Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, May 16, 2025

506 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $318.23/cwt -20.75 vs last sale · ≈ $1,664/hd at 523 lb · 17 head

light 3-weight M&L 1 steers $453.11/cwt +25.95 vs last sale · ≈ $1,487/hd at 328 lb · 16 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $312.22/cwt +2.20 vs last sale · ≈ $1,920/hd at 615 lb · 16 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	506	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
165 value added	165	1	487.50	$487.50	$804	—
228 value added	228	9	487.50	$487.50	$1,112	—
268	268	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,206	—
284 value added	284	6	472.50	$472.50	$1,342	—
310–340	322	5	400.00–430.00	$415.96	$1,339	-3.63
331 value added	331	11	470.00	$470.00	$1,556	—
370–391	386	6	400.00–420.00	$406.58	$1,569	-21.97
400–445	422	12	405.00–435.00	$429.76	$1,814	+12.32
435–445	440	2	385.00–390.00	$387.53	$1,705	-29.91
470–490	483	3	375.00–390.00	$383.24	$1,851	-13.69
510–530	520	5	390.00–405.00	$398.94	$2,074	+21.92
550	550	2	355.00	$355.00	$1,952	-19.87
610	610	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,104	-15.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	370.00	$370.00	$1,054	-50.00
330	330	1	365.00	$365.00	$1,204	—
380–385	383	2	360.00–375.00	$367.45	$1,407	-27.55
425	425	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,466	-3.61
400–448	430	6	350.00–380.00	$358.07	$1,540	+9.46
475–495	482	3	355.00–365.00	$358.43	$1,728	+5.53
515–549	537	8	335.00–365.00	$354.08	$1,901	+24.08
568–585	576	10	317.00–340.00	$331.16	$1,907	+1.34
602–633	615	16	304.00–335.00	$312.22	$1,920	+2.20
653–675	660	3	315.00–330.00	$320.11	$2,113	+27.56
765	765	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,951	-12.50
985	985	1	215.00	$215.00	$2,118	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	1	285.00	$285.00	$670	—
280	280	1	310.00	$310.00	$868	—
400	400	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,100	—
465–470	467	3	250.00–305.00	$268.27	$1,253	-38.93
515	515	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,596	+30.00
550–590	577	3	280.00–310.00	$298.76	$1,724	+21.26
613–645	624	3	290.00	$290.00	$1,810	+10.00
770	770	2	285.00	$285.00	$2,194	+36.07

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
118 unweaned	118	2	850.00	$850.00	—
220 unweaned	220	1	875.00	$875.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	830.00	$830.00	—
190	190	1	920.00	$920.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
475	475	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	150.00	$150.00	$802	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	1	380.00	$380.00	$817	—
260	260	1	380.00	$380.00	$988	—
330–335	333	2	355.00–370.00	$362.56	$1,207	+27.68
350–375	363	2	360.00	$360.00	$1,307	+4.90
365	365	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,204	-25.10
400–445	431	7	325.00–355.00	$334.41	$1,441	+1.82
435	435	1	320.00	$320.00	$1,392	-12.59
460–490	479	5	315.00–330.00	$323.92	$1,552	-11.08
490 unweaned	490	1	267.00	$267.00	$1,308	—
503–540	523	17	310.00–340.00	$318.23	$1,664	-20.75
550–588	572	4	300.00–325.00	$307.24	$1,757	+7.24
610–630	622	5	285.00–310.00	$299.02	$1,860	+14.02
650	650	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,885	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
172 value added	172	2	475.00	$475.00	$817	—
220–245 unweaned	233	2	450.00	$450.00	$1,048	—
235 value added	235	5	460.00	$460.00	$1,081	—
235	235	1	430.00	$430.00	$1,010	±0.00
250–255	253	2	440.00	$440.00	$1,113	+15.00
330	330	3	375.00–380.00	$376.67	$1,243	-18.22
373–380	375	3	380.00–390.00	$386.63	$1,450	+3.86
410–420	417	3	370.00–395.00	$378.20	$1,577	+6.55
455–495	470	7	350.00–365.00	$355.80	$1,672	-9.04
525	525	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,785	-15.17
633	633	9	322.50	$322.50	$2,041	—
743	743	2	262.50	$262.50	$1,950	-12.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	270.00	$270.00	$716	—
410	410	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,025	-50.00
460–493	475	10	250.00–292.00	$272.69	$1,295	—
560–595	575	3	227.50–265.00	$249.42	$1,434	-5.44

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	5	325.00	$325.00	$1,752	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
153–175 unweaned	159	4	830.00–900.00	$880.68	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
138	138	2	710.00	$710.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	345.00	$345.00	$1,208	—
430	430	1	330.00	$330.00	$1,419	—
450	450	1	380.00	$380.00	$1,710	+59.92
530	530	1	340.00	$340.00	$1,802	±0.00
585	585	1	315.00	$315.00	$1,843	—
590	590	1	257.00	$257.00	$1,516	—
620	620	1	277.00	$277.00	$1,717	-35.00
745	745	1	220.00	$220.00	$1,639	—
790	790	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,501	—
820–825	823	2	210.00–230.00	$219.97	$1,810	+7.54
855	855	3	215.00	$215.00	$1,838	—
930	930	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,953	—
965	965	2	235.00	$235.00	$2,268	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	455.00	$455.00	$1,092	—
445	445	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,669	—
550	550	1	350.00	$350.00	$1,925	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75–95 unweaned	85	—	—	2	800.00	$800.00	—
970	970	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530	530	1	205.00	$205.00	$1,086	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1080	1080	(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	2,700.00	$2,700.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625–730	682	85-90%	3	90.00–97.00	$93.92	$641	—
615–860	725	85-90%	9	119.00–128.50	$123.28	$894	—
730–810	781	85-90%	6	100.00–106.00	$104.39	$815	—
480–1150	793	85-90%	9	108.00–118.00	$111.03	$880	—
620–975	803	85-90%	10	127.00–134.00	$130.83	$1,051	-0.81
690–920	805	85-90%	5	103.00–125.00	$111.01	$894	-20.63

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
720–1150	963	80-85%	6	130.00–137.00	$134.01	$1,291	-1.17
900–1305	1127	80-85%	15	134.00–155.00	$146.63	$1,653	+3.68
805–1555	1146	80-85%	5	131.00–137.00	$134.38	$1,540	-8.57
1033–1470	1185	80-85%	16	140.00–150.00	$143.85	$1,705	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205	1205	75-80%	1	111.00	$111.00	$1,338	—
1125–1620	1373	75-80%	2	135.00–137.50	$136.02	$1,868	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1040	1029	4	137.00–157.00	$148.22	$1,525	—
1145–1620	1376	7	123.00–149.00	$141.66	$1,949	—
1040–1895	1559	12	160.00–172.00	$165.61	$2,582	—
1525–2030	1804	6	173.50–175.00	$174.48	$3,148	+1.66

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
535–1115	745	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	180.00–192.00	$185.30	$1,380
555–1130	786	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	15	162.00–190.00	$174.50	$1,372

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
750–898	839	(<2 yrs)	Open	4	195.00–225.00	$203.00	$1,703

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
780	780	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,030
825–1095	921	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	147.00–177.00	$156.50	$1,441
955	955	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	147.00	$147.00	$1,404
1015–1025	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	146.50–152.00	$149.25	$1,522
945–1500	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	148.00–175.00	$159.83	$1,844
1215	1215	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,822
1195–1430	1330	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	145.00–172.00	$157.33	$2,092

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	2,250.00	$2,250.00
1035–1280	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	2,050.00–2,250.00	$2,118.33
1190	1190	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
920–940	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,200.00–2,250.00	$2,225.00
940–1250	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,800.00–2,000.00	$1,883.33

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
595	595	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	122.00	$122.00	$726
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,220
1070	1070	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,605

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,956

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

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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
895	895	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
980–1090	1021	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	2,685.00–2,850.00	$2,757.50	—
1050–1165	1075	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	2,525.00–2,700.00	$2,586.11	+36.11
875–1365	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,575.00–2,650.00	$2,612.50	-37.50
1240	1240	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,725.00	$2,725.00	—
1355	1355	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,275.00	$3,275.00	—
1295–1590	1495	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	3,000.00–3,050.00	$3,037.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
795	795	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,100.00	$2,100.00	-50.00
875–1005	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,900.00–2,200.00	$2,050.00	+95.00
885–1110	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	2,300.00–2,675.00	$2,508.33	—
1143	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	2,750.00	$2,750.00	—
1225	1225	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,575.00	$2,575.00	-25.00
1015–1635	1236	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	2,400.00–2,550.00	$2,490.00	-110.00

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
615	615	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,200.00	$2,200.00	—
915	915	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,350.00	$2,350.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
830	830	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
860	860	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

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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.