Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-11-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 15.00-18.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 9.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 3.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $231.84/cwt on 579 head.

Average price

$231.84

579 head · 521 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$823

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$172.54/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.53

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	511	253.13	1,293	394
Medium and Large 1-2	520	224.98	1,169	112
Medium and Large 2	578	178.26	1,031	35
Small 4	584	80.59	470	38

One grade step is worth $172.54/cwt here — about $823 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 sale579 hd

231.84

—

NM average4 barns · 2,313 hd

245.36

−13.53

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	1,611	108.45	1,747	37
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,568	91.38	1,433	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,269	90.15	1,144	150
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,058	75.70	801	170

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,115	$1,350	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	924	$1,297	16
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	858	$1,275	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,105	$1,250	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	899	$910	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,316	$1,814	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,362	$1,716	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,012	$1,100	3thin

Every lot, as filed

152 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	—	878	162.26/cwt	155.00–175.00	1,425	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	212.12/cwt	209.00–240.00	1,105	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	229	265.18/cwt	250.00–267.00	607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	222.71/cwt	210.00–242.50	1,058	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	1,115	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	1,684	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	434	200.81/cwt	190.00–220.00	872	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	202.68/cwt	185.00–222.00	969	17
Heifers	Medium 1	—	869	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,477	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	245.39/cwt	237.00–265.00	918	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	624	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,354	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	194	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	514	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	638	192.03/cwt	185.00–195.00	1,225	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	517	195.93/cwt	167.00–207.00	1,013	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	445	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,068	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,337	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	232.72/cwt	210.00–245.00	1,008	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	264.19/cwt	255.00–272.00	859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	173.41/cwt	168.00–185.00	1,177	12
Heifers	Small 4	—	395	360.00/head	360.00–360.00	360	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	540	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	297	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	440	285.00/head	285.00–285.00	285	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	214.40/cwt	202.00–226.00	1,220	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	274	255.04/cwt	250.00–267.50	699	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	213.50/cwt	200.00–217.00	1,441	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	200	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	623	182.04/cwt	179.00–185.00	1,134	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	715	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	822	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	338	278.64/cwt	272.00–285.00	942	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	525	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	394	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	945	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,040	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	725	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,392	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,425	1,880.00/head	1,880.00–1,880.00	1,880	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,273	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	690	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	995	1,300.00/head	1,300.00–1,300.00	1,300	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	830	570.00/head	570.00–570.00	570	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	1,250.00/head	1,250.00–1,250.00	1,250	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,000	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	933	1,080.00/head	1,050.00–1,110.00	1,080	2
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	680	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	1,412.50/head	1,375.00–1,450.00	1,413	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	913	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	880	962.50/head	900.00–1,025.00	963	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	845	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	820	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	995	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,393	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,005	121.25/cwt	120.00–122.50	1,219	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	1,500.00/head	1,500.00–1,500.00	1,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	805	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,087	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,013	118.00/cwt	110.00–126.00	1,195	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,519	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	909	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	6
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,140	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,305	1,920.00/head	1,860.00–1,980.00	1,920	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,280	1,685.00/head	1,630.00–1,740.00	1,685	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	730	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,451	1,830.56/head	1,750.00–1,925.00	1,831	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,012	1,230.83/head	1,110.00–1,425.00	1,231	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,230	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,905	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,286	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,437	102.17/cwt	94.50–106.00	1,468	3
Bulls	—	—	1,252	88.78/cwt	85.00–93.00	1,112	3
Bulls	—	—	1,507	103.16/cwt	95.00–108.00	1,555	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,045	90.50/cwt	90.50–90.50	946	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,036	73.24/cwt	66.00–76.00	759	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	832	58.63/cwt	57.00–60.00	488	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,116	81.91/cwt	76.00–86.50	914	86
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,365	105.13/cwt	104.50–106.00	1,435	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,568	91.38/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,433	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,196	86.44/cwt	84.00–89.00	1,034	33
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	65.61/cwt	60.00–71.00	644	24
Bulls	—	—	1,740	115.00/cwt	109.00–120.00	2,001	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,344	92.11/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,238	84
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	917	61.47/cwt	55.00–67.00	564	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,067	83.09/cwt	80.00–84.50	887	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,135	87.11/cwt	84.50–95.00	989	29
Bulls	Small 4	—	555	40.00/cwt	40.00–40.00	222	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	775	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	620	1
Bulls	Small 4	—	315	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	775	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,217	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	154.51/cwt	152.00–157.00	1,179	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	673	180.18/cwt	173.00–187.00	1,213	2
Steers	Small 4	—	464	73.69/cwt	71.00–75.00	342	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	135	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	317	316.21/cwt	315.00–320.00	1,002	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	292	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	981	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	422	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,253	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	244.53/cwt	225.00–265.00	919	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	519	175.77/cwt	150.00–185.00	912	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	385	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	770	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,252	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	495	175.00/cwt	170.00–180.00	866	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	322	174.94/cwt	170.00–189.00	563	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	183.97/cwt	182.00–185.00	1,049	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	238	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	690	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	230.99/cwt	210.00–242.00	1,116	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	176.00/cwt	161.00–185.00	1,096	3
Steers	Small 4	—	615	83.42/cwt	81.00–85.50	513	22
Steers	Small 4	—	658	83.51/cwt	80.00–87.00	549	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	980	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,470	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	255.87/cwt	240.00–270.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	185	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	444	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	184.74/cwt	177.50–195.00	1,278	7
Steers	Small 4	—	530	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	419	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,308	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,428	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	912	173.48/cwt	164.00–202.00	1,582	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	208.31/cwt	206.00–210.00	1,304	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	275	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	550	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	223.85/cwt	210.00–240.00	951	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	211.59/cwt	185.00–230.00	1,113	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	239.99/cwt	230.00–256.00	1,375	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	241.14/cwt	230.00–254.00	1,285	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	255.30/cwt	245.00–282.00	1,220	89
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	857	152.03/cwt	150.00–157.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	680	148.71/cwt	140.00–163.00	1,011	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	827	157.50/cwt	145.00–170.00	1,303	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	330	234.35/cwt	232.50–240.00	773	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	216.71/cwt	200.00–235.00	826	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	586	158.99/cwt	153.00–161.00	932	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	832	157.51/cwt	145.00–169.00	1,310	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	690	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	175.19/cwt	165.00–180.00	1,340	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	226.47/cwt	210.00–235.00	641	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	196.12/cwt	175.00–207.00	1,153	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	195	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	185	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Steers	Small 4	—	582	76.68/cwt	75.00–77.00	446	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	628	173.43/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,089	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	781	145.51/cwt	141.00–150.00	1,136	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,776	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	565	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	283	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	286.75/cwt	275.00–312.50	941	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	295	313.50/cwt	312.00–315.00	925	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	708	156.43/cwt	146.00–166.00	1,108	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	610	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	305	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	415	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	780	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	312.14/cwt	306.00–320.00	1,139	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	274.71/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,038	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	683	238.75/cwt	222.00–243.00	1,631	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	195	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	369	275.07/cwt	270.00–277.50	1,015	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	535	173.74/cwt	167.00–180.00	930	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	787	189.27/cwt	187.00–193.00	1,490	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	265.43/cwt	249.00–287.00	1,123	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	258	257.43/cwt	250.00–265.00	664	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	215.90/cwt	207.00–224.00	1,682	7
Steers	Small 4	—	443	401.78/head	370.00–450.00	402	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	214.98/cwt	202.00–221.00	1,556	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	617	228.24/cwt	215.00–245.00	1,408	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	218.22/cwt	200.00–224.00	1,268	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	203.32/cwt	200.00–216.00	1,374	6

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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