Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-02-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited comparisons in all classes. Steer calves no good comparisons, while heifer calves sold steady. Feeder steers and heifers also sold steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade moderate demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.65/cwt on 39 head, down $4.73 from the prior sale. That ranks 8 of 30 comparable sales and sits −31.77 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$365.65

▼ 4.73 vs prior sale

39 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,041

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,364

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$241.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−92.21

vs NM average

−117.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	408.80	2,257	20
Medium and Large 1-2	575	375.01	2,157	14thin
Small 4	535	166.84	893	5thin

One grade step is worth $241.96/cwt here — about $1,364 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 sale39 hd

365.65

—

NM average3 barns · 372 hd

457.87

−92.21

National average143 barns · 13,122 hd

483.03

−117.38

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−31.77

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	1,513	174.71	2,643	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,615	155.00	2,503	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,023	148.01	1,514	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	838	129.66	1,086	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	910	$2,667	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	975	$2,430	10
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	842	$2,240	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	758	$2,075	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	926	$2,025	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,050	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	935	$1,275	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,165	$3,200	3thin

Every lot, as filed

142 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,468	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,645	1
Bulls	Small 4	750–800	775	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,434	1
Bulls	Small 4	700–750	740	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,967	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,201	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	345.14/cwt	330.00–360.00	2,167	9
Steers	Small 4	650–700	673	170.83/cwt	162.00–180.00	1,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	478	377.46/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,804	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	371.73/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,944	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	331.45/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,519	5
Steers	Small 4	400–450	420	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Steers	Small 4	600–650	625	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	844	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	423.11/cwt	419.00–430.00	2,242	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,176	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	633	308.87/cwt	302.50–315.00	1,955	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	490	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	436	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,115	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	330	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	280	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,484	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	384.70/cwt	379.00–392.00	2,247	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,760	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	490.41/cwt	475.00–500.00	1,873	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	459.75/cwt	445.00–475.00	1,402	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,678	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	566	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,557	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	835	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,296	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	578.29/cwt	575.00–585.00	1,521	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	320.16/cwt	315.00–327.00	2,039	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	320.00/cwt	315.00–325.00	2,432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	319.92/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,326	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,473	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	377.41/cwt	365.00–385.00	1,823	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,258	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	570	335.74/cwt	320.00–350.00	1,914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,241	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	388.01/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,661	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,132	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	340.69/cwt	340.00–342.00	2,119	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,663	1
Steers	Small 4	550–600	565	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,045	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	410	439.88/cwt	435.00–450.00	1,804	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	385.21/cwt	370.00–400.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	320	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,376	1
Steers	Small 4	500–550	515	154.74/cwt	140.00–162.00	797	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	663	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	968	287.48/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	405.42/cwt	400.00–411.00	1,922	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	275	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,762	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,065	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,503	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	662	355.84/cwt	355.00–357.50	2,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	348.39/cwt	337.00–355.00	2,533	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	470	449.84/cwt	435.00–455.00	2,114	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	457.78/cwt	445.00–472.00	2,142	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	604	388.68/cwt	377.00–392.50	2,348	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	373.64/cwt	365.00–382.50	2,197	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	529.39/cwt	522.00–545.00	1,916	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	550–600	598	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,254	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	519	438.00/cwt	438.00–438.00	2,273	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	336	531.01/cwt	525.00–545.00	1,784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	250	567.50/cwt	555.00–580.00	1,419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	335	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	476.93/cwt	465.00–490.00	1,970	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	360.19/cwt	357.50–363.00	2,384	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	382	492.17/cwt	482.00–500.00	1,880	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	255	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,339	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	270	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,067	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	220	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,010	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,727	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,522	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,116	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,294	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	750–800	750	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	495	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,030	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	120.33/cwt	117.00–124.00	1,081	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,160	139.99/cwt	137.00–144.00	1,624	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	150.07/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,750	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	888	138.46/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,230	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,615	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,503	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	891	138.46/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,234	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	770	110.60/cwt	102.00–119.00	852	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	995	153.25/cwt	146.00–166.00	1,525	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	518	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	580	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	820	142.73/cwt	142.00–148.00	1,170	10
Bulls	—	—	1,365	162.69/cwt	157.00–166.00	2,221	4
Bulls	—	—	1,504	177.83/cwt	173.00–183.00	2,675	6
Bulls	—	—	1,938	187.47/cwt	187.00–188.00	3,633	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,317	163.63/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,155	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,609	184.00/cwt	182.00–185.00	2,961	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,759	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	2,250.00/head	1,900.00–2,400.00	2,250	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	810	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	695	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	720	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	933	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	2,100.00/head	2,100.00–2,100.00	2,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	755	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	238.75/cwt	220.00–255.00	1,977	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	860	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	880	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	2,650.00/head	2,600.00–2,700.00	2,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	750	1,950.00/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,950	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	665	311.64/cwt	305.00–315.00	2,072	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,866	2
Heifers	Small 4	650–700	668	157.57/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,314	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	329.86/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,573	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	573	306.14/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,754	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	363.97/cwt	357.00–370.00	2,082	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,875	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	850–900	875	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,575	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	685	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,199	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,913	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	472.50/cwt	460.00–485.00	2,032	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	790	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,370	1
Bulls	Small 4	800–850	840	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,815	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,418	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,309	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,260	3,400.00/head	3,300.00–3,500.00	3,400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,696	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	166.33/cwt	140.00–197.00	1,788	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	625	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	996	166.50/cwt	160.00–171.00	1,658	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	668	2,050.00/head	1,800.00–2,300.00	2,050	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	777	261.89/cwt	252.00–275.00	2,035	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	765	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,836	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	847	207.00/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,753	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,003	2,385.71/head	2,100.00–2,500.00	2,386	7

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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