Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Market Report, Belen, NM

Belen, New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Friday, September 5, 2025

763 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $442.37/cwt +15.11 vs last sale · ≈ $2,298/hd at 519 lb · 25 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $445.84/cwt +3.61 vs last sale · ≈ $2,122/hd at 476 lb · 20 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $406.26/cwt +15.77 vs last sale · ≈ $2,150/hd at 529 lb · 18 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	763	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–244 unweaned	235	9	590.00–605.00	$599.04	$1,408	—
260	260	1	625.00	$625.00	$1,625	+30.14
250–280 unweaned	265	9	550.00–575.00	$566.16	$1,500	+6.16
306–338	318	10	525.00–555.00	$534.93	$1,701	-10.30
355 value added	355	2	550.00	$550.00	$1,952	-30.00
350–395	368	10	505.00–535.00	$519.45	$1,912	+24.45
410–430 value added	420	5	500.00–525.00	$509.79	$2,141	+13.10
400–440	422	9	465.00–495.00	$479.89	$2,025	+20.45
450–485	467	5	430.00–460.00	$441.48	$2,062	+5.46
455–473 fancy	467	6	470.00–490.00	$475.73	$2,222	—
480 value added	480	1	535.00	$535.00	$2,568	+62.96
488 unweaned	488	8	415.00	$415.00	$2,025	—
513 fancy	513	2	460.00	$460.00	$2,360	—
513–538	520	12	422.50–450.00	$437.03	$2,273	+9.77
520 unweaned	520	11	445.00	$445.00	$2,314	—
550–595	567	13	395.00–407.50	$400.76	$2,272	+2.77
603 value added	603	3	420.00	$420.00	$2,533	—
610–640	617	10	367.00–395.00	$383.34	$2,365	+25.07
618 fancy	618	2	405.00	$405.00	$2,503	—
700–725	714	4	330.00–345.00	$337.45	$2,409	-9.67
755 value added	755	1	360.00	$360.00	$2,718	—
750–795	773	9	320.00–345.00	$336.26	$2,599	—
815	815	1	315.00	$315.00	$2,567	+15.00
885	885	2	307.00	$307.00	$2,717	—
965	965	1	280.00	$280.00	$2,702	—
1000	1000	1	267.00	$267.00	$2,670	—
1070	1070	1	251.00	$251.00	$2,686	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215 unweaned	215	1	550.00	$550.00	$1,182	+66.18
255–290	276	7	515.00–542.00	$530.87	$1,465	+5.87
280 unweaned	280	1	510.00	$510.00	$1,428	+40.00
315–325	320	2	475.00–485.00	$480.08	$1,536	+0.33
360 value added	360	1	515.00	$515.00	$1,854	—
363–390	372	5	475.00–485.00	$477.10	$1,775	-2.66
385	385	1	450.00	$450.00	$1,732	-29.76
405 unweaned	405	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,640	±0.00
423–445	434	5	425.00–450.00	$436.79	$1,896	+1.38
470–492	486	10	395.00–425.00	$416.04	$2,022	+8.94
518–535	526	8	373.00–405.00	$394.70	$2,076	+6.18
510–539 value added	532	10	415.00–420.00	$415.50	$2,210	-4.50
550–591	580	9	360.00–385.00	$380.64	$2,208	+10.43
595 value added	595	1	400.00	$400.00	$2,380	—
610–640	627	6	337.00–360.00	$351.36	$2,203	—
720	720	3	300.00–305.00	$303.33	$2,184	—
770–793	785	3	290.00–310.00	$303.46	$2,382	+8.46
840	840	1	277.00	$277.00	$2,327	-8.00
1065	1065	1	220.00	$220.00	$2,343	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–270	260	2	445.00–460.00	$452.21	$1,176	+19.73
300–336	325	7	370.00–410.00	$382.54	$1,243	-54.09
355–368	364	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,547	+9.89
430	430	1	390.00	$390.00	$1,677	+10.20
515	515	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,828	+0.29
630	630	1	285.00	$285.00	$1,796	-31.50
790	790	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,936	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
153	153	2	1,110.00	$1,110.00	—
155–185 unweaned	171	4	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,062.96	-19.29
205 unweaned	205	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	±0.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725	725	1	179.00	$179.00	$1,298	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170	170	2	630.00	$630.00	$1,071	—
200	200	1	700.00	$700.00	$1,400	—
215 unweaned	215	1	525.00	$525.00	$1,129	-14.94
290 unweaned	290	1	520.00	$520.00	$1,508	-7.98
319–325	320	5	480.00–485.00	$481.01	$1,539	-22.40
350–388	372	14	437.00–470.00	$446.09	$1,659	+0.92
405–445	429	12	437.00–465.00	$451.45	$1,937	+2.20
445 value added	445	2	480.00	$480.00	$2,136	+13.95
450–458 value added	456	5	452.00–460.00	$453.58	$2,068	—
460–490	475	7	425.00–455.00	$440.65	$2,093	+15.57
505–535 value added	520	2	420.00–430.00	$425.14	$2,211	—
520–525 fancy	523	2	405.00–415.00	$409.98	$2,144	—
500–545	529	7	375.00–395.00	$380.61	$2,013	+10.61
575–580	578	3	350.00–370.00	$363.37	$2,100	-1.63
645	645	1	350.00	$350.00	$2,258	—
650 fancy	650	2	357.00	$357.00	$2,320	—
658–680	664	5	342.00–350.00	$346.37	$2,300	+14.37
725–730	728	4	357.00–370.00	$363.52	$2,646	+23.52
750	750	1	345.00	$345.00	$2,588	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
236	236	4	465.00	$465.00	$1,097	—
265–290	282	3	455.00–485.00	$474.70	$1,339	—
301–345	320	13	445.00–475.00	$464.59	$1,487	+4.07
366	366	4	450.00	$450.00	$1,647	+36.64
405–418	412	6	400.00–435.00	$426.67	$1,758	+19.76
450–475	461	4	365.00–400.00	$376.45	$1,735	-2.30
475–495 value added	485	2	405.00–410.00	$407.55	$1,977	-2.45
515–545	530	2	340.00–347.00	$343.40	$1,820	-2.95
609–618	612	7	295.00–327.00	$307.07	$1,879	-14.89
670–685	678	4	307.00–335.00	$315.42	$2,139	+0.42
700–710	705	2	307.00–325.00	$315.94	$2,227	+2.52
755–790	777	3	280.00–305.00	$294.96	$2,292	—
800–847	829	7	265.00–302.00	$287.62	$2,384	—
865	865	1	265.00	$265.00	$2,292	—
900	900	1	260.00	$260.00	$2,340	—
955	955	1	270.00	$270.00	$2,578	—
1075	1075	1	225.00	$225.00	$2,419	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280–285	282	3	400.00–430.00	$419.88	$1,184	-20.06
300–345	322	5	400.00–440.00	$422.11	$1,359	+17.11
395	395	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,402	-19.87
405	405	1	375.00	$375.00	$1,519	+8.11
455–465	460	2	340.00–355.00	$347.42	$1,598	+5.36
503	503	1	310.00	$310.00	$1,559	-15.22
565	565	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,554	-25.00
575–595	588	3	280.00–285.00	$281.63	$1,656	-18.37
620	620	1	290.00	$290.00	$1,798	±0.00
675	675	1	275.00	$275.00	$1,856	+7.95
708	708	3	280.00	$280.00	$1,982	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–140 unweaned	122	3	900.00	$900.00	-51.91
160 unweaned	160	2	800.00–1,000.00	$900.00	-125.19
420	420	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	1	400.00	$400.00	$1,660	—
485	485	1	405.00	$405.00	$1,964	+42.45
525–530	528	3	390.00–405.00	$395.02	$2,086	+53.69
565	565	1	385.00	$385.00	$2,175	+16.00
608	608	3	349.00	$349.00	$2,122	—
1150	1150	1	186.00	$186.00	$2,139	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
855	855	1	290.00	$290.00	$2,480	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	355.00	$355.00	$1,207	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–1315	995	80-85%	31	150.00–172.00	$163.66	$1,628	—
860–1150	1058	80-85%	5	145.00–153.00	$149.95	$1,586	-1.51
815–1555	1147	80-85%	13	148.00–163.00	$156.12	$1,791	-5.89
860–1415	1160	80-85%	31	155.00–168.00	$161.12	$1,869	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–735	656	85-90%	4	135.00–142.50	$139.69	$916	—
675	675	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$608	—
695–900	819	85-90%	8	140.00–152.00	$146.26	$1,198	+16.77
820–950	885	85-90%	2	130.00–134.00	$132.15	$1,170	—
865–920	893	85-90%	2	110.00–115.00	$112.58	$1,005	—
830–1165	965	85-90%	7	141.00–151.00	$146.27	$1,412	+0.67

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1420	1360	75-80%	3	140.00–148.00	$143.02	$1,945	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1365	1180	7	170.00–181.00	$177.31	$2,092	—
1115–1600	1384	8	174.00–180.50	$178.09	$2,465	—
845–1825	1478	5	184.00–198.00	$190.73	$2,819	—
1325–1825	1623	8	185.00–195.50	$190.71	$3,095	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
700–1025	834	(<2 yrs)	Open	5	190.00–205.00	$197.00	$1,643
800–1080	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	174.00–185.00	$179.50	$1,657

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
840–890	865	(<2 yrs)	Open	2	220.00–225.00	$222.50	$1,925
1010	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	210.00	$210.00	$2,121

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
650–815	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	220.00–225.00	$222.33	$1,667
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	185.00	$185.00	$1,489
940	940	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	160.00	$160.00	$1,504
825–1165	1019	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	7	159.00–197.00	$176.86	$1,802
830–1345	1037	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	168.00–191.00	$178.70	$1,853
950–1305	1078	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	175.00–181.00	$178.67	$1,926
810–1465	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	44	145.00–185.50	$176.25	$1,939
1045–1615	1267	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	144.00–194.00	$175.17	$2,219

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710–1285	923	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	2,100.00–2,600.00	$2,344.44
830–1052	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	2,200.00–2,475.00	$2,310.00
940–1045	995	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,000.00–2,400.00	$2,166.67
860–1160	1023	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	2,100.00–2,500.00	$2,233.33
860–1460	1070	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	2,100.00–2,400.00	$2,283.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
690–805	728	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	6	280.00–310.00	$302.33	$2,201
1135	1135	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	205.00	$205.00	$2,327
1105–1166	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	206.00–207.00	$206.10	$2,391
1231	1231	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	5	200.00	$200.00	$2,462

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,950.00	$2,950.00
940–1070	1001	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	2,700.00–3,150.00	$2,910.00
1030–1055	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	2,700.00–3,050.00	$2,875.00
1037–1060	1043	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	3,000.00–3,200.00	$3,150.00
840–1210	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	2,500.00–2,750.00	$2,637.50
1265	1265	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	2,850.00	$2,850.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00
874	874	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	1,950.00	$1,950.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	157.00	$157.00	$1,123
735	735	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	245.00	$245.00	$1,801

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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
774–990	817	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,900.00–3,150.00	$2,950.00	—
912	912	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	3,400.00	$3,400.00	+300.00
1050–1290	1145	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	2,800.00–3,050.00	$2,890.00	—
993–1455	1191	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	2,950.00–3,250.00	$3,108.33	-16.67
1480	1480	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	3,600.00	$3,600.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	—
845–995	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	2,500.00–2,800.00	$2,680.00	—
985	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	2,800.00	$2,800.00	+760.00
1050	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	2,750.00	$2,750.00	+250.00
1035–1125	1080	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	2,600.00–2,750.00	$2,675.00	+175.00
1110	1110	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	2,650.00	$2,650.00	—
1155	1155	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	2,500.00	$2,500.00	+362.50
1090–1290	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	2,500.00–2,700.00	$2,600.00	+462.50

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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.