Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-07-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No accurate comparison due to no sale on July 2, because on holiday .

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $157.31/cwt on 206 head.

Average price

$157.31

206 head · 495 lb average

Value per head Derived

$778

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$181

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

$41.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−8.43

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	480	170.14	816	119
Medium and Large 1-2	531	148.19	787	50
Medium and Large 2	495	128.36	635	37

One grade step is worth $41.78/cwt here — about $181 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

157.31

—

NM average2 barns · 443 hd

165.73

−8.43

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	1,518	89.39	1,357	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,089	68.52	746	177
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,310	68.50	897	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	816	46.46	379	96

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
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	123.26/cwt	120.00–134.00	456	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	344	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	495	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	129.46/cwt	125.00–133.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	858	99.89/cwt	94.00–118.00	857	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	141.47/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,019	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	125.87/cwt	121.00–130.00	642	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	950	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	132.82/cwt	121.00–140.00	575	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	812	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	137.90/cwt	132.00–145.00	792	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	521	144.88/cwt	139.00–154.00	755	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	128.49/cwt	127.00–130.00	595	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	118.94/cwt	109.00–126.00	922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	320	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	115.47/cwt	114.00–117.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	146.73/cwt	140.00–151.00	690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	150.10/cwt	145.00–159.00	639	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	154.71/cwt	153.00–157.50	948	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	759	137.38/cwt	131.50–140.00	1,043	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	837	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	137.59/cwt	128.00–145.00	577	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	134.54/cwt	129.00–142.00	819	7
Heifers	Small 4	—	475	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	162	3
Steers	Small 4	—	313	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,017	3
Steers	Small 4	—	455	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	910	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	975	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	819	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	465	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	140	3
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	463	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	431	2
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	965	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	782	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	865	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	692	1
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	640	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	595	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	700	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	4,550	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,268	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	761	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	74.50/cwt	73.50–75.50	880	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	839	48.38/cwt	41.50–53.00	406	41
Bulls	—	—	1,752	102.18/cwt	98.00–106.50	1,790	9
Bulls	—	—	1,536	90.86/cwt	84.00–97.00	1,396	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	634	28.76/cwt	25.00–29.50	182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	118.07/cwt	114.00–123.00	566	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	445	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	334	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	735	122.33/cwt	120.00–125.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	129.02/cwt	128.00–130.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	128.57/cwt	125.00–131.00	478	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	1,008	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	447	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	143.42/cwt	140.00–151.00	802	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	523	146.01/cwt	145.00–147.00	764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	720	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	955	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	151.29/cwt	150.00–152.00	484	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,010	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	185.92/cwt	176.00–191.00	589	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	158.34/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,050	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	633	162.56/cwt	161.00–172.00	1,029	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	120	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	270	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	926	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	181.76/cwt	180.00–184.00	514	6
Bulls	Small 4	—	622	52.05/cwt	40.00–75.00	324	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	152.02/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,092	3
Bulls	Small 4	—	595	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	238	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	211	189.04/cwt	183.00–201.00	399	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	157.87/cwt	155.00–168.00	587	13
Bulls	Small and Medium 2	—	722	92.36/cwt	88.00–96.00	667	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	239	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	478	7
Heifers	Small 4	—	700	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	259	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	380	190.38/cwt	188.00–193.00	723	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	110.55/cwt	107.00–114.00	1,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	536	165.25/cwt	156.00–172.50	886	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	152.32/cwt	149.00–153.50	795	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	163.07/cwt	158.50–170.50	926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	147.51/cwt	140.00–150.00	829	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	166.82/cwt	158.00–171.00	707	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	175.47/cwt	174.00–177.00	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,020	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,091	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	172.21/cwt	162.00–178.00	653	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	110.02/cwt	104.00–115.00	838	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	134.38/cwt	130.00–141.00	630	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	167.42/cwt	156.00–171.00	799	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	751	147.82/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,110	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	157.01/cwt	154.00–158.00	521	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	665	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	938	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	157.50/cwt	152.00–161.00	643	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	342	172.47/cwt	162.00–179.00	590	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	171	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	368	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,241	1,226.67/cwt	1,150.00–1,300.00	15,223	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	69.55/cwt	63.50–73.50	763	141
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	700	44.08/cwt	41.00–54.00	309	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	732	37.94/cwt	31.50–43.00	278	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	923	56.41/cwt	55.00–60.00	521	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	823	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	247	2
Bulls	—	—	1,319	75.09/cwt	68.00–83.00	990	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	111.99/cwt	110.00–115.00	754	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	929	55.90/cwt	54.00–60.50	519	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	119.47/cwt	117.00–125.00	693	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	966	66.51/cwt	64.00–70.50	642	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,310	68.50/cwt	68.50–68.50	897	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,036	61.97/cwt	60.00–63.00	642	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	122.98/cwt	122.00–124.00	529	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	783.75/cwt	775.00–800.00	7,540	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	848.00/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	7,556	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	600	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	797.69/cwt	700.00–880.00	8,376	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	910	631.67/cwt	600.00–650.00	5,748	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	576	410.00/cwt	350.00–500.00	2,362	5
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	555	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,081	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	630	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,520	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	951.56/cwt	740.00–1,080.00	7,869	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,059	1,355.91/cwt	1,240.00–1,380.00	14,359	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,147	968.33/cwt	800.00–1,150.00	11,107	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,430	1,390.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,450.00	19,877	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	930	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,045	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	670	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	3,853	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,648	1,500.00/cwt	1,475.00–1,525.00	24,720	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Large 1	—	1,745	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	24,430	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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