Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2022-02-11

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Feb 11
● Final125 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
468 head
▲ 325 vs last sale 143▼ 66 vs year ago 534 · −12.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
155 head
▼ 33 vs last sale 188▲ 54 vs year ago 101 · +53.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
183 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 213▲ 104 vs year ago 79 · +131.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison for steer and heifer calves, and feeders due to limited comparison sales. But a higher undertone on higher quality. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade and demand active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.20/cwt on 193 head.
Average price
$153.20
193 head · 489 lb average
Value per head Derived
$749
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$546
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$125.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.03
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1472162.26767149
Medium and Large 1-2587136.9180425
Medium and Large 2455121.4455315thin
Small 460036.752214thin
One grade step is worth $125.51/cwt here — about $546 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 sale193 hd
153.20
—
NM average3 barns · 946 hd
159.23
−6.03
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,58889.681,42419
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,06073.1677591
CowsLean 85-90%Average89248.3543128

Every lot

125 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 190450.00/cwt450.00–450.004051
Steers—Medium and Large 1145450.00/cwt450.00–450.006531
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2160375.00/cwt375.00–375.006001
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2230181.00/cwt181.00–181.004162
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added259224.00/cwt224.00–224.005804
Steers—Medium and Large 1279204.66/cwt190.00–212.005715
Steers—Small 4285275.00/cwt275.00–275.007842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285184.00/cwt184.00–184.005241
Steers—Medium and Large 1324194.79/cwt187.50–200.006316
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2325162.00/cwt162.00–162.005271
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0121
Steers—Medium and Large 1365194.01/cwt188.00–204.0070813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368175.33/cwt167.50–187.506454
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added378221.50/cwt221.50–221.5083712
Steers—Small 4393458.56/cwt325.00–485.001,8026
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2418175.74/cwt160.00–185.007353
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added424210.00/cwt210.00–210.0089013
Steers—Medium and Large 2425134.21/cwt125.00–143.005702
Steers—Medium and Large 1430184.33/cwt177.00–193.0079319
Steers—Medium and Large 2470132.81/cwt124.00–142.006242
Steers—Medium and Large 1485178.92/cwt172.00–184.0086810
Steers—Small 4495275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511156.87/cwt150.00–163.008025
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added515190.00/cwt190.00–190.009792
Steers—Medium and Large 1515173.42/cwt165.00–185.5089311
Steers—Medium and Large 2540147.00/cwt147.00–147.007941
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added552187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,03211
Steers—Medium and Large 2560110.00/cwt110.00–110.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1571182.04/cwt170.00–186.001,03920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584152.26/cwt150.00–157.008893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2618157.65/cwt155.00–160.009743
Steers—Medium and Large 1623171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,0682
Steers—Medium and Large 1670156.19/cwt155.00–158.501,0463
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added675170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,1485
Steers—Medium and Large 2680135.00/cwt135.00–135.009181
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2723145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0483
Steers—Medium and Large 1725150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0881
Steers—Medium and Large 1780148.58/cwt142.00–155.001,1592
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added795148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,1773
Steers—Medium and Large 1815163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,3281
Steers—Medium and Large 1993132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3112
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,080110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,1881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1210184.50/cwt184.50–184.503872
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added254193.00/cwt193.00–193.004904
Heifers—Medium and Large 1267181.00/cwt169.00–188.004833
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285145.96/cwt145.00–147.004162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed315180.00/cwt180.00–180.005671
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325177.79/cwt167.50–186.005784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2330142.00/cwt138.00–146.004692
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added343182.00/cwt182.00–182.006242
Heifers—Small 4370350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2951
Heifers—Medium and Large 2371126.00/cwt126.00–126.004677
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added373176.00/cwt176.00–176.006566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377159.91/cwt154.00–169.006038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393146.52/cwt143.00–150.005762
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409160.19/cwt150.00–165.0065518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added411170.00/cwt170.00–170.0069919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413140.19/cwt133.00–145.005793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2415130.00/cwt130.00–130.005402
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481164.17/cwt156.00–167.0079034
Heifers—Medium and Large 2485115.19/cwt112.50–120.005593
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2490150.00/cwt150.00–150.007351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added502165.00/cwt165.00–165.008289
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2515138.58/cwt135.00–145.007143
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526159.17/cwt153.50–163.0083713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563153.17/cwt143.00–159.0086210
Heifers—Small 457335.00/cwt35.00–35.002012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580110.00/cwt110.00–110.006381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590131.00/cwt131.00–131.007731
Heifers—Small 460042.00/cwt42.00–42.002521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1630140.24/cwt137.00–144.008844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633142.61/cwt137.00–148.009032
Heifers—Small 465535.00/cwt35.00–35.002291
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683133.58/cwt129.00–138.009122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685132.00/cwt132.00–132.009041
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685112.00/cwt112.00–112.007672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708130.60/cwt125.00–133.509253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720132.00/cwt132.00–132.009501
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2770135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1834130.82/cwt128.00–133.001,0917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880128.49/cwt127.00–130.001,1312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1930120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2975120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1703
Feeder Cattle · Bulls11 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2120300.00/cwt300.00–300.003601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2405110.00/cwt110.00–110.004461
Bulls—Medium and Large 1447152.00/cwt152.00–152.006793
Bulls—Medium and Large 1475158.13/cwt155.00–161.007512
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2502140.68/cwt135.00–145.007063
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2557136.27/cwt130.00–148.007593
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2610133.52/cwt132.00–135.008142
Bulls—Medium and Large 267090.00/cwt90.00–90.006031
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2674124.10/cwt116.00–136.008365
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2745127.00/cwt127.00–127.009461
Bulls—Medium and Large 276077.48/cwt76.00–79.005892
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,13089.00/cwt89.00–89.001,0061
Bulls——1,23373.59/cwt70.00–80.009073
Bulls——1,63388.60/cwt84.00–94.001,44710
Bulls——1,801101.63/cwt98.00–105.001,8305
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed69030.70/cwt29.00–33.002122
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight74021.00/cwt21.00–21.001551
Cows—Lean 85-90%76033.84/cwt28.00–37.002573
Cows—Lean 85-90%86942.85/cwt40.00–50.003727
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed96560.00/cwt60.00–60.005791
Cows—Lean 85-90%96757.85/cwt53.00–63.0055914
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,01472.21/cwt65.00–78.0073216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04971.87/cwt64.00–76.0075459
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,12278.74/cwt78.00–80.508835
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15578.96/cwt76.50–82.0091211
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0501,060.00/cwt970.00–1,150.0011,1302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1851,450.00/cwt1,450.00–1,450.0017,1831
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2591,218.75/cwt1,050.00–1,275.0015,3444
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,3351,330.00/cwt1,330.00–1,330.0017,7561
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 4766545.00/cwt325.00–600.004,1755
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2790700.00/cwt700.00–700.005,5301
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2795737.50/cwt600.00–875.005,8632
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2916983.33/cwt900.00–1,200.009,0076
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-29551,250.00/cwt1,175.00–1,300.0011,9384
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 21,040800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,3201
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,128972.50/cwt900.00–1,150.0010,97028
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1351,164.29/cwt1,100.00–1,175.0013,21514
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1451,460.00/cwt1,460.00–1,460.0016,7171
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,15377.50/cwt77.00–80.0089432
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,1751,309.38/cwt1,200.00–1,325.0015,3858
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,19083.00/cwt83.00–83.0098819
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 11,0331,900.00/cwt1,900.00–1,900.0019,62712

This sale against other markets

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.