Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks: Steer and heifer calves 12.00-15.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers steady on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $197.33/cwt on 496 head.

Average price

$197.33

496 head · 490 lb average

Value per head Derived

$967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$752

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$168.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.59

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	473	214.78	1,017	266
Medium and Large 1-2	508	184.00	935	198
Medium and Large 2	500	159.42	798	25
Small 4	569	46.48	264	7thin

One grade step is worth $168.30/cwt here — about $752 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 sale496 hd

197.33

—

NM average4 barns · 2,984 hd

191.74

+5.59

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	1,467	85.91	1,260	30
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,200	75.43	905	30
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,320	65.00	858	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,016	62.53	635	59

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)	978	$1,280	5
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	965	$1,100	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	911	$965	12
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	902	$855	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	745	$600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,121	$1,517	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,090	$1,475	1thin

Every lot, as filed

126 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	169.82/cwt	162.00–176.50	1,087	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	154.71/cwt	148.00–157.00	1,021	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	174.67/cwt	165.00–182.00	741	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	663	128.03/cwt	120.00–136.00	849	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	522	142.95/cwt	131.00–156.00	746	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,015	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	165.31/cwt	160.00–175.00	784	40
Heifers	Small 4	—	646	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	258	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	122.42/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,091	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	792	131.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,045	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	576	147.91/cwt	130.00–154.00	852	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	148.63/cwt	130.00–157.00	693	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	164.72/cwt	160.00–177.00	624	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	181.36/cwt	170.00–187.00	598	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	1,155	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	159.06/cwt	151.00–167.00	523	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	483	55.51/cwt	55.00–56.00	268	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	152.99/cwt	142.00–158.00	569	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	259	182.65/cwt	175.00–185.00	473	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	193.53/cwt	187.00–197.00	790	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	175	320.00/head	320.00–320.00	320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	585	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	160	330.00/head	330.00–330.00	330	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	633	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	780	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	690	125.87/cwt	120.00–138.00	869	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	809	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	312	191.92/cwt	191.00–192.00	599	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,212.50/head	1,100.00–1,325.00	1,213	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,174	1,668.75/head	1,500.00–1,725.00	1,669	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,090	1,475.00/head	1,475.00–1,475.00	1,475	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,035	1,425.00/head	1,275.00–1,550.00	1,425	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	750	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	802	783.33/head	700.00–825.00	783	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	860	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	928	1,062.50/head	975.00–1,150.00	1,063	8
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	745	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	940	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	580	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,300	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	805	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	900	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	621	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,430	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	1,344	1
Bulls	—	—	1,510	90.16/cwt	85.00–97.00	1,361	9
Bulls	—	—	1,838	102.19/cwt	100.00–105.50	1,878	7
Bulls	—	—	1,268	73.96/cwt	66.00–83.00	938	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,073	76.81/cwt	75.00–87.00	824	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	994	57.67/cwt	50.00–60.50	573	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,075	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	726	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	495	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	218	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	75.08/cwt	71.00–83.00	925	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	858	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	42.56/cwt	40.00–47.00	406	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,049	68.13/cwt	62.50–70.50	715	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	424	225.02/cwt	220.00–236.00	954	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	185	230.00/head	230.00–230.00	230	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	166.76/cwt	164.00–171.00	1,292	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	317	217.91/cwt	202.00–220.00	691	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	230.51/cwt	222.00–235.00	1,079	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	410	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	853	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	506	197.90/cwt	195.00–207.50	1,001	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	469	188.23/cwt	187.00–192.50	883	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	218.40/cwt	217.00–220.00	596	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	170.82/cwt	163.00–178.00	1,068	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,157	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	176.84/cwt	167.00–186.00	1,017	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	175.31/cwt	173.50–183.00	1,108	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	168.03/cwt	164.00–170.00	1,215	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	183.76/cwt	181.00–188.00	1,058	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	158.80/cwt	150.00–170.00	1,135	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	179.53/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,190	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	186.94/cwt	177.00–195.00	1,011	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	181.20/cwt	165.00–185.00	859	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	246	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	467	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	536	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	260	170.79/cwt	160.00–182.00	444	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	163.80/cwt	162.00–171.00	829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	362	191.44/cwt	181.00–198.00	693	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	192.70/cwt	187.00–198.00	821	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	743	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	588	158.46/cwt	150.00–167.00	932	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	140.50/cwt	140.00–141.00	1,068	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	291	194.22/cwt	193.00–210.00	565	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	660	139.85/cwt	130.00–150.00	923	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	665	169.72/cwt	163.00–175.00	1,129	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	428	176.51/cwt	176.00–177.00	755	2
Steers	Small 4	—	455	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	177	1
Steers	Small 4	—	633	49.49/cwt	49.00–50.00	313	2
Steers	Small 4	—	525	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	247	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	147.54/cwt	146.00–149.00	927	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	196.98/cwt	190.00–200.00	644	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	195	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	227	363.97/head	325.00–385.00	364	3
Steers	Small 4	—	578	46.79/cwt	35.00–59.00	270	3
Steers	Small 4	—	405	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Steers	Small 4	—	505	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	169.77/cwt	163.00–172.00	650	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	295	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	510	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	228	225.00/head	225.00–225.00	225	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	211.36/cwt	199.00–217.00	1,010	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	221.12/cwt	207.00–232.00	836	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	434	212.73/cwt	200.00–217.50	923	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	135	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	172.62/cwt	164.00–177.00	899	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	164.26/cwt	160.00–173.00	943	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	455	186.99/cwt	180.00–193.00	851	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	820	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	188.72/cwt	180.00–192.00	700	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	369	197.46/cwt	196.00–200.00	729	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	145.79/cwt	140.00–152.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	168.89/cwt	160.00–173.00	868	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	155.03/cwt	150.00–159.00	950	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	161.42/cwt	156.00–172.00	930	36
Bulls	Small 4	—	685	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	363	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	565	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	955	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	493	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	907	3

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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