Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, April 25, 2025

553 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $316.80/cwt +85.96 vs last sale · ≈ $2,106/hd at 665 lb · 20 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $255.00/cwt +80.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,948/hd at 764 lb · 17 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 steers $450.69/cwt +34.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,691/hd at 375 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	553	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205 unweaned	203	2	430.00–440.00	$434.94	$883	—
235 value added	235	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,210	—
255 fancy	255	1	470.00	$470.00	$1,198	—
268 value added	268	2	500.00	$500.00	$1,340	—
260–275	270	3	425.00–435.00	$430.00	$1,161	-9.77
275	275	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,100	-39.77
278 unweaned	278	2	425.00	$425.00	$1,182	—
315–340	332	5	435.00–455.00	$449.95	$1,494	+16.69
340–343 value added	342	4	470.00–475.00	$473.76	$1,620	—
345 fancy	345	1	465.00	$465.00	$1,604	—
355–385 value added	373	3	470.00–490.00	$478.06	$1,783	—
370–375	374	5	405.00–435.00	$425.03	$1,590	+25.44
358–393 fancy	377	8	445.00–465.00	$456.46	$1,721	—
415–445 fancy	425	11	450.00–475.00	$454.01	$1,930	—
420–445	433	5	400.00–430.00	$414.26	$1,794	+59.26
455–463 value added	460	3	445.00–455.00	$451.71	$2,078	—
450–485	473	5	385.00–410.00	$397.91	$1,882	-6.80
525 fancy	525	4	390.00–410.00	$395.00	$2,074	—
510–537	532	10	355.00–375.00	$368.04	$1,958	+37.86
560–570	565	2	355.00–365.00	$359.96	$2,034	+3.11
600–610 value added	605	2	345.00–350.00	$347.48	$2,102	—
630	630	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,016	+25.54
656–670	657	10	282.50–292.50	$283.52	$1,863	+0.21
685 value added	685	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,158	—
743	743	5	250.00	$250.00	$1,858	+16.66
906	906	5	237.50	$237.50	$2,152	—
1020	1020	1	235.00	$235.00	$2,397	—
1075	1075	1	230.00	$230.00	$2,472	+2.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	1	410.00	$410.00	$861	—
305–345	325	2	340.00–360.00	$350.62	$1,140	+50.62
390	390	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,248	—
415 value added	415	3	385.00	$385.00	$1,598	—
460–495	483	6	360.00–380.00	$365.76	$1,767	+19.53
520	520	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,482	-39.49
515–535	525	2	335.00–340.00	$337.45	$1,772	+12.96
555–580	566	5	302.50–320.00	$313.42	$1,774	+53.42
630–635	633	2	285.00–300.00	$292.47	$1,851	+92.47
655	655	1	260.00	$260.00	$1,703	—
655–675	665	2	285.00–300.00	$292.61	$1,946	—
790	790	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,094	+130.00
850	850	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,785	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
220	220	1	785.00	$785.00	—
448	448	4	835.00–885.00	$860.00	—
468–475	470	3	810.00–835.00	$818.42	—
540	540	1	835.00	$835.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	280.00	$280.00	$1,092	—
440	440	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,430	—
450	450	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,238	—
530	530	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,272	—
605	605	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,452	—
650–690	673	3	222.00–250.00	$234.26	$1,577	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618	618	2	172.00	$172.00	$1,063	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150	150	1	825.00	$825.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,012	—
270–275 value added	273	2	455.00–470.00	$462.57	$1,263	—
303–310 value added	305	3	440.00–445.00	$441.69	$1,347	—
340	340	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,360	+125.00
365–380 fancy	375	3	415.00–440.00	$424.80	$1,593	—
365–395	380	2	375.00–415.00	$395.79	$1,504	-12.88
383–385 value added	384	4	425.00–445.00	$430.02	$1,651	—
410–420 fancy	415	6	415.00–445.00	$425.81	$1,767	—
414–445	425	8	385.00–395.00	$391.30	$1,663	+109.71
458–480 fancy	464	4	375.00–380.00	$376.29	$1,746	+35.29
455–495	476	8	340.00–365.00	$355.12	$1,690	+52.42
500–520	512	7	345.00–375.00	$357.25	$1,829	-14.13
520 fancy	520	2	390.00	$390.00	$2,028	—
561 value added	561	11	320.00	$320.00	$1,795	—
555–595	580	4	290.00–315.00	$302.82	$1,756	+4.72
630–645	640	3	290.00–310.00	$298.40	$1,910	+92.99
662 value added	662	16	326.00	$326.00	$2,158	+70.85
676	676	4	280.00	$280.00	$1,893	+54.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,251	+25.00
405–430	418	2	320.00–345.00	$332.87	$1,391	—
470–485	475	3	315.00–320.00	$318.30	$1,512	+85.72
515–540	526	4	315.00–330.00	$321.39	$1,691	+71.39
530–540	535	2	295.00	$295.00	$1,578	+85.00
555–585	570	15	270.00–295.00	$275.33	$1,569	+70.33
605–645	630	4	250.00–272.00	$261.96	$1,650	+114.39
710	710	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,775	+128.00
764	764	17	255.00	$255.00	$1,948	+80.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
430	430	1	300.00	$300.00	$1,290	—
450	450	1	240.00	$240.00	$1,080	—
515–540	523	3	232.00–275.00	$252.98	$1,323	—
555–595	582	3	240.00–260.00	$246.36	$1,434	+121.36
705	705	1	230.00	$230.00	$1,622	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130–135 unweaned	133	2	710.00–800.00	$754.15	—
190	190	1	800.00	$800.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	140.00	$140.00	$612	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145 unweaned	145	1	800.00	$800.00	-60.00
165 unweaned	165	1	870.00	$870.00	-80.00

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Feeder Bulls

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685	685	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,014	—
715–735	726	4	131.00–160.00	$142.70	$1,036	—
770–790	780	2	134.50–135.00	$134.75	$1,051	—
800–820	810	2	122.00–132.00	$126.94	$1,028	—
935	935	1	128.50	$128.50	$1,201	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	265.00	$265.00	$1,325	—
595	595	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,874	+38.00
730	730	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,825	—
750	750	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,875	—
805	805	1	228.00	$228.00	$1,835	—
920	920	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,628	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970–990	980	2	173.00–183.00	$178.05	$1,745	—
1060	1060	1	176.00	$176.00	$1,866	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75–85 unweaned	80	2	800.00	$800.00	-35.76
135 unweaned	135	1	875.00	$875.00	+90.00

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
740	740	80-85%	1	135.00	$135.00	$999	—
753–1300	918	80-85%	12	134.00–143.00	$137.32	$1,261	—
770–1505	1025	80-85%	35	139.00–149.00	$144.73	$1,483	—
935–1150	1043	80-85%	2	152.00–154.00	$152.90	$1,595	—
730–1375	1086	80-85%	6	130.00–152.50	$143.54	$1,559	+6.93
1280	1280	80-85%	1	151.00	$151.00	$1,933	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550–715	633	85-90%	2	100.00	$100.00	$633	—
585–766	695	85-90%	14	112.00–130.00	$121.15	$842	—
695	695	85-90%	1	94.00	$94.00	$653	—
570–1015	811	85-90%	22	120.00–132.00	$127.98	$1,038	+20.22
815–1000	908	85-90%	2	116.00–117.00	$116.45	$1,057	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050	1050	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,701	—
855–1405	1185	3	110.00–130.00	$119.69	$1,418	—
1000–1785	1234	17	125.00–152.00	$140.91	$1,739	—
1245–1905	1561	9	155.00–165.00	$160.17	$2,500	—
1570–2050	1792	3	165.00–168.00	$166.64	$2,986	+9.98
1900	1900	1	182.00	$182.00	$3,458	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
640–955	817	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	195.00–205.00	$199.58	$1,631

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–790	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	172.00–180.00	$175.50	$1,295
710–860	775	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	190.00–200.00	$194.25	$1,505
880	880	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	172.00	$172.00	$1,514

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
915	915	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,482

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
845–1080	963	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	180.00–187.00	$183.50	$1,767
920–1265	1035	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	187.00–205.00	$197.00	$2,039
990–1200	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	156.00–181.00	$171.33	$1,837
1150	1150	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	190.00	$190.00	$2,185

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
780–850	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,700.00–1,900.00	$1,800.00
725–1355	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,083.33
845–940	893	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,000.00–2,100.00	$2,050.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
940–1205	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,300.00–2,600.00	$2,450.00
1130–1170	1143	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,400.00–2,450.00	$2,433.33

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00
780–810	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,700.00–1,750.00	$1,725.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
940–965	953	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	215.00	$215.00	$2,049
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	212.00	$212.00	$2,056

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
670	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	147.00	$147.00	$985

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
925–1180	1031	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,618.75	—
1045–1370	1170	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,577.27	+277.27
1055–1270	1177	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,400.00–2,750.00	$2,550.00	+250.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
840–1140	990	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,450.00–2,550.00	$2,500.00	—
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	+1,000.00
850–1105	1044	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	2,300.00–2,400.00	$2,385.71	+985.71

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
695	695	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	—
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.