Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-05-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder steer and heifers had no accurate comparison from prior week. Trade and demand moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls traded steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.90/cwt on 223 head.

Average price

$138.90

223 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$753

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$585

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$123.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.35

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	490	158.54	776	88
Medium and Large 1-2	579	138.32	800	89
Medium and Large 2	580	121.20	703	36
Small 4	544	35.12	191	10thin

One grade step is worth $123.42/cwt here — about $585 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale223 hd

138.90

—

NM average4 barns · 1,286 hd

151.25

−12.35

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,565	80.19	1,255	33
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,495	65.02	972	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,114	64.23	715	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	892	48.37	432	124

Every lot, as filed

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	160	224.79/cwt	190.00–260.00	360	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	360	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	662	141.62/cwt	140.50–145.00	938	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	531	147.16/cwt	143.00–148.00	781	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	331	155.18/cwt	151.00–160.00	514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	408	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	465	176.18/cwt	174.00–178.50	819	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	166.90/cwt	163.00–170.00	464	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	123	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	162.00/cwt	160.00–164.00	332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	820	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	340	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	154.67/cwt	150.00–159.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	147.95/cwt	144.00–153.00	648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	158.00/cwt	154.00–162.00	826	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	133.28/cwt	129.00–135.00	822	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	155.36/cwt	141.00–165.00	882	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	139.66/cwt	135.00–143.50	873	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	142.95/cwt	132.00–152.50	668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	149.94/cwt	144.00–157.00	708	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	385	149.38/cwt	146.00–153.00	575	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	442	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	164.52/cwt	156.50–170.00	790	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	144.46/cwt	143.00–149.00	705	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	147.07/cwt	141.00–151.00	838	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	148.77/cwt	140.00–157.00	347	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	335	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	436	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	146.97/cwt	137.00–152.00	476	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	222	283.80/cwt	225.00–310.00	630	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	155	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	310	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	162.95/cwt	159.00–173.00	686	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	864	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	135	172.59/cwt	170.00–175.00	233	2
Steers	Small 4	—	544	35.12/cwt	33.00–36.00	191	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	166.65/cwt	158.00–173.00	607	8
Steers	Small 4	—	305	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,159	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	650	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,788	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	550	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,870	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	408	237.27/cwt	200.00–275.00	968	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	375	260.60/cwt	150.00–360.00	977	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	115	210.87/cwt	200.00–220.00	243	2
Steers	Small 4	—	441	282.86/cwt	265.00–360.00	1,247	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	869	48.20/cwt	42.50–52.00	419	40
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	65.02/cwt	63.50–68.00	972	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	790	30.06/cwt	21.00–36.00	237	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	838	47.15/cwt	38.00–52.50	395	12
Heifers	Small 4	—	490	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,568	1
Bulls	—	—	1,763	86.07/cwt	81.00–93.25	1,517	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	774	500.00/cwt	350.00–550.00	3,870	37
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,086	709.55/cwt	700.00–735.00	7,706	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	841.50/cwt	720.00–1,000.00	8,062	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,016	765.00/cwt	700.00–990.00	7,772	21
Steers	Small 4	—	473	309.28/cwt	175.00–360.00	1,463	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	925	65.60/cwt	62.00–71.00	607	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	822.22/cwt	720.00–925.00	7,630	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	750.00/cwt	600.00–900.00	7,913	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	560	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	3,136	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	905	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,430	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	991	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,946	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	680	515.00/cwt	420.00–600.00	3,502	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	733	39.65/cwt	35.00–43.50	291	19
Bulls	—	—	1,383	74.14/cwt	66.00–81.00	1,025	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	65.57/cwt	62.75–68.00	766	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	818	58.64/cwt	55.00–65.00	480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	120.40/cwt	118.00–123.00	557	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	910	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	131.34/cwt	125.00–139.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	116.77/cwt	109.00–120.00	793	4
Bulls	—	—	1,705	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,620	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,080	60.53/cwt	60.00–61.50	654	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	413	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,028	56.27/cwt	52.50–60.50	578	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	118.28/cwt	111.00–124.00	498	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	122.00/cwt	116.00–128.00	329	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	106.42/cwt	100.00–115.00	395	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	124.24/cwt	119.00–132.00	713	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	426	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	113.71/cwt	104.00–122.00	704	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	122.73/cwt	115.00–130.00	393	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	118.99/cwt	118.00–120.00	747	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	113.94/cwt	107.00–119.00	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	617	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	817	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	118.63/cwt	111.00–123.50	681	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	658	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	761	104.50/cwt	98.00–110.00	795	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	506	134.90/cwt	130.00–143.00	683	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	231	147.73/cwt	145.00–150.00	341	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	129.71/cwt	123.00–141.00	735	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	140.43/cwt	135.00–145.00	390	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	134.12/cwt	128.00–140.00	514	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	517	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	123.56/cwt	118.00–128.00	809	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	134.55/cwt	131.00–145.00	501	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	642	137.48/cwt	135.00–141.50	883	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	132.12/cwt	130.00–138.50	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	839	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	612	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	555	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	887	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	857	113.51/cwt	106.00–117.00	973	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	149.43/cwt	139.00–156.00	796	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	580	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	151.53/cwt	150.00–156.00	570	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	128	152.16/cwt	150.00–160.00	195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	134.31/cwt	131.00–136.00	770	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	984	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	117.54/cwt	110.00–120.00	902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	145.44/cwt	139.00–150.00	444	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	123.01/cwt	120.00–127.00	900	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	314	155.25/cwt	155.00–156.00	487	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	150	215.00/cwt	210.00–220.00	323	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	113.55/cwt	112.00–120.00	707	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	135.12/cwt	130.00–139.00	639	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	455	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	141.47/cwt	135.00–147.00	457	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	301	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	888	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	117.12/cwt	115.50–122.50	841	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	150.93/cwt	147.00–158.00	414	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	147.55/cwt	145.00–153.00	325	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	124.42/cwt	119.00–131.00	637	7

How this sale compares

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.

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