Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2026-06-05

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jun 5
● Final121 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
236 head
▼ 105 vs last sale 341▼ 203 vs year ago 439 · −46.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 137▲ 50 vs year ago 105 · +47.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
94 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 105▲ 15 vs year ago 79 · +19.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher, while heifer calves sold 5.00-10.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Trade moderate, 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 $396.67/cwt on 12 head, down $1.50 from the prior sale. That ranks 20 of 32 comparable sales and sits +33.31 against this barn's trailing median of $363.36.
Average price
$396.67
▼ 1.50 vs prior sale
12 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,113
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$340
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$79.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.91
vs NM average
−62.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1524429.082,2485thin
Medium and Large 1-2534391.162,0894thin
Medium and Large 2545350.001,9093thin
One grade step is worth $79.08/cwt here — about $340 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 sale12 hd
396.67
—
NM average3 barns · 130 hd
421.58
−24.91
National average164 barns · 12,433 hd
459.19
−62.52
This barn, trailing median32 sales
363.36
+33.31
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—Average1,646196.783,23915
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,111167.221,85890
CowsLean 85-90%High807136.531,10230

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)1,078$2,8333thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,048$2,49111
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)947$2,4257
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)975$2,3001thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,110$2,1001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,330$2,0503thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)460$1,2251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)906$2,8937
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,136$2,8318
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,177$2,7673thin

Every lot

121 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned120850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned171964.23/head950.00–1,000.009644
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned255515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,3131
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1280565.00/cwt565.00–565.001,5822
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2280510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,4281
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2300490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,4701
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1316557.92/cwt540.00–570.001,7634
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned335355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,1892
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2355455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,6151
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1Value Added380530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,0142
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1381492.46/cwt490.00–500.001,8764
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Fancy406530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,1525
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned420362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,5201
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422477.45/cwt465.00–480.002,0156
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425417.08/cwt400.00–435.001,7733
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2469345.07/cwt340.00–350.001,6184
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472414.98/cwt405.00–430.001,9593
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1489459.95/cwt455.00–470.002,2497
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1524429.08/cwt422.00–445.002,2485
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528404.83/cwt400.00–410.002,1382
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2528365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,9272
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy540377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,0392
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2580320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,8561
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2600347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,0821
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1620389.93/cwt385.00–395.002,4188
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620320.02/cwt317.50–322.501,9842
Steers650–700Small 4660210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,3861
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added700370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,5902
Steers700–750Small 4705217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,5301
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,6101
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2825255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,1041
Steers850–900Medium and Large 2885252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,2302
Steers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,020260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,6521
Steers1450–1500Medium and Large 1-21,475190.00/cwt190.00–190.002,8031
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned135790.74/head700.00–875.007912
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned150850.00/head850.00–850.008501
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2001,200.00/head1,200.00–1,200.001,2001
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned205787.80/head775.00–800.007882
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2Unweaned245385.00/cwt385.00–385.009431
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1265500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3251
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned265425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,1261
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned300425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,2751
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1310489.84/cwt480.00–495.001,5193
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2325454.26/cwt452.00–455.001,4764
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,7635
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2380375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4251
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1406442.00/cwt442.00–442.001,7954
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2Unweaned415335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3901
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2420401.03/cwt382.50–420.001,6842
Heifers400–450Small 44351,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2455362.00/cwt362.00–362.001,6471
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475442.00/cwt442.00–442.002,1002
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9683
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2520355.56/cwt350.00–367.001,8493
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2520314.12/cwt295.00–330.001,6335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1540377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0361
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1553377.00/cwt377.00–377.002,0853
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2572295.34/cwt282.00–330.001,6896
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fancy580570.00/cwt570.00–570.003,3066
Heifers550–600Small 4590245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,4461
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2625300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,8751
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1653355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3186
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2705280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,9741
Feeder Cattle · Bulls13 lots · lightest first
Bulls100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned127852.63/head800.00–900.008533
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned1721,135.00/head1,135.00–1,135.001,1353
Bulls150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned1951,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bulls400–450Medium 1-2435285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2401
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned475300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4251
Bulls450–500Small 4485245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1881
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2575385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,2141
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1-2678250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,6952
Bulls650–700Small 4695210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4601
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1-2768255.96/cwt252.00–260.001,9662
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2823240.14/cwt225.00–255.001,9762
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2880247.50/cwt247.50–247.502,1781
Bulls950–1000Medium 1-2980222.00/cwt222.00–222.002,1761
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,373186.69/cwt181.00–197.002,5634
Bulls——Return to Feed1,400179.39/cwt164.00–191.002,5114
Bulls——1,903210.82/cwt208.00–213.004,0123
Bulls——Return to Feed1,925211.00/cwt211.00–211.004,0621
Bulls——1,988214.64/cwt214.00–215.004,2673
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight630115.00/cwt115.00–115.007251
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed696112.37/cwt80.00–135.007827
Cows—Lean 85-90%717128.78/cwt126.00–136.009235
Cows—Lean 85-90%770137.87/cwt136.00–140.001,0622
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed780140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0921
Cows—Lean 85-90%890159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,4151
Cows—Lean 85-90%911151.16/cwt146.00–158.001,3778
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed925153.26/cwt143.00–160.001,4185
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed956162.82/cwt160.00–165.001,55718
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,125179.00/cwt179.00–179.002,0141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,131169.81/cwt164.00–176.001,92124
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,157169.86/cwt163.00–173.501,96535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,167159.97/cwt154.00–163.001,86712
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows14 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 44601,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2780217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,6931
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28052,050.00/head1,800.00–2,300.002,0502
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28752,120.00/head1,950.00–2,450.002,1205
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29752,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0042,575.00/head2,350.00–2,900.002,5755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0782,833.33/head2,700.00–3,000.002,8333
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,095165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8071
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1922,800.00/head2,600.00–3,000.002,8006
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,205177.50/cwt169.00–186.002,1392
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,293176.50/cwt169.00–180.002,2824
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3302,050.00/head1,800.00–2,250.002,0503
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,550183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,8371
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows4 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1630320.00/cwt300.00–330.002,0163
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2900233.75/cwt210.00–240.002,1048
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2926252.75/cwt242.00–285.002,34036
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,190225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,6781
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-26732,250.00/head2,000.00–2,500.002,2502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 27601,850.00/head1,850.00–1,850.001,8501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28202,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19873,450.00/head3,400.00–3,500.003,4503
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0402,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1232,625.00/head2,550.00–2,700.002,6252
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2153,050.00/head2,800.00–3,400.003,0506
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2152,800.00/head2,800.00–2,800.002,8001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2853,050.00/head3,050.00–3,050.003,0501

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.