Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-07-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold steady to slightly higher, with limited comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers had no comparable sales. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.65/cwt on 15 head, down $29.85 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 30 comparable sales and sits −50.77 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$346.65

▼ 29.85 vs prior sale

15 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,960

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$753

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$140.05/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.44

vs NM average

−52.64 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	388.68	2,170	5thin
Medium and Large 1-2	564	363.41	2,050	6thin
Medium and Large 2	595	330.00	1,964	1thin
Small 4	570	248.63	1,417	3thin

One grade step is worth $140.05/cwt here — about $753 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale15 hd

346.65

—

NM average3 barns · 120 hd

380.09

−33.44

National average142 barns · 3,877 hd

399.29

−52.64

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

−50.77

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	1,567	201.00	3,150	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,078	162.39	1,751	129
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,775	160.50	2,849	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	841	136.35	1,147	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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,175	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	862	$2,377	11
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	895	$1,542	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,192	$3,182	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,047	$3,100	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,244	$2,842	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	700	$1,300	1thin

Every lot, as filed

144 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 1Fancy	300–350	341	558.00/cwt	558.00–558.00	1,903	8
Steers	Small 4	550–600	570	248.63/cwt	240.00–265.00	1,417	3
Steers	Small 4	600–650	605	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,392	1
Heifers	Small 4	550–600	568	1,228.17/head	1,125.00–1,325.00	1,228	2
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	438	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	3
Steers	Small 4	550–600	550	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	382.51/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,128	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	368.31/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	188	1,008.93/head	850.00–1,035.00	1,009	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	402.00/cwt	402.00–402.00	2,090	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	415	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	541.79/cwt	540.00–545.00	1,490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	250–300	260	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,443	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	185	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	406.83/cwt	385.00–430.00	1,701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	454.39/cwt	440.00–470.00	1,972	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	50–100	80	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	475.73/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,174	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	168	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	362	451.16/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,633	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,824	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	230	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	340	522.50/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,777	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	266	476.47/cwt	470.00–477.00	1,267	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	743	315.05/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,341	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	323	470.27/cwt	465.00–475.00	1,519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,478	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,449	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,234	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	305	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	315	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,402	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	247	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,494	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	860	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,935	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	285	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,511	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	600–650	645	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,129	1
Steers	Small and Medium 2	700–750	708	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,345	4
Heifers	Small 4	600–650	600	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	478	1,312.43/head	1,300.00–1,325.00	1,312	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	942	147.50/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,389	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	735	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	882	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	953	157.93/cwt	152.00–159.50	1,505	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,340	161.88/cwt	160.00–164.00	2,169	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	796	125.10/cwt	121.00–130.00	996	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	825	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,064	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	3,010.00/head	2,750.00–3,100.00	3,010	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	2,841.67/head	2,500.00–3,300.00	2,842	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,279	2,958.57/head	2,500.00–3,035.00	2,959	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,013	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	3,425.00/head	3,350.00–3,500.00	3,425	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,430	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,237	3,700.00/head	3,500.00–3,800.00	3,700	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,065	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	810	288.75/cwt	287.00–305.00	2,339	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,615	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	4,151	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	244.06/cwt	220.00–250.00	2,087	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,234	165.71/cwt	165.00–170.00	2,045	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	2,377.27/head	2,100.00–2,600.00	2,377	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	191.50/cwt	173.00–210.00	1,844	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	605	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,685	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	194.00/cwt	168.00–220.00	1,494	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	772	266.74/cwt	252.00–290.00	2,059	19
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	700	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	805	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	759	240.71/cwt	225.00–252.00	1,827	7
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,228	184.69/cwt	183.00–187.00	2,268	2
Bulls	—	—	1,353	199.36/cwt	195.00–203.50	2,697	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	806	145.18/cwt	140.00–149.00	1,170	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	807	133.57/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,078	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,590	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	2,560	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,960	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	3,136	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	400–450	410	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	902	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	650–700	675	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,823	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	993	155.67/cwt	147.00–159.50	1,546	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	167.38/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,960	66
Bulls	—	—	1,423	184.55/cwt	179.00–193.00	2,626	4
Bulls	—	—	1,821	211.83/cwt	207.00–216.00	3,857	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	815	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,038	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	600–650	635	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	700–750	745	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,974	1
Steers	Medium 1-2	800–850	800	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,760	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	750–800	795	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,590	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	590	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,697	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	950–1000	960	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,304	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,496	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	785	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	360	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,440	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	333	356.84/cwt	340.00–375.00	1,188	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	595	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,964	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,615	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	312.98/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	223	419.49/cwt	405.00–435.00	935	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	515	387.00/cwt	387.00–387.00	1,993	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	590	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,664	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,391	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,136	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,170	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,867	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,308	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	375	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,238	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	300–350	303	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	400–450	435	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,697	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	373	448.97/cwt	437.00–455.00	1,675	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	285.05/cwt	280.00–310.00	1,779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	393.32/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,935	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	386	420.06/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,621	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	290	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,407	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	273	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,256	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	422.57/cwt	410.00–435.00	1,809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	358.69/cwt	342.00–367.00	2,059	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	158	880.08/head	875.00–885.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,419	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	313	424.73/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,329	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	748	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,057	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	421.33/cwt	405.00–435.00	1,626	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	875	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,503	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	112	447.32/head	425.00–500.00	447	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,770	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,906	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	433	361.31/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,564	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	282.70/cwt	277.00–286.00	2,601	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	105	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,651	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,351	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,102	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	248.32/cwt	240.00–257.00	2,409	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	750	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,175	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	350.86/cwt	347.00–367.00	2,256	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	243	542.32/cwt	525.00–560.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	285	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,054	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	385.35/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,189	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	890	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,626	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	50–100	83	421.21/head	400.00–450.00	421	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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