Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold steady, while heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 3.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.27/cwt on 39 head, up $22.34 from the prior sale (only 13 head in that comparison). That ranks 10 of 30 comparable sales and sits −24.78 against this barn's trailing median of $362.05.

Average price

$337.27

▲ 22.34 vs prior sale

39 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$367

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

$83.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.66

vs NM average

−0.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	358.27	1,921	22
Medium and Large 1-2	554	313.77	1,740	15thin
Medium and Large 2	510	290.00	1,479	1thin
Medium 1-2	565	275.00	1,554	1thin

One grade step is worth $83.27/cwt here — about $367 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 200–300 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

30 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.22, low $300.85, median $362.05 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

337.27

—

NM average3 barns · 206 hd

321.61

+15.66

National average138 barns · 5,113 hd

337.79

−0.52

This barn, trailing median30 sales

362.05

−24.78

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	1,560	169.14	2,638	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,116	144.93	1,617	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	918	127.84	1,174	50

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,090	$2,319	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,100	$2,277	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,087	$2,242	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,295	$3,064	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,144	$2,870	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,098	$2,575	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1,285	$2,400	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 1	400–450	410	448.37/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,838	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	463.58/cwt	450.00–470.00	1,706	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,112	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	515.41/cwt	515.00–520.00	1,469	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	253	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	340.68/cwt	338.00–350.00	1,908	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	163	862.31/head	850.00–875.00	862	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	372.69/cwt	367.00–375.00	1,711	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	409.37/cwt	395.00–430.00	1,335	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	423.52/cwt	410.00–425.00	1,957	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	387	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,548	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	197	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,143	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	200	1,060.00/head	1,060.00–1,060.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	431.41/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,601	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	693	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	609	326.49/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,988	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	201	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,176	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,656	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	115	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	363.99/cwt	345.00–375.00	1,882	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	390.34/cwt	380.00–405.00	1,632	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	180	885.00/head	885.00–885.00	885	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	428	418.02/cwt	415.00–422.00	1,789	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	265	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	150–200	173	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	300–350	326	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,549	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	325.12/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,879	10
Steers	Small 4	950–1000	955	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,509	1
Steers	Small 4	800–850	825	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,403	2
Steers	Small 4	550–600	555	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,166	1
Bulls	Small 4	700–750	728	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,070	2
Bulls	Small 4	550–600	595	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,339	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	100–150	100	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Steers	Small 4	300–350	300	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Heifers	Small 4	500–550	515	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Small 4	650–700	670	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,106	1
Steers	Small 4	750–800	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	2
Steers	Small 4	700–750	738	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,255	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,175	145.44/cwt	140.00–151.00	1,709	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,069	147.48/cwt	143.00–153.00	1,577	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	830	111.40/cwt	101.00–122.00	925	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	803	121.34/cwt	119.00–125.00	974	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,049	134.69/cwt	132.00–139.50	1,413	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	710	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	710	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	170.00/cwt	159.00–181.00	1,989	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,132	2,432.50/head	2,250.00–2,575.00	2,433	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,141	158.80/cwt	149.00–162.00	1,812	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	147.25/cwt	134.00–167.00	1,841	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,173	165.82/cwt	149.00–173.00	1,945	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	3,070.00/head	2,800.00–3,100.00	3,070	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	2,900.00/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,900	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,214	2,616.67/head	2,500.00–2,800.00	2,617	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	2,575.00/head	2,500.00–2,650.00	2,575	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,356	3,400.00/head	3,400.00–3,400.00	3,400	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	155.33/cwt	144.00–172.00	1,533	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	2,425.00/head	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,425	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	234.50/cwt	210.00–245.00	2,003	10
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	835	282.50/cwt	280.00–285.00	2,359	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	2,487.50/head	2,350.00–2,550.00	2,488	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,292	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	950	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	980	1,825.00/head	1,825.00–1,825.00	1,825	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	935	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	600	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,380	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,750.00/head	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,750	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	970	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	667	240.00/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,601	3
Bulls	—	—	1,450	156.07/cwt	146.00–162.00	2,263	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	850	114.68/cwt	114.00–115.00	975	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	122.50/cwt	122.00–123.00	959	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	937	132.38/cwt	128.00–140.00	1,240	29
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,253	136.86/cwt	135.00–138.00	1,715	3
Bulls	—	—	1,584	172.05/cwt	165.00–178.00	2,725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,172	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	350–400	396	380.01/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,505	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	500–550	545	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,254	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	550–600	565	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,554	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	750–800	755	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,774	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	139.36/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,522	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	337.39/cwt	330.00–355.00	1,431	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	463	332.43/cwt	330.00–335.00	1,539	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	409	370.37/cwt	355.00–375.00	1,515	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	288.14/cwt	277.00–300.00	2,083	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,479	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	531	302.26/cwt	300.00–312.00	1,605	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	670	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,709	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	250	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	370.06/cwt	360.00–385.00	1,776	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	758	284.44/cwt	267.00–302.00	2,156	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,340	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	195	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	839	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	331.34/cwt	330.00–337.00	1,942	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	370	433.18/cwt	420.00–445.00	1,603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	341.04/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,801	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	291.09/cwt	280.00–302.00	1,863	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	600–650	610	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,042	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	240.03/cwt	235.00–245.00	2,256	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	435	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	436.32/cwt	405.00–445.00	1,470	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	350–400	362	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,394	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	900	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,070	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	250–300	255	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	308	511.76/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,576	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400–450	440	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,046	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	254	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,283	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	469.87/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,579	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	145	825.00/head	825.00–825.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	525	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,021	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	395	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	200–250	245	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,201	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	217	553.27/cwt	550.00–560.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	150–200	193	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,226	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	205	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,448	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	300–350	314	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,444	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	185	863.51/head	825.00–900.00	864	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	205	850.00/head	825.00–875.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	260.65/cwt	255.00–265.00	1,884	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	267	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,095	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	263	487.62/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	353.55/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,694	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,710	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	295	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	370.96/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,551	37
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	240	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,876	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	335	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	204.91/cwt	200.00–210.00	2,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	411.16/cwt	385.00–420.00	1,731	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	302.34/cwt	300.00–315.00	1,711	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	390.03/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,502	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	313.34/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,498	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	330.91/cwt	310.00–340.00	1,777	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	650	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,593	1

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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