Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 6.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-5.00 higher on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Trade was moderate and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $208.14/cwt on 193 head.

Average price

$208.14

193 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,134

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$876

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$188.52/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.72

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	494	238.83	1,180	110
Medium and Large 1-2	593	200.17	1,188	47
Medium and Large 2	652	166.89	1,088	23
Small 4	606	50.31	305	13thin

One grade step is worth $188.52/cwt here — about $876 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 sale193 hd

208.14

—

NM average4 barns · 1,240 hd

223.86

−15.72

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	1,511	106.32	1,606	24
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,800	113.50	2,043	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,135	100.43	1,140	68
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	874	73.69	644	31

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)	1,100	$1,080	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$1,008	3thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,250	$1,225	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,505	$2,050	2thin
Bulls	N/A	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,293	$1,925	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,059	$1,346	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,199	$1,225	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,130	$960	1thin

Every lot, as filed

119 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	—	641	223.31/cwt	218.00–225.00	1,431	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	790	170.59/cwt	160.00–174.00	1,348	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	314	251.05/cwt	245.00–262.00	788	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	702	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	180.07/cwt	172.50–185.00	1,405	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	611	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	216.33/cwt	200.00–230.00	902	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	185	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	463	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	695	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	155.38/cwt	150.00–161.00	1,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	380	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	817	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,177	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	770	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,271	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	420	226.03/cwt	200.00–240.00	949	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,022	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,339	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	776	114.60/cwt	110.00–120.00	889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	653	196.00/cwt	196.00–196.00	1,280	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fancy	—	690	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,297	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,088	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	435	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	610	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	244	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	955	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	984	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	440	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	825	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	185.22/cwt	180.00–192.00	954	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	181.43/cwt	156.00–207.00	1,032	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	853	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	938	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	645	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	839	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,735	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	1,550	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,460	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,495	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	1,117.50/head	975.00–1,260.00	1,118	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	804	113.25/cwt	108.00–120.00	911	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	1,225.00/head	1,225.00–1,225.00	1,225	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	922	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	888	1,220.00/head	1,130.00–1,310.00	1,220	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,083	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,130	960.00/head	960.00–960.00	960	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	1,550.00/head	1,400.00–1,700.00	1,550	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,135	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	1,080.00/head	1,080.00–1,080.00	1,080	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	1,008.33/head	940.00–1,060.00	1,008	3
Bulls	—	—	1,424	106.30/cwt	100.00–111.00	1,514	8
Bulls	—	—	1,684	117.04/cwt	112.00–125.00	1,971	10
Bulls	—	—	1,337	88.47/cwt	83.00–96.00	1,183	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	980	97.98/cwt	91.00–104.00	960	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	779	72.33/cwt	66.00–81.00	563	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	565	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	260	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,760	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	2,288	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,142	101.20/cwt	95.00–106.50	1,156	45
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,840	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	1,785	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	695	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	327	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,261	108.28/cwt	107.00–111.00	1,365	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,066	92.92/cwt	90.00–95.00	991	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	898	71.46/cwt	66.00–75.00	642	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	767	60.31/cwt	57.00–65.00	463	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	969	84.65/cwt	80.00–90.00	820	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	717	153.13/cwt	140.00–164.00	1,098	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	162.40/cwt	150.00–185.00	771	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	858	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	270	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	608	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	690	43.02/cwt	40.00–49.00	297	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	203.48/cwt	202.00–205.00	983	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	246.33/cwt	235.00–250.00	951	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	145.59/cwt	143.00–151.00	1,131	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	825	164.56/cwt	155.00–183.00	1,358	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	210.62/cwt	200.00–220.00	685	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	158.23/cwt	150.00–174.00	1,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,005	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	167.00/cwt	166.00–168.00	1,174	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	169.44/cwt	165.00–174.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	635	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,232	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	650	189.50/cwt	189.00–190.00	1,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	213.98/cwt	212.00–215.00	1,111	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	204.65/cwt	203.00–206.00	1,152	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	592	198.77/cwt	189.00–200.00	1,177	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	161.51/cwt	160.00–163.00	1,232	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	261.32/cwt	252.00–270.00	745	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	108	238.37/head	225.00–250.00	238	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	486	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,191	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	419	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,039	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	227.81/cwt	210.00–235.00	966	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	217.60/cwt	210.00–240.00	1,049	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	115	310.00/head	310.00–310.00	310	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	95	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Small 4	—	705	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	310	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,495	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	908	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	617	200.12/cwt	185.00–212.00	1,235	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	461	225.24/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,038	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,419	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	176.10/cwt	168.00–184.00	1,462	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	208.81/cwt	197.50–219.00	1,107	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	675	168.80/cwt	155.00–182.00	1,139	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	718	168.28/cwt	164.00–176.00	1,208	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	186.72/cwt	183.00–207.00	1,281	16
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	684	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	177.35/cwt	170.00–182.00	1,108	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	488	160.63/cwt	153.00–185.00	784	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	580	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	1,125	1
Steers	Small 4	—	665	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	432	2
Steers	Small 4	—	585	46.75/cwt	40.00–60.00	273	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	238.71/cwt	225.00–247.00	1,239	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,390	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	172.60/cwt	155.00–190.00	730	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	371	250.78/cwt	235.00–260.00	930	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	243.04/cwt	232.00–259.00	1,028	15
Steers	Small 4	—	520	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	260	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	630	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	805	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,199	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	918	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	581	226.90/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,318	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	238.43/cwt	225.00–245.00	1,609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	244.71/cwt	235.00–254.00	1,148	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	242.80/cwt	230.00–255.00	772	2
Steers	Small 4	—	640	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	358	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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