Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-06-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-06-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifer 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-4.00 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 $151.05/cwt on 231 head.

Average price

$151.05

231 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$769

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$517

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$126.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.27

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	459	175.14	803	126
Medium and Large 1-2	596	144.62	862	56
Medium and Large 2	498	132.53	659	28
Small 4	593	48.30	286	21

One grade step is worth $126.84/cwt here — about $517 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 sale231 hd

151.05

—

NM average4 barns · 1,145 hd

158.32

−7.27

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	1,462	89.18	1,303	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,394	72.16	1,006	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,138	71.20	811	100
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	844	55.69	470	86

Every lot, as filed

133 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	—	473	148.86/cwt	141.00–153.00	704	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	155.51/cwt	145.00–161.00	652	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	186.25/cwt	175.00–192.00	615	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	320	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	624	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	267	204.60/cwt	194.00–210.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,027	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	177.83/cwt	170.00–190.00	670	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	561	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	438	185.98/cwt	185.00–187.00	815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	713	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	308	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	647	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	183.17/cwt	175.00–189.00	480	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	232	181.53/cwt	176.00–190.00	421	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,032	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	879	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	140.38/cwt	138.00–148.00	729	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	545	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	177.44/cwt	172.00–182.00	994	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	177.74/cwt	168.00–184.00	759	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,047	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	142.31/cwt	137.50–152.00	810	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	160.46/cwt	160.00–161.00	361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	605	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	174.80/cwt	169.00–180.00	905	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	163.48/cwt	155.00–167.00	456	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	155.61/cwt	150.00–162.00	577	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	687	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	791	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	102.52/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,003	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	725	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	460	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	837	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	159.98/cwt	159.00–161.00	533	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	565	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	266	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	178.97/cwt	168.00–183.00	841	10
Heifers	Small 4	—	345	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,139	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	375	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	952	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	676	136.37/cwt	136.25–136.50	922	29
Steers	Small 4	—	390	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	160.58/cwt	153.00–166.00	991	3
Steers	Small 4	—	530	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	270	1
Steers	Small 4	—	678	50.74/cwt	49.00–52.00	344	4
Steers	Small 4	—	568	48.11/cwt	44.00–53.50	273	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	630	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	302	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	815	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	530	1
Steers	Small 4	—	465	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,558	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	72.06/cwt	65.00–77.50	839	82
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	525	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	221	1
Bulls	—	—	1,323	77.24/cwt	70.00–81.00	1,022	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,144	1,028.75/cwt	875.00–1,160.00	11,769	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	1,056.15/cwt	825.00–1,225.00	9,189	13
Steers	Small 4	—	607	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	273	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,481	1,420.00/cwt	1,420.00–1,420.00	21,030	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,382	1,229.29/cwt	1,160.00–1,275.00	16,989	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,146	1,378.75/cwt	1,320.00–1,425.00	15,800	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	745	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	6,333	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	1,069.84/cwt	750.00–1,390.00	11,715	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,348	77.17/cwt	75.50–79.50	1,040	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,580	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	22,120	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	865	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,574	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	715	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,648	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	825	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,530	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	872.50/cwt	760.00–985.00	7,469	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,310	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	18,340	1
Bulls	—	—	1,782	101.96/cwt	101.00–103.00	1,817	3
Bulls	—	—	1,462	91.06/cwt	84.50–97.00	1,331	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	786	62.06/cwt	60.00–65.00	488	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	885	58.96/cwt	55.00–65.00	522	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	122.38/cwt	116.00–125.00	622	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	871	70.20/cwt	69.00–73.00	611	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	803	49.07/cwt	42.50–54.00	394	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	686	38.86/cwt	35.00–41.00	267	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,205	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	880	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	71.74/cwt	71.50–72.00	1,067	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	515	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,044	64.12/cwt	63.00–65.00	669	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	117.50/cwt	116.50–120.00	662	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	120.47/cwt	118.00–123.00	805	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	622	125.73/cwt	116.50–131.00	782	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	134.02/cwt	131.00–137.00	446	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,580	2,000.00/cwt	2,000.00–2,000.00	31,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	792	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	122.59/cwt	120.00–125.00	586	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	112.30/cwt	108.00–116.00	696	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	714	111.09/cwt	108.00–117.00	793	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	193	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	193	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	140.03/cwt	135.00–145.00	690	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	790	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	722	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	165	234.75/cwt	210.00–260.00	387	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	105.97/cwt	105.00–107.00	821	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	738	112.49/cwt	110.00–115.00	830	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	136.01/cwt	130.00–140.00	717	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	128.31/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,033	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	120.51/cwt	120.00–121.00	865	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	126.50/cwt	126.50–126.50	1,012	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	143	216.86/cwt	200.00–225.00	310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	128	249.80/cwt	225.00–280.00	320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	135.30/cwt	133.00–140.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	979	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	126.07/cwt	124.00–126.50	830	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	275.00/cwt	250.00–300.00	440	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	575	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	937	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	142.35/cwt	136.00–148.00	885	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	129.41/cwt	125.00–136.00	729	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	137.54/cwt	135.00–140.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	674	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	150.08/cwt	145.00–160.00	797	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	155.32/cwt	150.00–164.00	742	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	495	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	837	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	218	137.36/cwt	135.00–140.00	299	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	131.57/cwt	125.00–135.00	805	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	533	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	140.98/cwt	139.00–143.00	789	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	120.68/cwt	120.00–122.00	941	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	161.54/cwt	160.00–163.00	675	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	203	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	406	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	183	275.75/cwt	225.00–320.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	350	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	798	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	133.04/cwt	130.00–137.00	623	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	123.01/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	405	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	360	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	148.04/cwt	144.00–151.00	632	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	142.48/cwt	135.00–146.00	539	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	864	107.06/cwt	103.00–110.00	925	12

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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