Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves, and feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 1.00-2.00 higher and slaughter bulls 1.00-2.00 lower on limited quotes. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.84/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$148.84

173 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$321

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$101.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.30

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	479	160.51	769	80
Medium and Large 1-2	481	147.69	711	60
Medium and Large 2	528	126.75	669	31
Small 4	763	58.77	448	2thin

One grade step is worth $101.74/cwt here — about $321 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 sale173 hd

148.84

—

NM average3 barns · 649 hd

147.53

+1.30

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	—	High	1,588	86.17	1,369	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,109	78.46	870	38
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,638	75.74	1,241	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	984	56.73	558	103

Every lot, as filed

135 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	—	570	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	393	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	828	121.56/cwt	115.00–128.00	1,007	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	144.81/cwt	140.00–153.00	905	3
Steers	Small 4	—	475	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,948	2
Steers	Small 4	—	280	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,190	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,410	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	84	207.57/cwt	200.00–220.00	174	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	339.54/cwt	260.00–375.00	594	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	350.00/cwt	330.00–370.00	718	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	160.71/cwt	157.00–168.50	845	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	394	183.28/cwt	180.00–185.00	722	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	182.42/cwt	180.00–185.00	766	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	555	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	993	4
Steers	Small 4	—	365	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,460	1
Steers	Small 4	—	333	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,332	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	152.02/cwt	151.00–154.00	737	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	175.42/cwt	171.00–180.00	491	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	168.13/cwt	163.00–178.00	620	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	157.03/cwt	154.00–163.00	667	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	223	184.09/cwt	179.00–185.00	411	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	642	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	918	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	132.68/cwt	126.00–141.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	158.27/cwt	155.00–160.00	451	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	465	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	139.00/cwt	136.00–142.00	883	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	428	145.57/cwt	140.00–153.00	623	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	148.54/cwt	142.00–156.00	775	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	119.06/cwt	115.00–131.00	933	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	129.80/cwt	119.00–140.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	106.71/cwt	100.00–110.00	719	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	979	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	159.06/cwt	157.00–163.00	359	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	835	1
Steers	Small 4	—	670	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	442	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	121	241.79/cwt	225.00–250.00	293	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	154.48/cwt	153.00–155.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	178.77/cwt	173.00–185.00	474	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	563	150.42/cwt	147.00–154.00	847	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	162.64/cwt	160.00–172.00	542	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,080	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	508	164.04/cwt	156.00–172.00	833	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	188.37/cwt	183.00–200.00	428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	609	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	170.99/cwt	160.00–173.00	828	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,003	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	151.37/cwt	145.00–156.50	1,020	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	169.75/cwt	162.00–175.00	635	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	172.66/cwt	172.50–173.00	996	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	479	180.17/cwt	179.00–184.00	863	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	338	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	585	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	258	197.94/cwt	192.00–204.00	511	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,045	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	186.13/cwt	185.00–190.00	616	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	161.97/cwt	158.00–164.00	1,016	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	176.81/cwt	170.00–180.00	926	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	857	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	153.48/cwt	152.00–155.00	737	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	404	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	168.50/cwt	165.00–172.00	623	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	620	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	465	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	905	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	796	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	870	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	696	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	823	63.87/cwt	61.00–65.00	526	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	906	55.26/cwt	53.00–60.00	501	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,638	75.74/cwt	73.50–78.00	1,241	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,115	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	792	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	947	42.09/cwt	39.00–49.00	399	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	67.37/cwt	60.00–70.50	724	46
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,122	78.57/cwt	72.00–86.50	882	34
Bulls	—	—	1,796	101.23/cwt	98.00–104.00	1,818	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	825	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	289	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	890	47.60/cwt	39.00–49.00	424	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	680	50.51/cwt	50.00–51.00	343	2
Bulls	—	—	1,459	73.14/cwt	65.00–80.00	1,067	6
Bulls	—	—	1,577	89.77/cwt	86.50–92.00	1,416	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	613	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,605	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	740	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,440	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	5,428	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	745	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,055	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	970.00/cwt	970.00–970.00	9,506	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	905	1,200.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,200.00	10,860	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	678	490.00/cwt	480.00–500.00	3,322	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	810.00/cwt	775.00–830.00	7,776	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	7,518	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	810	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,860	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,313	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	10,964	15
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	590	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	3,009	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	735	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,308	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	798.00/cwt	700.00–970.00	8,140	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,142	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,136	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	675	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,070.00/cwt	875.00–1,130.00	12,359	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	963.33/cwt	850.00–1,010.00	9,797	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	893	685.00/cwt	685.00–685.00	6,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	769	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	763	58.77/cwt	51.50–66.00	448	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	955	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	955	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	155.63/cwt	142.00–159.00	593	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	845	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	136.98/cwt	128.00–141.00	975	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	425	130.65/cwt	120.00–139.00	555	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	127.21/cwt	120.00–137.00	665	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	382	137.42/cwt	125.00–140.00	525	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	193	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	326	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	617	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	460	392.15/cwt	360.00–425.00	1,804	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	255	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	332	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	188	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	677	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	821	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	120	213.02/cwt	200.00–225.00	256	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	205	380.26/cwt	350.00–390.00	780	4
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	228	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	456	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	140	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	420	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	160.23/cwt	156.00–166.00	771	18
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	130	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	358	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	827	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	950	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	675	1
Bulls	Small 3-4	—	730	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	467	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	873	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,213	4
Bulls	Small 4	—	930	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	660	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	545	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	191	204.50/cwt	200.00–250.00	391	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	150.42/cwt	137.00–165.00	636	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	759	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	580	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	580	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	860	1,285.00/cwt	1,285.00–1,285.00	11,051	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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