Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 2.00-3.00 lower. Feeder steers also sold 2.00-3.00 lower, While feeder heifers over 500lbs 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bull sold steady to 1.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $220.38/cwt on 264 head.

Average price

$220.38

264 head · 535 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$952

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$180.71/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.91

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	534	231.71	1,237	193
Medium and Large 1-2	524	202.95	1,064	48
Medium and Large 2	565	166.73	942	22
Small 4	560	51.00	286	1thin

One grade step is worth $180.71/cwt here — about $952 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 sale264 hd

220.38

—

NM average4 barns · 1,839 hd

216.47

+3.91

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	1,535	102.92	1,580	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,490	98.32	1,465	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,155	94.87	1,096	72
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	870	67.01	583	58

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,042	$1,107	14
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	999	$1,031	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	900	$1,025	17
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	600	$500	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	755	$1,250	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,054	$1,133	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,038	$1,116	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,050	$718	4thin

Every lot, as filed

164 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 2	—	800	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,248	1
Steers	Small 4	—	560	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	286	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	970	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,358	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	158.06/cwt	151.00–180.00	901	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	210.25/cwt	200.00–220.00	868	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	207.06/cwt	195.00–213.00	1,201	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	211.59/cwt	204.50–218.00	1,329	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	234.32/cwt	216.00–242.00	1,106	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,304	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	315	193.61/cwt	190.00–197.00	610	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	683	160.03/cwt	157.00–163.00	1,093	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	188	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	404	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	517	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,137	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	173	404.93/head	400.00–410.00	405	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	120	301.39/head	200.00–375.00	301	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	637	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,395	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	858	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	316	222.30/cwt	221.00–230.50	702	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	458	221.50/cwt	221.50–221.50	1,014	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	565	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,158	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	664	219.00/cwt	219.00–219.00	1,454	6
Steers	Small 4	—	525	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	187.19/cwt	180.00–195.00	782	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	205.81/cwt	195.00–214.00	862	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	387	225.19/cwt	200.00–231.00	871	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	588	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	681	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	663	216.50/cwt	208.00–223.00	1,435	13
Steers	Small 4	—	290	520.00/head	520.00–520.00	520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	719	157.24/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,131	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	207.74/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,128	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	216.08/cwt	200.00–221.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	199.70/cwt	190.00–210.00	549	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	891	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	620	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,141	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	184.64/cwt	180.00–187.00	1,220	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	293	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	548	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	195.74/cwt	195.00–198.00	910	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	817	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	214.60/cwt	202.50–218.00	1,026	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	195	420.00/head	420.00–420.00	420	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	75	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,214	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,188	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	526	220.12/cwt	209.00–237.50	1,158	4
Bulls	Small 4	—	490	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	385	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,001	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	614	216.89/cwt	215.00–231.00	1,332	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	405	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	814	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	150	435.00/head	435.00–435.00	435	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	225	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	216.67/cwt	209.00–220.00	1,564	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	229.82/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,321	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	241.49/cwt	232.50–250.00	787	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	697	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	562	239.94/cwt	239.00–243.00	1,348	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	108	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	223.95/cwt	216.00–238.00	1,185	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	275	255.00/cwt	250.00–260.00	701	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	237.77/cwt	222.00–240.00	1,022	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	190.50/cwt	190.50–190.50	1,301	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	435	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	979	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	200	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,457	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	211.30/cwt	202.00–220.00	799	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,344	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	195.16/cwt	194.50–196.50	1,370	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	539	249.89/cwt	247.00–256.00	1,347	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	496	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,265	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	546	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	465	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	567	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	208.02/cwt	200.00–220.00	986	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	376	232.61/cwt	228.00–240.00	875	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	608	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,155	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,090	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	900	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,395	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	170.28/cwt	165.00–182.00	639	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	207.64/cwt	205.00–209.00	1,078	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,080	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,750	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,281	1,485.00/head	1,485.00–1,485.00	1,485	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	1,258.33/head	1,175.00–1,300.00	1,258	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,268	105.39/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,336	14
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	902	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	812	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,180	1,453.33/head	1,375.00–1,610.00	1,453	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	927	1,155.00/head	1,100.00–1,260.00	1,155	7
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	630	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	741	750.00/head	600.00–900.00	750	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,078	1,219.44/head	1,100.00–1,300.00	1,219	9
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	869	786.25/head	685.00–900.00	786	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,183	1,360.00/head	1,360.00–1,360.00	1,360	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	960	962.50/head	900.00–1,025.00	963	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	600	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	935	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	902	856.67/head	840.00–880.00	857	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,405	1,375.00/head	1,375.00–1,375.00	1,375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	700	835.00/head	835.00–835.00	835	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,015	1,525.00/head	1,525.00–1,525.00	1,525	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	852	67.00/cwt	61.00–72.50	571	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	885	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	788	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	878	69.81/cwt	66.00–76.00	613	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	824	51.87/cwt	26.00–60.00	427	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	904	76.87/cwt	73.00–81.00	695	19
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,490	98.32/cwt	94.00–103.00	1,465	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,088	87.17/cwt	83.00–91.00	948	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,145	105.38/cwt	103.50–107.00	1,207	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	933	56.83/cwt	54.00–60.00	530	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,200	97.73/cwt	92.50–103.00	1,173	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	690	41.94/cwt	40.00–44.00	289	2
Bulls	—	—	1,317	85.11/cwt	72.50–94.00	1,121	3
Bulls	—	—	1,754	110.92/cwt	107.00–115.00	1,946	5
Bulls	—	—	1,483	102.05/cwt	97.00–106.00	1,513	10
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,563	110.30/cwt	109.00–113.00	1,724	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	820	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	910	485.00/head	485.00–485.00	485	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	976	1,095.00/head	900.00–1,150.00	1,095	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	900	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	860	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	756	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	420	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	928	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	585	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	351	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	530	164.43/cwt	157.00–172.00	871	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	581	161.81/cwt	160.00–169.00	940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	813	134.04/cwt	130.00–138.00	1,090	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	152.36/cwt	145.00–156.00	1,336	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,129	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	520	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	157.18/cwt	153.00–158.00	1,226	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	639	149.44/cwt	145.00–161.00	955	4
Heifers	Small 4	—	545	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	273	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	195.81/cwt	194.00–201.00	1,026	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	192.00/cwt	184.00–200.00	1,108	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	593	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,139	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	618	201.39/cwt	196.00–207.00	1,245	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,520	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	95	240.00/head	180.00–300.00	240	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	164.00/cwt	162.00–166.00	1,246	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	177.45/cwt	175.00–180.00	653	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	476	174.91/cwt	160.00–180.00	833	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	980	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	445	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	480	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	664	156.93/cwt	135.00–170.00	1,042	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	405	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	761	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	182.04/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,311	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	635	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	387	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	820	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	655	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	491	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	795	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	538	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	861	3
Bulls	Small 4	—	745	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	665	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	991	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	795	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	795	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	775	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	504	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	155.34/cwt	152.00–157.00	906	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	333	168.61/cwt	162.50–175.00	561	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	1,005	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,055	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	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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