Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-09-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-09-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers also 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade active demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $159.11/cwt on 373 head.

Average price

$159.11

373 head · 511 lb average

Value per head Derived

$813

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$508

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$128.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.30

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	178.14	818	157
Medium and Large 1-2	529	157.00	831	135
Medium and Large 2	575	137.68	791	70
Small 4	621	49.91	310	11thin

One grade step is worth $128.23/cwt here — about $508 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 sale373 hd

159.11

—

NM average3 barns · 1,910 hd

154.82

+4.30

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	—	High	1,631	84.22	1,374	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,509	71.08	1,073	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,187	68.71	815	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	998	56.00	559	156

Every lot, as filed

123 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	—	275	188.56/cwt	183.00–195.00	519	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	133.17/cwt	130.00–140.00	957	5
Steers	Small 4	—	587	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	252	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	143.80/cwt	140.00–155.00	603	7
Steers	Small 4	—	459	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,285	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	182.68/cwt	175.00–185.00	590	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	616	145.15/cwt	142.00–157.00	894	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	122.02/cwt	110.00–128.00	1,077	3
Steers	Small 4	—	800	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	456	1
Steers	Small 4	—	850	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	493	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	735	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,000	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	461	148.65/cwt	130.00–151.00	685	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	572	138.15/cwt	131.00–142.00	790	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	123.66/cwt	110.00–130.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	145	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	800	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	445	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	645	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	849	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	133.05/cwt	130.00–136.00	812	2
Steers	Small 4	—	490	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	495	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	777	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	425	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	396	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	164.64/cwt	159.00–168.00	853	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	186.33/cwt	179.00–187.00	771	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,110	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	503	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	765	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	156.44/cwt	145.00–159.00	659	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	129.87/cwt	125.00–134.00	745	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,162	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,071	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,071	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	115.50/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,124	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	156.36/cwt	150.00–167.00	810	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	803	139.75/cwt	138.50–141.00	1,122	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	147.96/cwt	145.00–160.00	913	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	152.36/cwt	141.00–155.50	867	24
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	145.96/cwt	143.00–149.00	755	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	177.16/cwt	176.00–183.00	854	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	138.72/cwt	135.00–145.00	938	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	173.29/cwt	160.00–181.00	652	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	141.54/cwt	140.00–143.00	1,094	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	188.28/cwt	185.00–190.00	676	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	758	134.84/cwt	130.00–139.50	1,022	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	127.29/cwt	126.00–130.00	1,063	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	430	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	753	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	973	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	165.64/cwt	160.00–176.00	800	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	206.59/cwt	191.00–213.00	599	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	189.24/cwt	180.00–197.00	624	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	240	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	384	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	305	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	622	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	170.98/cwt	160.00–177.00	708	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	209.98/cwt	197.00–216.00	489	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	755	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	837	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	136.50/cwt	135.00–137.00	767	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	124.49/cwt	124.00–125.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	733	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,087	60.94/cwt	55.00–67.00	662	94
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	694	47.78/cwt	40.00–50.00	332	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	976	59.09/cwt	55.50–62.00	577	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	808	34.71/cwt	31.00–37.00	280	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	71.08/cwt	67.50–74.00	1,073	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,258	68.96/cwt	64.00–72.50	868	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,003	60.71/cwt	50.00–64.00	609	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	881	49.26/cwt	39.00–54.50	434	40
Bulls	—	—	2,063	96.99/cwt	96.00–98.00	2,001	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	768	30.59/cwt	25.00–36.00	235	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,317	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	1,067	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,104	69.66/cwt	65.00–76.00	769	16
Bulls	—	—	1,425	76.91/cwt	70.50–81.00	1,096	9
Bulls	—	—	1,741	88.70/cwt	82.50–95.00	1,544	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	1,000.00/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	11,530	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	940.83/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	8,082	6
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	1,010	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,545	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	605	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,118	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,235	1,062.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,160.00	13,116	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,455	1,285.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,320.00	18,697	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	975.00/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	10,628	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	755	675.00/cwt	650.00–700.00	5,096	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,193	922.50/cwt	875.00–970.00	11,005	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	750	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	815.00/cwt	775.00–885.00	7,196	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,041	979.17/cwt	860.00–1,190.00	10,193	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,960	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,197	1,268.00/cwt	1,210.00–1,350.00	15,178	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	124.19/cwt	124.00–125.00	491	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	161.72/cwt	151.00–169.00	529	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	562	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	222	170.50/cwt	167.00–172.00	379	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	283	159.45/cwt	150.00–165.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	136.81/cwt	130.00–141.00	525	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	131.24/cwt	125.00–134.00	690	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	138.62/cwt	130.00–141.00	607	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,096	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	919	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	363	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	131.74/cwt	129.00–135.00	817	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	550	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	226	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	143.82/cwt	139.00–149.00	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	133.95/cwt	126.00–137.00	630	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	142.18/cwt	136.00–146.00	671	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	531	116.02/cwt	110.00–120.00	616	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	130	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	325	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	744	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	647	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	127.84/cwt	123.00–134.50	873	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	319	133.14/cwt	130.00–140.00	425	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	400	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	103.86/cwt	100.00–108.00	441	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	119.96/cwt	118.00–122.00	816	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	121.03/cwt	115.00–123.50	574	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	600	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	138.33/cwt	129.00–143.00	910	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	140.44/cwt	134.00–147.00	727	26
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	786	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	425	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	465	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	363	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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