Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-06-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-06-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 12.00-17.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 10.00-15.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $224.26/cwt on 178 head.

Average price

$224.26

178 head · 538 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,206

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$974

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$194.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.88

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	509	244.22	1,244	89
Medium and Large 1-2	540	218.07	1,178	58
Medium and Large 2	616	182.78	1,125	30
Small 4	540	50.00	270	1thin

One grade step is worth $194.22/cwt here — about $974 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 sale178 hd

224.26

—

NM average4 barns · 1,792 hd

241.13

−16.88

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	1,512	115.94	1,753	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,693	113.20	1,917	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,155	111.82	1,292	56
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	945	91.34	863	43

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)	1,025	$1,330	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,000	$1,280	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	975	$1,140	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	680	$920	3thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,018	$1,438	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,077	$1,786	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,008	$1,488	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,162	$1,473	6

Every lot, as filed

132 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	Small 3	—	285	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	400	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	305	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	793	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	157.43/cwt	150.00–165.00	874	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	465	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,056	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	698	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,549	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	215.33/cwt	200.00–230.00	728	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	162.85/cwt	150.00–171.00	1,021	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	1,281	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	506	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,045	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,557	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	213.36/cwt	200.00–222.50	896	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	198.20/cwt	185.00–206.00	1,332	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	430	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	688	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	385	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	691	164.24/cwt	164.00–165.00	1,135	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	981	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	726	175.23/cwt	169.00–178.00	1,272	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	888	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	131.91/cwt	118.00–140.00	1,095	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	732	183.50/cwt	183.50–183.50	1,343	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	790	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	988	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	290	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	430	310.00/head	310.00–310.00	310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	490	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,225	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	925	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,212	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	558	67.40/cwt	60.00–75.00	376	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	610	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	390	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	184.58/cwt	180.00–189.00	1,261	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	953	112.52/cwt	106.00–119.00	1,072	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	1,437.50/head	1,425.00–1,450.00	1,438	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,138	1,950.00/head	1,950.00–1,950.00	1,950	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,240	1,585.00/head	1,585.00–1,585.00	1,585	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,197	1,815.00/head	1,700.00–1,885.00	1,815	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,008	1,641.67/head	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,642	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	911	128.00/cwt	105.00–148.00	1,166	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	141.38/cwt	114.00–159.00	1,169	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,280.00/head	1,280.00–1,280.00	1,280	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,025	1,330.00/head	1,330.00–1,330.00	1,330	1
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 1-2	—	690	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	1,140.00/head	1,140.00–1,140.00	1,140	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	1,310.00/head	1,310.00–1,310.00	1,310	1
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	640	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	704	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	895	1,035.00/head	1,035.00–1,035.00	1,035	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 4	—	550	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,110	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	1,651.67/head	1,480.00–1,750.00	1,652	3
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	565	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bulls	—	—	1,808	128.75/cwt	126.00–131.00	2,328	5
Bulls	—	—	1,245	107.47/cwt	97.00–114.00	1,338	10
Bulls	—	—	1,620	117.81/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,909	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,150	110.35/cwt	99.00–116.00	1,269	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	780	59.34/cwt	54.00–63.00	463	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	864	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,955	104.50/cwt	104.50–104.50	2,043	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	886	82.87/cwt	75.00–89.00	734	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	728	58.52/cwt	58.00–59.00	426	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	990	95.65/cwt	93.00–100.00	947	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	203.73/cwt	198.00–210.00	1,363	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	205	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	125	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	190	420.00/head	420.00–420.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,507	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	243.99/cwt	232.50–253.00	1,286	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	260.25/cwt	250.00–279.00	1,018	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	254.82/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,086	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	110	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	224.15/cwt	221.50–230.00	1,379	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	320	229.92/cwt	220.00–240.00	736	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	221.75/cwt	202.50–237.00	1,162	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	231.13/cwt	222.50–240.00	867	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	777	173.76/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	190.12/cwt	184.00–196.00	1,175	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	808	187.48/cwt	180.00–195.00	1,515	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	716	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	159.24/cwt	148.00–170.00	1,473	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	194.71/cwt	189.00–203.00	1,521	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	228.68/cwt	227.50–231.00	1,091	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	227.77/cwt	210.00–235.00	970	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	686	191.85/cwt	184.00–197.00	1,316	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	458	191.39/cwt	185.00–198.00	877	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	169.83/cwt	165.00–175.00	880	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	182.08/cwt	165.00–197.00	1,047	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	245.05/cwt	240.00–250.00	669	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	185.94/cwt	178.00–193.00	1,348	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	217.32/cwt	200.00–230.00	1,252	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	295	184.00/cwt	181.00–190.00	543	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	835	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,261	1
Steers	Small 3	—	608	415.31/head	340.00–490.00	415	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	212.93/cwt	200.00–225.00	1,322	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	600	1
Steers	Small 3	—	479	456.48/head	400.00–490.00	456	4
Steers	Small 4	—	540	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	270	1
Steers	Small 3	—	540	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Steers	Small 3	—	560	480.00/head	480.00–480.00	480	1
Steers	Small 3	—	388	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	237.99/cwt	226.00–251.00	1,347	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	247.36/cwt	240.00–255.00	1,187	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	734	204.50/cwt	204.50–204.50	1,501	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	285	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	841	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	165	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	219.95/cwt	210.00–230.00	827	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	247.80/cwt	245.00–252.00	800	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	243.79/cwt	237.50–247.00	912	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	105	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	160	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	270	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	193.45/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,180	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	208.54/cwt	205.00–213.00	1,101	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	230.49/cwt	215.00–247.00	1,229	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	240.99/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,012	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	235.72/cwt	230.00–240.00	1,322	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	234.81/cwt	230.00–243.00	1,120	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	211.02/cwt	209.00–217.00	1,171	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,032	91.62/cwt	85.00–95.00	946	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,164	115.77/cwt	113.00–121.00	1,348	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,148	108.14/cwt	103.00–112.50	1,241	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	107.11/cwt	104.00–115.00	1,048	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,488	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,786	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,580	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,849	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	202.50/cwt	202.50–202.50	851	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	995	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,140	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	1,231	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	272.95/cwt	265.00–282.00	876	6

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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