Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-02-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer and heifer calves or feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade moderate to active, demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $142.88/cwt on 54 head.

Average price

$142.88

54 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$773

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$370

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small 4

$92.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	528	155.60	822	17thin
Medium and Large 1	602	154.79	932	14thin
Medium and Large 2	482	135.75	654	20
Small 4	720	62.73	452	3thin

One grade step is worth $92.87/cwt here — about $370 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 sale54 hd

142.88

—

NM average1 barns · 54 hd

142.88

+0.00

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	1,545	91.31	1,411	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,125	71.34	802	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	908	57.99	527	94

Every lot, as filed

108 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
Cows	Small 4	—	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	116.58/cwt	109.00–124.00	802	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	133.94/cwt	129.00–139.00	855	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	106.33/cwt	106.00–107.00	758	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	490	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	730	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	146.03/cwt	145.00–147.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	711	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	131.56/cwt	112.00–142.00	355	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	616	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	814	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,027	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	100.50/cwt	100.50–100.50	985	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,415	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	16,626	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,405	1,350.00/cwt	1,350.00–1,350.00	18,968	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	1,175.00/cwt	1,125.00–1,225.00	11,727	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,027	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	822	31
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	704	615.00/cwt	500.00–760.00	4,330	4
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	630	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,993	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	623	387.50/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,414	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	948	800.00/cwt	700.00–900.00	7,584	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	91.44/cwt	86.00–95.00	712	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,116	903.75/cwt	825.00–990.00	10,086	4
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	737	506.67/cwt	420.00–550.00	3,734	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	815	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,520	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	912.50/cwt	775.00–1,075.00	7,337	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	635	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	3,969	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	795	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	3,180	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	968	1,130.00/cwt	1,130.00–1,130.00	10,938	23
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	987	73.94/cwt	73.00–75.00	730	46
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	887	1,357.03/cwt	1,225.00–1,375.00	12,037	32
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	1,030.00/cwt	920.00–1,125.00	9,734	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,073	1,319.41/cwt	1,250.00–1,375.00	14,157	17
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,870	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	2,001	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,270	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,105	1
Bulls	—	—	1,865	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,865	1
Bulls	—	—	1,450	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,131	1
Bulls	—	—	1,476	89.61/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,323	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,096	74.68/cwt	69.00–77.00	818	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	45.91/cwt	45.00–46.00	374	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	815	38.00/cwt	38.00–38.00	310	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	923	60.47/cwt	52.00–62.50	558	78
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,265	79.93/cwt	78.00–81.50	1,011	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	755	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	468	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	930	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	456	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	775	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	194	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,091	69.77/cwt	65.00–77.00	761	45
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,588	78.59/cwt	78.00–79.00	1,248	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	867	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,242	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	103.55/cwt	100.00–107.00	842	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	512	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	595	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	298	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	820	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	644	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	960	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	528	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	950	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	695	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,152	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	888	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,071	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	877	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	910	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,174	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	363	169.90/cwt	161.00–179.00	617	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	336	169.44/cwt	163.00–175.00	569	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	154.50/cwt	150.00–159.00	363	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	278	146.05/cwt	145.00–147.00	406	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,375	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	143.26/cwt	138.00–153.00	738	4
Steers	Small 4	—	740	57.09/cwt	44.00–70.00	422	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	117.52/cwt	115.00–120.00	811	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	129.00/cwt	128.00–130.00	458	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	131.02/cwt	126.00–136.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	685	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	116.40/cwt	107.00–126.00	830	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	579	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	223	378.13/cwt	375.00–385.00	843	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	183	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	750	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	673	1
Steers	Small 4	—	680	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	503	1
Steers	Small 4	—	435	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	188	312.33/cwt	300.00–325.00	587	2
Steers	Small 4	—	265	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,259	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	120.98/cwt	115.00–127.00	808	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	130.54/cwt	127.00–134.00	944	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	812	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	250	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	380	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	270	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	378	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	712	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	755	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	116.93/cwt	114.00–120.00	959	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	442	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	133.93/cwt	129.00–139.00	721	2

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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