Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2025-02-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Feb 14
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
430 head
▼ 177 vs last sale 607▲ 35 vs year ago 395 · +8.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 78▲ 28 vs year ago 71 · +39.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 81▲ 48 vs year ago 36 · +133.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher on limited comparisons. Feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher, while feeder heifers sold steady to 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade and demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $297.91/cwt on 40 head. That ranks 1 of 32 comparable sales and sits −65.45 against this barn's trailing median of $363.36.
Average price
$297.91
40 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,683
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,111
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$195.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−25.66
vs NM average
−40.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1564312.211,76032
Medium and Large 1-2573278.871,5983thin
Medium and Large 2570243.041,3854thin
Small 4555117.006491thin
One grade step is worth $195.21/cwt here — about $1,111 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale40 hd
297.91
—
NM average3 barns · 286 hd
323.57
−25.66
National average155 barns · 9,244 hd
338.67
−40.76
This barn, trailing median32 sales
363.36
−65.45
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

32 sales
464407351295median 363.3603/0605/0807/1009/1110/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $449.67, low $308.66, median $363.36 across 32 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—Average1,533140.132,14814
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,640129.002,1162thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,073124.691,33777
CowsLean 85-90%Average878103.5290910

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)792$1,95819
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)885$1,8173thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)962$1,7003thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)810$1,3634thin
Bred Heifers2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)(<2 yrs)861$2,09416
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,085$2,2001thin

Every lot

123 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 · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned210285.00/cwt285.00–285.005991
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1235350.00/cwt350.00–350.008231
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250375.00/cwt375.00–375.009381
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2275330.00/cwt330.00–330.009081
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added288395.45/cwt390.00–401.001,1392
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy295375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,1061
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1300360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,0802
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2305245.00/cwt245.00–245.007471
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added310399.00/cwt399.00–399.001,2371
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy323383.30/cwt380.00–385.001,2383
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added376381.81/cwt370.00–387.001,4368
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3793
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy388367.63/cwt364.00–380.001,4266
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2395260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0271
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418345.10/cwt335.00–355.001,4436
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added425370.97/cwt365.00–382.001,5777
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2428309.90/cwt300.00–317.001,3265
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy440350.95/cwt340.00–360.001,5445
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy460338.00/cwt338.00–338.001,5552
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,3401
Steers450–500Small 4470120.00/cwt120.00–120.005641
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added471328.60/cwt325.00–345.001,54833
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473323.92/cwt317.00–335.001,5328
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2487310.17/cwt300.00–315.001,5113
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1542309.72/cwt305.00–312.001,6793
Steers550–600Small 4555117.00/cwt117.00–117.006491
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1563311.02/cwt300.00–317.001,75122
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570243.04/cwt220.00–252.001,3854
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573278.87/cwt265.00–290.001,5983
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy576317.00/cwt317.00–317.001,8267
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added600302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,8122
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1606293.31/cwt285.00–300.001,7773
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2612262.51/cwt252.00–266.001,6074
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2614233.48/cwt215.00–247.001,4344
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690251.95/cwt240.00–262.001,7387
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690213.47/cwt210.00–217.001,4732
Steers650–700Small 4695120.00/cwt120.00–120.008341
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2710265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,8823
Steers700–750Small 4740115.00/cwt115.00–115.008511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,9993
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2765225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7211
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2783230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8012
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1875220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9251
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,023220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2512
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235255.00/cwt255.00–255.005991
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1285375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,0694
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy310351.02/cwt350.00–352.001,0882
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added337365.64/cwt365.00–375.001,23215
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2339276.22/cwt272.00–285.009363
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1340310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,0542
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2360230.00/cwt230.00–230.008281
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added373372.38/cwt367.00–385.001,38913
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,1811
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1383331.54/cwt320.00–340.001,2703
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy389351.16/cwt350.00–355.001,3664
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy408344.91/cwt340.00–350.001,4072
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added410360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4761
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1412308.97/cwt300.00–315.001,2736
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420271.90/cwt260.00–285.001,1422
Heifers400–450Small 4430127.00/cwt127.00–127.005461
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy457328.75/cwt324.00–335.001,5027
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462311.73/cwt310.00–315.001,4403
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480272.37/cwt260.00–285.001,30710
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2495241.00/cwt230.00–252.001,1932
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1505290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,4657
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2528242.56/cwt235.00–245.001,2814
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542261.46/cwt252.00–267.001,41719
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2560252.72/cwt245.00–260.001,4157
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1575268.47/cwt267.00–270.001,5442
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2580229.99/cwt225.00–235.001,3345
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620257.50/cwt253.00–264.501,5979
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4491
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632241.55/cwt235.00–250.001,5276
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2687240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,6493
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2715202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,4441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls14 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1-2325270.00/cwt270.00–270.008781
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1345330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,1391
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2425290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2331
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525268.46/cwt267.00–270.001,4092
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1530310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6431
Bulls550–600Medium 1-2565195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,1021
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2568230.72/cwt222.00–240.001,3102
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2700222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,5541
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2793210.02/cwt205.00–215.001,6652
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2818221.00/cwt220.00–222.001,8082
Bulls850–900Medium 1-2850155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,3181
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2878192.90/cwt186.00–200.001,6942
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015183.53/cwt177.00–190.001,8632
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,468142.14/cwt135.00–145.002,0876
Bulls——1,529125.10/cwt120.00–130.001,9134
Bulls——1,634152.15/cwt150.00–155.002,4864
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78592.95/cwt92.00–94.007302
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed824118.37/cwt115.00–125.009754
Cows—Lean 85-90%84090.00/cwt90.00–90.007561
Cows—Lean 85-90%876109.43/cwt107.00–111.009595
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed993106.09/cwt103.50–109.001,0532
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,053121.55/cwt114.50–127.001,28046
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,140130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,4821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,143131.01/cwt127.00–138.001,49726
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,640129.00/cwt129.00–129.002,1162
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1745192.30/cwt186.00–200.001,43323
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2769145.80/cwt140.00–152.001,1215
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2859175.31/cwt157.00–177.001,50613
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,4771
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27101,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27251,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-27781,700.00/head1,500.00–1,800.001,7003
Bred Cows—Small 2800925.00/head925.00–925.009252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18072,078.57/head2,000.00–2,375.002,07914
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 18402,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,5031
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29081,725.00/head1,600.00–1,850.001,7252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19152,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,550.00/head1,500.00–1,600.001,5502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 19752,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,030135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3912
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,045151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,5781
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,142127.67/cwt125.00–131.001,4583
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,297124.00/cwt114.00–129.001,6083
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-28131,875.00/head1,875.00–1,875.001,8756
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 18892,225.00/head2,050.00–2,400.002,22510
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0852,200.00/head2,200.00–2,200.002,2001

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.