Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2026-01-09

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jan 9
● Final150 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
582 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 511▲ 126 vs year ago 456 · +27.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
129 head
▼ 2 vs last sale 131▲ 43 vs year ago 86 · +50.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
152 head
▼ 8 vs last sale 160▲ 83 vs year ago 69 · +120.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last sale on 12/19/2025: Steer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher, while heifer calves sold steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00-10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold steady to 2.00 lower, while slaughter bulls sold 3.00-5.00 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 $370.15/cwt on 67 head. That ranks 18 of 32 comparable sales and sits +6.79 against this barn's trailing median of $363.36.
Average price
$370.15
67 head · 547 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,023
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,341
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$250.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−43.47
vs NM average
−96.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1543409.852,22644
Medium and Large 1-2549374.552,05710thin
Medium and Large 2560348.971,9545thin
Small 4555159.508858thin
One grade step is worth $250.35/cwt here — about $1,341 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 sale67 hd
370.15
—
NM average3 barns · 488 hd
413.62
−43.47
National average195 barns · 28,890 hd
466.33
−96.18
This barn, trailing median32 sales
363.36
+6.79
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—Low1,473160.862,36927
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,136142.681,621104
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,590137.002,1781thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low892124.181,10726

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)869$2,1305
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,211$2,07510
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,064$1,97617
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)872$1,8949
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)843$1,8055
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)824$1,7753thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,125$2,5501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,308$2,3583thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)947$1,8905

Every lot

150 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned195900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned225887.04/head800.00–1,050.008873
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned235570.11/cwt565.00–575.001,3402
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-22401,325.00/head1,325.00–1,325.001,3251
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned250440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,1001
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned2621,042.83/head925.00–1,125.001,0433
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned278500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3902
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added289615.00/cwt610.00–620.001,7774
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1292572.68/cwt560.00–580.001,6726
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1323553.40/cwt550.00–560.001,7873
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Value Added325592.26/cwt585.00–600.001,9255
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,2561
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Full340395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,3431
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added357569.53/cwt565.00–580.002,03319
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2373470.57/cwt460.00–475.001,7558
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy379530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0096
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382501.05/cwt495.00–510.001,91419
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added424534.81/cwt515.00–545.002,2687
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426481.03/cwt470.00–500.002,04913
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2430361.40/cwt350.00–385.001,5543
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2433450.97/cwt440.00–465.001,9535
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy438510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,2344
Steers400–450Small 44401,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3002
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added455550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,5031
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2458417.40/cwt400.00–435.001,9122
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1463466.13/cwt445.00–475.002,1588
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2Full465390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,8141
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy485484.97/cwt480.00–510.002,35211
Steers450–500Small 4485160.00/cwt160.00–160.007761
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2495375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8561
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added510505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,5761
Steers500–550Small 4523151.64/cwt130.00–175.007933
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524405.01/cwt395.00–420.002,12228
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2535382.45/cwt375.00–392.002,0467
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2560348.97/cwt330.00–355.001,9545
Steers550–600Small 4574164.22/cwt160.00–182.009435
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581412.55/cwt405.00–430.002,39715
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582356.13/cwt352.00–365.002,0733
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2623346.28/cwt335.00–365.002,15714
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625395.00/cwt385.00–400.002,4693
Steers600–650Small 4627159.71/cwt150.00–167.001,0014
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2650326.00/cwt326.00–326.002,1192
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1675352.59/cwt340.00–360.002,3806
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2715330.10/cwt325.00–335.002,3602
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1716345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,4704
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760307.39/cwt300.00–323.002,33610
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2820317.00/cwt317.00–317.002,5991
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873287.91/cwt282.00–300.002,5133
Feeder Cattle · Heifers42 lots · lightest first
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned167801.50/head775.00–825.008023
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-22201,050.00/head1,050.00–1,050.001,0501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2Unweaned220417.10/cwt400.00–435.009182
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2245465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,1391
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1258475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,2262
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned263445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,1702
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Value Added275550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,5132
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2303422.60/cwt410.00–435.001,2802
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Full315400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2601
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Value Added330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1332486.58/cwt470.00–500.001,61517
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy340507.00/cwt507.00–507.001,7241
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added357520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,8565
Heifers350–400Small 4375800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy380482.60/cwt480.00–485.001,8348
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382459.92/cwt455.00–475.001,75720
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2385455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7521
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy414442.48/cwt440.00–445.001,8324
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,4491
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427414.04/cwt405.00–435.001,7687
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2430400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,7201
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added431469.89/cwt450.00–480.002,0257
Heifers400–450Small 4438174.83/cwt165.00–185.007662
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Value Added464448.64/cwt435.00–465.002,08220
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fancy471442.93/cwt430.00–445.002,08612
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1476416.53/cwt402.00–427.501,9835
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2477328.27/cwt325.00–330.001,5663
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2480371.70/cwt360.00–385.001,7843
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,6411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1515371.89/cwt365.00–385.001,91515
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2542356.47/cwt345.00–359.001,9327
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1550375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0631
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2555285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,5821
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy568394.00/cwt394.00–394.002,2384
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2572345.67/cwt335.00–360.001,97713
Heifers550–600Small 4580122.69/cwt115.00–130.007122
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614342.14/cwt340.00–352.002,1018
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added618345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1325
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2630307.50/cwt300.00–315.001,9372
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769330.50/cwt330.50–330.502,5425
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 2800245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,9601
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2918260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,3872
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned100700.00/head700.00–700.007001
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned290575.00/cwt575.00–575.001,6681
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned3001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bulls450–500Small 4490145.00/cwt145.00–145.007111
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2525400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,1001
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2595325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,9341
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2625345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1561
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718272.53/cwt270.00–275.001,9572
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2820257.44/cwt255.00–260.002,1112
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 1-2928207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,9214
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,237145.90/cwt129.00–161.001,80510
Bulls——Return to Feed1,380167.60/cwt164.00–172.002,3134
Bulls——1,658169.96/cwt164.00–174.002,8189
Bulls——Return to Feed1,660146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,4241
Bulls——1,763179.38/cwt176.00–185.003,1623
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed595120.00/cwt120.00–120.007141
Cows—Lean 85-90%833120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0002
Cows—Lean 85-90%865102.87/cwt100.00–105.008905
Cows—Lean 85-90%890139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,2371
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed895110.00/cwt110.00–110.009851
Cows—Lean 85-90%920131.56/cwt124.00–136.001,21015
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,015132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3401
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,113145.83/cwt142.00–151.001,62322
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,125144.63/cwt141.00–152.001,62747
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,163138.16/cwt135.00–141.001,60718
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,167138.02/cwt133.00–141.001,61117
Cows—Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed1,590137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,1781
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows21 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 2685550.00/head550.00–550.005501
Bred Cows—Small 47051,100.00/head1,100.00–1,100.001,1001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27331,325.00/head1,250.00–1,400.001,3252
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27481,650.00/head1,500.00–1,800.001,6502
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27931,750.00/head1,500.00–1,900.001,7505
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28381,500.00/head1,300.00–1,700.001,5002
Bred Cows—Medium 18701,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28871,383.33/head1,200.00–1,650.001,3833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29182,462.50/head2,400.00–2,525.002,4632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2940156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,4661
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2943150.33/cwt140.00–159.001,4183
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2952156.00/cwt151.00–162.001,4853
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29712,075.00/head1,900.00–2,200.002,0754
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29752,025.00/head2,025.00–2,025.002,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2985153.50/cwt153.00–154.001,5122
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,0053,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,085145.71/cwt143.00–149.001,5817
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,125147.00/cwt144.00–150.001,6542
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1302,093.50/head1,900.00–2,450.002,09410
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1502,650.00/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2112,075.00/head2,075.00–2,075.002,07510
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28001,500.00/head1,500.00–1,500.001,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28451,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28451,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1001,900.00/head1,900.00–1,900.001,9001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1232,350.00/head2,200.00–2,500.002,3502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1252,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,3052,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5202,625.00/head2,625.00–2,625.002,6251
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1793255.64/cwt240.00–265.002,02714
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2803229.67/cwt220.00–242.001,84412
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,018218.33/cwt210.00–225.002,2233

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.