Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-03-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: With limited comparisons in all classes. Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers sold steady, with no good comparisons to feeder heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.54/cwt on 14 head, up $57.61 from the prior sale (only 18 head in that comparison). That ranks 26 of 28 comparable sales and sits +31.54 against this barn's trailing median of $367.01.

Average price

$398.54

▲ 57.61 vs prior sale

14 head · 533 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$996

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

$202.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.34

vs NM average

−17.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	427.46	2,278	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	505	390.00	1,970	1thin
Medium and Large 2	525	345.00	1,811	2thin
Medium 1-2	570	225.00	1,283	1thin

One grade step is worth $202.46/cwt here — about $996 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

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 sale14 hd

398.54

—

NM average3 barns · 260 hd

396.20

+2.34

National average164 barns · 8,069 hd

416.12

−17.58

This barn, trailing median28 sales

367.01

+31.54

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	1,628	182.65	2,974	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,069	161.20	1,723	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,778	148.95	2,648	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	920	138.11	1,271	9thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,325	$3,100	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	927	$2,670	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	940	$2,609	11
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	865	$2,333	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	921	$2,233	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	845	$2,229	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,285	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	656	$1,125	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,204	$3,180	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,283	$3,175	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,040	$2,960	5

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 2	600–650	628	337.53/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,120	2
Steers	Small 4	800–850	812	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,989	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	341.26/cwt	330.00–349.00	2,286	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,445	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	735	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,168	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	444.56/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,267	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	434	473.72/cwt	470.00–475.00	2,056	4
Steers	Small 4	650–700	670	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,575	1
Steers	Small 4	600–650	648	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,328	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	345	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	2,156	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	369	583.75/cwt	580.00–585.00	2,154	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	485.97/cwt	480.00–500.00	2,274	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	450.40/cwt	445.00–465.00	1,892	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	450	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	770	313.78/cwt	312.50–315.00	2,416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	281	593.15/cwt	590.00–610.00	1,667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	359	538.28/cwt	520.00–545.00	1,932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	423.60/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,813	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	481.68/cwt	465.00–495.00	1,854	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	255	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	1,377	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	647	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,682	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	434.44/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,081	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	362.70/cwt	350.00–375.00	2,231	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	390	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,521	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	428.68/cwt	410.00–435.00	2,182	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,970	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	321.12/cwt	320.00–330.00	2,046	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,124	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	245	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,397	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	392.02/cwt	380.00–410.00	1,897	7
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	570	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,283	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	403.29/cwt	395.00–415.00	2,371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,750	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,485	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,483	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	342.29/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,002	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	300	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,575	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	333.45/cwt	330.00–337.00	2,568	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	350	437.00/cwt	437.00–437.00	1,530	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	441.04/cwt	425.00–450.00	2,095	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,429	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	400.12/cwt	390.00–405.00	2,325	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	1,584	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	502.41/cwt	495.00–510.00	2,060	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	300–350	310	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	885	265.06/cwt	255.00–275.00	2,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	445.24/cwt	425.00–465.00	1,892	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	190	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	1,387	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	338	587.44/cwt	585.00–590.00	1,986	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	555.70/cwt	545.00–575.00	2,134	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	459.95/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,346	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	607	423.30/cwt	410.00–440.00	2,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	322	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,803	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	268	627.38/cwt	625.00–630.00	1,681	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	518.35/cwt	510.00–525.00	1,975	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	500–550	515	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	350–400	370	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	2,405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	418	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	2,445	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	450–500	480	463.80/cwt	460.00–465.00	2,226	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	263	672.57/cwt	670.00–675.00	1,769	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	370	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	325	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	393	502.00/cwt	502.00–502.00	1,973	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	301	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,806	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,181	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,045	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,721	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,390	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	800–850	805	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,932	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,778	148.95/cwt	145.50–152.50	2,648	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	144.45/cwt	141.00–148.00	1,384	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,045	165.02/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,724	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,079	150.36/cwt	145.00–155.00	1,622	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	700	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	665	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,021	145.90/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,490	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	137.74/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,088	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	855	152.20/cwt	150.00–156.00	1,301	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	164.75/cwt	160.00–170.00	1,870	13
Bulls	—	—	2,012	198.01/cwt	195.00–201.00	3,984	5
Bulls	—	—	1,710	188.70/cwt	187.00–192.00	3,227	3
Bulls	—	—	1,366	168.11/cwt	145.00–177.00	2,296	6
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,040	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,820	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	785	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	785	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,448	3,375.00/head	3,350.00–3,400.00	3,375	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	595	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	735	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,286	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,786	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,480	3,200.00/head	3,200.00–3,200.00	3,200	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	555	1,435.00/head	1,435.00–1,435.00	1,435	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,036	2,887.50/head	2,750.00–3,000.00	2,888	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	725	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	613	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	710	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	191.00/cwt	185.00–196.00	2,059	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	918	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	760	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	688	1,616.67/head	1,450.00–1,800.00	1,617	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,217	2,966.67/head	2,750.00–3,100.00	2,967	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	899	221.25/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,989	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,325	3,100.00/head	3,100.00–3,100.00	3,100	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	1,783.33/head	1,600.00–1,950.00	1,783	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	2,918.75/head	2,500.00–3,025.00	2,919	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	844	2,875.00/head	2,500.00–3,250.00	2,875	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	490	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,691	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	350–400	390	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	1,989	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	330	547.00/cwt	547.00–547.00	1,805	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	450	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,093	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	499	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	288	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,598	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,323	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	450–500	485	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,455	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	650–700	685	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,678	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	915	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,196	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	713	306.26/cwt	265.00–330.00	2,184	4
Bulls	Medium 1-2	350–400	370	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,184	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	230.12/cwt	225.00–235.00	1,887	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	332.85/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,057	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	318.59/cwt	310.00–327.50	2,176	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	443	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,994	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	260.10/cwt	245.00–275.00	2,003	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	390	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,619	1
Bulls	Small 4	750–800	795	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,630	1
Bulls	Small 4	850–900	855	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,924	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	750–800	775	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,976	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,283	3,175.00/head	3,100.00–3,250.00	3,175	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	3,100.00/head	3,000.00–3,200.00	3,100	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,370	3,800.00/head	3,800.00–3,800.00	3,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	3,700.00/head	3,700.00–3,700.00	3,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	3,000.00/head	2,950.00–3,050.00	3,000	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	191.25/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,469	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	753	285.00/cwt	280.00–290.00	2,146	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	259.38/cwt	245.00–275.00	2,026	16
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,471	3
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	575	1,350.00/head	1,300.00–1,400.00	1,350	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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