Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-03-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 2.00-3.00 lower, heifer calves sold steady to 1.00 2.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifers steady on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls 3.00-4.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $167.46/cwt on 215 head.

Average price

$167.46

215 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$810

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$452

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$124.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.71

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	460	182.31	839	122
Medium and Large 1-2	494	163.53	808	53
Medium and Large 2	511	144.81	740	32
Small 4	673	57.50	387	8thin

One grade step is worth $124.81/cwt here — about $452 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 sale215 hd

167.46

—

NM average3 barns · 1,177 hd

171.17

−3.71

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	—	Average	1,510	92.72	1,400	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	85.00	1,318	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,102	77.94	859	96
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	972	62.09	604	66

Every lot, as filed

107 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 1	—	493	166.80/cwt	162.00–168.00	822	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	118.47/cwt	113.00–126.00	454	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	185.21/cwt	181.00–190.00	432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	251	171.75/cwt	170.00–172.00	431	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	126.20/cwt	124.00–135.00	787	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	145	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	343	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	497	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	194.63/cwt	190.00–212.50	539	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	800	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	305	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	611	139.70/cwt	136.00–142.00	854	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	798	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	126.33/cwt	125.00–129.00	844	3
Steers	Small 4	—	830	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	473	2
Steers	Small 4	—	500	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	310	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	340	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	510	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	903	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	143.15/cwt	140.00–153.00	742	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	191.93/cwt	186.50–199.00	727	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,036	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	136.77/cwt	136.00–140.00	795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	152.78/cwt	147.00–155.00	723	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	148.76/cwt	145.00–153.00	631	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	891	1
Steers	Small 4	—	681	55.50/cwt	54.00–56.00	378	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	317	167.18/cwt	160.00–171.00	530	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	145.00/cwt	143.00–147.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	176.45/cwt	167.00–182.00	679	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	161.46/cwt	156.00–170.00	853	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	149.40/cwt	147.00–150.00	926	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	390	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	566	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	155.52/cwt	150.00–163.00	894	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	439	173.05/cwt	162.00–179.00	760	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	162.73/cwt	158.00–170.00	786	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	177.95/cwt	172.00–180.00	922	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	327	212.49/cwt	212.00–215.00	695	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	175	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	188.97/cwt	186.00–194.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	179.17/cwt	172.00–185.00	864	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	413	184.23/cwt	178.00–190.00	761	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	357	207.20/cwt	207.00–208.00	740	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	920	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,214	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	221.82/cwt	214.00–230.00	499	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	154.22/cwt	148.00–157.00	965	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	169.48/cwt	167.00–171.00	969	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	869	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	390	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	319	184.21/cwt	160.00–193.00	588	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	133.07/cwt	125.00–150.00	645	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	450	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	810	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	220	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	411	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	44.79/cwt	43.00–46.00	425	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	770	47.69/cwt	47.00–48.50	367	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	880	53.34/cwt	50.00–59.00	469	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	64.99/cwt	59.00–69.50	649	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,318	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,101	76.26/cwt	71.00–85.00	840	80
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,181	90.31/cwt	86.50–95.50	1,067	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	950	77.53/cwt	69.50–83.00	737	5
Bulls	—	—	1,443	90.09/cwt	85.00–98.00	1,300	15
Bulls	—	—	1,401	77.64/cwt	71.00–80.00	1,088	7
Bulls	—	—	1,687	107.22/cwt	100.00–113.00	1,809	10
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	836	725.00/cwt	675.00–775.00	6,061	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	812	670.00/cwt	600.00–750.00	5,440	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	825.00/cwt	800.00–850.00	7,516	6
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	730	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	3,103	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	805	666.67/cwt	625.00–700.00	5,367	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,640	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,116.67/cwt	1,100.00–1,125.00	11,837	3
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	715	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,575	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	830	687.50/cwt	625.00–750.00	5,706	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	890	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	6,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 4	—	675	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,038	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,250.00/cwt	1,250.00–1,250.00	15,375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	2,544.87/cwt	2,000.00–3,200.00	25,830	38
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	697	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	125	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	531	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	440	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	121.89/cwt	110.00–132.00	890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	130	391.63/cwt	385.00–400.00	509	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	195	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	173.53/cwt	164.00–179.00	567	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	165.06/cwt	152.00–168.00	715	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	145.97/cwt	145.00–150.50	836	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	707	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	148.66/cwt	141.00–150.00	645	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	133.94/cwt	127.00–138.00	634	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	683	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	158	326.19/cwt	300.00–350.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,060	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	439	134.20/cwt	127.00–137.00	589	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	331	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	115	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	472	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	151.94/cwt	150.50–156.00	790	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	775	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	255	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	143.33/cwt	135.00–148.00	757	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	123.23/cwt	118.00–127.00	398	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	139.01/cwt	135.00–141.00	805	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	145.14/cwt	141.00–150.00	695	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	163.22/cwt	161.00–166.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	146.02/cwt	140.00–155.00	549	7

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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