Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-01-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-01-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 5.00-8,00 higher. Feeder steers sold 7.00-10.00 higher and feeder heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold 2.00-3.00 lower and slaughter bulls sold steady to 1.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $225.60/cwt on 208 head.

Average price

$225.60

208 head · 507 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,143

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$956

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$175.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−31.78

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	245.00	1,357	92
Medium and Large 1-2	457	234.47	1,070	68
Medium and Large 2	469	197.22	925	40
Small 4	581	69.04	401	8thin

One grade step is worth $175.97/cwt here — about $956 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 sale208 hd

225.60

—

NM average4 barns · 2,658 hd

257.38

−31.78

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	1,545	99.48	1,537	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,234	94.68	1,168	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,010	81.01	818	83

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)	987	$1,723	32
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	938	$1,518	21
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,095	$1,225	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	630	$500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,140	$1,725	1thin

Every lot, as filed

106 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 2	—	513	177.39/cwt	170.00–185.00	910	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	695	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,161	1
Steers	Small 4	—	745	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	633	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	928	1
Steers	Small 4	—	495	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	267	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	325	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	653	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	210	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	424	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	110	222.27/head	220.00–225.00	222	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	260.00/cwt	256.00–265.00	1,102	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	730	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	1,540	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	1
Steers	Small 4	—	395	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	140	290.00/head	290.00–290.00	290	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	468	197.99/cwt	170.00–222.00	927	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	382	241.87/cwt	230.00–253.00	924	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	325	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	907	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	543	243.50/cwt	243.50–243.50	1,322	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	553	240.00/cwt	239.00–247.00	1,327	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	362	275.66/cwt	274.00–279.00	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	235.96/cwt	230.00–250.00	1,477	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	1,385	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	625	195.04/cwt	190.00–200.00	1,219	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	308	211.22/cwt	202.00–220.00	651	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	668	229.72/cwt	221.00–235.00	1,535	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	368	204.36/cwt	180.00–221.00	752	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	526	192.09/cwt	177.00–208.00	1,010	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	229.96/cwt	220.00–238.00	1,191	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	467	236.69/cwt	230.00–241.00	1,105	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	674	189.81/cwt	182.00–200.00	1,279	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	443	199.21/cwt	195.00–200.00	883	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	588	231.24/cwt	227.00–234.00	1,360	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	236.91/cwt	222.00–245.00	734	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,337	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	657	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,491	3
Steers	Small 4	—	588	73.27/cwt	67.50–79.00	431	2
Steers	Small 4	—	505	62.87/cwt	50.00–76.00	317	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	280	215.45/cwt	190.00–240.00	603	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	432	232.96/cwt	220.00–245.00	1,006	15
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	825	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,279	1
Steers	Small 4	—	445	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	289	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	684	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,573	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	612	242.06/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,481	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	522	250.56/cwt	248.00–253.00	1,308	18
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	95	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	390	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	885	1
Steers	Small 4	—	775	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	589	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2Unweaned	—	235	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	475	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	830	161.14/cwt	142.50–180.00	1,337	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	715	186.41/cwt	180.00–193.00	1,333	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,120	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,411	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,018	114.96/cwt	112.50–117.50	1,170	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	557	53.32/cwt	52.50–55.00	297	3
Bulls	Small 4	—	795	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	525	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	883	72.93/cwt	70.00–80.00	644	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	86.00/cwt	80.00–90.00	934	26
Bulls	—	—	1,743	117.05/cwt	114.00–119.00	2,040	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,339	99.84/cwt	97.00–105.00	1,337	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,190	92.59/cwt	90.00–98.00	1,102	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	673	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	606	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,520	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,687	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	775	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	465	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,082	86.59/cwt	79.00–89.00	937	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	841	65.05/cwt	61.00–67.00	547	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	895	77.36/cwt	75.00–79.00	692	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,460	93.57/cwt	90.00–95.00	1,366	4
Bulls	—	—	1,521	105.38/cwt	102.00–111.00	1,603	16
Bulls	—	—	1,550	90.98/cwt	75.00–100.00	1,410	25
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	845	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	794	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,425	108.64/cwt	107.50–110.00	1,548	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	800	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	129.90/cwt	120.00–142.00	955	5
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	937	112.83/cwt	110.00–117.50	1,057	3
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	837	139.67/cwt	120.00–152.00	1,169	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	915	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	630	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,002	1,787.93/head	1,500.00–1,840.00	1,788	29
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	990	1,726.47/head	1,500.00–1,800.00	1,726	17
Bred Cows	Small 1-2	—	543	478.33/head	400.00–535.00	478	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,245	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	402	182.35/cwt	180.00–187.00	733	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,147	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	325	214.59/cwt	210.00–220.00	697	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	295	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	679	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	181.50/cwt	180.00–183.00	1,125	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	205.16/cwt	195.00–213.00	870	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	365	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	675	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	463	194.97/cwt	190.00–200.00	903	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	564	192.84/cwt	181.00–205.00	1,088	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	321	171.20/cwt	163.00–202.00	550	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	207.34/cwt	202.00–215.00	809	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	170	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	349	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	211.25/cwt	210.00–215.00	1,206	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	228.26/cwt	225.00–230.00	646	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	514	198.64/cwt	185.00–208.00	1,021	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	663	199.65/cwt	182.00–204.00	1,324	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	329	229.43/cwt	227.00–230.00	755	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	380	225.57/cwt	220.00–240.00	857	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	212	201.66/cwt	185.00–210.00	428	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,277	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	422	225.94/cwt	216.00–237.00	953	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	215.83/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,122	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	223.46/cwt	217.00–230.00	1,021	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	1,526	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	1,725.00/head	1,725.00–1,725.00	1,725	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,275	1,550.00/head	1,550.00–1,550.00	1,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	1,262.50/head	1,250.00–1,275.00	1,263	2

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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