Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-02-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited comparisons on all classes. Steer and heifer calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade moderate demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $376.01/cwt on 27 head, up $46.64 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 28 comparable sales and sits +9.00 against this barn's trailing median of $367.01.

Average price

$376.01

▲ 46.64 vs prior sale

27 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,039

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$23.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−24.50

vs NM average

−47.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	382.98	2,062	18thin
Medium and Large 2	540	364.49	1,968	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	563	359.01	2,021	4thin

One grade step is worth $23.97/cwt here — about $40 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

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.22, low $300.85, median $367.01 across 28 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 sale27 hd

376.01

—

NM average3 barns · 191 hd

400.51

−24.50

National average187 barns · 18,214 hd

423.95

−47.94

This barn, trailing median28 sales

367.01

+9.00

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	1,372	171.77	2,356	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,720	152.50	2,623	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,080	150.56	1,626	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	865	129.21	1,118	27

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)	1,000	$3,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,243	$2,900	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,030	$2,842	6
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	898	$2,750	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	935	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,114	$2,569	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,013	$2,508	6
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	941	$2,344	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,089	$2,006	4thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	730	$1,800	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$2,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

134 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 2	450–500	480	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	515	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,854	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	418.71/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,186	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	400–450	425	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,934	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	155	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	235	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	255	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,155	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	295	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,505	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	245	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	494.92/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,811	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450–500	472	493.36/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,329	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	402.38/cwt	400.00–405.00	1,501	2
Steers	Small 4	650–700	650	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,560	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	383.97/cwt	380.00–390.00	2,012	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	547	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	2,111	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	250	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	373.98/cwt	372.00–375.00	2,109	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	340	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,122	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	480	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,328	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	563	359.01/cwt	350.00–362.00	2,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	588.19/cwt	575.00–600.00	1,923	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2	350–400	388	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,203	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	90	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	750–800	788	342.43/cwt	335.00–350.00	2,698	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,960	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	660	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,079	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	378.86/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,027	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	450–500	495	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	247	580.03/cwt	565.00–585.00	1,433	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	400–450	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	400–450	415	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	464.52/cwt	450.00–475.00	2,174	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	333	562.78/cwt	550.00–575.00	1,874	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,755	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	805	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,013	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	431.67/cwt	415.00–445.00	1,856	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	650–700	655	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,555	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,482	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,124	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,517	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,330	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	280	512.50/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,435	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	328	384.77/cwt	375.00–395.00	1,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	273	512.84/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,400	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	389.58/cwt	365.00–395.00	2,474	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	268	616.70/cwt	615.00–620.00	1,653	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	379	536.52/cwt	535.00–537.00	2,033	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	438.45/cwt	425.00–445.00	2,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	190	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	300	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,875	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,709	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	481.55/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,008	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	239	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,470	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	404.89/cwt	393.00–420.00	2,324	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	372	496.76/cwt	490.00–507.00	1,848	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	335	482.31/cwt	470.00–495.00	1,616	2
Bulls	Small 4	850–900	870	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,349	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	975	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,096	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,197	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	800–850	815	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,567	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	600–650	635	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	327.44/cwt	310.00–345.00	2,351	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	830	143.75/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,193	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,720	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	2,623	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,050	153.57/cwt	146.00–160.00	1,612	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	725	114.67/cwt	113.00–116.00	831	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	139.42/cwt	135.50–145.00	1,370	9
Bulls	—	—	1,878	190.86/cwt	189.00–194.00	3,584	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	798	106.05/cwt	100.00–110.00	846	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,075	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,795	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,084	151.32/cwt	146.00–158.00	1,640	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,746	1
Bulls	—	—	1,364	176.00/cwt	174.00–179.00	2,401	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	847	128.95/cwt	123.00–133.00	1,092	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	140.36/cwt	135.00–146.00	1,510	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	745	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	872	1
Bulls	—	—	1,209	160.28/cwt	154.00–171.00	1,938	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,118	167.02/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,867	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	795	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	191.67/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,683	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	730	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,172	2,283.33/head	2,150.00–2,400.00	2,283	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	163.50/cwt	152.00–175.00	1,795	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	2,587.50/head	2,450.00–2,700.00	2,588	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	3,175.00/head	3,000.00–3,350.00	3,175	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	260.00/cwt	240.00–275.00	2,226	6
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	835	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,114	2,568.75/head	2,550.00–2,575.00	2,569	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	215.00/cwt	200.00–245.00	2,096	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,596	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	158.88/cwt	157.00–172.00	1,395	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,243	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	484.48/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,088	11
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	472	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	328	392.52/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,287	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	382.00/cwt	382.00–382.00	1,872	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,611	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	361.29/cwt	340.00–370.00	2,200	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,883	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	321.07/cwt	317.00–325.00	2,353	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	313.93/cwt	300.00–327.50	2,464	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	855	303.77/cwt	300.00–307.50	2,597	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,463	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	400–450	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	305	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	472	506.93/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,393	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	375	527.50/cwt	525.00–530.00	1,978	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	428	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,204	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	356.67/cwt	350.00–361.00	2,465	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	363	447.62/cwt	430.00–465.00	1,625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	400.12/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,681	2
Bulls	Small 4	800–850	835	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,380	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	305	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,845	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	476.57/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,268	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	1,719	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,631	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,177	3,187.50/head	3,000.00–3,250.00	3,188	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	175.00/cwt	160.00–190.00	1,689	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	740	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	898	2,750.00/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,750	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	935	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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