Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-05-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison for steer and heifer calves , and feeders due to limited comparison sales. But a steady undertone. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.54/cwt on 151 head.

Average price

$156.54

151 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$876

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$494

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$120.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	457	173.92	795	39
Medium and Large 1-2	598	165.45	990	60
Medium and Large 2	594	138.11	821	49
Small 4	563	53.33	300	3thin

One grade step is worth $120.58/cwt here — about $494 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 sale151 hd

156.54

—

NM average1 barns · 151 hd

156.54

+0.00

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	—	Average	1,346	86.95	1,170	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,112	80.20	892	69
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	797	53.98	430	93

Every lot, as filed

130 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	—	320	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	544	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	584	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	653	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	981	3
Steers	Small 4	—	265	312.26/cwt	300.00–325.00	827	2
Steers	Small 4	—	328	465.48/cwt	350.00–525.00	1,527	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	688	124.95/cwt	120.00–130.00	860	2
Steers	Small 4	—	490	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	196	1
Steers	Small 4	—	570	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	331	1
Steers	Small 4	—	435	501.59/cwt	385.00–520.00	2,182	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	321	151.81/cwt	151.00–152.00	487	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	125.39/cwt	120.00–138.00	839	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	140	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	462	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	704	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	177	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	681	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	178.70/cwt	172.00–189.00	765	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	944	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,048	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	126.81/cwt	108.00–131.50	1,055	5
Steers	Small 4	—	380	349.34/cwt	300.00–375.00	1,327	3
Steers	Small 4	—	461	275.03/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,268	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	110	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	248	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	764	125.59/cwt	115.00–131.00	960	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	139.27/cwt	133.00–140.50	787	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	784	121.86/cwt	115.00–123.00	955	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	162.69/cwt	162.00–164.00	919	3
Steers	Small 4	—	630	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	391	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	324	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	125.65/cwt	120.00–130.00	739	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	136.19/cwt	130.00–137.00	387	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	135.78/cwt	130.00–138.50	960	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	124.34/cwt	113.00–138.00	776	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	90	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	180	1
Steers	Small 4	—	507	378.13/cwt	300.00–475.00	1,917	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	156.63/cwt	155.00–157.50	329	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,113	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,221	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	973	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,099	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	150.33/cwt	146.00–155.00	546	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	591	144.56/cwt	144.00–148.00	854	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	543	144.02/cwt	140.00–148.00	782	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	629	237.09/cwt	145.00–1,163.00	1,491	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	766	142.50/cwt	142.00–144.00	1,092	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	232	161.73/cwt	160.00–165.00	375	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	711	130.72/cwt	115.00–133.00	929	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	631	141.47/cwt	135.00–145.00	893	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	952	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	144.13/cwt	140.00–150.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	159.67/cwt	159.00–160.00	711	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	541	166.10/cwt	165.00–176.00	899	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	816	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,193	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	1,019	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	155.15/cwt	150.00–163.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	180.35/cwt	177.50–182.50	662	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	176.32/cwt	175.00–177.00	808	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	393	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	668	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	276	170.00/cwt	165.00–175.00	469	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	156.52/cwt	156.00–158.00	745	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	455	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	705	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	767	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	863	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	849	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	136.17/cwt	132.00–140.00	576	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	143.07/cwt	141.00–145.00	534	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	825	86.50/cwt	86.50–86.50	714	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	772	55.20/cwt	50.00–61.00	426	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	665	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	439	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	707	53.18/cwt	50.00–58.00	376	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	896	66.14/cwt	60.00–70.50	593	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,120	90.29/cwt	90.00–90.50	1,011	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	80.04/cwt	71.00–88.50	908	60
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	793	46.40/cwt	40.00–49.00	368	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	658	30.94/cwt	27.00–36.00	204	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	718	46.18/cwt	41.00–48.00	332	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	924	78.69/cwt	75.00–85.00	727	7
Bulls	—	—	1,436	91.76/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,318	4
Bulls	—	—	1,132	78.26/cwt	71.00–85.00	886	8
Bulls	—	—	1,795	103.70/cwt	102.00–105.00	1,861	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	6,518	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	760	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,280	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	732.50/cwt	725.00–740.00	6,395	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	785	397.27/cwt	370.00–400.00	3,119	11
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	600	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	990	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,940	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	731	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,120	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,175.00/cwt	1,175.00–1,175.00	12,808	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	565	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,695	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	594	437.00/cwt	385.00–450.00	2,596	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	890	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	6,764	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	793	705.00/cwt	700.00–710.00	5,591	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,393	1,400.00/cwt	1,400.00–1,400.00	19,502	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	185	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	833	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,090	1,270.00/cwt	1,260.00–1,280.00	13,843	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	963	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	500	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	85	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	128	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	155	320.32/cwt	310.00–330.00	496	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	136.77/cwt	130.00–144.00	636	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	150.47/cwt	145.00–154.00	662	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	190	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	247	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	378	130.51/cwt	130.00–131.00	493	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	788	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	121.78/cwt	118.00–130.00	823	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	471	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	457	249.89/cwt	225.00–300.00	1,142	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	414	476.09/cwt	300.00–500.00	1,971	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	546	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	124.21/cwt	121.00–133.00	645	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	127.38/cwt	124.00–129.00	814	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	95	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	166	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	268.50/cwt	250.00–285.00	470	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	290	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	725	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	110	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	165	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	752	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	185	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	573	108.45/cwt	107.00–110.00	621	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	396	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	255	162.45/cwt	160.00–165.00	414	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	668	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	540	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,755	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	240	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	900	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	330	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,238	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	1,040	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	770	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	140	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	434	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	415	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,785	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	690	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	635	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	125	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	735	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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