Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2024-04-12

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Apr 12
● Final104 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
372 head
▼ 142 vs last sale 514▼ 241 vs year ago 613 · −39.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
56 head
▼ 51 vs last sale 107▼ 126 vs year ago 182 · −69.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
27 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 58▼ 113 vs year ago 140 · −80.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 lower on limited comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers sold 10.00-12.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $246.33/cwt on 56 head. That ranks 1 of 29 comparable sales and sits −94.60 against this barn's trailing median of $340.93.
Average price
$246.33
56 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,327
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$783
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$140.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.88
vs NM average
−17.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538260.261,40130
Medium and Large 1-2536246.071,31918thin
Medium and Large 2551205.361,1317thin
Small 4515120.006181thin
One grade step is worth $140.26/cwt here — about $783 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale56 hd
246.33
—
NM average4 barns · 490 hd
236.45
+9.88
National average181 barns · 13,137 hd
263.96
−17.63
This barn, trailing median29 sales
340.93
−94.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

29 sales
419367315263median 340.9303/0605/0807/1009/0410/30
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $405.22, low $277.00, median $340.93 across 29 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,439128.051,84319
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,250123.961,5498thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low942102.6996714

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 $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)960$1,5716
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,150$1,3751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)570$7001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)978$1,4284thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)775$1,3252thin

Every lot

104 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers35 lots · lightest first
Steers50–100Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned90600.00/head600.00–600.006001
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned120725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned185700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2235307.50/cwt307.50–307.507232
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275325.00/cwt325.00–325.008941
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned285315.00/cwt315.00–315.008981
Steers250–300Small 4295560.00/head560.00–560.005601
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315295.00/cwt295.00–295.009291
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added360359.78/cwt359.00–360.001,2959
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2375272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,0221
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385323.80/cwt320.00–325.001,2474
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2395310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2251
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1414327.23/cwt310.00–342.501,3559
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added420292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,2291
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428299.90/cwt295.00–305.001,2843
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1468315.91/cwt305.00–330.001,47816
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481285.98/cwt260.00–297.501,37614
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added505328.00/cwt328.00–328.001,6562
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2505210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0611
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533278.87/cwt254.00–295.001,48613
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1538285.45/cwt285.00–285.501,5369
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568279.01/cwt275.00–280.001,58521
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2575210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,2081
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580261.66/cwt250.00–273.001,5187
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1629254.92/cwt247.00–268.001,6039
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,5363
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2655229.50/cwt227.00–232.001,5032
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2665190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2641
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681241.73/cwt235.75–257.501,64615
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,6051
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7592
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,7521
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2834197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,64312
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1960200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,9201
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,040185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,9241
Feeder Cattle · Heifers36 lots · lightest first
Heifers50–100Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned80450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1200735.00/head735.00–735.007352
Heifers200–250Small 4Unweaned238325.00/head325.00–325.003252
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2268280.06/cwt270.00–285.007513
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280300.00/cwt300.00–300.008402
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2285240.00/cwt240.00–240.006841
Heifers250–300Small 4290100.00/cwt100.00–100.002906
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324265.73/cwt250.00–275.008615
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2345242.00/cwt242.00–242.008351
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2369270.54/cwt267.50–275.009985
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1385281.67/cwt280.00–285.001,0843
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1402272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,0937
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2410227.53/cwt225.00–230.009332
Heifers400–450Small 4420550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2422257.10/cwt250.00–260.001,0855
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1466265.41/cwt262.50–271.001,2377
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2468216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,0112
Heifers450–500Small 4470110.00/cwt110.00–110.005171
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472242.48/cwt232.50–260.001,1457
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added474265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2567
Heifers500–550Small 4515120.00/cwt120.00–120.006181
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518262.69/cwt257.00–266.001,36120
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2519248.49/cwt242.00–259.001,29013
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2529208.39/cwt190.00–230.001,1024
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579255.39/cwt250.00–256.001,47910
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580239.78/cwt234.00–245.001,3915
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580201.33/cwt190.00–207.001,1683
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608234.60/cwt230.00–237.001,4263
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1610247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,5072
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2615183.81/cwt180.00–190.001,1304
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1661220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,45418
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2683200.62/cwt190.00–225.001,3704
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2705205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,4454
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1718223.37/cwt220.00–225.001,60411
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2765196.98/cwt194.00–200.001,5072
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2885193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,7081
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1355305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,0831
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2463256.18/cwt242.50–270.001,1862
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,4052
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,4841
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5032
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2635256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6261
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2758186.51/cwt183.00–190.001,4142
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2840181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,5201
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2865187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,6181
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2960177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,6991
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,256118.74/cwt103.00–125.001,4918
Bulls——Return to Feed1,435120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,7221
Bulls——1,539132.26/cwt127.00–137.002,0358
Bulls——1,775152.49/cwt151.00–154.002,7072
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed71085.00/cwt85.00–85.006041
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed74091.00/cwt91.00–91.006731
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed923104.76/cwt100.00–109.009672
Cows—Lean 85-90%968111.78/cwt104.00–115.001,0827
Cows—Lean 85-90%97585.00/cwt85.00–85.008291
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06892.33/cwt92.00–93.009862
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144122.37/cwt117.00–126.001,4004
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,355125.55/cwt121.00–130.001,7014
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2570700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2825111.00/cwt111.00–111.009161
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28551,212.50/head1,200.00–1,225.001,2132
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0131,750.00/head1,625.00–1,850.001,7504
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1501,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows2 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1805170.00/cwt162.50–177.501,3692
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2825138.83/cwt120.00–150.001,14512
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-27751,325.00/head1,275.00–1,375.001,3252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28681,300.00/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0001,435.00/head1,435.00–1,435.001,4351
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1751,675.00/head1,675.00–1,675.001,6751

This sale against other markets

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.