Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady on comparable quotes. Feeder steers and heifers traded 3.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls2.00-3.00lower. Trade was good and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.46/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$138.46

201 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$734

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$414

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$105.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.98

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	157.82	727	54
Medium and Large 1-2	555	142.46	790	91
Medium and Large 2	529	128.05	678	42
Medium 1-2	723	111.00	803	2thin
Small and Medium 2	603	83.50	503	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	706	65.00	459	4thin
Small 4	592	52.73	312	6thin

One grade step is worth $105.09/cwt here — about $414 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 sale201 hd

138.46

—

NM average3 barns · 773 hd

155.44

−16.98

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	1,535	87.69	1,346	42
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,175	74.62	877	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	946	51.98	492	207

Every lot, as filed

144 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	—	675	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	844	2
Steers	Small 4	—	555	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	389	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	170	342.61/cwt	300.00–400.00	582	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	179	288.11/cwt	250.00–300.00	516	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	70	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	88	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	116	241.23/cwt	225.00–300.00	280	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	133.59/cwt	128.00–138.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	127.66/cwt	120.00–137.00	983	3
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	636	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	452	4
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	713	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	471	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	650	1
Steers	Small 4	—	405	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,823	3
Steers	Small 4	—	368	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,656	4
Steers	Small 4	—	472	408.98/cwt	375.00–450.00	1,930	5
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	706	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	459	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	165.92/cwt	161.00–171.00	687	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	845	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	153.12/cwt	153.00–155.00	789	17
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	723	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	803	2
Steers	Small 4Mexican Origin	—	750	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	533	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	133.03/cwt	127.00–139.00	886	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,215	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	826	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	145.09/cwt	140.00–153.00	595	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	150.21/cwt	141.00–152.00	859	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	537	142.96/cwt	137.00–147.00	768	8
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	565	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	452	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	640	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	557	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	127.75/cwt	126.00–128.00	1,009	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	150.33/cwt	140.00–157.00	576	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	133.01/cwt	132.00–134.00	958	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	148.76/cwt	147.00–156.00	710	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,012	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	568	127.39/cwt	125.00–134.00	724	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	813	91.00/cwt	90.00–92.00	740	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	148.50/cwt	145.00–152.00	653	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	298	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	233	137.42/cwt	135.00–140.00	320	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	145	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	254	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	609	144.06/cwt	142.00–150.00	877	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	145.08/cwt	140.00–150.00	759	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	145.67/cwt	145.00–147.00	830	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	152.41/cwt	140.00–157.00	718	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	488	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	174.83/cwt	170.00–177.00	402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	130.50/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,035	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	671	135.15/cwt	130.00–140.00	907	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	161.20/cwt	155.00–163.00	904	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	269	172.37/cwt	160.00–180.00	464	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	176.83/cwt	167.00–181.00	744	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	178.21/cwt	177.00–180.00	592	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	481	167.78/cwt	160.00–172.00	807	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	859	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	896	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	186.80/cwt	182.00–195.00	510	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	119.32/cwt	109.00–130.00	1,038	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	174.05/cwt	167.00–183.00	647	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	174.77/cwt	165.00–180.00	842	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	185.08/cwt	180.00–190.00	574	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	227	193.39/cwt	185.00–197.00	439	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	188.86/cwt	187.00–190.00	706	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	165.99/cwt	165.00–172.00	880	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	185.44/cwt	182.00–188.00	775	5
Bulls	Small 4	—	575	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	345	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	105	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	158	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	260	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	460	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	812	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	715	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	713	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	65.95/cwt	60.00–70.50	702	56
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,175	74.62/cwt	71.00–84.00	877	41
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	43.03/cwt	37.00–48.50	386	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	53.73/cwt	49.00–59.50	509	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	859	39.95/cwt	30.00–52.00	343	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	599	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	210	2
Bulls	—	—	1,385	78.28/cwt	68.00–84.50	1,084	14
Bulls	—	—	1,745	100.75/cwt	97.00–104.50	1,758	9
Bulls	—	—	1,610	90.60/cwt	86.00–96.00	1,459	16
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,255	71.79/cwt	68.00–76.50	901	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,110	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	966	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	825	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	5,156	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	838.00/cwt	825.00–840.00	7,341	15
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	10,050	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	955.00/cwt	900.00–1,120.00	10,104	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	994	795.83/cwt	725.00–810.00	7,911	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	720	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	4,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,040	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	863	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	725	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	3,988	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	530	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,120	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,065	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	6,710	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,092	773.33/cwt	750.00–810.00	8,445	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	850	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	971	1,006.92/cwt	880.00–1,050.00	9,777	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	930	1,225.00/cwt	1,225.00–1,225.00	11,393	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	780	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	917	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,419	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,068	1,030.34/cwt	900.00–1,100.00	11,004	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	169	326.89/cwt	285.00–370.00	552	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	80	139.06/cwt	125.00–150.00	111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	75	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	150	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	675	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	100	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	350	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	125	234.82/cwt	175.00–250.00	294	6
Bulls	Small 4	—	690	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	628	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	625	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	531	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	134.59/cwt	130.00–142.00	703	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	150.10/cwt	147.00–156.00	402	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	127.35/cwt	125.00–130.00	529	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	545	57.50/cwt	49.00–66.00	313	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	119.97/cwt	111.00–123.00	921	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	120.75/cwt	110.00–123.00	816	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	115.45/cwt	113.00–118.00	843	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	289	138.74/cwt	135.00–147.00	401	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	472	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	616	50.35/cwt	45.00–56.00	310	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	115	256.06/cwt	225.00–310.00	294	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	113.44/cwt	110.00–117.00	692	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	135.01/cwt	133.00–137.00	659	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	170	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	663	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	500	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	115	166.67/cwt	150.00–175.00	192	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	203	304.94/cwt	300.00–310.00	619	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	321.88/cwt	300.00–360.00	579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	70	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	88	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	140.32/cwt	130.00–146.00	432	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	208	171.82/cwt	167.00–177.00	357	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	495	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	777	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	166.60/cwt	165.00–170.00	548	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	379	162.01/cwt	160.00–167.00	614	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	329	431.67/cwt	420.00–450.00	1,420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	566	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	158.88/cwt	144.00–175.00	655	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	166.68/cwt	165.00–170.00	553	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	675	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	605	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	330	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	419	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	886	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	375	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	413	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	425	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	540	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	170	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	680	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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