	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,104	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	224	958.89/head	825.00–1,000.00	959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	365	360.00/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,314	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	250	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,125	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	500	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	1,860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	372.49/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,762	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	553	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,947	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	775	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,034	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,064	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	836	115.69/cwt	115.00–118.00	967	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	828	122.91/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,018	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	132.20/cwt	127.00–138.00	1,326	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	811	100.39/cwt	80.00–115.00	814	4
Bulls	—	—	1,910	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	3,486	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	852	135.23/cwt	129.00–140.00	1,152	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	972	141.57/cwt	140.00–144.00	1,376	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,160	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,299	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,085	149.65/cwt	144.00–156.00	1,624	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	990	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,356	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,092	153.79/cwt	135.00–156.50	1,679	55
Bulls	—	—	1,375	153.11/cwt	143.00–163.00	2,105	7
Bulls	—	—	1,801	175.23/cwt	168.00–180.00	3,156	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,736	186.70/cwt	184.00–189.00	3,241	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,671	174.88/cwt	166.00–180.50	2,922	10
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	750	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	924	2,375.00/head	2,200.00–2,500.00	2,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,091	2,320.00/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,320	5
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	505	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,163	159.25/cwt	147.00–172.00	1,852	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,049	149.50/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,568	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,074	3,471.43/head	3,000.00–3,550.00	3,471	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	670	1,650.00/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,268	2,900.00/head	2,850.00–3,000.00	2,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	3,150.00/head	3,000.00–3,300.00	3,150	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	969	2,766.67/head	2,700.00–2,800.00	2,767	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	2,225.00/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,225	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,036	3,000.00/head	2,900.00–3,100.00	3,000	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	977	171.33/cwt	162.00–182.00	1,674	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	160.55/cwt	148.50–180.00	1,750	10
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	785	1,150.00/head	1,000.00–1,300.00	1,150	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,877	2
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	760	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,330	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	238.20/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,815	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	2,266.67/head	2,000.00–2,400.00	2,267	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,057	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	517.38/cwt	510.00–525.00	1,578	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	344.04/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,920	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	656	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,388	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	349.82/cwt	337.00–362.00	1,879	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	466	374.12/cwt	364.00–385.00	1,743	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,967	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	374	364.90/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,365	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	314.74/cwt	305.00–325.00	1,825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	320.00/cwt	305.00–335.00	2,080	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,240	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	402.94/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,692	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,901	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	330.02/cwt	325.00–335.00	2,337	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	343.14/cwt	332.00–355.00	2,131	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	436.21/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,854	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	404.43/cwt	400.00–409.00	1,375	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	351.32/cwt	330.00–370.00	1,447	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	987	207.74/cwt	182.00–210.00	2,050	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	925	227.50/cwt	215.00–240.00	2,104	2
Bulls	Small 4	500–550	540	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	333.60/cwt	327.00–340.00	2,068	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	410	447.00/cwt	447.00–447.00	1,833	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,178	2,850.00/head	2,800.00–2,900.00	2,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,298	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	673	119.00/cwt	113.00–125.00	801	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,104	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,391	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	765	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,913	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	765	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,018	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,049	3,033.33/head	2,800.00–3,300.00	3,033	6

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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