Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer calves 2.00-5.00 higher. Heifer calves no accurate comparison. Feeder steer and heifers no accurate comparison to last week. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls steady on limited receipts. Trade active demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $184.36/cwt on 297 head.

Average price

$184.36

297 head · 440 lb average

Value per head Derived

$812

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$101

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

$68.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.26

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	393	207.50	815	150
Medium and Large 1-2	480	169.02	812	106
Medium and Large 2	512	139.35	714	41

One grade step is worth $68.15/cwt here — about $101 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 sale297 hd

184.36

—

NM average3 barns · 695 hd

175.10

+9.26

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	1,566	85.17	1,334	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,700	73.00	1,241	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,138	70.56	803	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	959	55.67	534	50

Every lot, as filed

112 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	—	286	143.12/cwt	140.00–150.00	409	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	178.42/cwt	170.00–192.00	660	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	619	130.99/cwt	124.00–137.00	811	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	314	156.57/cwt	152.50–162.00	492	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	119.00/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,101	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	135.44/cwt	130.00–147.00	703	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	171.12/cwt	160.00–180.00	815	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	154.51/cwt	150.00–168.00	867	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	147.19/cwt	140.00–155.00	545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	134.26/cwt	130.00–136.00	780	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	690	2
Steers	Small 4	—	334	313.52/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,047	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	478	149.92/cwt	145.00–155.00	717	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	430.00/cwt	400.00–460.00	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	546	1
Steers	Small 4	—	505	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,010	2
Steers	Small 4	—	560	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,680	1
Steers	Small 4	—	495	237.50/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,176	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	125.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	834	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	365	228.83/cwt	227.00–236.00	835	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	217.87/cwt	210.00–228.00	719	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	634	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	325	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	553	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	219.63/cwt	211.00–225.00	835	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	188.92/cwt	177.00–193.00	905	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	169.17/cwt	160.00–173.00	450	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	281	232.85/cwt	227.00–238.00	654	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	929	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	157.23/cwt	150.00–165.00	811	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	176.04/cwt	160.00–186.00	764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	191.56/cwt	175.00–200.00	628	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	149.82/cwt	143.00–158.00	932	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	208	182.65/cwt	165.00–187.50	380	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	169.95/cwt	163.00–180.00	438	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	125.94/cwt	122.00–134.00	1,052	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	437	189.45/cwt	189.00–192.00	828	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	357	201.97/cwt	200.00–202.50	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	126.97/cwt	124.00–130.00	1,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	129.00/cwt	122.00–136.00	1,004	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	143.63/cwt	136.00–155.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	178.02/cwt	170.00–187.50	935	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	216.48/cwt	197.00–224.00	580	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	218.64/cwt	207.50–225.00	509	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	211.98/cwt	198.00–225.00	895	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	283	191.91/cwt	190.00–195.00	543	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	478	183.80/cwt	182.00–185.00	879	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	165.67/cwt	162.00–170.00	941	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	615	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	720	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	579	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	735	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,700	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,241	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	70.56/cwt	66.00–77.00	803	16
Bulls	—	—	1,973	93.26/cwt	93.00–93.50	1,840	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	55.91/cwt	50.00–60.50	518	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	63.23/cwt	60.00–66.00	668	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	914	46.86/cwt	45.00–49.50	428	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,225	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	747	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	813	39.55/cwt	35.00–41.00	322	5
Bulls	—	—	1,404	78.06/cwt	65.00–88.00	1,096	7
Bulls	—	—	1,725	101.99/cwt	101.50–102.50	1,759	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	1,300.00/cwt	1,290.00–1,310.00	16,120	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	1,034.38/cwt	900.00–1,125.00	10,778	8
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	770	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,888	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,628	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	890.00/cwt	890.00–890.00	8,366	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,210	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,730	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	1,293.33/cwt	1,250.00–1,350.00	15,843	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 4	—	905	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,751	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,127	1,016.67/cwt	900.00–1,125.00	11,458	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	1,075.00/cwt	950.00–1,250.00	10,933	7
Heifers	Small 4	—	370	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	925	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	124.35/cwt	110.00–135.00	654	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	160.84/cwt	160.00–165.00	536	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	768	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	145.02/cwt	140.00–150.00	824	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	163.13/cwt	159.00–170.00	781	15
Heifers	Small 4	—	465	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	167.77/cwt	167.50–168.00	361	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	520	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	319	231.62/cwt	230.00–235.00	739	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	235	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	550	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	477	197.42/cwt	195.00–202.00	942	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	287	151.74/cwt	140.00–157.00	435	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	151.63/cwt	140.50–160.00	337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	146.64/cwt	140.00–152.00	694	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	552	141.25/cwt	140.00–145.00	780	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	144.76/cwt	140.00–157.00	457	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	149.90/cwt	145.00–155.00	779	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	122.58/cwt	119.00–132.00	886	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	146.66/cwt	140.00–150.00	547	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	152.24/cwt	140.00–155.50	668	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	163.89/cwt	157.00–169.00	620	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	845	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,012	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	122.26/cwt	116.00–135.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	838	117.26/cwt	113.00–125.00	983	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	135.54/cwt	129.00–140.00	844	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	131.49/cwt	130.00–133.00	730	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	307	130.36/cwt	121.00–135.00	400	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	338	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	493	125.50/cwt	125.00–126.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	412	124.31/cwt	117.00–135.00	512	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	527	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	132.95/cwt	130.00–138.00	884	6

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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