Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-10-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers and heifer calves sold 12.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Trade and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $166.29/cwt on 301 head.

Average price

$166.29

301 head · 512 lb average

Value per head Derived

$851

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$463

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$122.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.81

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	455	180.02	820	176
Medium and Large 1-2	595	153.68	914	100
Medium and Large 2	559	139.99	782	19thin
Small 4	624	57.17	357	6thin

One grade step is worth $122.85/cwt here — about $463 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 sale301 hd

166.29

—

NM average2 barns · 982 hd

178.10

−11.81

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	1,592	83.97	1,337	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,315	70.36	925	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,055	59.43	627	105

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 Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	925	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	803	$850	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,060	$750	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$725	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	838	$663	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$470	1thin

Every lot, as filed

128 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	—	330	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	498	1
Steers	Small 4	—	695	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	379	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,382	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	158.65/cwt	156.00–162.00	896	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	467	173.45/cwt	169.00–187.00	810	38
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	918	131.03/cwt	129.00–133.00	1,203	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	427	138.32/cwt	135.00–140.00	591	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	435	164.35/cwt	160.00–171.00	715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	367	190.20/cwt	182.00–201.00	698	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Small 4	—	547	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	323	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	200	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	811	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	138.92/cwt	137.50–140.00	1,074	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	927	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	205	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	301	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	837	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,172	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	147.20/cwt	145.50–154.00	933	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	250	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	528	1
Steers	Small 4	—	703	55.75/cwt	55.00–56.50	392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	145	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	145.24/cwt	141.00–150.00	681	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	162.27/cwt	160.00–163.00	604	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	172.13/cwt	161.00–177.00	370	4
Steers	Small 4	—	565	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	138.09/cwt	136.00–140.00	515	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	162.35/cwt	157.00–166.00	703	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	131.00/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,179	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	163.14/cwt	152.00–165.00	796	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	131.24/cwt	128.50–142.00	892	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	350	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	732	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	656	146.26/cwt	143.00–155.00	959	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	133.34/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,031	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	145.53/cwt	143.00–148.00	713	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	177.39/cwt	175.00–180.00	404	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	173.39/cwt	170.00–175.00	484	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	167.93/cwt	160.00–179.00	655	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	154.96/cwt	152.00–158.00	896	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	818	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	144.22/cwt	141.00–145.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,228	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	182.69/cwt	173.00–186.00	782	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	963	133.43/cwt	128.00–139.00	1,285	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	139.24/cwt	135.00–151.00	991	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	233	198.36/cwt	195.00–205.00	462	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	168.40/cwt	165.00–170.50	881	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	735	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,066	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	533	177.46/cwt	170.00–180.00	946	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	898	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,262	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	562	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	153.72/cwt	145.00–158.00	961	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	851	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,088	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	268	194.63/cwt	186.00–202.00	522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	200.86/cwt	196.00–208.00	671	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	165.19/cwt	155.00–169.00	783	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	165.34/cwt	161.00–166.50	942	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	486	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	835	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	470	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	686	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	310	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	574	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	500	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	410	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	730	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	44.46/cwt	39.50–50.00	412	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	845	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	995	56.41/cwt	50.00–60.00	561	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,128	63.95/cwt	61.00–67.50	721	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,321	70.37/cwt	67.00–76.00	930	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	838	33.34/cwt	32.50–35.00	279	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	756	38.82/cwt	24.00–52.00	293	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,015	62.16/cwt	60.00–63.50	631	2
Bulls	—	—	1,554	79.85/cwt	71.00–83.00	1,241	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	945	63.84/cwt	53.50–68.50	603	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,110	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	777	1
Bulls	—	—	1,646	89.74/cwt	87.00–94.00	1,477	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	925.00/head	925.00–925.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	625	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	590	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,223	883.33/head	750.00–975.00	883	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	570	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,425	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	860	470.00/head	470.00–470.00	470	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	725	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	435	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	690	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	132.89/cwt	125.00–142.00	698	6
Bulls	Small 4	—	615	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	326	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	1,030	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	515	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,027	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	924	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	824	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	387	145.01/cwt	141.00–147.00	561	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	574	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	850	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	143	316.86/head	300.00–350.00	317	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	586	147.25/cwt	141.00–150.00	863	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	123.73/cwt	120.00–125.00	817	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	128.25/cwt	121.00–135.00	662	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	367	152.63/cwt	150.00–161.00	560	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	165.30/cwt	160.00–173.00	455	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	146.28/cwt	141.00–149.00	1,039	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	712	130.67/cwt	128.00–140.00	930	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	123.08/cwt	121.00–125.00	527	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	124.42/cwt	120.00–133.00	786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	148.71/cwt	146.00–150.00	772	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	858	130.48/cwt	125.00–136.00	1,120	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	136.75/cwt	134.00–147.00	845	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	124.47/cwt	121.00–128.00	962	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	590	48.13/cwt	40.00–81.00	284	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	146.68/cwt	140.00–148.00	622	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	143.15/cwt	135.00–148.00	820	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	145.81/cwt	145.00–147.00	754	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	263	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	489	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	170	235.00/head	235.00–235.00	235	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	220	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	732	113.35/cwt	110.00–120.00	830	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	813	131.66/cwt	130.00–134.00	1,070	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	377	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	121.73/cwt	115.00–135.00	767	7
Heifers	Small 4	—	370	210.43/head	185.00–225.00	210	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	140	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	513	44.55/cwt	40.00–47.00	229	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	660	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	271	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	169.05/cwt	165.00–173.00	549	4

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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