Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-02-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-02-10

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves were 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were 1.00-2.00 higher on limited comparisons Slaughter cows and bulls were steady. Trade moderate demand good..

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $182.67/cwt on 173 head.

Average price

$182.67

173 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$909

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$495

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$148.76/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.84

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	406	209.66	851	87
Medium and Large 1-2	532	181.05	962	51
Medium and Large 2	715	140.78	1,006	25
Small 4	584	60.90	355	10thin

One grade step is worth $148.76/cwt here — about $495 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 sale173 hd

182.67

—

NM average3 barns · 1,717 hd

193.52

−10.84

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	1,503	91.90	1,381	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,110	83.85	931	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	814	59.65	485	40

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	878	$850	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	760	$746	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	849	$654	10
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	654	$650	10
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	610	$300	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	545	$200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,375	$1,413	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,003	$947	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	919	$708	6

Every lot, as filed

148 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 1-2	—	790	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,138	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,162	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	193.16/cwt	190.00–195.00	635	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	923	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	601	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	167.20/cwt	163.00–171.00	878	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	187.96/cwt	187.00–190.00	449	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	182.18/cwt	175.00–189.00	860	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	194.17/cwt	193.00–200.00	831	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	473	194.08/cwt	190.00–198.00	918	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	218	202.57/cwt	192.00–212.00	442	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	190.07/cwt	179.00–197.00	715	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	175.94/cwt	170.00–180.00	841	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	275	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	597	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	245	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	539	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	313	215.88/cwt	215.00–217.50	676	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	176.17/cwt	170.00–186.00	932	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,068	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	992	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,181	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,066	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	209.66/cwt	200.00–216.00	793	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	400	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	700	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	388	189.06/cwt	186.00–201.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	413	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	814	2
Steers	Small 4	—	410	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Steers	Small 4	—	530	330.00/head	330.00–330.00	330	1
Steers	Small 4	—	539	68.11/cwt	60.00–70.00	367	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	486	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	446	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	870	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,023	1
Steers	Small 4	—	628	53.70/cwt	45.00–57.00	337	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	147.93/cwt	141.00–154.00	1,004	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	850	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,173	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	145.04/cwt	140.00–150.00	827	2
Steers	Small 4	—	370	320.00/head	320.00–320.00	320	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	141.25/cwt	133.00–150.00	1,003	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	595	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	762	134.98/cwt	130.00–140.00	1,029	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	158.50/cwt	158.00–159.00	1,110	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	638	148.24/cwt	140.00–155.00	946	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	830	132.60/cwt	132.00–135.00	1,101	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	185.66/cwt	180.00–190.00	993	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	191.02/cwt	190.00–192.00	741	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	625	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,081	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	177.92/cwt	172.00–187.00	1,043	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	168.29/cwt	159.00–173.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	438	214.00/cwt	209.00–215.00	937	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	193.92/cwt	190.00–199.00	921	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	179.80/cwt	175.00–186.00	881	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	201.26/cwt	198.00–205.00	650	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	217.73/cwt	210.00–225.00	721	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	155.98/cwt	155.00–157.00	1,190	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	345	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	759	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	195.02/cwt	192.00–196.00	1,000	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	558	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,116	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	260	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	624	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	191.76/cwt	181.00–195.00	786	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	277	218.01/cwt	200.00–227.00	604	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	360	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	590	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,027	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	510	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	974	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	620	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,017	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	368	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	835	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Natural	—	455	208.97/cwt	203.00–212.00	951	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	898	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	230	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	338	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	932	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	423	187.63/cwt	181.00–195.00	794	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	944	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	903	67.21/cwt	64.00–71.50	607	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,001	78.47/cwt	73.00–85.00	785	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,230	89.80/cwt	88.00–94.00	1,105	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	708	35.98/cwt	30.00–43.00	255	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	662	45.16/cwt	41.00–52.00	299	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	777	60.37/cwt	55.00–65.00	469	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	840	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	630	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	730	63.64/cwt	60.00–66.00	465	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	960	70.83/cwt	67.00–72.50	680	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,153	85.97/cwt	75.00–88.00	991	6
Bulls	—	—	1,325	80.73/cwt	79.00–85.00	1,070	4
Bulls	—	—	2,215	106.54/cwt	103.00–110.00	2,360	2
Bulls	—	—	1,480	94.48/cwt	90.00–99.00	1,398	2
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	995	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	886	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,345	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,412	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	870	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	1,062.50/head	1,000.00–1,125.00	1,063	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	1,410.00/head	1,410.00–1,410.00	1,410	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	531	390.00/head	390.00–390.00	390	4
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	900	550.00/head	550.00–550.00	550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	556	463.33/head	430.00–480.00	463	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	815	595.00/head	580.00–610.00	595	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,193	1,437.50/head	1,400.00–1,475.00	1,438	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	545	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	795	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	815	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	705	373.33/head	360.00–400.00	373	6
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	610	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	957	1,020.00/head	800.00–1,100.00	1,020	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	695	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,502	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,380	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	826	520.00/head	520.00–520.00	520	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	980	760.00/head	760.00–760.00	760	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	598	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	445	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	779	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	455	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	592	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	134.48/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,066	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	974	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	145.53/cwt	138.00–155.00	837	6
Heifers	Small 4	—	660	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	325	329.54/head	300.00–360.00	330	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	575	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	531	260.00/head	260.00–260.00	260	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	192.57/cwt	190.00–195.00	555	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	255	370.00/head	370.00–370.00	370	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	220	220.00/head	220.00–220.00	220	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	840	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	455.00/head	455.00–455.00	455	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	493	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	770	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,001	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	145.51/cwt	137.00–160.00	614	5
Heifers	Small 4	—	435	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	225	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	552	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	665	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	964	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	137.47/cwt	135.00–140.00	863	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	143.77/cwt	137.00–150.00	683	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	625	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	281	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	832	141.60/cwt	139.00–147.00	1,178	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	178.96/cwt	174.00–185.00	682	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	142.71/cwt	135.00–152.00	975	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,163	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	632	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	136.87/cwt	130.00–151.00	976	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	177.29/cwt	175.00–187.00	1,016	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	172.83/cwt	165.00–183.00	717	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	268	180.65/cwt	175.00–186.00	484	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	155.62/cwt	155.00–162.00	898	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	149.02/cwt	147.00–150.00	1,077	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	690	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	345	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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