Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2024-02-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-02-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold 8.00-16.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 8.00-12.00 higher Slaughter cows and bulls sold 4.00-6.00 higher. Trade and demand good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $283.98/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$283.98

201 head · 487 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,384

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$944

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$217.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.87

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	483	302.70	1,461	148
Medium and Large 1-2	482	265.03	1,278	39
Medium and Large 2	478	210.32	1,004	6thin
Small 4	606	85.31	517	8thin

One grade step is worth $217.39/cwt here — about $944 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 sale201 hd

283.98

—

NM average4 barns · 2,388 hd

274.11

+9.87

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	1,490	121.83	1,816	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,738	113.00	1,964	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,167	107.62	1,256	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	821	82.99	681	31

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)	973	$1,192	5
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	860	$1,156	4thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	737	$834	5
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	663	$700	2thin
Bred Heifers	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,083	$2,500	20
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,400	$1,900	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	655	$500	1thin

Every lot, as filed

136 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	230.65/cwt	230.00–232.00	1,668	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	265	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,374	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,030	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,082	1
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,085	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,194	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	705	875.00/head	875.00–875.00	875	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	857	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Small 4	—	655	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	670	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	873	1,116.67/head	1,025.00–1,300.00	1,117	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	1,180.00/head	1,100.00–1,260.00	1,180	2
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,083	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	20
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	548	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	202.54/cwt	200.00–205.00	1,256	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,238	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	410	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	861	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	300	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	925	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,619	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	236.74/cwt	230.00–239.00	1,494	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	330.83/cwt	318.00–350.00	1,267	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	287.64/cwt	270.00–295.00	1,501	19
Steers	Small 4	—	405	400.00/head	400.00–400.00	400	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	810	234.33/cwt	234.00–235.00	1,898	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	607	262.42/cwt	260.00–264.00	1,593	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	266.91/cwt	260.00–273.00	1,527	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	243.47/cwt	222.00–253.00	1,639	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	531	251.89/cwt	250.00–257.50	1,338	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	617	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,512	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	365	297.29/cwt	290.00–305.00	1,085	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	307.37/cwt	289.00–317.50	1,438	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	312	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	913	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	474	268.77/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,274	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	321.15/cwt	285.00–350.00	877	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	276.80/cwt	270.00–297.00	1,564	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	788	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	433	278.98/cwt	262.00–290.00	1,208	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	224.55/cwt	210.00–237.00	1,078	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	786	188.09/cwt	167.00–195.00	1,478	4
Steers	Small 4	—	460	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	437	1
Steers	Small 4	—	260	440.00/head	440.00–440.00	440	2
Steers	Small 4	—	330	500.00/head	500.00–500.00	500	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	630	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	1,087	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	580	162.41/cwt	157.50–167.50	942	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	665	78.66/cwt	77.50–82.00	523	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	372	277.24/cwt	267.00–290.00	1,031	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	880	1
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	612	119.98/cwt	112.50–135.00	734	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	710	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,456	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	450	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	900	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	217.57/cwt	207.00–234.00	1,462	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	275	282.74/cwt	272.00–290.00	778	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	343.31/cwt	337.00–350.00	1,123	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	321.54/cwt	291.00–332.00	1,363	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	327	301.65/cwt	280.00–308.00	986	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	380	202.20/cwt	195.00–210.00	768	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	—	259	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	751	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	320	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,168	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	1,046	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	220	318.82/cwt	315.00–322.00	701	2
Steers	Small 4	—	700	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	595	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	400	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,420	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	361	365.79/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,321	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	150	425.00/head	425.00–425.00	425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,801	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	412	265.57/cwt	250.00–287.00	1,094	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	463	338.45/cwt	327.50–350.00	1,567	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	265	450.00/head	450.00–450.00	450	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	105	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	730	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,694	2
Steers	Small 4	—	530	82.49/cwt	79.00–90.00	437	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	525	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,502	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	956	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	495	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	941	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	823	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,786	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	606	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,582	5
Bulls	Small 4	—	710	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	738	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	843	78.60/cwt	73.00–84.00	663	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	665	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	532	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	755	89.17/cwt	85.00–100.00	673	8
Bulls	—	—	1,673	128.38/cwt	126.00–132.00	2,148	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	88.87/cwt	85.00–94.00	775	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	983	95.90/cwt	94.00–98.50	943	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,738	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,964	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,201	109.45/cwt	105.00–114.50	1,314	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	826	69.64/cwt	65.00–72.00	575	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	—	1,177	109.85/cwt	106.00–114.00	1,293	7
Bulls	—	—	1,375	116.52/cwt	114.00–118.00	1,602	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,225	1,675.00/head	1,675.00–1,675.00	1,675	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,020	935.00/head	935.00–935.00	935	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	978	1,500.00/head	1,475.00–1,525.00	1,500	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	815	1,000.00/head	1,000.00–1,000.00	1,000	1
Bred Cows	Small 4	—	620	525.00/head	525.00–525.00	525	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,584	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	740	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,147	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	835	137.50/cwt	135.00–140.00	1,148	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,080	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	785	810.00/head	810.00–810.00	810	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	860	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,204	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	925	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,053	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,243	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	692	181.52/cwt	160.00–192.00	1,256	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	195	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	390	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	229.68/cwt	217.00–235.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	216.27/cwt	202.00–230.00	1,654	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	846	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	350	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	753	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	520	182.45/cwt	180.00–185.00	949	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	345	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	742	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	248.67/cwt	232.50–265.00	1,171	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	110	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	311	267.45/cwt	260.00–282.00	832	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	580	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	515	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	1,118	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	283	238.05/cwt	225.00–250.00	674	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	254.83/cwt	240.00–262.00	1,088	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	240.48/cwt	232.00–252.50	1,250	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	672	222.37/cwt	210.00–230.00	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	606	239.09/cwt	227.00–242.00	1,449	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	247.47/cwt	240.00–255.00	935	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	316	241.35/cwt	230.00–250.00	763	7
Bulls	Small 4	—	335	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	335	1
Heifers	Small 4	—	463	73.97/cwt	60.00–87.50	342	2
Heifers	Small 4	—	544	75.28/cwt	72.00–82.00	410	3
Heifers	Small 4	—	440	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	396	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	295	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	811	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	241.61/cwt	235.00–250.00	1,389	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	768	124.36/cwt	117.50–131.00	955	2
Bulls	Small 4	—	635	76.00/cwt	76.00–76.00	483	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	870	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	870	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,247	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	855	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,428	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,610	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,400	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,299	1

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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