Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves steady. Feeder steer and heifers also steady to 1.00-2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade moderate and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.63/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$167.63

173 head · 509 lb average

Value per head Derived

$854

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$107

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$53.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.66

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	475	181.64	864	84
Medium and Large 1-2	532	159.27	848	75
Medium and Large 2	589	128.43	756	14thin

One grade step is worth $53.21/cwt here — about $107 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 sale173 hd

167.63

—

NM average3 barns · 1,298 hd

177.29

−9.66

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	1,422	95.17	1,354	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,461	79.71	1,164	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,125	73.97	832	78
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	928	56.91	528	63

Every lot, as filed

109 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 2	—	495	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	164.94/cwt	157.00–175.00	785	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	527	123.81/cwt	110.00–132.00	652	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	176.56/cwt	164.00–180.00	682	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	162.48/cwt	152.00–169.00	838	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	119	407.31/cwt	390.00–450.00	485	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	165.38/cwt	164.00–168.00	958	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	133.28/cwt	115.00–147.00	764	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	958	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	80	414.06/cwt	400.00–425.00	331	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	117.31/cwt	100.00–135.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	438	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	395	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	640	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	525	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	641	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	129.70/cwt	127.00–135.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	200	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	160.19/cwt	155.00–166.00	750	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	168.08/cwt	165.00–172.50	529	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	157.66/cwt	155.00–159.00	828	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	505	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	869	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	165.61/cwt	160.00–176.00	702	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	333	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	433	149.95/cwt	143.00–155.00	649	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	147.02/cwt	145.00–152.00	682	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	386	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	942	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,056	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	179.03/cwt	170.00–187.00	578	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	165.26/cwt	160.00–177.00	463	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	171.67/cwt	161.00–173.00	738	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,237	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	795	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	192.71/cwt	186.00–195.00	744	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	150.07/cwt	149.00–151.50	1,020	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	171.96/cwt	167.00–176.00	889	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	196.02/cwt	186.00–197.00	829	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	136.63/cwt	130.00–142.50	989	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	370	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	766	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	334	205.61/cwt	205.00–207.00	687	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	129.92/cwt	124.00–136.00	994	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	189.71/cwt	186.00–197.00	624	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	204.26/cwt	190.00–215.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,108	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	156.84/cwt	156.00–162.00	899	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	148.29/cwt	140.00–150.25	1,010	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	807	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	422	163.59/cwt	161.00–165.00	690	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	568	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	835	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	523	149.83/cwt	145.00–155.00	784	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	320	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	541	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	675	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	61.99/cwt	59.00–67.50	609	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	800	41.23/cwt	34.00–45.00	330	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,523	83.94/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,278	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,275	67.00/cwt	67.00–67.00	854	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,329	86.13/cwt	84.50–88.00	1,145	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	984	62.75/cwt	62.75–62.75	617	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	51.54/cwt	48.00–56.00	433	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,065	74.63/cwt	65.00–77.00	795	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	855	47.60/cwt	41.00–53.00	407	2
Bulls	—	—	1,080	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	810	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,138	75.06/cwt	68.00–83.00	854	53
Bulls	—	—	1,391	93.78/cwt	84.00–98.00	1,304	4
Bulls	—	—	1,578	103.75/cwt	101.00–107.00	1,637	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	1,087.50/cwt	975.00–1,225.00	12,267	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,325.00/cwt	1,325.00–1,325.00	14,443	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	950.00/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	8,455	4
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	580	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	3,045	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	788	825.00/cwt	800.00–875.00	6,501	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,180	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	13,570	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	580	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,060	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,265	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	870	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,090	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,108	1,253.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,275.00	13,883	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,004	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	605	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	472	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	131.37/cwt	120.00–142.00	680	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	172.79/cwt	167.00–179.00	641	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	430	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	501	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	103.67/cwt	103.00–104.00	941	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	137.00/cwt	135.00–143.00	740	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	140.49/cwt	139.00–142.00	934	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	252	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	408	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	732	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	150.63/cwt	147.00–157.00	476	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	901	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	122.65/cwt	120.00–136.00	470	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	625	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	126.98/cwt	125.00–129.00	861	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	400	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	295	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	507	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	828	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	660	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	627	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	890	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	640	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	736	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	895	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	675	3
Bulls	Small 4	—	575	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	224	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	905	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	769	1

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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