Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2026-08-21

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Aug 21
● Final127 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
349 head
▼ 118 vs last sale 467▼ 278 vs year ago 627 · −44.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
170 head
▼ 21 vs last sale 191▼ 9 vs year ago 179 · −5.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 84▼ 82 vs year ago 166 · −49.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No good comparisons for steer and heifer calves, but a downward trend was noticed. There was also no good comparable for feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 5.00-7.00 lower, Trade and demand moderate.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $334.12/cwt on 34 head, down $15.93 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 32 comparable sales and sits −29.24 against this barn's trailing median of $363.36.
Average price
$334.12
▼ 15.93 vs prior sale
34 head · 556 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,859
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$830
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$183.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−33.63
vs NM average
−62.66 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1505420.002,1211thin
Medium and Large 1-2565344.361,94522
Medium and Large 2544331.751,8068thin
Small 4545236.671,2913thin
One grade step is worth $183.33/cwt here — about $830 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale34 hd
334.12
—
NM average3 barns · 175 hd
367.75
−33.63
National average147 barns · 5,729 hd
396.78
−62.66
This barn, trailing median32 sales
363.36
−29.24
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—Low1,503168.662,53519
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,200156.281,87646
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,570146.002,2921thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low936138.601,29797

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)1,090$2,6124thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,490$2,5001thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,308$2,4002thin
Bred Cows2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,670$2,2001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,200$2,0754thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,093$2,0502thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)793$1,8205
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,231$3,42311
Cow-Calf Pairs1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,435$3,1001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,306$2,78210
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)995$2,4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,108$2,0002thin

Every lot

127 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
Steers100–150Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned145760.00/head760.00–760.007601
Steers150–200Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned175800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned200430.00/cwt430.00–430.008601
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned213939.54/head850.00–1,050.009404
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned2351,009.47/head900.00–1,110.001,0092
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2268458.42/cwt445.00–465.001,2293
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned275500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3751
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1Full275490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,3482
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned285400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1401
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2Unweaned303338.19/cwt325.00–350.001,0253
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2310360.90/cwt355.00–367.001,1192
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1-2324431.91/cwt430.00–440.001,3995
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,5471
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2365375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,3691
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2370429.89/cwt420.00–442.001,5915
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1372436.41/cwt427.00–457.001,62311
Steers350–400Small 4395240.00/cwt240.00–240.009481
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1423442.60/cwt440.00–445.001,8722
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,5162
Steers400–450Small 44481,275.00/head1,275.00–1,275.001,2752
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2470386.62/cwt370.00–400.001,8178
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2470349.91/cwt340.00–362.001,6459
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2Full473305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4432
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,1211
Steers500–550Small 4510250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2751
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517353.37/cwt337.00–370.001,8277
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2538335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,8026
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2563322.00/cwt322.00–322.001,8132
Steers550–600Small 4563230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2952
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587340.16/cwt332.00–345.001,99715
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2613313.67/cwt300.00–327.001,9234
Steers600–650Medium and Large 2620255.87/cwt252.00–260.001,5862
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665327.33/cwt312.00–335.002,1773
Steers650–700Medium and Large 2677267.80/cwt252.00–292.001,8133
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714265.23/cwt250.00–277.001,8949
Steers700–750Medium and Large 2722248.62/cwt242.00–252.001,7957
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2774273.78/cwt252.00–287.002,1195
Steers750–800Medium and Large 2785250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,9631
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,1844
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2835225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,8791
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872264.42/cwt256.00–277.002,3063
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2875220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,9251
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2940240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,2561
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 1-21,140217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,4741
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers100–150Medium and Large 1Unweaned131781.66/head700.00–810.007827
Heifers150–200Medium and Large 1Unweaned187967.86/head900.00–1,000.009683
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned220963.64/head950.00–975.009642
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned223975.00/head975.00–975.009753
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1Unweaned230470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,0811
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned293380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,1135
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Unweaned298445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3262
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1319427.35/cwt412.00–435.001,3636
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2325364.38/cwt355.00–375.001,1842
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2335403.41/cwt400.00–405.001,3513
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1355427.00/cwt427.00–427.001,5161
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376375.20/cwt360.00–390.001,4119
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2388337.35/cwt330.00–345.001,3092
Heifers400–450Medium 1-2410240.00/cwt240.00–240.009841
Heifers400–450Small 4415875.00/head875.00–875.008751
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2415369.93/cwt355.00–382.001,53512
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2415340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,4111
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1450360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,6201
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2475330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,5681
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2478358.13/cwt350.00–365.001,71211
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2512333.36/cwt330.00–340.001,7073
Heifers500–550Medium 1-2515267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,3751
Heifers550–600Medium 1-2560265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4841
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2573321.82/cwt315.00–327.001,8445
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2608297.65/cwt285.00–310.001,8102
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2690278.32/cwt275.00–280.001,9203
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,1461
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,3941
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2785265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,0802
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned295725.00/head725.00–725.007251
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1302470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,4193
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1-2495345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,7081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2543330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7923
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1-2570260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4821
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1-2718272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,9532
Bulls700–750Small 4720137.00/cwt137.00–137.009861
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1-2805175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4091
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 1-2850175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,4881
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,143159.74/cwt150.00–175.001,8263
Bulls——1,495166.16/cwt151.00–180.002,48413
Bulls——1,898188.41/cwt185.00–194.003,5763
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed772112.56/cwt100.00–125.008695
Cows—Lean 85-90%803124.95/cwt124.00–127.001,0033
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight892118.72/cwt117.00–120.001,0593
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed908132.62/cwt126.00–134.001,20413
Cows—Lean 85-90%914132.16/cwt126.50–136.001,20818
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed930150.56/cwt144.00–152.501,4008
Cows—Lean 85-90%981145.60/cwt140.00–151.001,42847
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,155159.79/cwt156.00–165.001,84619
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,210161.22/cwt157.00–164.001,9512
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,230152.98/cwt148.50–156.001,88222
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,263155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9583
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,570146.00/cwt146.00–146.002,2921
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows5 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium 1-2610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3731
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1754267.20/cwt262.00–280.002,01510
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2806261.50/cwt250.00–275.002,10810
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-2874236.54/cwt200.00–245.002,06713
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1900275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,4751
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 44851,025.00/head1,025.00–1,025.001,0251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-29952,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0282,650.00/head2,500.00–2,800.002,6502
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium 1-21,0351,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1102,466.67/head2,300.00–2,800.002,4673
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1802,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2353,500.00/head3,500.00–3,500.003,5001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2813,606.25/head3,575.00–3,625.003,6068
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,4353,100.00/head3,100.00–3,100.003,1001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5403,233.33/head3,175.00–3,350.003,2336
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows15 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 46031,000.00/head1,000.00–1,000.001,0002
Bred Cows—Medium 1-26751,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-27501,600.00/head1,600.00–1,600.001,6001
Bred Cows—Medium 1-28802,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,1001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,0432,650.00/head2,600.00–2,700.002,6502
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,128168.00/cwt167.00–169.001,8952
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1602,783.33/head2,700.00–2,900.002,7833
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,1701,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2102,166.67/head2,000.00–2,400.002,1673
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3082,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4002
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,430154.00/cwt154.00–154.002,2021
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4352,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,4902,500.00/head2,500.00–2,500.002,5001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,550161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,4961
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,6702,200.00/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.