Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer and heifer calves or feeders but a lower undertone noted. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower on limited comparison. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.41/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$154.41

123 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$617

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

$131.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.23

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	175.96	880	48
Medium and Large 1-2	584	153.37	896	40
Medium and Large 2	562	135.99	764	31
Small 4	593	54.00	320	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	598	44.00	263	2thin

One grade step is worth $131.96/cwt here — about $617 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 sale123 hd

154.41

—

NM average2 barns · 885 hd

158.64

−4.23

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	1,252	83.43	1,044	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	85.48	1,238	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,158	78.91	914	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	809	55.61	450	41

Every lot, as filed

116 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	—	622	128.37/cwt	122.00–135.00	798	3
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	598	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	263	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	125.01/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,075	2
Steers	Small 4	—	345	375.00/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,294	2
Steers	Small 4	—	710	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	469	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	438	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,095	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,109	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	175	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	263	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	370	1
Steers	Small 4	—	170	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	141.43/cwt	134.00–150.00	731	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Steers	Small 4	—	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	148.15/cwt	140.00–155.00	782	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	261	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	874	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	427	1
Steers	Small 4	—	488	380.85/cwt	310.00–400.00	1,859	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	134.41/cwt	125.00–148.00	629	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	125.66/cwt	125.00–126.00	980	6
Steers	Small 4	—	475	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	200	1
Steers	Small 4	—	220	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	770	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	134.08/cwt	129.00–140.00	767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	495	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	182.60/cwt	173.00–188.00	785	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	134.05/cwt	129.50–138.50	909	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	140.08/cwt	134.00–147.00	674	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	144.72/cwt	144.00–148.00	881	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	170.53/cwt	163.00–184.00	989	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	186.68/cwt	182.00–192.50	706	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	131.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	135.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	783	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	689	144.82/cwt	137.50–152.00	998	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	295	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	537	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	144.74/cwt	141.50–148.00	1,041	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	137.03/cwt	130.00–141.00	532	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	182.41/cwt	175.00–186.00	589	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	176.00/cwt	167.00–185.00	686	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	173.96/cwt	172.00–176.00	922	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	860	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	614	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,071	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	158.89/cwt	154.00–167.00	744	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	178.26/cwt	167.00–185.00	856	4
Bulls	Small 4	—	710	61.97/cwt	58.00–66.00	440	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	860	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	688	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	810	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	446	1
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,065	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	703	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,055	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	737	41.70/cwt	40.00–45.00	307	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	812	55.62/cwt	51.00–61.00	452	12
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,448	85.48/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,238	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	77.80/cwt	71.00–85.00	893	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	747	64.02/cwt	63.00–65.00	478	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	66.92/cwt	63.00–70.00	620	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,227	86.42/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,060	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	693	42.56/cwt	31.00–49.00	295	10
Bulls	—	—	1,267	81.64/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,034	5
Bulls	—	—	1,318	92.19/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,215	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,115	74.75/cwt	65.00–86.00	833	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	974	996.25/cwt	870.00–1,140.00	9,703	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,595	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	855	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,985	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,345	1,137.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	15,299	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	8,964	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	713	553.33/cwt	410.00–650.00	3,945	3
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	774	766.25/cwt	700.00–830.00	5,931	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	975	83.45/cwt	81.00–86.00	814	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	670	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	422	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	315	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,008	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	832	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	900	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	783	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	112.84/cwt	108.00–118.00	816	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	151.02/cwt	150.00–152.00	775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	1
Steers	Small 4	—	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Steers	Small 4	—	362	356.69/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.00	950	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	587	122.41/cwt	112.00–125.00	719	5
Heifers	Small 4	—	530	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	809	126.32/cwt	125.50–128.00	1,022	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	468	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	807	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	128.85/cwt	117.00–137.00	674	5
Heifers	Small 4	—	313	328.56/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,028	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	445	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	171	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	141.39/cwt	136.00–149.00	590	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	124.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	168.75/cwt	165.00–172.50	489	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	571	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	161.79/cwt	156.00–166.00	670	7
Heifers	Small 4	—	595	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	274	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	832	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	107.26/cwt	101.00–120.00	890	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	403	302.83/cwt	250.00–355.00	1,220	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	124.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	526	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	160.52/cwt	153.00–165.00	600	6
Bulls	Small 4	—	765	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	432	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	840	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	403	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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