Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2023-11-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-11-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 7.00 9.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold 3.00-5.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to1.00-2.00 higher, Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $212.85/cwt on 399 head.

Average price

$212.85

399 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,179

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$942

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$163.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−20.67

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	600	222.77	1,336	157
Medium and Large 1-2	521	216.66	1,128	194
Medium and Large 2	528	172.06	909	45
Small 4	665	59.33	395	3thin

One grade step is worth $163.44/cwt here — about $942 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 sale399 hd

212.85

—

NM average4 barns · 2,647 hd

233.52

−20.67

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	1,429	93.91	1,342	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,211	87.86	1,064	208
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,512	79.48	1,202	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,041	72.81	758	217

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)	1,213	$1,750	3thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,159	$1,503	8
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,013	$1,211	9
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	944	$1,114	7
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	945	$950	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,208	$1,292	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	971	$1,190	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,046	$1,167	13

Every lot, as filed

154 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	Small 4	—	705	420.00/head	420.00–420.00	420	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	835	675.00/head	675.00–675.00	675	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,220	1,325.00/head	1,175.00–1,400.00	1,325	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,213	1,750.00/head	1,750.00–1,750.00	1,750	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,165	1,766.67/head	1,700.00–1,800.00	1,767	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	1,000	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,111	1,240.00/head	1,150.00–1,275.00	1,240	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	769	136.60/cwt	130.00–143.00	1,050	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	775	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,010	1,437.50/head	1,300.00–1,575.00	1,438	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	655	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 1-2	—	775	650.00/head	650.00–650.00	650	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,208	1,291.67/head	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,292	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	500	62.50/cwt	62.50–62.50	313	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	772	192.98/cwt	189.00–197.00	1,490	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	746	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	1,440	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	832	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,356	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	790	137.00/cwt	125.00–150.00	1,082	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	164.21/cwt	162.00–165.00	846	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	636	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	233	212.10/cwt	200.00–225.00	494	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	908	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	216.50/cwt	216.00–217.00	981	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	628	44.76/cwt	36.00–62.00	281	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	518	410.00/head	410.00–410.00	410	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	209.04/cwt	197.50–220.00	665	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	230.17/cwt	220.00–245.00	748	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	345	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	660	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	462	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	188.15/cwt	180.00–191.00	1,353	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	803	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	204.08/cwt	180.00–213.00	988	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	193.24/cwt	180.00–208.00	835	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	858	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,604	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	508	212.50/cwt	202.50–217.50	1,080	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	155.58/cwt	151.00–160.00	1,361	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	186.14/cwt	172.50–195.00	1,055	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	666	151.72/cwt	147.50–160.00	1,010	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	546	197.17/cwt	187.50–199.00	1,077	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	616	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	202.37/cwt	200.00–206.00	1,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	910	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,465	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	664	182.15/cwt	173.00–190.00	1,209	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	813	145.98/cwt	140.00–152.00	1,187	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	109.50/cwt	100.00–125.00	1,000	4
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	613	350.00/head	300.00–400.00	350	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	1,275.00/head	1,275.00–1,275.00	1,275	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,043	1,216.67/head	1,150.00–1,300.00	1,217	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	945	950.00/head	950.00–950.00	950	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	735	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	860	958.33/head	825.00–1,050.00	958	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	125.00/cwt	120.00–130.00	1,063	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,110	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,247	1,883.33/head	1,825.00–2,000.00	1,883	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,123	1,610.00/head	1,550.00–1,700.00	1,610	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,163	1,650.00/head	1,600.00–1,700.00	1,650	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,025	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,110	96.58/cwt	96.00–97.00	1,072	2
Bulls	—	—	1,543	94.57/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,459	13
Bulls	—	—	1,153	78.85/cwt	70.00–89.00	909	8
Bulls	—	—	1,579	105.76/cwt	101.00–109.00	1,670	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,138	89.98/cwt	72.00–96.00	1,024	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,031	76.26/cwt	65.00–83.00	786	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,000	82.72/cwt	82.00–85.00	827	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	965	54.93/cwt	35.00–69.00	530	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,283	89.38/cwt	84.00–94.00	1,147	110
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,002	56.99/cwt	55.00–60.00	571	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,106	96.72/cwt	96.00–99.00	1,070	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,154	82.74/cwt	80.00–85.00	955	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	978	64.30/cwt	60.00–69.00	629	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	—	695	37.43/cwt	30.00–50.00	260	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	75.64/cwt	75.00–77.00	1,114	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,630	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	1,483	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	963	67.67/cwt	60.00–71.00	652	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	77.11/cwt	72.00–82.00	844	122
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	169.09/cwt	156.00–184.00	1,065	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	232.39/cwt	215.00–250.00	753	15
Steers	Small 4	—	515	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	258	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	479	170.22/cwt	157.50–192.00	815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	210	535.00/head	535.00–535.00	535	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	174	293.68/head	225.00–375.00	294	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	730	173.43/cwt	170.00–177.00	1,266	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	421	229.01/cwt	217.00–237.00	964	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	235	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	458	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	351	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	867	5
Steers	Small 4	—	650	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	364	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	940	134.04/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,260	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	685	172.13/cwt	164.00–180.00	1,179	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	320	193.74/cwt	180.00–202.50	620	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	664	221.41/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,470	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	503	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,182	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,161	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	875	2
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	585	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	714	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,062	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	845	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	676	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	190	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	284	197.27/cwt	195.00–198.00	560	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	215	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	867	171.08/cwt	163.00–180.00	1,483	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	168.38/cwt	165.00–170.00	872	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	477	224.88/cwt	197.00–235.00	1,073	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	195.05/cwt	190.00–207.50	1,324	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	403	186.65/cwt	180.00–190.00	752	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	372	176.68/cwt	150.00–196.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	197.73/cwt	190.00–209.00	1,228	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	170.95/cwt	160.00–178.50	1,321	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	216.41/cwt	206.00–228.00	1,452	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,448	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	780	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	840	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,323	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	235.91/cwt	210.00–247.00	878	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	216.27/cwt	202.50–222.50	1,228	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	242.31/cwt	235.00–252.00	1,040	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	226.74/cwt	220.00–232.00	1,172	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	541	220.94/cwt	190.00–226.00	1,195	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	245	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	821	178.41/cwt	172.00–187.00	1,465	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	196.51/cwt	190.00–197.00	1,541	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	1,569	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	620	221.33/cwt	217.00–234.00	1,372	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,425	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	718	181.60/cwt	172.00–190.00	1,304	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	200.10/cwt	194.50–206.00	1,645	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	230.59/cwt	226.00–238.00	1,098	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	130	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	722	214.69/cwt	190.50–220.50	1,550	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	261	231.58/cwt	220.00–260.00	604	4
Steers	Small 4	—	830	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	598	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	228.36/cwt	218.00–234.00	1,293	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	417	173.77/cwt	160.00–180.00	725	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	175	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	376	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	180	200.00/head	200.00–200.00	200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	363	268.79/cwt	262.50–275.00	976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	745	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	890	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,246	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	480	164.04/cwt	162.00–165.00	787	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	618	146.01/cwt	142.00–162.00	902	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	200	325.00/head	325.00–325.00	325	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	190	475.00/head	475.00–475.00	475	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	339	175.24/cwt	155.00–195.00	594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	388	181.48/cwt	165.00–192.00	704	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	375	209.59/cwt	195.00–220.00	786	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,397	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	545	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	899	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	271	185.27/cwt	177.00–190.00	502	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	162.54/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,269	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	560	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	857	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	182.13/cwt	170.00–188.00	1,129	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	719	165.69/cwt	162.00–174.00	1,191	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	773	143.15/cwt	140.00–155.00	1,107	15

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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