Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-06-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.41/cwt on 206 head.

Average price

$139.41

206 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$806

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$589

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$115.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.99

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	158.94	837	71
Medium and Large 1-2	615	137.50	846	102
Medium and Large 2	576	125.58	723	24
Small 4	567	43.78	248	9thin

One grade step is worth $115.16/cwt here — about $589 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 sale206 hd

139.41

—

NM average4 barns · 895 hd

154.40

−14.99

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	—	Low	1,577	88.66	1,398	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,417	71.65	1,015	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,097	70.04	768	110
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	802	52.04	417	70

Every lot, as filed

119 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
Bulls	Small 4	—	510	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	485	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	690	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	545	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	425	74.16/cwt	65.00–84.00	315	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	218	330.21/cwt	250.00–340.00	720	13
Heifers	Small 4	—	560	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	150.84/cwt	150.00–157.00	588	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	159.50/cwt	158.00–160.00	924	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	165.98/cwt	161.00–168.00	687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	355	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	639	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	800	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	565	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	764	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	993	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	163.72/cwt	157.00–171.00	787	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	155.21/cwt	150.00–155.50	990	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	186.14/cwt	180.00–192.00	410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	147.00/cwt	140.00–154.00	616	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	140.79/cwt	137.00–146.00	743	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	969	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	200	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	354	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	345	167.67/cwt	164.00–170.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	166.72/cwt	165.00–170.00	622	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	475	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	594	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,002	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	440	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	528	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	70	133.04/cwt	125.00–140.00	93	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	120	190.21/cwt	150.00–225.00	228	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	513	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	149.26/cwt	140.00–157.00	779	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	147.07/cwt	145.00–155.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	315	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	526	2
Bulls	—	—	1,376	79.23/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,090	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	2
Steers	Small 4	—	525	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	236	1
Steers	Small 4	—	390	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	234	1
Steers	Small 4	—	585	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	228	5
Steers	Small 4	—	630	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	296	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	861.67/cwt	800.00–960.00	7,919	12
Heifers	Small 4	—	450	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	158	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,183	75.67/cwt	74.00–79.00	895	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	773	50.35/cwt	43.00–53.00	389	19
Bulls	—	—	1,512	89.77/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,357	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,355	68.00/cwt	68.00–68.00	921	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,317	1,155.00/cwt	1,155.00–1,155.00	15,211	9
Bulls	—	—	1,912	99.88/cwt	97.00–102.00	1,910	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,050.00/cwt	1,050.00–1,050.00	13,125	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	803	775.00/cwt	750.00–800.00	6,223	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,050	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,875	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	938	1,017.50/cwt	900.00–1,210.00	9,544	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,004	804.64/cwt	750.00–900.00	8,079	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	692	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	3,391	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	677	541.67/cwt	525.00–550.00	3,667	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,060	1,275.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,300.00	13,515	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,210	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	948	695.00/cwt	650.00–740.00	6,589	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 4	—	670	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,015	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	665	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	3,824	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	773	587.50/cwt	500.00–675.00	4,541	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	959	916.67/cwt	850.00–960.00	8,791	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,920	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	69.20/cwt	64.00–73.50	753	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	714	36.81/cwt	30.00–45.00	263	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	876	63.58/cwt	59.00–68.00	557	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	752	29.94/cwt	24.00–34.00	225	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	681	38.75/cwt	30.00–41.00	264	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	856	58.91/cwt	54.50–62.50	504	32
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	116.97/cwt	110.00–122.00	860	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	1,263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	828	108.49/cwt	107.00–110.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	133.44/cwt	130.00–137.00	774	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	69.87/cwt	67.50–72.00	938	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	873	68.25/cwt	67.00–70.00	596	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	126.57/cwt	124.00–128.00	654	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,007	62.58/cwt	62.00–63.50	630	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	757	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	141.57/cwt	114.00–159.00	599	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	117.82/cwt	115.00–125.00	736	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	135.00/cwt	130.00–140.00	655	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	127.28/cwt	123.00–132.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	135.05/cwt	126.00–140.00	581	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	139.99/cwt	139.00–141.00	532	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	728	112.71/cwt	108.00–115.00	821	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	117.08/cwt	110.00–124.00	539	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	110.62/cwt	105.00–116.00	374	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	116.86/cwt	116.00–117.00	675	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	147.04/cwt	146.00–148.00	629	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	137.47/cwt	130.00–145.00	863	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	146.36/cwt	140.00–155.00	833	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	871	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	952	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	952	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	325	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	123.83/cwt	120.00–130.00	936	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	983	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	157.55/cwt	151.00–163.00	588	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	976	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	729	129.88/cwt	120.00–131.00	947	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	340	152.55/cwt	149.00–156.00	519	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	850	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.23/cwt	148.00–158.00	738	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	124.31/cwt	121.00–129.00	768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	888	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	116.49/cwt	115.00–118.00	947	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	281	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	101.38/cwt	97.00–110.00	727	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	138.53/cwt	130.00–143.00	648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	144.52/cwt	140.00–152.00	483	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	133.06/cwt	130.00–140.00	704	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	134.81/cwt	130.00–144.00	573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	151.49/cwt	151.00–152.00	432	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	128.60/cwt	120.00–134.00	853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	92.96/cwt	86.00–100.00	774	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	802	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	378	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	124.99/cwt	123.00–127.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	129.47/cwt	121.00–141.00	751	11

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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