Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifer sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows mostly steady to 1.00 higher, and slaughter bulls steady to 1.00 higher on limited receipts. Trade and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $152.81/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$152.81

201 head · 523 lb average

Value per head Derived

$799

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$675

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$129.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.64

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	169.52	904	91
Medium and Large 1-2	481	153.07	736	57
Medium and Large 2	549	130.65	718	49
Small 4	565	40.50	229	4thin

One grade step is worth $129.02/cwt here — about $675 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 sale201 hd

152.81

—

NM average3 barns · 2,004 hd

166.46

−13.64

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	1,556	90.49	1,408	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,710	75.50	1,291	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,139	70.26	800	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	888	50.74	451	56

Every lot, as filed

129 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	916	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	133.05/cwt	130.00–140.00	560	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	144.10/cwt	135.00–152.00	689	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	105	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	236	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	583	132.82/cwt	126.00–141.00	774	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	383.40/cwt	350.00–480.00	690	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	132.97/cwt	128.00–138.00	618	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	971	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	172.62/cwt	160.00–181.00	466	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	156.76/cwt	156.00–157.00	922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,302	1
Steers	Small 4	—	548	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	167.89/cwt	159.00–172.00	972	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	144.67/cwt	140.00–147.00	622	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	138.07/cwt	127.00–153.00	442	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	144.30/cwt	143.00–147.00	898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	435	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	490	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	833	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	162.19/cwt	152.00–169.00	508	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	130.47/cwt	125.00–140.00	672	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	283	143.79/cwt	137.00–150.00	407	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	123.12/cwt	115.00–134.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	972	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	147.24/cwt	145.00–155.00	823	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	440	1
Steers	Small 4	—	615	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	240	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	120	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	163	399.23/cwt	350.00–450.00	651	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	362	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	782	127.85/cwt	117.00–133.00	1,000	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	134.14/cwt	131.00–140.00	708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	540	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	236	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	354	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,029	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	124.31/cwt	120.00–130.00	523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	150.46/cwt	149.00–152.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	210	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	441	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	133.26/cwt	129.00–139.00	1,019	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	145.28/cwt	136.00–150.00	545	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	650	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	813	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	119.77/cwt	117.00–125.00	874	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	160.01/cwt	152.00–165.00	669	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	166.32/cwt	162.00–173.50	858	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	139.48/cwt	135.00–144.00	939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	885	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,050	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	171.59/cwt	170.00–174.00	700	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	319	189.04/cwt	181.00–193.00	603	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	182.51/cwt	175.00–188.00	684	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	192.90/cwt	184.00–200.00	517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	156.30/cwt	152.00–160.00	746	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	160.92/cwt	157.00–167.00	600	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	738	156.18/cwt	150.50–159.00	1,153	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	162.83/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,014	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,131	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,193	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	976	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	162.94/cwt	155.00–173.00	513	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,025	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,261	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	174.49/cwt	170.00–180.00	832	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	932	87.70/cwt	82.00–91.00	817	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	700	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	103.32/cwt	102.00–104.00	746	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,016	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	250	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	445	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,710	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	1,291	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	77.21/cwt	75.50–79.00	967	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,137	68.52/cwt	63.00–74.00	779	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	858	59.56/cwt	59.00–60.00	511	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	744	34.17/cwt	26.00–39.00	254	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	629	42.87/cwt	40.00–47.00	270	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	56.17/cwt	52.00–62.50	536	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	954	46.64/cwt	40.00–50.00	445	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	680	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	517	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,010	66.23/cwt	63.00–70.00	669	4
Bulls	—	—	1,708	96.23/cwt	95.00–98.00	1,644	4
Bulls	—	—	1,469	87.21/cwt	83.00–93.00	1,281	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	754	681.25/cwt	675.00–700.00	5,137	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	558	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	3,627	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	878	765.00/cwt	750.00–800.00	6,717	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	740	742.50/cwt	725.00–760.00	5,495	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	655	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	3,439	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,500.00/cwt	1,500.00–1,500.00	16,350	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,220.00/cwt	1,220.00–1,220.00	16,348	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	981.67/cwt	860.00–1,110.00	9,424	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,078	1,282.00/cwt	1,230.00–1,310.00	13,820	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	898	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	4,715	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	867.86/cwt	750.00–1,025.00	7,602	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	6,557	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	960	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	4,320	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	675	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	715	46.57/cwt	37.00–56.00	333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	109.39/cwt	102.00–117.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	124.98/cwt	120.00–130.00	754	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	675	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	371	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	157.48/cwt	150.00–162.50	825	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	142.61/cwt	138.50–145.00	824	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	643	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	932	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	124.00/cwt	121.00–127.00	837	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	225	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	396	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	334	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	585	37.00/cwt	37.00–37.00	216	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	119.42/cwt	115.00–127.00	445	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	160.09/cwt	157.00–163.00	596	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	142.25/cwt	135.00–145.00	478	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	130.80/cwt	125.00–140.00	797	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	895	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	117.43/cwt	112.00–122.00	663	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	155.84/cwt	145.00–168.00	739	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	128.74/cwt	125.00–132.00	416	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	288	148.03/cwt	135.00–150.00	426	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	135.58/cwt	126.00–150.00	512	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	127.71/cwt	121.00–131.00	939	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	495	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	257	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	805	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	123.50/cwt	123.00–124.00	634	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	122.03/cwt	115.00–130.00	576	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	250	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	822	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	128.00/cwt	112.00–140.00	659	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	153.70/cwt	145.00–160.00	669	13

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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