Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. Steer and heifer calves mostly steady 2.00-3.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifer 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00-2.00higher. Trade active, demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.49/cwt on 253 head.

Average price

$154.49

253 head · 527 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$576

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$120.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.65

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	519	165.95	861	142
Medium and Large 1-2	514	153.75	790	65
Medium and Large 2	560	133.57	747	39
Small 4	626	45.48	285	7thin

One grade step is worth $120.47/cwt here — about $576 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 sale253 hd

154.49

—

NM average4 barns · 1,931 hd

170.14

−15.65

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	1,755	85.71	1,504	35
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,560	71.50	1,115	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,172	69.41	813	63
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	977	52.06	509	90

Every lot, as filed

134 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	—	273	178.45/cwt	170.00–192.00	487	6
Steers	Small 4	—	690	48.50/cwt	48.50–48.50	335	1
Steers	Small 4	—	835	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	367	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	783	122.34/cwt	121.00–123.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	140.64/cwt	137.00–145.00	539	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	405	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	411	1
Steers	Small 4	—	590	41.95/cwt	30.00–48.00	248	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	132.56/cwt	129.00–135.00	764	7
Steers	Small 4	—	545	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	273	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	629	128.05/cwt	123.00–134.00	805	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	126.50/cwt	126.00–127.00	868	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	327.59/cwt	325.00–330.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	500	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	140	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	350	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	258.81/cwt	230.00–285.00	544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	803	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	328	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	551	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	609	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,008	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	445	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	774	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	313	192.92/cwt	191.00–195.00	604	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	170	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	138.72/cwt	135.00–140.00	651	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	486	146.76/cwt	140.00–152.00	713	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	159.05/cwt	158.00–162.00	585	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	130.57/cwt	129.00–135.00	678	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	146.91/cwt	140.00–155.00	764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	758	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	129.84/cwt	126.00–140.00	763	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	125.87/cwt	116.00–131.00	969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	159.12/cwt	150.00–165.00	679	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	149.04/cwt	145.00–157.00	873	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	139.36/cwt	137.00–141.00	662	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	142.58/cwt	136.00–152.00	603	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	135.65/cwt	131.00–140.00	714	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	787	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,066	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	153.65/cwt	146.00–161.00	784	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	190.87/cwt	187.00–195.00	454	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	164.70/cwt	155.00–170.00	534	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	643	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	977	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	366	162.73/cwt	160.00–165.00	596	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	700	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	151.74/cwt	149.00–161.00	1,023	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	136.70/cwt	129.00–142.00	930	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	173.59/cwt	171.00–178.00	647	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	156.14/cwt	147.00–163.00	748	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	777	136.95/cwt	135.00–139.00	1,064	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	179.20/cwt	173.00–185.00	584	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	162.76/cwt	157.50–170.00	928	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	134.48/cwt	128.00–140.00	948	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	127.96/cwt	125.00–131.00	1,062	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	166.80/cwt	157.00–170.00	889	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	495	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	822	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	167.89/cwt	160.00–174.00	787	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	176.61/cwt	167.00–181.00	735	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	149.35/cwt	145.00–162.00	933	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	850	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	106.64/cwt	104.00–110.00	762	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	578	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	115.50/cwt	108.00–124.00	722	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	853	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,171	68.40/cwt	63.00–74.00	801	49
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	837	57.16/cwt	53.00–60.00	478	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	—	1,585	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,110	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	777	43.26/cwt	41.00–44.00	336	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	911	47.16/cwt	41.00–51.50	430	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,535	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,121	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,057	57.21/cwt	52.00–62.00	605	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,168	75.68/cwt	74.50–77.00	884	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,179	71.42/cwt	64.00–76.00	842	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	793	29.13/cwt	28.00–31.00	231	4
Bulls	—	—	2,087	96.84/cwt	95.00–100.00	2,021	3
Bulls	—	—	1,639	75.70/cwt	69.00–80.00	1,241	8
Bulls	—	—	1,770	87.57/cwt	81.50–92.00	1,550	22
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,560	88.54/cwt	82.00–93.50	1,381	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	862	856.25/cwt	800.00–925.00	7,381	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	975.00/cwt	925.00–1,025.00	11,603	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	715	625.00/cwt	550.00–700.00	4,469	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	905	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	6,109	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	912.50/cwt	775.00–1,050.00	8,851	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,029	1,068.75/cwt	950.00–1,175.00	10,997	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	769	597.86/cwt	500.00–700.00	4,598	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,025.00/cwt	1,025.00–1,025.00	9,994	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	520	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,170	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	663	36.98/cwt	35.00–39.00	245	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	773	73.52/cwt	72.00–75.00	568	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	637	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	125.02/cwt	124.00–126.00	719	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	810	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	567	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	147.96/cwt	140.00–150.00	845	17
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	596	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	990	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	950	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,035	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,197	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	136.84/cwt	129.00–140.00	586	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	148.26/cwt	140.00–150.00	916	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	129.52/cwt	123.00–135.00	868	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	122.89/cwt	120.00–126.00	510	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	553	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	312	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	148.93/cwt	148.00–150.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	132.34/cwt	129.00–134.00	843	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	123.89/cwt	120.00–125.00	660	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	559	121.16/cwt	110.00–125.00	677	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	123.00/cwt	118.00–127.00	585	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	119.66/cwt	119.00–120.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	915	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	568	39.48/cwt	38.00–40.00	224	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	525	28.47/cwt	27.00–30.00	149	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	455	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	117.54/cwt	115.00–120.00	735	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	780	35.50/cwt	35.50–35.50	277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	404	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	297	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	448	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	334	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	140.91/cwt	140.00–141.00	979	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	146.35/cwt	142.00–155.00	619	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	518	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	458	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	145	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	260	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	411	156.97/cwt	156.00–160.00	645	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	605	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	986	8
Bulls	Small 4	—	405	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,114	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	1,024	3

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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