Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-11-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00-5.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00-2.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $172.51/cwt on 669 head.

Average price

$172.51

669 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$875

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$615

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$145.31/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.92

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	468	192.52	900	305
Medium and Large 1-2	532	168.23	895	252
Medium and Large 2	550	146.19	804	91
Small 4	605	47.21	286	21

One grade step is worth $145.31/cwt here — about $615 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 sale669 hd

172.51

—

NM average4 barns · 3,205 hd

180.43

−7.92

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	1,617	81.80	1,323	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,257	68.67	863	55
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,727	67.70	1,169	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	52.33	516	81

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)	923	$1,030	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,535	$900	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,065	$813	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	998	$800	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	884	$654	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,023	$793	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,020	$500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	635	$425	1thin

Every lot, as filed

161 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	—	719	153.52/cwt	150.00–160.00	1,104	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	177.70/cwt	170.00–184.00	841	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	162.66/cwt	155.00–180.00	952	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	527	170.40/cwt	160.00–177.00	898	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	632	142.72/cwt	136.00–147.00	902	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,085	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,345	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	184.15/cwt	179.00–190.00	781	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	874	142.01/cwt	138.00–146.50	1,241	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	184.52/cwt	175.00–191.00	683	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	126.16/cwt	125.00–132.00	963	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	145.86/cwt	128.00–160.00	836	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	517	144.40/cwt	137.00–150.00	747	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	910	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,138	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	328	153.85/cwt	150.00–158.00	505	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	145.90/cwt	135.00–155.00	973	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	156.38/cwt	150.00–165.00	560	4
Steers	Small 4	—	462	225.00/head	225.00–225.00	225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	195.88/cwt	187.00–200.00	529	10
Steers	Small 4	—	725	48.94/cwt	40.00–58.00	355	2
Steers	Small 4	—	610	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	281	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	137.91/cwt	125.00–140.00	990	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	150.07/cwt	140.00–157.00	714	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	199.20/cwt	197.00–206.00	747	21
Steers	Small 4	—	790	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	427	1
Steers	Small 4	—	378	204.83/head	200.00–210.00	205	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	185	340.00/head	340.00–340.00	340	1
Steers	Small 4	—	583	47.10/cwt	41.00–47.50	275	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	154.17/cwt	150.00–162.50	455	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	145	130.00/head	130.00–130.00	130	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	151.95/cwt	150.00–154.00	653	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	270	160.00/head	160.00–160.00	160	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	232	213.43/cwt	212.00–214.00	495	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	267	212.37/cwt	211.00–215.00	567	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,449	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	177.00/cwt	170.00–186.00	924	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	195.35/cwt	188.00–200.00	918	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	378	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	567	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	932	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	162	273.30/head	270.00–275.00	273	3
Heifers	Medium 1-2Unweaned	—	215	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	160.80/cwt	160.00–161.00	1,008	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	160.96/cwt	155.00–167.50	1,014	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	139.77/cwt	135.00–142.50	1,155	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	666	153.38/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,022	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	194.11/cwt	187.00–200.00	431	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	203.77/cwt	200.00–212.00	670	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	332	192.08/cwt	184.00–197.50	638	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	168.79/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,200	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	162.85/cwt	159.50–172.00	1,117	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	145.32/cwt	140.00–148.00	1,104	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	158.24/cwt	156.00–165.00	1,294	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	189.91/cwt	188.00–192.00	893	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	175.49/cwt	173.00–178.00	997	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	310	218.22/cwt	217.00–220.00	676	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	670	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,159	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	183.39/cwt	178.00–190.00	959	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	194.42/cwt	186.50–201.00	828	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	218	226.97/head	200.00–340.00	227	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	768	168.51/cwt	168.00–169.00	1,294	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	360	169.01/cwt	167.00–170.00	608	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	425	209.10/cwt	199.00–223.00	889	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	377	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	822	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	491	186.46/cwt	183.00–187.00	916	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	341	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	510	192.50/cwt	192.00–194.00	982	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	487	160.58/cwt	160.00–165.00	782	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	334	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	150	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	202.22/cwt	200.00–209.00	936	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	408	171.02/cwt	170.00–172.00	698	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	269	182.76/cwt	174.00–185.00	492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	140	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Steers	Small 4Unweaned	—	525	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	210	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	930	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	512	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	496	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	928	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	150.20/cwt	130.00–164.00	840	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	405	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	660	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	110	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	961	50.72/cwt	45.00–56.50	487	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	870	48.52/cwt	46.00–56.00	422	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,113	61.30/cwt	57.50–64.50	682	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	870	40.72/cwt	35.00–45.00	354	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,727	67.70/cwt	67.00–68.50	1,169	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,253	68.34/cwt	64.50–73.00	856	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	996	58.77/cwt	42.00–64.00	585	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	864	35.29/cwt	23.00–42.00	305	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,271	70.00/cwt	64.00–72.00	890	11
Bulls	—	—	1,767	88.59/cwt	84.00–93.00	1,565	18
Bulls	—	—	1,600	75.73/cwt	69.00–81.00	1,212	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,203	74.56/cwt	69.00–83.00	897	6
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	750	375.00/head	350.00–400.00	375	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,535	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	875	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	805	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,020	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	998	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	923	1,030.00/head	1,020.00–1,040.00	1,030	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,065	812.50/head	800.00–825.00	813	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	635	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	981	662.50/head	600.00–725.00	663	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	897.00/head	800.00–1,060.00	897	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	910	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	1,025	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	820	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	645	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	570	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	1,014	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	750	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	330	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	188	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	335.00/head	335.00–335.00	335	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	743	132.67/cwt	130.00–135.00	986	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	658	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	974	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	952	5
Bulls	Small 4	—	720	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	133.74/cwt	130.00–135.00	769	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	139.94/cwt	137.00–145.00	732	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	533	42.52/cwt	41.00–44.00	227	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	889	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,249	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	243	304.95/head	300.00–310.00	305	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	175.83/cwt	175.00–180.00	501	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	433	186.25/cwt	181.00–189.00	806	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	172.88/cwt	171.00–173.00	565	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	733	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,045	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	458	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	362	184.43/cwt	180.00–187.00	668	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	163.93/cwt	160.00–177.00	611	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,112	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	164.71/cwt	160.00–171.00	700	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	160.39/cwt	155.00–166.00	832	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	217	163.22/cwt	152.00–170.00	354	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	147.12/cwt	146.00–150.50	897	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	156.22/cwt	152.00–160.00	578	23
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	658	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	574	149.17/cwt	141.00–155.00	856	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	486	154.94/cwt	144.00–158.00	753	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	151.57/cwt	145.00–155.00	644	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	532	152.85/cwt	145.00–157.00	813	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	336	152.43/cwt	140.00–155.00	512	6
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	235	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	426	139.01/cwt	130.00–145.00	592	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	944	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	991	9
Heifers	Small 4	—	655	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	459	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,104	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	134.22/cwt	130.00–140.00	623	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	430	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	151	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	138.07/cwt	130.00–150.00	519	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	134.84/cwt	130.00–138.00	968	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	793	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	952	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	140.57/cwt	134.00–150.00	873	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	818	129.51/cwt	129.00–130.00	1,059	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	273	141.32/cwt	136.00–152.00	386	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	762	104.76/cwt	90.00–115.00	798	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	126.70/cwt	121.00–132.00	789	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	160.10/cwt	157.00–166.00	760	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	133.83/cwt	133.00–138.00	1,059	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	137.36/cwt	130.00–146.00	912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	856	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,070	7

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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