Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-10-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 3.00-5.00 lower on limited comparable quotes. Feeder steers and heifers not well tested on limited quotes. Slaughter cows 2.00 lower , bulls 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $153.28/cwt on 272 head.

Average price

$153.28

272 head · 479 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$39.10/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.73

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	419	175.04	734	47
Medium and Large 1-2	471	154.17	726	158
Medium and Large 2	539	135.94	733	67

One grade step is worth $39.10/cwt here — about $1 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 sale272 hd

153.28

—

NM average4 barns · 1,929 hd

158.02

−4.73

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	1,569	80.36	1,261	31
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,575	63.77	1,004	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,265	63.60	805	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,048	51.99	545	162

Every lot, as filed

111 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	—	579	143.60/cwt	141.00–150.00	831	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	973	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	132.98/cwt	130.00–136.00	1,017	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	965	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	994	1
Steers	Small 4	—	555	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,665	1
Steers	Small 4	—	657	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	371	146.96/cwt	140.00–152.00	545	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	715	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	937	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	909	1
Steers	Small 4	—	538	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,480	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	595	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	809	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	310	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	527	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	119.41/cwt	110.00–125.00	793	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	130.35/cwt	126.00–134.00	743	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	855	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	983	1
Steers	Small 4	—	425	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,381	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	111.99/cwt	109.00–113.50	969	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	625	2
Steers	Small 4	—	349	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	229	153.16/cwt	148.00–159.00	351	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	121.61/cwt	120.00–132.50	817	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	131.20/cwt	125.00–140.00	619	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	921	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	174.80/cwt	168.00–181.00	741	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	184.67/cwt	184.00–186.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	306	141.32/cwt	133.00–150.00	432	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	817	114.58/cwt	104.00–126.00	936	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	153.66/cwt	150.00–167.00	802	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	168.14/cwt	160.00–171.00	698	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	130.37/cwt	125.00–133.00	932	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	126.00/cwt	122.00–128.00	1,014	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	140.86/cwt	135.00–147.00	742	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	133.88/cwt	128.00–135.00	834	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	163.03/cwt	160.00–179.00	623	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	120.40/cwt	120.00–122.00	1,034	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	170.45/cwt	160.00–179.00	474	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	223	188.10/cwt	185.00–191.00	419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	147.50/cwt	141.00–150.00	630	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	151.48/cwt	145.00–159.00	729	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	171.94/cwt	163.00–176.00	561	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	140.06/cwt	138.00–142.50	868	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	850	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	170.56/cwt	160.00–180.00	307	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	242	162.73/cwt	160.00–164.00	394	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	143.69/cwt	139.00–159.00	690	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	185.15/cwt	182.00–188.00	672	19
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	618	93.04/cwt	83.00–103.00	575	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	515	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	649	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	137.63/cwt	130.00–145.00	582	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	352	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	814	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	34.37/cwt	30.00–37.50	302	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,244	64.14/cwt	62.50–72.00	798	38
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,425	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	869	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,270	64.37/cwt	63.00–70.00	817	9
Bulls	—	—	1,755	86.16/cwt	81.50–93.50	1,512	14
Bulls	—	—	1,416	75.58/cwt	65.00–81.50	1,070	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	58.33/cwt	54.00–67.50	655	80
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	47.35/cwt	38.00–54.50	477	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,575	63.77/cwt	62.50–65.00	1,004	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,367	59.46/cwt	54.00–60.50	813	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	764	35.16/cwt	29.00–38.00	269	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	879	44.91/cwt	37.00–55.00	395	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,175	58.58/cwt	52.00–62.00	688	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	660	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	3,960	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	825	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	5,569	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	868.75/cwt	800.00–900.00	7,715	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	982	871.67/cwt	850.00–890.00	8,560	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	857.50/cwt	825.00–890.00	8,061	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	855.00/cwt	800.00–910.00	8,678	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,157	1,044.00/cwt	850.00–1,175.00	12,079	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,220	1,300.00/cwt	1,300.00–1,300.00	15,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	830	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,150	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	963	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,852	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	824	687.50/cwt	600.00–800.00	5,665	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,475	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	16,963	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	626	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	294	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	366	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	165.10/cwt	160.00–168.00	371	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	105.98/cwt	101.00–116.00	713	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	119.38/cwt	115.00–125.00	628	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	505	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	667	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	411	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	150.24/cwt	147.00–152.00	491	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	131.58/cwt	130.00–142.00	555	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	119.44/cwt	116.00–123.00	669	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	930	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	278	137.57/cwt	135.00–141.00	382	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	134.81/cwt	129.00–144.00	450	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	947	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	922	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	743	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	115.80/cwt	112.00–120.00	420	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	498	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	123.93/cwt	120.00–127.00	667	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	834	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	119.00/cwt	113.00–125.00	339	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	866	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	435	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	535	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	122.40/cwt	121.00–135.00	519	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	467	120.58/cwt	108.00–140.00	563	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	634	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	485	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,213	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	571	128.54/cwt	120.00–135.00	734	4

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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