Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-11-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold steady to 1.00 2.00 higher, heifer calves sod well to 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder steer and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade active demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $183.45/cwt on 681 head.

Average price

$183.45

681 head · 500 lb average

Value per head Derived

$918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$443

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$134.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.79

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	463	197.12	912	432
Medium and Large 1-2	568	165.86	942	202
Medium and Large 2	521	145.79	759	40
Small 4	746	62.89	469	7thin

One grade step is worth $134.23/cwt here — about $443 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 sale681 hd

183.45

—

NM average3 barns · 2,574 hd

185.24

−1.79

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	1,590	80.15	1,274	47
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,570	67.59	1,061	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,186	67.17	796	135
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,022	57.90	592	164

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	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,083	$832	9
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,070	$800	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	967	$773	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	858	$603	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$867	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	986	$843	4thin

Every lot, as filed

160 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	—	624	159.81/cwt	155.00–168.00	997	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	201.97/cwt	190.00–205.00	559	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	137.33/cwt	134.00–145.00	1,272	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	613	144.13/cwt	139.00–150.00	884	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	421	140.77/cwt	135.00–150.00	593	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	147.48/cwt	143.00–153.00	863	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	153.79/cwt	145.00–160.00	752	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	180.94/cwt	177.00–190.00	782	21
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	152.38/cwt	150.00–154.00	795	3
Steers	Small 4	—	785	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	428	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	377	152.20/cwt	151.00–155.00	574	6
Steers	Small 4	—	1,035	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	538	1
Steers	Small 4	—	725	71.88/cwt	53.00–90.00	521	2
Steers	Small 4	—	930	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	577	1
Steers	Small 4	—	595	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	298	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	188.06/cwt	185.00–196.00	790	69
Steers	Small 4	—	430	230.00/head	230.00–230.00	230	1
Steers	Small 4	—	285	260.00/head	260.00–260.00	260	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	207	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	3
Steers	Small 4	—	425	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	332	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	662	135.62/cwt	132.00–140.00	898	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	95	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	190	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	270	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	637	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	665	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,011	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	666	158.96/cwt	158.00–162.00	1,059	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	163.12/cwt	160.00–168.00	1,003	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	525	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	814	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	561	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	454	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	799	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	171.09/cwt	168.00–173.00	902	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	275	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	358	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	435	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	718	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	684	135.65/cwt	132.00–138.50	928	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	324	189.70/cwt	180.00–190.00	615	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	859	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,151	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	440	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	779	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	244	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	512	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	180	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	360	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	446	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	240	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	829	133.17/cwt	128.00–141.00	1,104	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	133.00/cwt	130.00–136.00	964	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	156.12/cwt	151.00–159.00	1,037	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	151.32/cwt	146.00–157.00	1,096	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	178.12/cwt	169.00–183.00	848	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	166.58/cwt	160.00–173.00	881	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	161.02/cwt	155.00–172.00	931	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	871	138.36/cwt	132.00–140.00	1,205	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	246	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	561	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	158.22/cwt	158.00–161.00	1,146	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,280	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	182.02/cwt	175.00–187.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	384	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	761	145.30/cwt	140.00–153.00	1,106	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	213.25/cwt	200.00–222.00	699	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	212.67/cwt	210.00–221.00	768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	172.61/cwt	170.00–180.00	993	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	559	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	194.93/cwt	183.00–197.00	659	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	458	168.02/cwt	165.00–171.00	770	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	506	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	982	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	385	199.75/cwt	197.50–204.00	769	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	179.51/cwt	173.00–188.00	941	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	188.92/cwt	185.00–197.00	897	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	387	227.08/cwt	217.00–228.00	879	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	270	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	473	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	138	267.36/head	260.00–275.00	267	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	230	330.00/head	330.00–330.00	330	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	299	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	604	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	424	170.97/cwt	170.00–174.00	725	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	328	232.24/cwt	227.00–233.00	762	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	698	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,068	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	1,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	844	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	868	111.33/cwt	101.00–117.00	966	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	945	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	595	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	149.94/cwt	145.00–155.00	622	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,004	53.10/cwt	45.50–57.00	533	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,570	67.59/cwt	65.00–70.00	1,061	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,191	67.07/cwt	64.00–72.00	799	110
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,169	63.19/cwt	63.00–64.00	739	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,186	67.93/cwt	63.50–73.00	806	18
Bulls	—	—	1,698	84.47/cwt	81.00–91.50	1,434	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,063	61.02/cwt	57.00–64.50	649	116
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	806	46.93/cwt	42.50–50.00	378	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	765	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	574	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	821	31.88/cwt	24.00–40.00	262	5
Bulls	—	—	1,544	76.42/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,180	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,015	60.36/cwt	57.50–65.00	613	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	695	51.73/cwt	45.00–56.00	360	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,100	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	836	1
Bulls	—	—	1,993	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	1,834	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,284	74.02/cwt	65.00–79.00	950	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	910	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	700	310.00/head	310.00–310.00	310	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,248	935.00/head	850.00–975.00	935	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	850	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	835.00/head	820.00–850.00	835	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	755	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	565	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	845	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	705	575.00/head	575.00–575.00	575	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,115	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	840.00/head	810.00–900.00	840	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	962	943.75/head	925.00–1,000.00	944	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	740	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,199	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	795	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	497	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	680	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	415	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	905	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	543	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	635	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	743	122.46/cwt	110.00–135.00	910	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	628	41.95/cwt	38.00–45.00	263	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	496	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	283	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	180	235.00/head	235.00–235.00	235	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	973	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	978	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,271	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	169.17/cwt	160.00–174.00	724	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	167.32/cwt	157.00–170.00	803	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	145.25/cwt	145.00–147.50	978	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,081	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	532	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	745	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	799	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,119	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	183.42/cwt	177.50–185.00	449	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	156.12/cwt	150.00–159.00	746	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	182.08/cwt	176.00–189.00	497	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	133.72/cwt	125.00–138.50	979	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	831	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	512	149.73/cwt	145.00–158.00	767	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	136.14/cwt	131.00–139.00	854	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	130.21/cwt	128.00–131.00	1,090	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	157.32/cwt	155.00–159.00	592	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	311	131.23/cwt	124.00–142.50	408	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	915	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,098	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	704	134.04/cwt	125.00–140.00	944	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	569	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	152.48/cwt	150.00–160.00	654	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	148.79/cwt	140.00–157.00	848	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	139.08/cwt	124.00–145.00	680	12
Heifers	Small 4	—	560	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	308	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	803	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	134.94/cwt	125.00–145.00	547	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	520	34.00/cwt	34.00–34.00	177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	147.52/cwt	145.00–150.00	395	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	335	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	295	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	136.87/cwt	120.00–140.00	709	19
Heifers	Small 4	—	395	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	198	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	379	141.15/cwt	130.00–155.00	535	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	608	126.41/cwt	120.00–135.00	769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,010	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,111	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	171.66/cwt	160.00–176.00	657	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	164.90/cwt	160.00–176.00	534	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	565	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	791	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	157.57/cwt	154.00–161.00	811	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	127.70/cwt	115.00–139.00	732	27

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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