Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-04-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough comparable sales, but a undertone of higher prices. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $170.37/cwt on 177 head.

Average price

$170.37

177 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$942

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$623

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$126.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.14

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	512	184.91	947	104
Medium and Large 1-2	627	156.99	984	50
Medium and Large 2	575	140.97	811	21
Small 4	560	58.00	325	2thin

One grade step is worth $126.91/cwt here — about $623 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 sale177 hd

170.37

—

NM average3 barns · 1,257 hd

166.24

+4.14

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	1,458	98.23	1,433	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,935	88.00	1,703	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,100	83.42	918	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	876	60.86	533	42

Every lot, as filed

112 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 1-2	—	940	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,269	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	192.70/cwt	185.00–200.00	545	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	160	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	652	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	139.51/cwt	136.00–143.00	925	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	148.16/cwt	140.00–157.00	845	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	141.73/cwt	136.00–146.50	1,239	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	402	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	804	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	590	145.60/cwt	142.00–153.00	859	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	709	1
Steers	Small 4	—	520	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	239	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	154.69/cwt	142.00–160.00	959	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	131.67/cwt	127.00–138.00	957	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	164.79/cwt	160.00–170.00	387	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.50	861	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	127.06/cwt	122.00–132.00	1,061	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	140.73/cwt	130.00–147.00	666	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	115	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	422	147.59/cwt	140.00–158.00	623	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	603	139.98/cwt	135.00–145.00	844	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	590	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	193.22/cwt	192.00–195.00	897	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	200.07/cwt	192.00–208.00	654	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	149.82/cwt	145.00–155.00	933	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	975	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,055	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	168.50/cwt	160.00–170.00	561	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	178.29/cwt	175.00–180.00	731	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	185.04/cwt	181.00–190.00	607	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	355	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	497	1
Steers	Small 4	—	250	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	775	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,094	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	170.46/cwt	169.00–172.00	656	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	143.35/cwt	137.00–146.00	1,035	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	146.80/cwt	142.50–151.00	1,003	2
Steers	Small 4	—	600	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	169.79/cwt	164.00–180.50	1,056	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	172.25/cwt	165.00–177.00	908	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	185.79/cwt	175.00–189.00	998	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	880	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,267	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	178.88/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,014	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	169.36/cwt	167.00–171.00	801	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	543	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	983	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	143.38/cwt	143.00–143.50	1,184	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	156.20/cwt	148.00–165.00	898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	196.74/cwt	186.00–204.00	838	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	193.56/cwt	186.00–202.00	751	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	115	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	276	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	148.94/cwt	146.00–152.00	774	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	117.25/cwt	117.00–117.50	1,002	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	459	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	637	142.57/cwt	136.00–150.00	908	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,215	75.50/cwt	75.50–75.50	917	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	66.81/cwt	62.00–70.00	633	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	394	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,935	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	1,703	2
Bulls	—	—	1,113	80.48/cwt	73.00–87.00	896	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	777	56.22/cwt	54.00–60.00	437	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,082	81.75/cwt	74.00–89.00	885	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,150	90.50/cwt	90.00–92.50	1,041	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	695	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	500	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	808	43.75/cwt	40.00–45.00	354	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	845	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	448	1
Bulls	—	—	1,437	96.68/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,389	10
Bulls	—	—	1,666	107.82/cwt	102.00–113.00	1,796	9
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,185	98.50/cwt	98.50–98.50	1,167	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,514	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	640	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,480	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	738	637.50/cwt	600.00–675.00	4,705	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	887.50/cwt	875.00–900.00	7,304	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	868.33/cwt	830.00–900.00	8,058	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,301	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	820	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	6,560	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	735	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	4,961	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	901	975.50/cwt	850.00–1,110.00	8,789	10
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	652	129.31/cwt	120.00–135.00	843	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	857	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,022	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	533	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	153.25/cwt	140.00–159.00	872	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	388	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	728	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	513	180.70/cwt	180.00–182.50	927	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	141.80/cwt	135.00–150.00	652	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	158.40/cwt	155.00–162.00	409	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	313	152.56/cwt	150.00–155.00	478	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	172.25/cwt	160.00–177.00	667	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	165.70/cwt	160.00–168.00	799	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	166.83/cwt	160.00–171.00	859	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	503	133.69/cwt	132.00–137.00	672	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	670	122.54/cwt	120.00–125.00	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	702	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	90	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	158	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	410	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,230	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	119.21/cwt	110.00–128.00	685	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	705	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	160	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	963	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	818	1,708.25/cwt	1,700.00–1,725.00	13,973	3
Bulls	Small 4	—	595	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	512	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	496	182.90/cwt	182.50–183.00	907	5
Bulls	Small 4	—	735	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	117	252.50/cwt	225.00–275.00	295	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	171.84/cwt	166.00–180.00	734	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,800.00/cwt	1,800.00–1,800.00	17,100	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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