Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Special Note:* This will be the last of the year. The next sale will be January 6. Compared to last week Feeder steers and heifer calves sold 15.00-20.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 20.00-23.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade active demand very good>

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $203.01/cwt on 490 head.

Average price

$203.01

490 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,008

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$591

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$121.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.83

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	221.21	1,006	308
Medium and Large 1-2	564	178.17	1,006	145
Medium and Large 2	588	151.70	892	35
Small 4	415	100.00	415	2thin

One grade step is worth $121.21/cwt here — about $591 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 sale490 hd

203.01

—

NM average4 barns · 2,782 hd

192.19

+10.83

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	1,553	79.94	1,241	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,150	70.24	808	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	927	54.35	504	129

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)	1,173	$1,563	4thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,045	$1,163	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	895	$1,125	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	884	$994	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	949	$950	8

Every lot, as filed

144 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	Small 4	—	225	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Steers	Small 4	—	500	150.00/head	150.00–150.00	150	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	416	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	147.65/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,045	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	150.93/cwt	145.00–155.00	872	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	161.02/cwt	160.00–163.00	781	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	144.01/cwt	143.00–145.00	624	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	328	225.16/cwt	213.00–231.00	739	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	891	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	418	200.47/cwt	192.00–216.00	838	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	570	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	600	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	480	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	570	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,026	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	189.00/cwt	189.00–189.00	605	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	380	182.50/cwt	182.50–182.50	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	280	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	518	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	260	223.49/cwt	207.50–229.00	581	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	201.10/cwt	193.00–210.00	951	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	514	204.08/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,049	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	330	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	630	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	454	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	540	157.93/cwt	150.00–166.00	853	2
Steers	Small 4	—	405	175.00/head	175.00–175.00	175	1
Steers	Small 4	—	280	130.00/head	130.00–130.00	130	1
Steers	Small 4	—	415	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	763	143.76/cwt	133.00–146.00	1,097	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	145	225.00/head	225.00–225.00	225	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	887	146.61/cwt	138.00–151.00	1,300	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	150.49/cwt	141.00–158.00	1,001	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	150.69/cwt	143.00–156.00	964	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	332	167.42/cwt	160.00–175.00	556	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,182	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	363	157.34/cwt	150.00–165.00	571	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	187.69/cwt	186.00–190.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	337	188.15/cwt	182.00–200.00	634	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,411	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	920	137.50/cwt	130.00–145.00	1,265	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,224	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	185.95/cwt	175.00–198.00	971	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,170	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	200.09/cwt	190.00–215.00	830	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	717	166.14/cwt	165.00–167.00	1,191	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	570	175.98/cwt	167.00–182.50	1,003	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	492	186.88/cwt	178.00–195.00	919	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	274	198.67/cwt	190.00–205.00	544	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	215.04/cwt	202.00–230.00	993	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	377	211.41/cwt	207.00–220.00	797	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	192.50/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,174	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	229.45/cwt	220.00–243.00	952	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	205.34/cwt	190.00–215.00	1,060	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	167.99/cwt	162.00–178.00	1,025	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	366	248.92/cwt	232.00–250.00	911	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	224.35/cwt	210.00–235.00	736	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	163.29/cwt	152.00–168.00	1,097	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	711	163.60/cwt	161.00–169.00	1,163	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,403	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	581	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	320	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	710	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	223	209.26/cwt	195.00–222.00	467	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	270	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	616	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	191.08/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,112	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	240.99/cwt	235.00–255.00	1,000	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	345	249.82/cwt	243.00–252.00	862	36
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	550	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	644	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,036	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	325	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	621	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	914	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	788	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	575	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,035	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	64.65/cwt	64.50–65.00	696	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	69.99/cwt	65.00–75.00	819	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,053	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	926	40.31/cwt	36.00–44.00	373	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	52.67/cwt	45.00–55.00	504	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	852	62.14/cwt	60.00–63.00	529	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	952	60.24/cwt	56.50–65.00	573	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	815	37.11/cwt	30.00–42.00	302	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	793	45.18/cwt	45.00–47.00	358	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,090	76.03/cwt	70.00–80.00	829	7
Bulls	—	—	1,573	76.67/cwt	65.00–84.00	1,206	7
Bulls	—	—	1,570	85.89/cwt	85.00–87.50	1,348	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,360	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,156	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	1,562.50/head	1,525.00–1,575.00	1,563	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	895	1,125.00/head	1,125.00–1,125.00	1,125	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	908	989.29/head	875.00–1,050.00	989	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	1,025.00/head	950.00–1,150.00	1,025	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	1,437.50/head	1,325.00–1,550.00	1,438	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	730	725.00/head	700.00–750.00	725	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	932	1,183.33/head	1,175.00–1,200.00	1,183	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	710	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,160	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	947	965.00/head	900.00–1,000.00	965	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	108.91/cwt	102.50–115.00	839	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	156.22/cwt	144.00–172.50	881	5
Bulls	Small 4	—	523	43.18/cwt	21.00–66.00	226	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	710	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	905	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	815	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	177.21/cwt	170.00–182.50	906	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	204.90/cwt	190.00–208.00	678	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,283	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,112	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	693	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,036	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	146.48/cwt	140.00–148.00	927	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	157.35/cwt	152.00–163.00	905	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	166.43/cwt	160.00–170.00	631	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	167.37/cwt	160.00–177.50	974	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	195.17/cwt	187.00–201.00	738	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	166.51/cwt	165.00–168.00	738	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	165.77/cwt	160.00–172.00	870	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,099	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	543	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	163.04/cwt	160.00–172.50	368	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	120.89/cwt	120.00–127.00	941	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	969	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	875	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,050	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	139.62/cwt	137.00–141.00	927	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	265	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	398	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	279	189.26/cwt	177.50–195.00	528	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	137.94/cwt	135.00–141.00	859	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	136.66/cwt	129.00–151.00	772	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	655	133.50/cwt	133.00–134.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	920	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,113	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	345	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	671	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	490	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	206	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	530	23.00/cwt	23.00–23.00	122	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	823	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,095	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	414	144.62/cwt	141.00–152.50	599	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	770	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	270	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	134.95/cwt	130.00–140.00	681	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	433	223.53/head	140.00–310.00	224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	176.66/cwt	167.50–185.00	733	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	176.31/cwt	168.50–190.00	815	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	380	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	620	30.00/cwt	30.00–30.00	186	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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