Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2025-03-07

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Mar 7
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
387 head
▲ 82 vs last sale 305▼ 113 vs year ago 500 · −22.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
92 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 75▼ 25 vs year ago 117 · −21.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
109 head
▲ 61 vs last sale 48▲ 34 vs year ago 75 · +45.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 20-25.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 5.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-4.00 lower, while slaughter bulls sold stedy to 1.00-2.00 higher. 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 $334.73/cwt on 24 head. That ranks 7 of 32 comparable sales and sits −28.63 against this barn's trailing median of $363.36.
Average price
$334.73
24 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,816
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$377
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$86.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.23
vs NM average
−14.55 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535346.501,85219thin
Medium and Large 1-2577310.001,7893thin
Medium and Large 2568260.001,4762thin
One grade step is worth $86.50/cwt here — about $377 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale24 hd
334.73
—
NM average4 barns · 361 hd
334.95
−0.23
National average172 barns · 12,998 hd
349.28
−14.55
This barn, trailing median32 sales
363.36
−28.63
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—High1,438145.522,09218
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,485129.641,9252thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,185127.791,51532
CowsLean 85-90%Average838102.3885839

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)1,023$2,12824
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,124$1,93416
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)943$1,5502thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$1,5001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,135$2,5729
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,290$2,21312

Every lot

131 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 · Steers48 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned165900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned188442.20/cwt435.00–450.008312
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1Fancy195515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,0041
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1210375.00/cwt375.00–375.007881
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2215300.00/cwt300.00–300.006451
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Fancy238500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,1902
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added255530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,3521
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned260400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,0401
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy265430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,1401
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283402.48/cwt400.00–410.001,1394
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added317455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4423
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335344.93/cwt340.00–350.001,1562
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1339398.60/cwt395.00–410.001,3514
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1363385.21/cwt375.00–395.001,3982
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added365434.59/cwt425.00–445.001,5862
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy382410.11/cwt400.00–420.001,5676
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2390285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1122
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added410418.29/cwt410.00–430.001,7159
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418326.98/cwt315.00–340.001,3672
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy426392.39/cwt385.00–400.001,6728
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428361.05/cwt350.00–375.001,5454
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added456420.43/cwt420.00–425.001,91712
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467359.46/cwt355.00–375.001,6795
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467327.44/cwt320.00–335.001,5294
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy471390.10/cwt380.00–395.001,8376
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2475260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,2351
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy511352.74/cwt350.00–370.001,8039
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added515375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9311
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,6591
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2540280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5121
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added562351.10/cwt349.00–357.001,9734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565329.84/cwt321.00–333.001,8644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2577310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,7893
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2595240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4281
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620320.23/cwt310.00–325.001,9859
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2643303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,9482
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2660240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,5841
Steers650–700Small 4670134.50/cwt134.50–134.509011
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2684266.32/cwt265.00–267.001,8223
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1695307.50/cwt305.00–310.002,1372
Steers700–750Small 4708135.00/cwt135.00–135.009563
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2728227.47/cwt220.00–235.001,6562
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738260.03/cwt252.50–262.501,9194
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745296.00/cwt296.00–296.002,2052
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2766260.40/cwt260.00–262.001,9955
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2790243.01/cwt242.00–245.001,9203
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0501
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2861247.95/cwt237.50–255.002,1355
Feeder Cattle · Heifers39 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned115717.03/head675.00–775.007173
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned125700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned160700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Value Added230405.00/cwt405.00–405.009321
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240345.00/cwt345.00–345.008281
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned250415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,0381
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added275407.03/cwt400.00–420.001,1193
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fancy278377.48/cwt375.00–380.001,0492
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1320365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1682
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1471
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,2541
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Value Added385320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,2323
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added391375.39/cwt375.00–380.001,46812
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2395275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0861
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2405305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2351
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418327.72/cwt320.00–340.001,3704
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added423370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,5653
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy433345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4942
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy456344.00/cwt344.00–344.001,5694
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1460326.78/cwt320.00–335.001,50311
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475270.02/cwt267.50–275.001,2833
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2479299.13/cwt285.00–305.001,4336
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added483360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,7392
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy503329.95/cwt320.00–340.001,6602
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2515252.08/cwt250.00–265.001,2987
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529320.77/cwt310.00–325.001,6976
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532286.38/cwt275.00–295.001,5247
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567308.94/cwt307.00–315.001,7524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573285.25/cwt272.50–295.001,6348
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2598270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,6152
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added605315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,9061
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635272.42/cwt267.00–277.501,73016
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2638210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3402
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2680252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,7171
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714236.57/cwt230.00–240.001,6893
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717263.35/cwt260.00–270.001,8883
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,8623
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2775220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,7051
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9551
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1290400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1601
Bulls450–500Small 4490155.00/cwt155.00–155.007601
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2530270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4311
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1540300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6201
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1550300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,6501
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2630250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5751
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,1571
Bulls1000–1050Medium and Large 1-21,015192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,9491
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,219135.88/cwt130.00–143.001,6567
Bulls——Return to Feed1,405139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,9531
Bulls——1,571160.27/cwt155.50–165.002,5184
Bulls——1,609148.03/cwt144.00–154.002,3826
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed67084.90/cwt75.00–93.0056910
Cows—Lean 85-90%79893.52/cwt93.00–94.007462
Cows—Lean 85-90%814101.66/cwt97.00–105.008284
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed83598.48/cwt98.00–99.008222
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed849110.11/cwt107.00–118.009355
Cows—Lean 85-90%951112.67/cwt106.50–117.001,07116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,092123.04/cwt116.00–127.001,34411
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,225129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,5802
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,235130.42/cwt128.00–138.001,61119
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,485129.64/cwt128.00–131.001,9252
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows13 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-26051,037.50/head875.00–1,200.001,0382
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27351,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-28231,712.50/head1,500.00–1,800.001,7134
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2840160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3441
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29351,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred Cows—Medium 1-29501,475.00/head1,475.00–1,475.001,4751
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,016131.82/cwt126.00–136.001,33911
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0671,830.00/head1,600.00–2,000.001,83010
Bred Cows—Medium 11,0752,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0901,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1192,371.88/head2,050.00–2,500.002,37216
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,185133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,5761
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,3162,290.00/head2,200.00–2,400.002,2905
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19282,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3002
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 41,0181,266.67/head1,000.00–1,400.001,2673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1942,650.00/head2,550.00–2,800.002,6507
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3401,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3502,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3912,600.00/head2,300.00–2,650.002,6007
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2766182.78/cwt175.00–189.001,4009
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2810165.38/cwt150.00–177.501,34012
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1811199.71/cwt190.00–215.001,62014

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.