Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $161.61/cwt on 204 head.

Average price

$161.61

204 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$896

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$481

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$113.82/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.15

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	510	175.08	893	119
Medium and Large 1-2	632	149.42	944	62
Medium and Large 2	555	138.12	767	19thin
Small 4	673	61.25	412	4thin

One grade step is worth $113.82/cwt here — about $481 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 sale204 hd

161.61

—

NM average3 barns · 1,207 hd

175.76

−14.15

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	1,438	95.98	1,380	29
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,650	79.71	1,315	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,156	79.63	921	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	955	60.96	582	94

Every lot, as filed

126 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	Small 4	—	820	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	582	1
Steers	Small 4	—	680	63.01/cwt	61.00–65.00	428	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	146.18/cwt	140.00–155.00	633	4
Steers	Small 4	—	545	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,962	1
Steers	Small 4	—	418	441.69/cwt	425.00–460.00	1,846	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	129.55/cwt	120.00–136.00	801	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	173	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	692	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,148	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	582	135.36/cwt	132.00–136.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	778	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	350	188.86/cwt	182.00–190.00	661	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	750	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,106	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	609	167.31/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,019	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	186.57/cwt	185.00–188.00	606	2
Steers	Small 4	—	215	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	495	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	146.60/cwt	141.00–152.00	605	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	562	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	443	166.29/cwt	160.00–172.50	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	605	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	877	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	493	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	162.28/cwt	155.00–168.00	763	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	125.92/cwt	120.00–132.00	963	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	132.65/cwt	126.00–139.00	887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	143.62/cwt	140.00–154.00	758	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	684	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	140.66/cwt	138.00–143.00	660	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	136.81/cwt	127.00–138.50	966	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	137.44/cwt	130.00–140.00	591	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	134.32/cwt	131.00–137.50	823	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	129.97/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,053	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	127.28/cwt	120.00–134.00	484	2
Steers	Small 4	—	510	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	245	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	139.14/cwt	133.50–145.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	483	149.49/cwt	149.00–150.00	722	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	141.44/cwt	138.00–145.00	1,030	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	161.70/cwt	159.00–163.00	870	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	158.65/cwt	156.00–163.00	749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	144.93/cwt	138.00–155.00	968	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	545	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	168.54/cwt	167.50–170.00	640	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	734	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,140	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	156.50/cwt	148.00–159.00	905	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	146.24/cwt	139.00–155.00	913	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	138.98/cwt	137.00–140.00	1,154	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,191	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	140.93/cwt	138.00–147.00	1,098	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	182.75/cwt	170.00–185.00	764	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	718	150.73/cwt	150.00–153.00	1,082	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	167.96/cwt	167.00–170.00	1,140	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	364	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	692	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	183.06/cwt	169.00–187.00	857	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	179.37/cwt	177.50–187.00	676	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	175.29/cwt	170.00–185.00	915	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	170.40/cwt	162.00–177.00	988	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	996	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	946	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	1,048	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	600	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	864	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	577	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	520	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	894	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,186	80.04/cwt	74.00–86.00	949	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	966	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	705	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,220	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	1,098	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	718	46.95/cwt	39.00–51.00	337	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	725	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	442	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	900	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	648	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	899	49.29/cwt	45.00–52.00	443	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	927	59.39/cwt	54.00–64.00	551	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,041	68.91/cwt	62.00–70.50	717	52
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,650	79.71/cwt	78.00–82.00	1,315	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	84.66/cwt	79.00–89.00	961	2
Bulls	—	—	1,270	83.09/cwt	71.00–89.00	1,055	9
Bulls	—	—	1,714	109.83/cwt	106.00–115.00	1,882	7
Bulls	—	—	1,404	94.34/cwt	91.00–101.00	1,325	10
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,170	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,170	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,530	111.63/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,708	2
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	700	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	3,745	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	870.00/cwt	870.00–870.00	6,482	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	758	712.50/cwt	700.00–725.00	5,401	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,099	1,051.33/cwt	860.00–1,160.00	11,554	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,396	1,313.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,410.00	18,329	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,451	1,140.00/cwt	1,140.00–1,140.00	16,541	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	881	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	10,572	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,057	933.57/cwt	830.00–980.00	9,868	14
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	869	1,016.25/cwt	990.00–1,025.00	8,831	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	917	1,011.67/cwt	875.00–1,150.00	9,277	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	940	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,520	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,203	900.00/cwt	900.00–900.00	10,827	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	860.00/cwt	860.00–860.00	8,815	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,160	950.00/cwt	950.00–950.00	11,020	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	985	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,880	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	136.65/cwt	135.00–141.00	779	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,093	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	568	50.43/cwt	45.00–56.00	286	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	365	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,168	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	132.54/cwt	122.50–140.00	627	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	660	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	392	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	742	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	225	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	675	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	178	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	712	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	110	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	220	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	110	255.00/cwt	210.00–300.00	281	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	525	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,153	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	164.28/cwt	157.00–175.00	634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	840	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	430	436.83/cwt	410.00–450.00	1,878	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	174	364.44/cwt	275.00–400.00	634	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	321.54/cwt	200.00–385.00	514	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	715	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	695	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	717	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	836	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	590	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	714	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	167.55/cwt	165.00–172.50	536	5
Bulls	Small 4	—	545	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	322	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	690	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,505	1,700.00/cwt	1,700.00–1,700.00	25,585	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,340	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	24,120	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	999	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	1,068	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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