Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-05-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifers mostly steady. Trade active demand good. Slaughter cows 2.00-3.00 higher, bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $150.19/cwt on 161 head.

Average price

$150.19

161 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$780

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$11

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$44.88/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.47

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	165.35	732	70
Medium and Large 1-2	572	144.28	826	69
Medium and Large 2	599	120.47	721	22

One grade step is worth $44.88/cwt here — about $11 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 sale161 hd

150.19

—

NM average4 barns · 1,006 hd

154.65

−4.47

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	1,490	84.91	1,265	39
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	70.04	797	92
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,368	66.75	913	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	910	50.45	459	80

Every lot, as filed

118 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	158.75/cwt	156.00–162.00	673	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	925	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	870	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	124.64/cwt	123.00–128.00	723	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	113.64/cwt	113.00–115.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	115.50/cwt	110.00–124.00	778	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	250	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	158.00/cwt	156.00–160.00	593	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	637	123.31/cwt	120.00–125.00	785	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	489	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	792	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	166.27/cwt	160.00–171.00	698	14
Heifers	Small 4	—	475	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,235	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	315	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	173.78/cwt	160.00–186.00	478	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	153.60/cwt	153.00–154.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	425	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	638	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	350	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	585	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	162.66/cwt	157.00–170.00	776	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	168.85/cwt	162.00–176.00	633	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	143.04/cwt	141.00–147.00	814	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	145.89/cwt	145.00–146.00	760	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	175.70/cwt	170.00–185.00	550	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	146.89/cwt	142.50–149.00	980	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	152.93/cwt	150.00–155.00	645	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	820	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	465	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	581	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	357	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	163.52/cwt	162.00–165.00	858	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	385	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	581	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	115	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	201	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	138.60/cwt	134.00–141.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	155.77/cwt	150.00–158.00	509	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	260	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	494	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	132.10/cwt	127.00–138.00	902	8
Steers	Small 4	—	510	213.68/cwt	130.00–250.00	1,090	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	412	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,030	3
Bulls	—	—	1,512	88.83/cwt	83.00–94.00	1,343	18
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,020	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	413	158.66/cwt	157.00–159.00	655	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	415	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	751	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	542	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	217	11
Steers	Small 4	—	590	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,357	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	616.67/cwt	600.00–650.00	6,198	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	620	690.00/cwt	690.00–690.00	4,278	1
Steers	Small 4	—	355	284.79/cwt	270.00–300.00	1,011	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,445	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	1,026	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,125	70.71/cwt	69.00–72.00	795	3
Bulls	—	—	1,762	97.20/cwt	94.00–102.00	1,713	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	881.00/cwt	800.00–1,020.00	8,440	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	715.42/cwt	660.00–890.00	7,333	24
Bulls	—	—	1,349	74.55/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,006	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	1,275.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,425.00	15,619	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,445	1,437.50/cwt	1,400.00–1,475.00	20,772	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	930	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	5,115	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,007	954.00/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	9,607	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	718	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	4,595	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	630	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,835	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	705	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,173	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	800.00/cwt	725.00–900.00	7,880	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	9,585	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	918.33/cwt	910.00–925.00	10,331	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	668.33/cwt	625.00–690.00	5,982	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	590	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,655	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	893	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	707	625.00/cwt	575.00–700.00	4,419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	125.17/cwt	110.00–140.00	544	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	673	22.31/cwt	20.00–25.50	150	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,290	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	806	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	74.52/cwt	71.00–75.00	945	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,039	67.14/cwt	62.50–71.00	698	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	676	37.51/cwt	30.00–40.50	254	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	111.19/cwt	106.00–116.00	809	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	912	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	968	61.31/cwt	61.00–62.00	593	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	640	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	365	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	525	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	475	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	551	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	374	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	47.55/cwt	41.00–52.50	421	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	973	55.59/cwt	53.00–60.00	541	39
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	139.61/cwt	137.00–142.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	512	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	614	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	145	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	290	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	864	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	700	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	126.47/cwt	123.00–130.00	670	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	935	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,010	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	126.97/cwt	120.00–134.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	842	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	205	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	328	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	504	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	103.56/cwt	100.00–107.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	220	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	266	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	132.63/cwt	125.00–138.00	756	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	148.64/cwt	141.00–155.00	779	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	135.89/cwt	135.00–136.00	1,030	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	90	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	189	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	158.09/cwt	151.00–159.00	892	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	128.29/cwt	125.00–130.00	926	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	128.31/cwt	124.00–135.00	789	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	138.18/cwt	130.00–144.00	587	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	151.77/cwt	146.00–161.00	719	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	145.72/cwt	140.00–151.00	835	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	150.19/cwt	140.00–157.00	698	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	136.70/cwt	132.00–145.00	662	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	133.71/cwt	130.00–138.00	690	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	738	117.98/cwt	112.00–124.00	871	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	138.48/cwt	137.00–143.00	547	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	911	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	140	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	336	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	400	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	114.58/cwt	109.00–120.00	825	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	230.86/cwt	200.00–260.00	404	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	133.82/cwt	127.50–140.00	840	2

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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