Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-09-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; Steer and heifer calves sold 7.00-8.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1;00-2.00 higher. Trade active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.19/cwt on 294 head.

Average price

$250.19

294 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,227

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$747

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$208.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.66

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	426	293.23	1,250	90
Medium and Large 1-2	472	258.78	1,221	123
Medium and Large 2	590	204.10	1,204	71
Small 4	596	84.50	503	10thin

One grade step is worth $208.73/cwt here — about $747 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 sale294 hd

250.19

—

NM average3 barns · 1,456 hd

260.86

−10.66

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	1,550	118.50	1,837	35
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,197	101.66	1,217	73
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,510	94.78	1,431	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	987	83.54	825	134

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)	1,141	$1,513	6
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,011	$1,085	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,054	$1,742	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,043	$1,720	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,342	$1,598	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,019	$1,408	9

Every lot, as filed

142 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	Medium and Large 1-2	—	419	218.06/cwt	210.00–240.00	914	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	956	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	775	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,217	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	358	193.81/cwt	185.00–202.50	694	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	210.52/cwt	200.00–221.00	1,118	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	751	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	273	261.44/cwt	250.00–275.00	714	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	603	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,492	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	220	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	330	268.22/cwt	250.00–285.00	885	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	175	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	330	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	825	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	621	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	326.28/cwt	322.50–327.00	868	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	203.39/cwt	200.00–207.50	1,257	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,440	3
Steers	Small 4	—	348	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	130	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Small 4	—	665	86.00/cwt	86.00–86.00	572	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	332	306.17/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,016	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	457	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,371	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	197.95/cwt	190.00–205.00	1,229	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	192.07/cwt	182.50–200.00	1,295	7
Steers	Small 4	—	590	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	413	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	791	184.64/cwt	171.00–193.00	1,461	8
Steers	Small 4	—	539	89.60/cwt	82.00–93.00	483	5
Steers	Small 4	—	645	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	542	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,370	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	1,576	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	202.00/cwt	187.00–215.00	1,036	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	150	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	386	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,655	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	376	217.12/cwt	200.00–227.00	816	4
Steers	Small 4	—	715	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	469	211.57/cwt	197.00–217.50	992	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	420	212.27/cwt	202.50–230.00	892	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	184.38/cwt	181.00–186.00	1,337	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	243.76/cwt	220.00–257.50	1,302	23
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	210.70/cwt	182.50–224.00	1,212	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,488	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,763	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	210.00/cwt	202.50–217.50	1,502	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	278.47/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,072	14
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	329	252.44/cwt	232.00–260.00	831	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	286	297.45/cwt	270.00–312.00	851	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	227.34/cwt	220.00–240.00	1,294	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	326	289.92/cwt	270.00–300.00	945	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	452	289.67/cwt	287.00–300.00	1,309	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	674	223.29/cwt	210.00–226.00	1,505	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	630	224.31/cwt	220.00–234.00	1,413	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	325	312.38/cwt	310.00–315.00	1,015	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	419	292.99/cwt	285.00–312.50	1,228	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	511	270.37/cwt	259.00–297.50	1,382	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,734	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	930	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,767	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,680	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	235	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	752	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	415	261.13/cwt	240.00–275.00	1,084	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	230	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	522	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	230	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	644	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	309.65/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,186	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	266.66/cwt	240.00–277.50	1,272	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	410	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,322	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	275	251.20/cwt	250.00–252.50	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	365	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,095	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	239	303.37/cwt	300.00–304.00	725	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	955	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,337	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	595	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,279	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	145	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	891	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	515	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,197	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	675	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,337	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	97.23/cwt	95.00–99.50	1,201	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,217	105.36/cwt	100.00–114.00	1,282	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	978	82.48/cwt	78.00–88.00	807	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	963	50.95/cwt	47.00–55.00	491	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	736	65.53/cwt	42.00–80.00	482	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,074	104.65/cwt	84.00–118.00	1,124	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	72.43/cwt	70.00–77.00	640	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	94.78/cwt	94.00–95.50	1,431	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	942	92.92/cwt	90.00–96.00	875	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	780	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	640	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,074	91.00/cwt	86.50–96.00	977	54
Bulls	—	—	1,756	126.52/cwt	121.00–133.00	2,222	13
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,280	99.21/cwt	87.00–107.00	1,270	3
Bulls	—	—	1,463	115.32/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,687	14
Bulls	—	—	1,675	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,759	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,365	125.53/cwt	123.00–128.00	1,713	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,345	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,466	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,113	1,825.00/head	1,775.00–1,875.00	1,825	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	930	1,075.00/head	1,075.00–1,075.00	1,075	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,315	1,350.00/head	1,350.00–1,350.00	1,350	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,168	1,550.00/head	1,525.00–1,600.00	1,550	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	995	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	943	131.00/cwt	125.00–140.00	1,235	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	107.75/cwt	99.00–120.00	1,045	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	835	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,044	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	113.00/cwt	108.00–118.00	783	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,458	1,730.00/head	1,730.00–1,730.00	1,730	6
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	755	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,475	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,034	1,495.83/head	1,300.00–1,600.00	1,496	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,169	1,400.00/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,400	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	895	1,050.00/head	1,000.00–1,100.00	1,050	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,175	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	462	233.51/cwt	220.00–237.00	1,079	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	448	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,107	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	622	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	210	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	373	216.61/cwt	216.00–220.00	808	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	205.25/cwt	205.00–206.00	1,149	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	315	233.13/cwt	225.00–250.00	734	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	684	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	695	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	389	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	171.97/cwt	160.00–197.00	1,159	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	816	172.79/cwt	160.00–178.00	1,410	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	513	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,026	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	473	201.73/cwt	187.50–208.00	954	5
Heifers	Small 4	—	556	87.83/cwt	52.00–92.00	488	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	626	184.72/cwt	177.00–200.00	1,156	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	245.14/cwt	240.00–250.00	454	2
Heifers	Small 2	—	360	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	610	52.00/cwt	52.00–52.00	317	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	705	181.05/cwt	175.00–194.00	1,276	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	422	197.38/cwt	180.00–215.00	833	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	882	170.10/cwt	160.00–185.00	1,500	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	558	193.35/cwt	188.00–200.00	1,079	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,093	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	775	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,376	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	909	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	630	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	140	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	200	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	520	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	820	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,435	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	633	178.93/cwt	173.00–185.00	1,133	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	340	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	986	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	830	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	623	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,050	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	427	272.32/cwt	225.00–295.00	1,163	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	1,575.00/head	1,575.00–1,575.00	1,575	1

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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