Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-10-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-10-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00-6.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers 3.00-4.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade active demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.40/cwt on 465 head.

Average price

$156.40

465 head · 493 lb average

Value per head Derived

$771

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$544

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$130.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.07

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	443	178.26	791	182
Medium and Large 1-2	508	153.05	777	170
Medium and Large 2	553	132.21	731	105
Small 4	515	47.88	247	8thin

One grade step is worth $130.39/cwt here — about $544 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 sale465 hd

156.40

—

NM average4 barns · 2,185 hd

158.47

−2.07

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	1,695	77.28	1,310	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,601	69.70	1,116	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,314	66.54	874	46
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,066	49.96	533	254

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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	139.23/cwt	138.00–144.00	860	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	176.55/cwt	165.00–182.50	415	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	170.97/cwt	162.00–180.00	639	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	152.38/cwt	148.00–160.00	800	36
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	833	114.35/cwt	111.00–120.00	953	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	764	119.80/cwt	119.00–120.00	915	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,018	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	684	115.99/cwt	112.00–125.00	793	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	139.46/cwt	130.00–155.00	593	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	135.45/cwt	130.00–141.00	722	28
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	617	132.07/cwt	120.00–135.00	815	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	145.15/cwt	140.00–150.00	479	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	131.50/cwt	125.00–145.00	631	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	117.26/cwt	110.00–121.00	833	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	990	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,069	1
Steers	Small 4	—	440	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	194	2
Steers	Small 4	—	580	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	310	2
Steers	Small 4	—	520	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	244	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	125	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	624	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	842	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	961	1
Steers	Small 4	—	420	316.00/cwt	290.00–420.00	1,327	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	718	1
Steers	Small 4	—	378	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	945	2
Steers	Small 4	—	480	289.58/cwt	250.00–330.00	1,390	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	739	106.76/cwt	105.00–112.00	789	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	574	133.52/cwt	130.00–153.00	766	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	165.14/cwt	161.00–167.00	623	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	144.54/cwt	139.00–151.00	678	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	492	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	713	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	134.12/cwt	125.00–141.00	555	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	203	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	284	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	131.97/cwt	127.00–145.00	901	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	149.30/cwt	140.00–157.00	567	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	284	182.35/cwt	180.00–185.00	518	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	145.08/cwt	135.00–152.00	823	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	167.04/cwt	160.00–177.00	718	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	155.52/cwt	150.00–165.00	732	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	194.02/cwt	180.00–200.00	625	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	130.04/cwt	125.00–134.00	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	826	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,177	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	126.41/cwt	119.00–134.00	1,037	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	154.97/cwt	148.00–158.00	866	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	950	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	171.58/cwt	160.00–175.00	554	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	276	186.62/cwt	182.50–200.00	515	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	236	195.18/cwt	190.00–201.00	461	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	189.44/cwt	189.00–191.00	805	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	190.46/cwt	181.00–200.00	712	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	179.25/cwt	170.00–187.00	776	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	173.65/cwt	170.00–187.00	818	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	913	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	275	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	558	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	260	201.62/cwt	200.00–202.50	524	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	340	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	714	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	163.53/cwt	160.00–175.00	836	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	684	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	330	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	617	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	729	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	109.02/cwt	107.00–110.00	836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	245	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	453	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	676	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,601	69.70/cwt	65.50–72.00	1,116	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,318	66.41/cwt	61.00–72.25	875	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	32.84/cwt	30.00–35.00	293	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,013	45.73/cwt	37.50–54.00	463	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,076	54.78/cwt	51.00–60.00	589	22
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,273	67.94/cwt	64.00–70.00	865	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	990	47.49/cwt	37.00–65.00	470	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	57.76/cwt	52.00–63.00	683	105
Bulls	—	—	1,863	85.18/cwt	82.00–89.50	1,587	9
Bulls	—	—	1,624	73.10/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,187	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	856	31.88/cwt	24.00–37.50	273	22
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,310	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	956	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,013	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	825	616.67/cwt	500.00–775.00	5,088	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,243	862.50/cwt	800.00–925.00	10,721	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,170	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	10,238	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,018	737.50/cwt	700.00–775.00	7,508	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	820.00/cwt	800.00–860.00	9,086	3
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	905	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,073	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	993	904.38/cwt	800.00–1,000.00	8,980	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	1,275.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,290.00	15,045	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	990.00/cwt	800.00–1,100.00	12,652	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	862.50/cwt	800.00–900.00	11,678	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	1,043.75/cwt	985.00–1,125.00	10,375	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	8,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	995	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	808	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	553	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	449	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	905	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	860	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	765	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	612	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	405	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,215	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	575	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	341	143.73/cwt	137.50–150.00	490	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	876	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	139.43/cwt	132.00–147.00	395	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	125.90/cwt	121.00–130.00	647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	789	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	103.74/cwt	100.00–111.00	685	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	867	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	125.50/cwt	120.00–135.00	713	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	142.73/cwt	128.00–147.00	542	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	123.00/cwt	121.00–125.00	518	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	243	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	340	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	435	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	349	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	124.83/cwt	120.00–128.00	406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	131.76/cwt	126.00–140.00	631	27
Heifers	Small 4	—	460	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	123.84/cwt	123.00–125.00	778	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	595	109.22/cwt	100.00–111.50	650	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	886	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	122.32/cwt	120.00–124.00	587	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	580	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	377	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	148.35/cwt	145.00–160.00	555	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	147.98/cwt	142.00–154.00	622	24
Heifers	Small 4	—	680	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	165	299.70/cwt	290.00–310.00	495	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	116.36/cwt	100.00–123.00	707	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	136.68/cwt	130.00–143.50	715	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	539	114.89/cwt	107.50–125.00	619	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	155.74/cwt	152.00–158.00	503	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	661	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	886	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	162.20/cwt	155.00–166.00	454	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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