Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-05-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Limited comparisons on all classes, but a steady 2.00-4.00 increase was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade was moderate demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $206.90/cwt on 119 head.

Average price

$206.90

119 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,099

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$635

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$166.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−22.51

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	445	243.94	1,085	39
Medium and Large 1-2	584	206.54	1,207	46
Medium and Large 2	558	170.39	950	32
Small 4	585	77.00	450	2thin

One grade step is worth $166.94/cwt here — about $635 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 sale119 hd

206.90

—

NM average4 barns · 1,429 hd

229.41

−22.51

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	—	High	1,499	114.35	1,715	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,144	100.59	1,151	75
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	922	76.71	707	53

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)	888	$1,063	7
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	740	$875	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,420	$1,650	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	962	$1,392	3thin

Every lot, as filed

110 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	Small 4	—	543	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	217	3
Bulls	Medium 2	—	720	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	893	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	169.93/cwt	150.00–190.00	889	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,183	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	170.26/cwt	150.00–190.00	656	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	987	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	768	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,152	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	128.95/cwt	120.00–138.00	1,109	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	222.48/cwt	214.00–235.00	948	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	563	189.89/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,069	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	300	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	748	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,212	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	915	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,222	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	755	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,246	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	505	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,072	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	163.07/cwt	160.00–167.00	1,094	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	168.57/cwt	155.00–170.00	1,057	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	725	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	798	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	663	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	597	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,303	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	153.44/cwt	140.00–163.00	1,108	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	648	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	157.50/cwt	155.00–160.00	1,071	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	465	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,046	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	726	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	425	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	944	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	408	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	783	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	580	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	377	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,420	1,650.00/head	1,650.00–1,650.00	1,650	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	718	740.00/head	740.00–740.00	740	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	1,145.00/head	1,025.00–1,350.00	1,145	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,613	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,118	1,650.00/head	1,550.00–1,750.00	1,650	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	650	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,315	1,380.00/head	1,380.00–1,380.00	1,380	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	740	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,825	119.88/cwt	113.00–127.00	2,188	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	985	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,281	1
Bulls	—	—	1,633	119.57/cwt	114.00–127.00	1,953	6
Bulls	—	—	1,035	89.30/cwt	87.00–91.00	924	2
Bulls	—	—	1,388	109.86/cwt	108.00–112.00	1,525	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	978	83.10/cwt	81.00–85.00	813	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	109.07/cwt	108.00–113.00	1,385	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,057	93.89/cwt	91.00–95.00	992	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	783	57.03/cwt	51.00–64.00	447	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	903	100.60/cwt	97.00–109.50	908	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	889	72.45/cwt	65.00–77.50	644	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	84.25/cwt	81.50–90.00	824	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	778	42.19/cwt	26.50–57.00	328	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	840	77.91/cwt	72.00–81.00	654	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	101.27/cwt	96.50–107.00	1,185	48
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	220	175.00/head	175.00–175.00	175	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	130	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	275	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	707	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	882	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	533	112.56/cwt	100.00–125.00	600	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	470	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	597	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	248.57/cwt	240.00–257.00	790	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	252.63/cwt	245.00–262.00	968	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,355	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	533	211.60/cwt	200.00–232.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	740	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	402	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,130	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	325	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	891	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	589	209.34/cwt	197.00–218.00	1,233	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	169.88/cwt	160.00–185.00	955	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	169.98/cwt	163.00–190.00	818	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,544	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,424	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	224.75/cwt	218.00–232.00	1,281	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	225.98/cwt	225.00–227.00	938	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	795	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	1,256	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	523	172.62/cwt	165.00–180.00	903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	196.74/cwt	193.00–203.00	1,326	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	221.28/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,069	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	195.50/cwt	192.00–199.00	1,408	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	667	169.73/cwt	165.00–172.00	1,132	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	612	171.99/cwt	170.00–178.00	1,053	4
Steers	Small 4	—	600	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	474	1
Steers	Small 4	—	385	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Small 4	—	475	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	194.95/cwt	193.00–198.00	1,213	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	720	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,282	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	532	225.72/cwt	224.00–227.00	1,201	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,041	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	465	248.23/cwt	244.00–257.00	1,154	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	245	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	605	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	176.68/cwt	174.00–182.00	1,541	3
Steers	Small 4	—	570	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	202.40/cwt	195.00–207.00	945	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	576	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	220	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	225	430.00/head	430.00–430.00	430	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	361	229.06/cwt	210.00–238.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	110	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	202.30/cwt	197.00–205.00	1,060	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	242.89/cwt	235.00–247.00	899	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	563	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,137	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,150	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	190	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	871	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	174.74/cwt	138.00–187.00	1,010	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	864	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,279	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	355	197.50/cwt	195.00–200.00	701	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	50	175.00/head	175.00–175.00	175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	500	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,065	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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