Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher, Heifer calves sold 10.00-12.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $230.44/cwt on 191 head.

Average price

$230.44

191 head · 566 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,304

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$977

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$187.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.07

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	273.34	1,391	66
Medium and Large 1-2	595	233.12	1,386	76
Medium and Large 2	632	185.18	1,170	39
Small and Medium 3-4	485	150.75	731	2thin
Medium 2	360	132.50	477	1thin
Small 4	481	85.88	413	7thin

One grade step is worth $187.46/cwt here — about $977 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 sale191 hd

230.44

—

NM average3 barns · 1,065 hd

263.51

−33.07

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	1,327	114.27	1,516	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,130	110.89	1,253	39
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,551	107.00	1,660	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	962	84.26	810	98

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)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,128	$1,318	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	812	$982	6
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	837	$942	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,196	$1,478	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,158	$1,436	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$1,150	3thin

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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	202.55/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,468	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	677	192.10/cwt	180.00–205.00	1,301	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,355	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,734	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,309	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,383	1,718.75/head	1,675.00–1,800.00	1,719	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	1,775.00/head	1,775.00–1,775.00	1,775	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	845	800.00/head	800.00–800.00	800	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,015	1,420.00/head	1,400.00–1,440.00	1,420	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	851	117.20/cwt	106.00–125.00	997	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,170	1,400.00/head	1,400.00–1,400.00	1,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	1,337.50/head	1,300.00–1,375.00	1,338	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	955	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,005	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	795	147.50/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,173	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	985	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	603	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,128	1,317.50/head	1,310.00–1,325.00	1,318	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	650	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	985	144.00/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,418	5
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	837	941.67/head	825.00–1,050.00	942	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	975	1,810.00/head	1,810.00–1,810.00	1,810	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,255	1,450.00/head	1,275.00–1,485.00	1,450	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	1,407.14/head	1,300.00–1,510.00	1,407	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	835	975.00/head	975.00–975.00	975	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,685.00/head	1,685.00–1,685.00	1,685	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	885	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,195	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	824	163.89/cwt	152.50–186.00	1,350	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	430	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	989	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	995	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	775	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	597	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	835	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,002	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	780	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,521	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	208.26/cwt	195.00–222.00	881	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	740	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,240	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	540	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	405	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	315	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	945	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	610	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,022	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,045	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,212	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,060	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	986	1
Bulls	—	—	1,650	127.53/cwt	125.00–133.00	2,104	8
Bulls	—	—	1,351	118.99/cwt	114.00–124.00	1,608	8
Bulls	—	—	1,139	102.78/cwt	83.50–113.00	1,171	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	888	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	770	68.62/cwt	58.00–70.50	528	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,092	95.98/cwt	91.00–100.00	1,048	32
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,012	85.32/cwt	80.00–90.00	863	23
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	864	75.16/cwt	70.00–80.00	649	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	112.62/cwt	107.00–116.00	1,313	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	95.10/cwt	86.50–107.00	908	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,290	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,548	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,551	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,660	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,076	105.45/cwt	103.00–109.00	1,135	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	810	73.41/cwt	70.00–78.00	595	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,074	112.18/cwt	110.00–116.00	1,205	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	912	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	388	264.46/cwt	245.00–275.00	1,026	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,635	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	578	232.14/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,342	6
Steers	Medium 2	—	360	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	315	316.31/cwt	315.00–317.50	996	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	723	218.13/cwt	207.00–230.00	1,577	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	323.75/cwt	317.50–330.00	939	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	211.63/cwt	202.00–222.00	1,663	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	211.97/cwt	190.00–235.00	805	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	747	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	235.88/cwt	227.00–255.00	1,128	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	200	477.50/head	475.00–480.00	478	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	683	210.55/cwt	206.00–215.00	1,438	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	377	270.21/cwt	262.50–280.00	1,019	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	975	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,287	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	675	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	405	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	145	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	150	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	172	346.55/head	300.00–385.00	347	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	477	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,030	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,463	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	620	187.53/cwt	170.00–208.00	1,163	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	182.40/cwt	176.00–197.50	1,651	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,787	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	218.66/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,373	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	529	202.19/cwt	180.00–220.00	1,070	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	919	158.21/cwt	142.00–175.00	1,454	6
Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	535	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	435	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	827	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	335	282.71/cwt	275.00–293.00	947	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	883	172.33/cwt	171.00–175.00	1,522	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,483	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	274.45/cwt	265.00–287.00	1,293	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	585	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,112	2
Steers	Small 4	—	425	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	302	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	175.33/cwt	150.00–196.00	1,171	3
Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	435	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	685	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	370	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	256.96/cwt	252.00–262.00	1,452	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	284.10/cwt	271.00–292.00	1,193	13
Steers	Small 4	—	545	77.00/cwt	77.00–77.00	420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	696	1
Steers	Small 3-4	—	300	470.00/head	470.00–470.00	470	1
Steers	Small and Medium 3	—	375	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	180	346.04/head	300.00–385.00	346	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	240	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	472	191.96/cwt	172.50–215.00	906	6
Steers	Small 4	—	480	90.63/cwt	85.00–92.00	435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	133	305.28/head	300.00–310.00	305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	292.19/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,052	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	213.91/cwt	200.00–235.00	1,209	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	230	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	638	246.38/cwt	240.00–251.00	1,572	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	185	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	694	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	495	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,361	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	213	384.71/head	360.00–410.00	385	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,818	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	253.79/cwt	250.00–256.00	975	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,578	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	200	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	249.90/cwt	242.00–255.00	1,070	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	226.32/cwt	223.00–238.00	1,408	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	240	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	229.94/cwt	220.00–237.50	1,099	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	246.16/cwt	237.00–257.00	1,157	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	118	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,511	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	823	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,258	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	177.08/cwt	170.00–185.00	931	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	797	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	245.45/cwt	240.00–252.50	805	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	229.64/cwt	222.50–236.00	960	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	188.98/cwt	175.00–205.00	1,359	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	865	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,471	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	727	169.65/cwt	160.00–173.00	1,233	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	485	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	907	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	658	201.97/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,329	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	627	170.30/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	233.07/cwt	227.00–245.00	1,224	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	163.84/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,286	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	578	169.72/cwt	160.00–176.00	981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	202.47/cwt	193.00–212.00	1,276	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	215	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	473	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	405	77.50/cwt	77.50–77.50	314	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	360	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	550	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	695	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	348	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	148.40/cwt	130.00–167.00	1,380	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	478	74.74/cwt	72.50–77.00	357	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	505	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	323	2
Heifers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	410	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	615	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,313	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	463	238.18/cwt	217.50–260.00	1,103	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	550	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	620	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,380	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	247.25/cwt	222.50–255.00	1,276	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	282.79/cwt	270.00–305.00	769	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	220.63/cwt	202.00–230.00	1,487	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	709	239.00/cwt	233.00–245.00	1,695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	245	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	772	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	370	331.08/cwt	310.00–350.00	1,225	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	1,186	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	243.79/cwt	237.50–255.00	1,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	515	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,494	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	220	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	277.12/cwt	265.00–282.00	1,447	8

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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