Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-09-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 4.00-7.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00-4.00 higher on limited comparisons. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady to 1.00-2.00 higher. Traded active and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $250.42/cwt on 293 head.

Average price

$250.42

293 head · 485 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,214

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$747

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$200.51/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.82

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	431	294.65	1,269	125
Medium and Large 1-2	473	260.94	1,233	90
Medium and Large 2	598	196.17	1,172	56
Small 4	555	94.13	523	22

One grade step is worth $200.51/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 sale293 hd

250.42

—

NM average4 barns · 1,930 hd

263.23

−12.82

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	1,441	113.54	1,637	41
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,196	106.79	1,278	73
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,015	86.42	877	121

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)	989	$1,286	7
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	755	$1,000	1thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	815	$1,000	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,229	$1,743	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,047	$1,481	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,111	$1,438	14

Every lot, as filed

158 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
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,340	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,054	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	845	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	735	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	750	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	1,335	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	200.44/cwt	187.50–240.00	962	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	721	186.11/cwt	177.00–197.00	1,342	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	676	186.81/cwt	172.00–198.00	1,263	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,135	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,703	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,279	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	822	172.61/cwt	155.00–195.00	1,419	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	306.84/cwt	265.00–317.00	868	16
Steers	Small 4	—	425	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	2
Steers	Small 4	—	619	91.75/cwt	91.00–92.00	568	4
Steers	Small 4	—	325	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	181.95/cwt	172.00–190.00	1,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	736	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	248.68/cwt	230.00–257.00	1,320	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2Full	—	480	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	960	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	267.40/cwt	267.00–270.00	1,407	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,483	5
Steers	Small 4	—	531	94.00/cwt	90.00–96.00	499	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	183.21/cwt	166.00–217.00	945	10
Steers	Small 4	—	430	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	409	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	318	276.41/cwt	265.00–300.00	879	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	206.70/cwt	205.00–210.00	1,406	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	127	318.75/head	285.00–350.00	319	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	200	470.00/head	470.00–470.00	470	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	460.00/head	460.00–460.00	460	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	393	242.48/cwt	240.00–245.00	953	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	184.05/cwt	180.00–188.00	1,592	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	213.16/cwt	201.00–217.00	1,128	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	410	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,066	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	379	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	803	5
Steers	Small 4	—	678	92.45/cwt	80.00–105.00	627	2
Steers	Small 4	—	370	470.00/head	470.00–470.00	470	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	838	170.50/cwt	170.00–171.00	1,429	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	265.84/cwt	260.00–272.00	752	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	207.51/cwt	207.00–208.00	1,376	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	565	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,158	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	180	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	366	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,171	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	178.98/cwt	170.00–187.00	1,192	5
Steers	Small 4	—	567	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	539	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	288.50/cwt	282.00–295.00	678	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	162.31/cwt	150.00–175.00	1,591	2
Steers	Small 4	—	474	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	455	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	266.95/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,289	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	383	281.04/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,076	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	222.32/cwt	215.00–240.00	954	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,647	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	880	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,045	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,672	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,727	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	305	325.15/cwt	322.50–329.00	992	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	268	241.11/cwt	237.00–245.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	619	223.86/cwt	212.00–230.00	1,386	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	930	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,553	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	218.24/cwt	212.50–231.00	1,484	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	450	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,406	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	764	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	760	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,653	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	244.52/cwt	220.00–257.00	1,352	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	958	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,565	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	293	325.23/cwt	322.50–328.00	953	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	311.20/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,151	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	259.47/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,079	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	311.42/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,012	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	214	284.76/cwt	267.50–307.00	609	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	297.68/cwt	290.00–315.00	1,235	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	178	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,338	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	160	420.00/head	420.00–420.00	420	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	390	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,268	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	285.63/cwt	283.00–297.50	1,320	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	250.35/cwt	247.00–255.00	1,545	9
Bulls	Small 4	—	590	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	437	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	720	82.00/cwt	82.00–82.00	590	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	668	187.06/cwt	182.00–192.00	1,250	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	368	204.90/cwt	200.00–210.00	754	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	590	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	445	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	988	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	785	63.51/cwt	62.00–65.00	499	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,040	94.13/cwt	90.00–99.00	979	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	688	66.40/cwt	57.00–76.00	457	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	83.77/cwt	78.50–86.50	859	37
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,048	91.67/cwt	86.00–96.00	961	60
Bulls	—	—	1,404	95.64/cwt	86.00–110.00	1,343	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	116.36/cwt	116.00–117.00	1,580	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,275	109.37/cwt	103.00–113.50	1,394	34
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	999	74.49/cwt	72.00–76.00	744	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,134	99.27/cwt	93.00–103.00	1,126	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	920	91.26/cwt	83.00–99.00	840	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,046	109.83/cwt	98.00–115.00	1,149	13
Bulls	—	—	1,414	116.28/cwt	111.00–122.00	1,644	8
Bulls	—	—	1,605	128.37/cwt	123.00–133.00	2,060	15
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,257	100.47/cwt	98.00–102.00	1,263	3
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,124	111.48/cwt	106.00–117.00	1,253	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	843	144.25/cwt	128.00–156.00	1,216	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	850	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	850	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,365	1,906.25/head	1,700.00–2,000.00	1,906	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,130	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	967	940.00/head	780.00–1,100.00	940	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	695	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	990	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,228	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	929	117.59/cwt	111.00–130.35	1,092	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,178	1,747.50/head	1,635.00–1,900.00	1,748	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,720.00/head	1,720.00–1,720.00	1,720	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	785	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	730	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	876	127.20/cwt	120.00–135.00	1,114	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,050	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	933	922.50/head	835.00–1,010.00	923	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	755	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	815	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,001	1,365.00/head	1,300.00–1,500.00	1,365	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	620	700.00/head	700.00–700.00	700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,254	1,775.00/head	1,700.00–1,950.00	1,775	10
Bulls	Small 4	—	1,000	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	850	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	370	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	636	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	935	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	560	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,120	2
Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	1,547	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	589	225.96/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,331	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	219.94/cwt	210.00–225.00	1,357	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	880	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	1,562	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	193.68/cwt	187.00–200.00	1,216	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	713	179.82/cwt	170.00–190.00	1,282	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	227	237.50/cwt	212.50–245.00	539	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	870	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,523	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	223.74/cwt	207.00–232.50	1,074	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	266	276.91/cwt	267.00–287.50	737	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	571	188.79/cwt	175.00–200.00	1,078	5
Heifers	Small 4	—	573	84.01/cwt	82.00–86.00	481	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	758	170.63/cwt	160.00–177.00	1,293	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	202.32/cwt	200.00–207.00	1,291	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	725	181.86/cwt	172.00–192.00	1,318	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	383	479.90/head	475.00–485.00	480	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	425	472.94/head	460.00–485.00	473	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	240.23/cwt	225.00–252.50	793	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	816	193.79/cwt	185.00–197.00	1,581	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	192.48/cwt	175.00–215.00	830	9
Heifers	Small 4	—	365	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	303	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	196.52/cwt	192.00–198.00	1,531	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	621	178.38/cwt	163.00–187.00	1,108	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	255.44/cwt	246.00–272.00	940	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	190	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	463	191.50/cwt	170.00–202.50	887	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	488	214.89/cwt	211.50–232.00	1,049	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	418	219.35/cwt	206.00–237.00	917	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	188.50/cwt	180.00–199.00	961	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	240	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	705	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	381	190.81/cwt	175.00–210.00	727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	228	261.54/cwt	240.00–280.00	596	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	926	173.43/cwt	170.00–174.00	1,606	7

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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