Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-08-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold steady , Heifer calve under 400 sold 5.00-8.00 higher. Feeder steers sold 3.00-5.00 higher, feeder heifers no good comparison to previous week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $232.22/cwt on 208 head.

Average price

$232.22

208 head · 530 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,231

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$899

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$173.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.63

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	253.50	1,267	129
Medium and Large 1-2	613	211.40	1,296	51
Medium and Large 2	520	179.21	932	26
Small 4	460	80.00	368	2thin

One grade step is worth $173.50/cwt here — about $899 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 sale208 hd

232.22

—

NM average3 barns · 1,105 hd

238.85

−6.63

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	1,651	119.68	1,976	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,600	114.00	1,824	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,224	108.69	1,331	55
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	948	87.69	831	84

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/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,110	$1,625	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,113	$1,548	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	958	$1,325	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,030	$1,801	26
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,268	$1,729	22
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,080	$1,514	6

Every lot, as filed

151 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	—	620	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,240	1
Steers	Small 4	—	750	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	713	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	222	318.59/cwt	310.00–327.50	707	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	565	191.53/cwt	190.00–193.00	1,082	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	690	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,104	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,730	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	710	192.55/cwt	185.00–200.00	1,367	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	778	173.71/cwt	170.00–177.50	1,351	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	167.50/cwt	167.50–167.50	1,173	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	186.27/cwt	177.50–195.00	1,635	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	791	183.19/cwt	182.50–186.00	1,449	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	218.14/cwt	212.00–240.00	1,154	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	210.54/cwt	202.00–220.00	1,423	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,245	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,055	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,646	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	612	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,395	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	276.25/cwt	265.00–290.00	901	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,269	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	943	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	576	221.60/cwt	215.00–236.00	1,276	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	696	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	528	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,492	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	270.12/cwt	257.00–285.00	1,124	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	210	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	452	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	237.25/cwt	225.00–250.00	909	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	1,637	2
Steers	Small 4	—	708	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	1,558	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	246.45/cwt	239.00–252.50	1,277	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	240	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	273.69/cwt	257.50–290.00	1,026	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	284.83/cwt	270.00–300.00	778	5
Steers	Small 4	—	575	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	500	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	472	286.52/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,352	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	165	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	100	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	510	272.50/cwt	272.50–272.50	1,390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	395	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,185	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	650	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	282.15/cwt	265.00–297.50	1,456	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	502	2
Steers	Small 4	—	410	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	349	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	818	180.08/cwt	162.50–191.00	1,473	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	150	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	1,644	1
Steers	Small 4	—	515	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	438	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	908	159.58/cwt	150.00–169.00	1,449	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	508	181.44/cwt	167.50–207.50	922	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	252.86/cwt	240.00–254.00	1,553	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	375	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	926	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	241.87/cwt	222.50–260.00	1,277	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,805	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	878	182.82/cwt	181.00–185.00	1,605	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	283.16/cwt	275.00–292.50	1,339	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	243.00/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,147	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	226.83/cwt	215.00–237.00	1,422	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	286.65/cwt	280.00–290.00	969	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	289	288.36/cwt	260.00–300.00	833	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	190.47/cwt	181.00–200.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	286.79/cwt	272.50–292.50	1,210	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	322	309.37/cwt	300.00–317.50	996	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	262	318.23/cwt	307.50–330.00	834	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	256.74/cwt	252.50–270.00	1,453	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	225.83/cwt	212.50–230.00	1,542	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	217.51/cwt	200.00–227.00	1,577	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	500	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,513	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	605	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,694	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	269.43/cwt	247.50–284.00	992	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	955	73.77/cwt	70.00–79.50	705	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,166	102.89/cwt	100.00–105.00	1,200	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,248	110.12/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,374	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	653	66.57/cwt	65.00–68.00	435	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	955	96.17/cwt	90.00–100.00	918	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,242	111.86/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,389	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	84.59/cwt	80.00–90.00	772	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,003	95.18/cwt	90.00–100.00	955	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	725	70.38/cwt	62.00–76.00	510	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,600	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,824	1
Bulls	—	—	1,575	99.84/cwt	92.00–113.50	1,572	3
Bulls	—	—	1,831	131.05/cwt	130.00–133.00	2,400	4
Bulls	—	—	1,596	121.24/cwt	116.00–126.00	1,935	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,065	105.26/cwt	105.00–105.50	1,121	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	930	1,360.00/head	1,360.00–1,360.00	1,360	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	1,325.00/head	1,325.00–1,325.00	1,325	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,346	1,870.77/head	1,700.00–2,040.00	1,871	13
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,051	2,065.00/head	1,950.00–2,200.00	2,065	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,263	1,760.00/head	1,760.00–1,760.00	1,760	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,143	1,482.50/head	1,385.00–1,580.00	1,483	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	805	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	945	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,441	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,419	1,960.00/head	1,840.00–2,200.00	1,960	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,092	2,020.00/head	2,020.00–2,020.00	2,020	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,058	1,793.57/head	1,700.00–1,810.00	1,794	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,070	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	1,625.00/head	1,625.00–1,625.00	1,625	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	128.25/cwt	122.50–134.00	1,158	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	1,522.50/head	1,460.00–1,585.00	1,523	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,105	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	1,340.00/head	1,340.00–1,340.00	1,340	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	715	1,125.00/head	1,110.00–1,140.00	1,125	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,020	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	109.25/cwt	106.00–112.50	877	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	898	139.50/cwt	135.00–144.00	1,253	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	740	100.50/cwt	100.00–101.00	744	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,195	1,510.00/head	1,510.00–1,510.00	1,510	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,030	1,790.00/head	1,790.00–1,790.00	1,790	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	805	600.00/head	600.00–600.00	600	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	925	1,175.00/head	1,175.00–1,175.00	1,175	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	184.66/cwt	179.00–190.00	1,427	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	845	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,360	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	475	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,145	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	555	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,410	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	550	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,188	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	148.98/cwt	141.00–157.00	1,286	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	720	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	260.27/cwt	237.50–275.00	1,205	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	618	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,669	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	170.26/cwt	155.00–190.00	879	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	120	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,243	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	330	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	660	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	475	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	361	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	445	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	374	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	210.34/cwt	206.00–224.00	1,527	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	191.91/cwt	190.00–195.00	1,096	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	265	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	972	181.50/cwt	176.00–186.00	1,764	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	740	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	687	169.07/cwt	150.00–185.00	1,162	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	433	184.26/cwt	170.00–200.00	798	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	468	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	180.18/cwt	160.00–187.50	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	494	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	212.50/cwt	212.50–212.50	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	724	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	229.02/cwt	217.50–237.50	1,092	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	760	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,140	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	657	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,649	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	882	202.98/cwt	200.00–209.00	1,790	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	293.89/cwt	287.50–300.00	1,096	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	333	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,166	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	510	268.36/cwt	262.50–274.00	1,369	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	135	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	345	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	804	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	175	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	125	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	429	265.20/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,138	4

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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