Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves sold 3.00-5.00 higher, while heifer calves sold steady on limited comparisons. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-6.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Trade active demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $236.69/cwt on 292 head.

Average price

$236.69

292 head · 463 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,097

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$721

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$202.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.88

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	423	293.34	1,239	71
Medium and Large 1-2	464	254.36	1,180	117
Medium and Large 2	462	208.90	964	77
Small 4	573	90.36	518	27

One grade step is worth $202.98/cwt here — about $721 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 sale292 hd

236.69

—

NM average3 barns · 1,322 hd

252.56

−15.88

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	—	Average	1,461	118.09	1,725	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,146	106.73	1,223	79
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	966	85.09	822	64

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)	1,045	$1,037	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	955	$913	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,174	$1,685	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,123	$1,670	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,342	$1,650	4thin

Every lot, as filed

129 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 1-2	—	488	175.75/cwt	160.00–192.00	858	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	110	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	150	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	373	198.59/cwt	185.00–212.00	741	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	585	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	474	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	628	84.99/cwt	83.00–87.00	534	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	250	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	335	179.80/cwt	175.00–185.00	602	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	800	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	322	226.29/cwt	222.00–232.00	729	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	164.67/cwt	150.00–172.00	1,046	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	528	88.46/cwt	87.00–90.00	467	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	222.15/cwt	215.00–235.00	1,395	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	740	155.64/cwt	150.00–163.00	1,152	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	173.55/cwt	160.00–180.00	1,007	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	154.53/cwt	144.00–177.00	1,205	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	173.54/cwt	152.00–212.00	901	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	622	206.14/cwt	200.00–215.00	1,282	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	476	184.20/cwt	172.00–202.00	877	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,384	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	479	221.00/cwt	215.00–240.00	1,059	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	310	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	592	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	400	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	800	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	241.15/cwt	240.00–245.00	654	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	285	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	599	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	429	170.84/cwt	162.00–197.00	733	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	216.73/cwt	210.00–222.00	1,246	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	110	175.00/head	175.00–175.00	175	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	392	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	941	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	879	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,582	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	558	235.85/cwt	210.00–241.00	1,316	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	364	218.88/cwt	207.00–240.00	797	9
Bulls	Small 4	—	545	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	665	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Full	—	1,055	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,477	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,447	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	372	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,060	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	227	232.81/cwt	217.00–242.00	528	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,148	1,616.67/head	1,600.00–1,625.00	1,617	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,623	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,060	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,155	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	990	955.00/head	900.00–1,010.00	955	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	955	912.50/head	825.00–1,000.00	913	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	1,787.50/head	1,750.00–1,825.00	1,788	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,265	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	133.00/cwt	125.00–141.00	998	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,184	1,807.14/head	1,700.00–1,825.00	1,807	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	840	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small and Medium 2	—	835	850.00/head	850.00–850.00	850	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,006	112.75/cwt	108.00–117.00	1,134	4
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	932	139.17/cwt	131.00–148.00	1,297	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,035	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,201	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,080	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,253	1
Bulls	—	—	1,169	115.37/cwt	110.00–120.50	1,349	4
Bulls	—	—	1,766	129.48/cwt	126.00–134.00	2,287	7
Bulls	—	—	1,165	84.68/cwt	75.00–97.00	987	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	735	47.64/cwt	45.00–50.00	350	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,222	111.66/cwt	106.00–116.00	1,364	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,014	85.24/cwt	80.00–87.50	864	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	118.76/cwt	118.00–119.00	1,321	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	827	73.43/cwt	69.00–78.00	607	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,097	102.05/cwt	98.00–106.50	1,119	40
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,143	106.90/cwt	101.00–111.00	1,222	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,100	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	968	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	783	59.50/cwt	30.00–75.00	466	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,023	94.69/cwt	88.00–98.00	969	33
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	395	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,035	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	570	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	448	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	986	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	175.02/cwt	172.00–180.00	917	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	175.32/cwt	160.00–178.00	1,073	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,120	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	263	291.42/cwt	280.00–315.00	766	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	247.98/cwt	245.00–260.00	1,523	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	272	322.86/cwt	317.00–332.00	878	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	249.25/cwt	249.00–250.00	1,695	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	778	210.03/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,634	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	388	301.98/cwt	300.00–320.00	1,172	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	261.72/cwt	260.00–265.00	1,330	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	90	210.00/head	210.00–210.00	210	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	582	233.53/cwt	230.00–245.00	1,359	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	218.81/cwt	210.00–235.00	1,339	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	244.97/cwt	235.00–260.00	1,029	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	324	321.46/cwt	310.00–325.00	1,042	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,331	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	238.66/cwt	225.00–250.00	1,255	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	225	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	641	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,000	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	184.39/cwt	152.00–217.00	1,305	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	708	221.04/cwt	217.00–225.00	1,565	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	271.69/cwt	250.00–285.00	1,005	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	660	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,452	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	860	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,591	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	679	187.43/cwt	165.00–193.00	1,273	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	286.81/cwt	270.00–300.00	912	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,817	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	560.00/head	560.00–560.00	560	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	128	360.49/head	335.00–385.00	360	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	341	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	853	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	668	176.43/cwt	150.00–190.00	1,179	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,672	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	240	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	629	1
Steers	Small 4	—	690	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	621	1
Steers	Small 4	—	370	480.14/head	475.00–485.00	480	2
Steers	Small 4	—	465	485.00/head	485.00–485.00	485	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	509	212.89/cwt	206.00–220.00	1,084	8
Steers	Small 4	—	410	485.00/head	485.00–485.00	485	1
Steers	Small 4	—	562	90.12/cwt	89.00–94.00	506	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	475	170.11/cwt	165.00–175.00	808	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	438	221.66/cwt	190.00–230.00	971	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	325	187.59/cwt	180.00–202.00	610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	507	244.39/cwt	242.00–245.00	1,239	5
Steers	Small 4	—	515	88.66/cwt	67.00–93.00	457	7
Steers	Small 4	—	705	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	599	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	285	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	656	1
Steers	Small 4	—	620	92.62/cwt	90.00–94.00	574	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	510	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	200	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	575	180.09/cwt	160.00–217.00	1,036	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	232	251.45/cwt	247.00–255.00	583	22
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	175.70/cwt	160.00–210.00	1,103	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	817	215.86/cwt	210.00–217.00	1,764	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	215.05/cwt	205.00–230.00	796	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	185	435.00/head	435.00–435.00	435	1
Steers	Small 4	—	460	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	423	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	190	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	418	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	459	261.69/cwt	250.00–280.00	1,201	15

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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