Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2026-05-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No report last week due to reporters absence: compared to two weeks ago: With limited comparisons, Steer and heifer calves sod 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $426.06/cwt on 38 head, up $18.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 30 comparable sales and sits +28.64 against this barn's trailing median of $397.42.

Average price

$426.06

▲ 18.17 vs prior sale

38 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,316

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$1,592

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$293.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−19.98

vs NM average

−61.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	478.84	2,564	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	418.68	2,318	21
Medium and Large 2	524	404.09	2,117	6thin
Small 4	525	185.00	971	1thin

One grade step is worth $293.84/cwt here — about $1,592 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale38 hd

426.06

—

NM average3 barns · 180 hd

446.04

−19.98

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−61.49

This barn, trailing median30 sales

397.42

+28.64

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	1,400	196.84	2,756	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,077	171.31	1,846	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	826	150.30	1,242	10

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,215	$2,900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,052	$2,875	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	940	$2,800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$2,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,249	$3,188	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,075	$3,096	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	820	$3,000	1thin

Every lot, as filed

116 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 2	700–750	725	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,610	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,828	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	282	578.40/cwt	575.00–580.00	1,631	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	362.95/cwt	345.00–375.00	2,265	5
Steers	Small 4	300–350	330	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,870	1
Steers	Small 4	500–550	520	1,575.48/head	1,550.00–1,600.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	542.55/cwt	540.00–545.00	1,997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	715	350.14/cwt	340.00–360.00	2,504	2
Steers	Small 4	250–300	295	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	348.64/cwt	330.00–355.00	2,332	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	498.74/cwt	475.00–505.00	1,771	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	220	532.77/cwt	525.00–535.00	1,172	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	915	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,306	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	466.19/cwt	460.00–475.00	2,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,088	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,201	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,540	1
Steers	Small 4	500–550	525	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	971	1
Steers	Small 4	450–500	455	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	842	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	456.54/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,155	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	398	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	328	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,624	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	494.82/cwt	490.00–500.00	1,618	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	185	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	524	404.09/cwt	380.00–425.00	2,117	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	265	531.13/cwt	525.00–550.00	1,407	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	640	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,688	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	390.92/cwt	380.00–402.00	2,256	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	332.49/cwt	330.00–335.00	2,637	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	460	420.00/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	250–300	260	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	300–350	308	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,694	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	488.71/cwt	485.00–490.00	2,321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	366	459.90/cwt	455.00–485.00	1,683	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	317	506.87/cwt	490.00–525.00	1,607	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	487.27/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,500	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	557.00/cwt	555.00–565.00	2,039	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,970	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	434	510.33/cwt	500.00–515.00	2,215	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	463.79/cwt	455.00–465.00	2,393	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	345.66/cwt	337.00–370.00	2,337	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	300–350	338	458.00/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,548	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	350–400	370	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,573	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	273	496.62/cwt	485.00–505.00	1,356	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	355	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	150–200	160	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,180	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	2,419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	319.80/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,832	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,070	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	2,301	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,374	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	250–300	285	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	200–250	213	1,048.82/head	950.00–1,150.00	1,049	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	816	155.46/cwt	150.00–158.00	1,269	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,151	160.48/cwt	160.00–162.00	1,847	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,090	172.91/cwt	166.00–176.50	1,885	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,057	172.19/cwt	162.00–178.00	1,820	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,246	1
Bulls	—	—	1,123	176.33/cwt	162.00–192.00	1,980	3
Bulls	—	—	1,802	211.42/cwt	210.00–212.50	3,810	3
Bulls	—	—	1,377	199.76/cwt	194.00–205.00	2,751	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	675	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	776	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	873	156.89/cwt	147.00–167.00	1,370	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,140	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,280	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	979	255.22/cwt	250.00–265.00	2,499	9
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	241.90/cwt	225.00–250.00	2,201	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,158	3,200.00/head	2,600.00–3,525.00	3,200	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	800	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,320	3,350.00/head	3,350.00–3,350.00	3,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,195	3,425.00/head	3,425.00–3,425.00	3,425	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	625	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,406	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,008	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,974	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	2,800.00/head	2,800.00–2,800.00	2,800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,052	2,875.00/head	2,700.00–3,000.00	2,875	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,400	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	2,394	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,450	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,215	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	227.50/cwt	225.00–230.00	2,036	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,664	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	995	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,781	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	2,043	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	3,025.00/head	3,025.00–3,025.00	3,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	3,066.67/head	3,000.00–3,100.00	3,067	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	980	3,750.00/head	3,750.00–3,750.00	3,750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	3,000.00/head	3,000.00–3,000.00	3,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,379	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	225	553.33/cwt	535.00–560.00	1,245	4
Bulls	Small 4	600–650	648	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,102	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	820	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,394	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	408	482.00/cwt	480.00–485.00	1,967	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	367.55/cwt	365.00–370.00	1,727	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	527	341.61/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,800	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	340.09/cwt	335.00–355.00	1,932	5
Heifers	Small 4	300–350	345	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,048	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	695	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,202	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	526	377.39/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,985	8
Heifers	Small 4	400–450	430	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	100–150	128	844.11/head	800.00–950.00	844	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	380.98/cwt	370.00–392.00	2,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	315	457.42/cwt	455.00–460.00	1,441	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,457	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	272	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	398.44/cwt	395.00–405.00	1,681	3
Heifers	Small 4	450–500	488	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	732	3
Heifers	Small 4	550–600	565	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	691	341.31/cwt	330.00–345.00	2,358	4

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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