Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-11-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-11-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steer and heifer calves 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers no comparable quotes. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.62/cwt on 445 head.

Average price

$139.62

445 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$740

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$465

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$119.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.74

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	169.29	716	70
Medium and Large 1-2	556	145.21	807	209
Medium and Large 2	548	128.58	704	148
Small 4	501	49.99	250	18thin

One grade step is worth $119.30/cwt here — about $465 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 sale445 hd

139.62

—

NM average3 barns · 2,629 hd

153.36

−13.74

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	1,564	71.41	1,117	41
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,630	73.50	1,198	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,262	68.23	861	103
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,061	48.48	514	215

Every lot, as filed

131 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	Small 4	—	465	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	246	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	141.69/cwt	123.00–150.00	597	7
Steers	Small 4	—	434	50.90/cwt	46.00–55.00	221	7
Steers	Small 4	—	279	248.94/cwt	240.00–275.00	695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	113.95/cwt	111.00–117.00	881	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	486	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	524	133.41/cwt	125.00–139.00	699	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	145	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	415	2
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	605	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	278	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	287	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	803	1
Steers	Small 4	—	370	202.97/cwt	185.00–220.00	751	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	278	153.95/cwt	150.00–160.00	428	3
Steers	Small 4	—	334	185.10/cwt	150.00–235.00	618	5
Steers	Small 4	—	523	55.27/cwt	54.00–58.00	289	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	242.50/cwt	210.00–275.00	534	2
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	510	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	270	1
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	665	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	333	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	141.50/cwt	136.00–147.00	297	2
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	480	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	197	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	507	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	166.78/cwt	160.50–180.00	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	141.41/cwt	140.00–144.00	590	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	142.60/cwt	140.00–145.00	453	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	137.27/cwt	130.00–140.00	454	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	603	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	905	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 3Unweaned	—	237	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	230	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	352	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	125.81/cwt	116.00–145.00	667	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,142	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	120.14/cwt	115.00–130.00	757	44
Steers	Small 4	—	240	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	480	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	474	130.09/cwt	117.00–145.00	617	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	868	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	215	172.67/cwt	170.00–175.00	371	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	161.43/cwt	154.00–167.00	691	26
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	128.16/cwt	115.00–137.00	731	45
Steers	Small 4	—	580	39.74/cwt	30.00–50.00	230	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	456	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	128.89/cwt	123.00–135.50	876	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	164.89/cwt	156.00–168.00	546	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	157.83/cwt	152.00–163.00	581	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	140.55/cwt	135.00–146.00	857	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	820	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	955	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	551	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	843	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	154.93/cwt	147.00–162.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	178.95/cwt	177.00–183.00	580	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	132.05/cwt	118.00–136.00	1,034	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	122.05/cwt	115.00–129.50	1,006	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	211	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	327	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	120.82/cwt	117.00–135.00	870	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	137.57/cwt	135.00–145.00	772	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	173.41/cwt	160.00–179.00	636	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	154.13/cwt	147.00–157.00	798	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	170.87/cwt	165.00–176.00	713	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	620	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	533	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	109.19/cwt	95.00–123.00	786	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	437	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	831	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	512	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,130	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	599	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	38.63/cwt	28.00–40.50	396	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,034	46.52/cwt	41.00–53.00	481	78
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,198	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,463	73.66/cwt	73.00–74.50	1,078	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,273	68.33/cwt	61.00–73.50	870	95
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	56.71/cwt	52.00–63.00	639	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	981	44.53/cwt	41.00–51.00	437	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	893	29.59/cwt	20.00–39.00	264	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,114	57.59/cwt	52.00–68.00	642	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	997	67.27/cwt	63.00–74.00	671	5
Bulls	—	—	1,495	67.52/cwt	60.00–75.00	1,009	29
Bulls	—	—	1,799	82.95/cwt	79.00–88.00	1,492	10
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,383	70.16/cwt	65.00–73.50	970	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,072	1,368.33/cwt	1,290.00–1,440.00	14,668	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,097	880.00/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	9,654	5
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	840	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,444	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	991.88/cwt	850.00–1,160.00	10,266	8
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	615	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,645	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,520	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,118	1,050.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	11,739	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	713	295.00/cwt	250.00–340.00	2,103	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	960	770.00/cwt	770.00–770.00	7,392	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	892.50/cwt	885.00–900.00	8,925	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	655	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,784	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	868	622.50/cwt	520.00–725.00	5,403	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	804	591.00/cwt	510.00–700.00	4,752	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,505	1,385.00/cwt	1,385.00–1,385.00	20,844	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	912.50/cwt	800.00–1,025.00	11,023	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,365	985.00/cwt	985.00–985.00	13,445	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	1,133.33/cwt	950.00–1,225.00	9,781	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,650	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	23,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	134.67/cwt	131.00–135.00	644	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	123.15/cwt	118.00–130.00	711	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	134.86/cwt	130.00–141.00	503	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	886	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	122.54/cwt	117.00–129.00	635	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	121.95/cwt	110.00–133.00	761	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	878	100.03/cwt	90.00–110.00	878	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	134.06/cwt	130.00–145.00	567	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	545	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	120.41/cwt	119.00–125.00	814	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	112.35/cwt	108.50–116.00	404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	126.67/cwt	125.00–130.00	361	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	167	265.57/cwt	230.00–275.00	444	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	122.91/cwt	117.00–126.00	393	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	114.73/cwt	110.00–120.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	135.01/cwt	130.00–147.00	639	11
Heifers	Small 4	—	643	21.00/cwt	21.00–21.00	135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	233	131.31/cwt	128.00–135.00	306	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	117.60/cwt	110.00–122.00	671	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	459	117.76/cwt	114.00–127.00	541	10
Heifers	Small 4	—	570	36.00/cwt	36.00–36.00	205	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	195	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	536	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	269	283.87/cwt	250.00–300.00	764	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	405	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	911	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	520	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	409	130.50/cwt	127.00–135.00	534	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	781	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	855	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	745	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	671	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	355	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	799	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	328	273.60/cwt	200.00–325.00	897	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	776	3

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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