Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-08-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-08-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers no accurate comparison, but a higher trend was noticed. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 higher bulls steady. Trade moderate demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $176.06/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$176.06

119 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$887

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$139.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.64

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	425	200.92	854	40
Medium and Large 1-2	524	169.61	889	63
Medium and Large 2	627	144.56	906	15thin
Small 4	530	61.00	323	1thin

One grade step is worth $139.92/cwt here — about $530 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 sale119 hd

176.06

—

NM average3 barns · 825 hd

160.42

+15.64

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	1,395	96.01	1,339	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,343	87.80	1,179	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,168	86.03	1,005	58
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	879	73.34	645	21

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	885	$950	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,135	$680	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	735	$600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,104	$1,023	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$970	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,110	$955	2thin

Every lot, as filed

105 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	—	527	169.96/cwt	163.00–184.00	896	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	930	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,062	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,205	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	823	134.40/cwt	131.00–138.00	1,106	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	185.63/cwt	185.00–190.00	609	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	165.37/cwt	162.00–172.00	972	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	359	198.94/cwt	192.00–200.00	714	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	172.43/cwt	170.00–177.00	704	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,029	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	765	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,079	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	638	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	900	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	152.14/cwt	150.00–152.50	1,035	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	180.06/cwt	173.00–181.00	841	9
Steers	Small 4	—	385	430.00/head	430.00–430.00	430	1
Steers	Small 4	—	450	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	900	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	854	128.13/cwt	123.00–129.00	1,094	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	152.44/cwt	145.00–162.00	630	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	205	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	439	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	335	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	885	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,336	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	933	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	468	171.52/cwt	171.00–172.00	803	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,145	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,328	1
Steers	Small 4	—	530	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	532	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	835	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	185.02/cwt	180.00–189.00	799	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	190	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	422	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	614	158.77/cwt	151.50–164.00	975	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	140.37/cwt	136.00–145.00	587	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	141.22/cwt	131.00–147.00	959	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	678	156.23/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,059	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,217	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	197.99/cwt	195.00–212.00	970	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	203.62/cwt	197.00–215.00	857	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	176.43/cwt	175.00–182.00	637	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	535	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,033	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	363	227.98/cwt	227.00–229.00	828	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	208.07/cwt	200.00–221.00	685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,072	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	88.50/cwt	88.50–88.50	889	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	636	135.31/cwt	122.00–149.00	861	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	162.61/cwt	150.00–175.00	935	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,095	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,281	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	875	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	110.30/cwt	105.00–121.00	904	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,226	89.73/cwt	88.50–92.50	1,100	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	810	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	761	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	825	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	660	1
Bulls	—	—	1,342	92.41/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,240	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	983	76.71/cwt	71.00–80.50	754	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,343	87.80/cwt	86.00–89.50	1,179	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,158	85.00/cwt	80.00–88.50	984	43
Bulls	—	—	1,729	108.65/cwt	105.00–111.00	1,879	5
Bulls	—	—	1,070	87.95/cwt	87.00–89.00	941	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,210	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	895	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	620	59.66/cwt	59.00–60.00	370	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	672	69.09/cwt	65.00–73.00	464	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,070	85.07/cwt	83.00–87.00	910	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	655	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,183	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	968.00/head	835.00–1,100.00	968	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	735	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,135	680.00/head	680.00–680.00	680	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	950.00/head	915.00–985.00	950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	955.00/head	900.00–1,010.00	955	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	985	630.00/head	630.00–630.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,098	1,004.17/head	900.00–1,135.00	1,004	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,003	1,272.50/head	1,225.00–1,320.00	1,273	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	144.02/cwt	143.00–145.00	537	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	470	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	641	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	990	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	493	149.45/cwt	140.00–159.00	737	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	123.94/cwt	117.00–131.00	700	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,131	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,077	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,103	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	129.25/cwt	127.00–130.00	958	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	129.50/cwt	121.00–138.00	557	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	143.73/cwt	140.00–149.00	757	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,205	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	187.53/cwt	187.00–188.00	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	137.33/cwt	130.00–141.00	824	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	100	185.00/head	185.00–185.00	185	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	186.31/cwt	175.00–189.00	591	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	338	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	487	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	678	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	848	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	144.51/cwt	144.00–145.00	965	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	410	320.00/head	320.00–320.00	320	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	485	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	626	1
Heifers	Small and Medium 4	—	410	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	472	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	579	143.52/cwt	139.00–146.00	831	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	686	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	921	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	130.50/cwt	129.00–132.00	927	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	530	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	323	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	442	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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