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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-04-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-04-15

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Apr 15

● Final116 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Apr 8Apr 15Apr 22 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

293 head

▼ 92 vs last sale 385▼ 340 vs year ago 633 · −53.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

101 head

▼ 36 vs last sale 137▼ 181 vs year ago 282 · −64.2%

Replacement Cattle receipts

46 head

▼ 108 vs last sale 154▼ 126 vs year ago 172 · −73.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on steer and heifer calves or feeders but a lower undertone noted. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower on limited comparison. Trade and demand moderate.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.41/cwt on 123 head.

Average price

$154.41

123 head · 546 lb average

Value per head Derived

$843

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$617

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small and Medium 1-2

$131.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.23

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	175.96	880	48
Medium and Large 1-2	584	153.37	896	40
Medium and Large 2	562	135.99	764	31
Small 4	593	54.00	320	2thin
Small and Medium 1-2	598	44.00	263	2thin

One grade step is worth $131.96/cwt here — about $617 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 sale123 hd

154.41

—

NM average2 barns · 885 hd

158.64

−4.23

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	1,252	83.43	1,044	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,448	85.48	1,238	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,158	78.91	914	39
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	809	55.61	450	41

Every lot

116 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers44 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small 4	170	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	595	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	175	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	263	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	185	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	370	1
Steers	—	Small 4	220	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	770	2
Steers	—	Small 4	255	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	765	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	261	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	874	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	537	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	295	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	443	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	305	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	427	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	323	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	614	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	323	182.41/cwt	175.00–186.00	589	4
Steers	—	Small 4	345	375.00/cwt	350.00–400.00	1,294	2
Steers	—	Small 4	362	356.69/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,291	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	186.68/cwt	182.00–192.50	706	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	388	137.03/cwt	130.00–141.00	532	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	176.00/cwt	167.00–185.00	686	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	425	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	570	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	182.60/cwt	173.00–188.00	785	9
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	438	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,095	2
Steers	—	Small 4	440	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,408	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	158.89/cwt	154.00–167.00	744	3
Steers	—	Small 4	475	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	200	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	178.26/cwt	167.00–185.00	856	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	481	140.08/cwt	134.00–147.00	674	4
Steers	—	Small 4	488	380.85/cwt	310.00–400.00	1,859	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	517	141.43/cwt	134.00–150.00	731	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	173.96/cwt	172.00–176.00	922	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	560	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	860	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	578	135.42/cwt	130.00–140.00	783	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	170.53/cwt	163.00–184.00	989	17
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	598	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	263	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	609	144.72/cwt	144.00–148.00	881	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	622	128.37/cwt	122.00–135.00	798	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	678	134.05/cwt	129.50–138.50	909	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	689	144.82/cwt	137.50–152.00	998	9
Steers	—	Small 4	710	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	469	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	131.98/cwt	130.00–134.00	941	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	719	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,071	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	144.74/cwt	141.50–148.00	1,041	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	750	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	975	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	765	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,109	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,081	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	860	125.01/cwt	124.00–126.00	1,075	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers35 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	429	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	290	168.75/cwt	165.00–172.50	489	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	300	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	468	1
Heifers	—	Small 4	313	328.56/cwt	320.00–330.00	1,028	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	330	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	571	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	335	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	452	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	558	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	365	124.86/cwt	120.00–130.00	456	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	374	160.52/cwt	153.00–165.00	600	6
Heifers	—	Small 4	403	302.83/cwt	250.00–355.00	1,220	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	414	161.79/cwt	156.00–166.00	670	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	417	141.39/cwt	136.00–149.00	590	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	424	124.03/cwt	120.00–126.00	526	4
Heifers	—	Small 4	445	38.50/cwt	38.50–38.50	171	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	463	140.49/cwt	140.00–141.00	650	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	468	134.41/cwt	125.00–148.00	629	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	475	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	784	1
Heifers	—	Small 4	495	33.00/cwt	33.00–33.00	163	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	513	151.02/cwt	150.00–152.00	775	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	523	128.85/cwt	117.00–137.00	674	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	528	148.15/cwt	140.00–155.00	782	3
Heifers	—	Small 4	530	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	286	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	572	134.08/cwt	129.00–140.00	767	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	587	122.41/cwt	112.00–125.00	719	5
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	595	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,488	1
Heifers	—	Small 4	595	46.00/cwt	46.00–46.00	274	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	835	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	623	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	685	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	667	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	807	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	693	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	832	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	131.00/cwt	130.00–133.00	950	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	780	125.66/cwt	125.00–126.00	980	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	809	126.32/cwt	125.50–128.00	1,022	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	107.26/cwt	101.00–120.00	890	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls18 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Small 4	315	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,008	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	345	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	466	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	554	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	569	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	638	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	832	1
Bulls	—	Small 4	670	63.00/cwt	63.00–63.00	422	1
Bulls	—	Small 4	710	61.97/cwt	58.00–66.00	440	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	723	112.84/cwt	108.00–118.00	816	2
Bulls	—	Small 4	765	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	432	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	805	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	934	1
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	810	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	446	1
Bulls	—	Small 4	840	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	403	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	860	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	688	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	865	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,055	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	900	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	783	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	975	83.45/cwt	81.00–86.00	814	2
Bulls	—	Medium 1-2	1,065	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	703	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,115	74.75/cwt	65.00–86.00	833	2
Bulls	—	—	1,267	81.64/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,034	5
Bulls	—	—	1,318	92.19/cwt	89.00–97.00	1,215	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	693	42.56/cwt	31.00–49.00	295	10
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	737	41.70/cwt	40.00–45.00	307	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	747	64.02/cwt	63.00–65.00	478	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	812	55.62/cwt	51.00–61.00	452	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	926	66.92/cwt	63.00–70.00	620	13
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,148	77.80/cwt	71.00–85.00	893	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,227	86.42/cwt	86.00–88.00	1,060	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,448	85.48/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,238	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 4	590	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,711	1
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 1-2	713	553.33/cwt	410.00–650.00	3,945	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	774	766.25/cwt	700.00–830.00	5,931	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	974	996.25/cwt	870.00–1,140.00	9,703	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,080	830.00/cwt	830.00–830.00	8,964	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	855	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	5,985	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,145	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,595	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,345	1,137.50/cwt	1,100.00–1,175.00	15,299	2

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.

New Mexico feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Fri Apr 15, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Portales, NM (LS-CV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 293Last week 385Year ago 633

Slaughter CattleReceipts 101Last week 137Year ago 282

Replacement CattleReceipts 46Last week 154Year ago 172

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	622	122.00–135.00	128.37
2	—	860	124.00–126.00	125.01
1	—	425	134.00	134.00
1	—	295	150.00	150.00
1	—	175	150.00	150.00
6	—	517	134.00–150.00	141.43
1	—	750	130.00	130.00
1	—	305	140.00	140.00
4	—	678	129.50–138.50	134.05
4	—	481	134.00–147.00	140.08
2	—	713	130.00–134.00	131.98
3	—	578	130.00–140.00	135.42
3	—	388	130.00–141.00	137.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	44.00	44.00
2	—	438	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	345	350.00–400.00	375.00
1	—	710	66.00	66.00
1	—	170	350.00	350.00
1	—	255	300.00	300.00
7	—	488	310.00–400.00	380.85
1	—	475	42.00	42.00
2	—	220	350.00	350.00
1	—	440	320.00	320.00
3	—	362	350.00–360.00	356.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	765	145.00	145.00
1	—	185	200.00	200.00
4	—	261	335.00	335.00
7	—	609	144.00–148.00	144.72
9	—	689	137.50–152.00	144.82
1	—	540	157.00	157.00
1	—	295	182.00	182.00
4	—	719	141.50–148.00	144.74
4	—	323	175.00–186.00	182.41
2	—	390	167.00–185.00	176.00
1	—	825	131.00	131.00
6	—	560	153.50	153.50
3	—	468	154.00–167.00	158.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	173.00–188.00	182.60
17	—	580	163.00–184.00	170.53
10	—	378	182.00–192.50	186.68
2	—	530	172.00–176.00	173.96
2	—	323	190.00	190.00
4	—	719	149.00	149.00
4	—	480	167.00–185.00	178.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	528	140.00–155.00	148.15
1	—	255	150.00	150.00
2	—	463	140.00–141.00	140.49
6	—	780	125.00–126.00	125.66
5	—	572	129.00–140.00	134.08
1	—	605	138.00	138.00
1	—	360	155.00	155.00
5	—	725	130.00–133.00	131.00
3	—	809	125.50–128.00	126.32
1	—	300	156.00	156.00
3	—	667	121.00	121.00
5	—	417	136.00–149.00	141.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	475	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	468	125.00–148.00	134.41
5	—	587	112.00–125.00	122.41
5	—	523	117.00–137.00	128.85
1	—	335	135.00	135.00
2	—	623	110.00	110.00
2	—	365	120.00–130.00	124.86
2	—	693	120.00	120.00
3	—	830	101.00–120.00	107.26
4	—	424	120.00–126.00	124.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	495	33.00	33.00
2	—	530	54.00	54.00
7	—	313	320.00–330.00	328.56
1	—	445	38.50	38.50
1	—	595	46.00	46.00
2	—	403	250.00–355.00	302.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	513	150.00–152.00	151.02
2	—	290	165.00–172.50	168.75
2	—	330	173.00	173.00
7	—	414	156.00–166.00	161.79
1	—	245	175.00	175.00
6	—	374	153.00–165.00	160.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	595	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	710	58.00–66.00	61.97
1	—	670	63.00	63.00
1	—	315	320.00	320.00
1	—	765	56.50	56.50
1	—	840	48.00	48.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	860	80.00	80.00
2	—	975	81.00–86.00	83.45
1	—	900	87.00	87.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	455	125.00	125.00
2	—	865	122.00	122.00
1	—	590	141.00	141.00
1	—	510	125.00	125.00
2	—	723	108.00–118.00	112.84
1	—	345	135.00	135.00
1	—	805	116.00	116.00
1	—	410	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	810	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,065	66.00	66.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	737	40.00–45.00	41.70
12	—	812	51.00–61.00	55.62
13	—	926	63.00–70.00	66.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,448	85.00–86.00	85.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,148	71.00–85.00	77.80
5	—	1,227	86.00–88.00	86.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	747	63.00–65.00	64.02
10	—	693	31.00–49.00	42.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	78.00–85.00	81.64
3	—	1,318	89.00–97.00	92.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,115	65.00–86.00	74.75

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	—	974	870.00–1,140.00	996.25
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,080	830.00	830.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	713	410.00–650.00	553.33

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	590	290.00	290.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	774	700.00–830.00	766.25

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,145	1,100.00	1,100.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,345	1,100.00–1,175.00	1,137.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	855	700.00	700.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.