Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2026-07-10

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jul 10
● Final146 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
481 head
▲ 196 vs last sale 285▼ 23 vs year ago 504 · −4.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▼ 27 vs last sale 153▼ 101 vs year ago 227 · −44.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 112▼ 190 vs year ago 304 · −62.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No sale last week, July 4th holiday. Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower, while heifer calves sold steady. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 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 $408.82/cwt on 84 head, up $46.49 from the prior sale (only 17 head in that comparison). That ranks 25 of 32 comparable sales and sits +45.47 against this barn's trailing median of $363.36.
Average price
$408.82
▲ 46.49 vs prior sale
84 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$1,202
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$214.67/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−42.13
vs NM average
−50.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559452.152,53050
Medium and Large 1-2542411.632,2329thin
Medium and Large 2570359.932,05215thin
Medium 2513280.021,4376thin
Small 4559237.481,3284thin
One grade step is worth $214.67/cwt here — about $1,202 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale84 hd
408.82
—
NM average2 barns · 221 hd
450.96
−42.13
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
−50.66
This barn, trailing median32 sales
363.36
+45.47
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—High1,592195.443,11121
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,170162.991,90853
CowsLean 85-90%Low887139.901,24150
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,387132.331,8353thin

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)1,155$2,6455
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,053$2,3673thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,174$2,1478
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,150$2,1444thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$2,0254thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,055$3,04213
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,177$2,92512
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)785$1,8251thin

Every lot

146 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
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned125900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned175814.10/head775.00–900.008145
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned220560.00/cwt560.00–560.001,2321
Steers200–250Medium and Large 2Unweaned240355.00/cwt355.00–355.008522
Steers250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned280400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1201
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned290464.91/cwt460.00–470.001,3482
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2295570.00/cwt565.00–575.001,6822
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2320509.06/cwt495.00–525.001,6292
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned330545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,7992
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned330454.17/cwt445.00–475.001,4995
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1340570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,9382
Steers300–350Small 43451,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned355395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,4022
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2367439.66/cwt439.00–440.001,6143
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2368495.34/cwt485.00–505.001,8232
Steers350–400Small 43801,350.00/head1,300.00–1,400.001,3502
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned380530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0141
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381551.59/cwt540.00–565.002,1024
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421495.00/cwt495.00–495.002,0846
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2423449.70/cwt440.00–460.001,9022
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2427408.66/cwt400.00–420.001,7459
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Value Added440545.00/cwt545.00–545.002,3981
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2467440.36/cwt420.00–450.002,0563
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474472.87/cwt460.00–492.002,2418
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2504417.04/cwt395.00–425.002,1025
Steers500–550Medium 2513280.02/cwt275.00–305.001,4376
Steers500–550Small 4530265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4052
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1543438.56/cwt435.00–465.002,38124
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1570436.65/cwt435.00–445.002,4896
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2570359.93/cwt350.00–365.002,05215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy576473.11/cwt455.00–485.002,72520
Steers550–600Small 4588209.96/cwt200.00–220.001,2352
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590404.87/cwt400.00–420.002,3894
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2617359.14/cwt345.00–370.002,2166
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,4891
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1667402.65/cwt385.00–420.002,68619
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2673294.96/cwt285.00–305.001,9852
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2700330.00/cwt325.00–335.002,3102
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2720277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,9941
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fancy740394.47/cwt390.00–395.002,9199
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1743347.51/cwt342.00–375.002,5826
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,5461
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1785355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,7873
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1855345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,9501
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1910322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,9301
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2950270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,5651
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 2950257.00/cwt257.00–257.002,4421
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,090241.00/cwt241.00–241.002,6271
Feeder Cattle · Heifers40 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned115725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned230490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,1271
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2240466.60/cwt465.00–470.001,1203
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2265405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,0731
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned270432.78/cwt425.00–440.001,1692
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2Unweaned270415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,1211
Heifers250–300Small 4290250.00/cwt250.00–250.007251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Fancy300515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,5451
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned310395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,2251
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2315415.16/cwt410.00–420.001,3082
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned330450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,4851
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1335475.00/cwt470.00–480.001,5912
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Fancy365515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8801
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2Unweaned370300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1101
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2375430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6131
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1378488.91/cwt480.00–515.001,8485
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2379343.91/cwt340.00–350.001,3035
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned395465.00/cwt465.00–465.001,8371
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,8911
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2425395.00/cwt395.00–395.001,6791
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1433460.11/cwt455.00–490.001,99213
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1483409.44/cwt400.00–420.001,9788
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2490380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,8621
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508373.73/cwt370.00–380.001,8994
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2511338.16/cwt329.00–350.001,7284
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy519406.55/cwt403.00–415.002,11010
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1527397.60/cwt382.00–402.002,0956
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1554364.86/cwt362.00–372.002,02114
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy559425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,37625
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582361.24/cwt350.00–370.002,1025
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2585327.54/cwt325.00–330.001,9162
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1628340.14/cwt335.00–345.002,1362
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0002
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1688341.21/cwt330.00–345.002,3484
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2688282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,9404
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,3973
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 2780270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,1061
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,4041
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2865305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,6381
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1925325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,0061
Feeder Cattle · Bulls10 lots · lightest first
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1-2368452.24/cwt440.00–465.001,6642
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1-2400445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,7801
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2535330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7661
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2560342.52/cwt340.00–345.001,9182
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1-2615350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1531
Bulls700–750Medium 1-2720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,7281
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2750315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,3632
Bulls750–800Medium 1-2790247.48/cwt245.00–250.001,9552
Bulls850–900Medium 1-2867248.37/cwt245.00–250.002,1533
Bulls1050–1100Medium and Large 1-21,080230.00/cwt230.00–230.002,4841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,298177.09/cwt169.00–188.002,2996
Bulls——Return to Feed1,404184.02/cwt180.00–187.002,5844
Bulls——Return to Feed1,528218.05/cwt216.00–222.003,3322
Bulls——1,766204.35/cwt195.00–208.003,6095
Bulls——2,035211.92/cwt210.00–214.004,3134
Slaughter Cattle · Cows15 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed744121.22/cwt120.00–125.009025
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight748111.99/cwt110.00–115.008383
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed753131.98/cwt131.00–133.009942
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed852145.64/cwt140.00–150.001,2417
Cows—Lean 85-90%855125.72/cwt121.00–130.001,0755
Cows—Lean 85-90%901139.72/cwt134.00–144.001,2597
Cows—Lean 85-90%969150.60/cwt145.00–157.001,45921
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,083176.45/cwt176.00–177.001,9112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,144155.49/cwt143.50–161.001,77919
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,159167.83/cwt160.00–175.501,94513
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,194166.26/cwt161.00–174.001,98517
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,195135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,6131
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,383161.51/cwt160.00–163.002,2342
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,455152.00/cwt152.00–152.002,2121
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,510110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,6611
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2680200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3601
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27771,800.00/head1,600.00–1,900.001,8003
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28401,450.00/head1,300.00–1,600.001,4502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2850270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2951
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2935198.50/cwt197.00–200.001,8562
Bred Cows—Medium 1-21,0251,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0532,366.67/head2,300.00–2,500.002,3673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,055166.00/cwt140.00–192.001,7512
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,060166.00/cwt165.00–167.001,7602
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0902,700.00/head2,700.00–2,700.002,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,118205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,2923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1552,645.00/head2,475.00–2,850.002,6455
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,190175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0831
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1922,291.67/head2,250.00–2,325.002,2923
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2852,379.17/head2,250.00–2,700.002,3796
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-27052,050.00/head2,050.00–2,050.002,0501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-27851,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-28401,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0042,850.00/head2,600.00–3,000.002,8505
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0252,000.00/head2,000.00–2,000.002,0001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0653,550.00/head3,450.00–3,650.003,5502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0732,771.43/head2,500.00–3,100.002,7717
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0953,250.00/head3,250.00–3,250.003,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2563,587.50/head3,500.00–3,650.003,5884
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4973,483.33/head3,450.00–3,500.003,4833
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2780205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,5992
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2841254.00/cwt240.00–270.002,13625
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2867226.36/cwt225.00–235.001,96311

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.