Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, July 25, 2025

674 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $308.55/cwt +20.23 vs last sale · ≈ $2,092/hd at 678 lb · 35 head

light 2-weight M&L 1 heifers $700.38/cwt +230.38 vs last sale · ≈ $1,597/hd at 228 lb · 23 head

heavy 2-weight M&L 1 steers $705.98/cwt +92.77 vs last sale · ≈ $1,907/hd at 270 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	674	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	213	3	590.00–635.00	$611.02	$1,301	+1.64
215 fancy	215	6	750.00	$750.00	$1,612	—
235 unweaned	235	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,292	—
265–277 fancy	268	13	710.00–730.00	$725.23	$1,944	—
270–275	271	4	650.00–680.00	$672.40	$1,822	+55.72
295 unweaned	295	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,740	+15.00
300–315	306	4	570.00–580.00	$576.27	$1,763	+53.97
300–335 fancy	318	2	615.00–650.00	$633.46	$2,014	+63.46
340 unweaned	340	1	545.00	$545.00	$1,853	+40.00
350 value added	350	1	710.00	$710.00	$2,485	+168.26
350–398	381	5	510.00–545.00	$522.13	$1,989	+66.03
360–390 fancy	384	9	565.00–640.00	$619.36	$2,378	+111.96
405–440	420	4	460.00–480.00	$471.29	$1,979	+24.79
415–430 fancy	420	3	500.00–520.00	$513.17	$2,155	+28.17
445 value added	445	2	550.00–595.00	$572.50	$2,548	—
450 value added	450	1	565.00	$565.00	$2,542	—
460 fancy	460	1	510.00	$510.00	$2,346	—
460–498	481	8	435.00–460.00	$447.07	$2,150	+23.14
520 fancy	520	1	465.00	$465.00	$2,418	+32.51
510–548	539	7	430.00–450.00	$438.65	$2,364	+37.77
555–565	558	5	400.00–410.00	$402.02	$2,243	+14.69
605 fancy	605	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,420	—
610–645	629	4	360.00–390.00	$379.80	$2,389	+23.82
710	710	1	395.00	$395.00	$2,804	—
985	985	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,167	—
1130	1130	1	197.00	$197.00	$2,226	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	530.00	$530.00	$1,140	—
220 unweaned	220	1	440.00	$440.00	$968	—
290	290	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,479	—
345	345	1	420.00	$420.00	$1,449	-50.00
365–385	374	4	450.00–490.00	$472.11	$1,766	+19.36
370–390 unweaned	380	3	415.00–440.00	$431.89	$1,641	—
400–445 unweaned	423	2	375.00–395.00	$384.47	$1,626	—
424–445	430	8	410.00–445.00	$425.63	$1,830	+4.51
443	443	2	400.00	$400.00	$1,772	-21.12
465–495	487	12	400.00–425.00	$412.03	$2,007	+11.10
503–520 value added	509	4	390.00–400.00	$393.81	$2,004	—
515–545	533	3	345.00–360.00	$351.80	$1,875	+1.68
570–595	581	8	345.00–370.00	$356.81	$2,073	+1.64
610–645	622	6	330.00–350.00	$340.07	$2,115	+11.08
680	680	1	320.00	$320.00	$2,176	-2.58
690	690	1	305.00	$305.00	$2,104	-17.58
715–735	725	2	310.00–330.00	$320.14	$2,321	+22.18
765–780	773	2	255.00–277.50	$266.36	$2,059	+4.69
865	865	1	250.00	$250.00	$2,162	+23.00
935	935	1	210.00	$210.00	$1,964	-18.33
1125	1125	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,800	-30.00
1205	1205	1	172.00	$172.00	$2,073	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	395.00	$395.00	$1,521	+91.00
455–470	463	2	330.00–340.00	$334.92	$1,551	+4.92
520–525	523	3	310.00	$310.00	$1,621	+85.00
580–585	583	2	250.00–265.00	$257.53	$1,501	-37.47
625–640	633	8	240.00–280.00	$253.82	$1,607	+3.50
655–693	674	5	250.00–280.00	$274.17	$1,848	-0.83
735	735	1	255.00	$255.00	$1,874	+16.03
805–810	808	3	217.00–235.00	$224.67	$1,815	+7.17
890	890	2	200.00–210.00	$205.00	$1,824	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
305	305	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
405	405	2	1,250.00–1,325.00	$1,287.50	—
475	475	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80 unweaned	80	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
125 unweaned	125	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—
170 unweaned	170	1	800.00	$800.00	-198.02

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
675–680	678	2	220.00–227.00	$223.49	$1,515	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200 unweaned	200	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180 unweaned	180	1	520.00	$520.00	$936	—
205	205	2	520.00–550.00	$535.00	$1,097	—
225 unweaned	225	1	405.00	$405.00	$911	—
260–285 unweaned	273	2	390.00–395.00	$392.61	$1,072	—
330	330	2	430.00	$430.00	$1,419	—
350	350	1	460.00	$460.00	$1,610	+23.62
405 unweaned	405	1	360.00	$360.00	$1,458	—
405–445	432	6	400.00–440.00	$423.44	$1,829	—
485 value added	485	4	410.00	$410.00	$1,988	—
480–493	489	3	370.00–395.00	$386.81	$1,892	+31.85
510–520	514	8	335.00–345.00	$336.88	$1,732	-1.44
570	570	1	325.00	$325.00	$1,852	-20.00
598 value added	598	2	365.00	$365.00	$2,183	—
605–620 value added	615	3	335.00–340.00	$336.64	$2,070	—
610–645	629	11	300.00–325.00	$319.56	$2,010	+44.56
655–695	661	13	280.00–292.50	$289.18	$1,911	+0.86
688 value added	688	22	320.00	$320.00	$2,202	—
723–727	725	6	255.00–257.00	$256.00	$1,856	-5.50
766	766	7	260.00	$260.00	$1,992	-14.78
818	818	3	247.00	$247.00	$2,020	+15.00
855–870	865	3	220.00–235.00	$224.94	$1,946	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
180 fancy	180	1	675.00	$675.00	$1,215	—
200–205 unweaned	201	4	640.00–650.00	$647.45	$1,301	+177.45
210	210	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,239	—
234–236 fancy	235	18	700.00–730.00	$718.27	$1,688	—
265 fancy	265	2	700.00	$700.00	$1,855	—
290	290	2	480.00–510.00	$495.00	$1,436	—
315 unweaned	315	3	500.00–530.00	$510.00	$1,606	—
303–333	318	4	630.00–650.00	$640.47	$2,037	—
319 fancy	319	4	710.00	$710.00	$2,265	—
355 fancy	355	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,810	—
360–390	375	2	455.00–465.00	$460.20	$1,726	-9.63
400–430	410	3	450.00–490.00	$476.02	$1,952	+37.00
405–430 value added	422	8	540.00–560.00	$547.49	$2,310	+77.49
425 fancy	425	2	550.00	$550.00	$2,338	—
450	450	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,822	-5.00
483 fancy	483	3	520.00	$520.00	$2,512	—
500–530	505	6	405.00–425.00	$421.50	$2,129	+40.15
550–555 value added	552	3	410.00–425.00	$415.03	$2,291	—
560 fancy	560	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,156	—
553–570	562	4	350.00–365.00	$357.61	$2,010	+10.92
660–671	669	5	325.00–345.00	$328.95	$2,201	—
943	943	2	237.00	$237.00	$2,235	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
398	398	2	350.00	$350.00	$1,393	—
472–495	477	7	315.00–340.00	$329.23	$1,570	+39.23
510–545	528	4	265.00–310.00	$293.76	$1,551	—
565–595	585	10	250.00–315.00	$298.58	$1,747	—
635	635	4	232.00–245.00	$235.25	$1,494	-12.88
658–695	668	7	245.00–270.00	$258.59	$1,727	+12.89
720	720	1	250.00	$250.00	$1,800	+5.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75 unweaned	75	1	800.00	$800.00	—
125 unweaned	125	1	975.00	$975.00	+25.00
190 unweaned	190	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	+2.31

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
390	390	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
450	450	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200 unweaned	200	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00	+150.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	1	225.00	$225.00	$1,204	+55.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170 unweaned	170	1	590.00	$590.00	$1,003	—
220 unweaned	220	1	490.00	$490.00	$1,078	—
355	355	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,828	—
430	430	1	440.00	$440.00	$1,892	+20.00
575–595	589	4	300.00–345.00	$311.49	$1,835	—
605–630	618	2	260.00–290.00	$275.30	$1,701	+44.12
680	680	1	242.00	$242.00	$1,646	-18.63
715	715	1	212.00	$212.00	$1,516	+3.35
750–755	753	2	250.00	$250.00	$1,882	—
800	800	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,960	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,035	-60.00
675	675	1	180.00	$180.00	$1,215	—
810–845	828	2	142.00–172.00	$156.68	$1,297	—
860	860	1	177.00	$177.00	$1,522	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	340.00	$340.00	$1,717	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
625	625	2	590.00	$590.00	$3,688	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175 unweaned	175	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1370	950	80-85%	13	142.00–150.00	$147.83	$1,404	—
865–1420	1099	80-85%	18	144.00–150.00	$147.44	$1,620	—
950–1380	1173	80-85%	9	150.00–162.00	$155.82	$1,828	+4.11
980–1420	1191	80-85%	24	151.00–162.00	$155.26	$1,849	+3.55

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	85-90%	1	110.00	$110.00	$704	—
575–735	655	85-90%	2	89.00–102.00	$96.29	$631	—
740–820	773	85-90%	4	110.00–118.00	$113.84	$880	—
665–930	778	85-90%	3	121.00–146.00	$131.27	$1,021	—
540–1015	820	85-90%	14	131.00–145.00	$137.66	$1,129	+36.66
725–975	843	85-90%	3	120.00–128.50	$125.00	$1,054	+24.00
700–1180	949	85-90%	10	134.00–140.00	$136.49	$1,295	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395	1395	75-80%	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,814	—
1600–1625	1613	75-80%	2	145.00–146.50	$145.76	$2,351	—
1835	1835	75-80%	1	143.00	$143.00	$2,624	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1295	1168	2	153.00–163.00	$158.55	$1,852	—
1210–1535	1357	5	170.00–177.00	$172.11	$2,336	+1.29
1000–1990	1518	9	178.00–189.00	$183.27	$2,782	+0.91
1675	1675	1	185.00	$185.00	$3,099	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
610–960	761	(<2 yrs)	Open	10	180.00–195.00	$186.20	$1,417
655–1055	865	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	157.00–175.00	$169.50	$1,466

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
660–820	762	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	202.00–205.00	$203.00	$1,547
700–1720	905	(<2 yrs)	Open	12	210.00–230.00	$224.33	$2,030

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
675–860	768	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	172.00–175.00	$173.50	$1,332

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
805–835	820	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	166.00–170.00	$168.00	$1,378
830–1040	873	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	8	152.00–167.00	$156.63	$1,367
1005	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	162.00	$162.00	$1,628
1070	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,947
665–1435	1136	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	145.00–180.00	$158.00	$1,795

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765–810	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,800.00–2,250.00	$2,025.00
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,900.00	$1,900.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–795	743	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	150.00–162.00	$156.00	$1,159

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125–1195	1160	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	2,550.00	$2,550.00

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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
1005–1270	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,950.00–3,000.00	$2,975.00	-25.00
1025–1370	1181	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	3,100.00–3,600.00	$3,379.55	-70.45
900–1398	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	3,150.00–3,350.00	$3,262.50	+187.50
1205–1360	1283	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—
1348	1348	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	3,000.00	$3,000.00	—
1260–1565	1395	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	3,500.00–3,800.00	$3,633.33	—
1568	1568	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	3,100.00	$3,100.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
865	865	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	+175.00
795–920	873	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,900.00	$1,900.00	-325.00
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,400.00	$2,400.00	—
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
940–970	960	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	2,850.00–2,950.00	$2,916.67	—
910–1310	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,200.00–2,650.00	$2,425.00	—
1215	1215	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—

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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.