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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2022-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Oct 7

● Final97 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Sep 30Oct 7Oct 14 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

289 head

▼ 424 vs last sale 713▼ 314 vs year ago 603 · −52.1%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

146 head

▼ 78 vs last sale 224▼ 61 vs year ago 207 · −29.5%

Replacement Cattle receipts

29 head

▼ 28 vs last sale 57▼ 40 vs year ago 69 · −58.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steers and heifer calves sold mostly steady on limited comparison. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00-2.00 lower. 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 $131.24/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$131.24

135 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$715

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$509

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$118.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−33.55

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	456	168.54	769	29
Medium and Large 1-2	564	148.51	837	53
Medium and Large 2	616	129.85	800	29
Small 4	522	49.72	260	24

One grade step is worth $118.83/cwt here — about $509 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 sale135 hd

131.24

—

NM average2 barns · 547 hd

164.79

−33.55

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	1,507	85.01	1,281	22
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,645	75.00	1,234	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,227	73.75	905	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,056	59.68	630	85

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)	907	$942	3thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	848	$800	2thin
Bred Cows	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	765	$625	1thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,355	$1,200	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	924	$908	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,015	$775	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	913	$638	2thin

Every lot

97 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	110	225.00/head	225.00–225.00	225	1
Steers	—	Small 4	280	275.45/head	250.00–300.00	275	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	295	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	525	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	520	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	315	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	441	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	331	180.07/cwt	177.00–185.00	596	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	176.76/cwt	171.00–185.00	652	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	154.80/cwt	151.00–156.00	596	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	426	152.10/cwt	150.00–155.00	648	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	166.42/cwt	165.00–168.00	714	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	466	168.39/cwt	162.00–180.00	785	5
Steers	—	Small 4	467	47.79/cwt	45.00–57.00	223	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	152.92/cwt	148.00–159.00	726	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	480	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	600	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	853	1
Steers	—	Small 4	527	48.16/cwt	39.00–55.00	254	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	135.66/cwt	132.00–138.00	719	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	542	151.79/cwt	150.00–159.00	823	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	558	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	753	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	146.61/cwt	144.00–150.00	828	8
Steers	—	Small 4	574	52.68/cwt	52.00–54.00	302	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	964	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	129.75/cwt	120.00–133.00	798	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	616	146.30/cwt	142.00–148.00	901	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Full	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	663	141.96/cwt	140.00–144.00	941	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	680	123.38/cwt	120.00–130.00	839	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,056	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	735	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	963	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	773	136.41/cwt	131.00–142.00	1,054	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	780	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,014	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	822	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,155	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	883	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,104	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	955	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,175	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	1,050	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,145	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,075	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,290	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	200	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Heifers	—	Small 4	235	250.00/head	250.00–250.00	250	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	240	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	305	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	509	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	333	147.56/cwt	140.00–155.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Small 4	335	275.00/head	275.00–275.00	275	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	340	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	428	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	354	141.01/cwt	140.00–142.00	499	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	161.02/cwt	160.00–162.00	609	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	393	129.97/cwt	125.00–135.00	511	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	419	153.51/cwt	153.00–155.00	643	4
Heifers	—	Small 4	420	350.00/head	350.00–350.00	350	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	436	130.50/cwt	129.00–132.00	569	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	151.38/cwt	151.00–153.00	719	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	475	135.33/cwt	127.00–140.00	643	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	485	122.50/cwt	120.00–125.00	594	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	509	135.23/cwt	132.00–141.00	688	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	519	121.84/cwt	113.00–127.00	632	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	125.99/cwt	125.00–127.00	718	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	133.01/cwt	131.00–135.00	769	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	615	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	787	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	841	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	668	118.40/cwt	107.00–125.00	791	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	690	132.22/cwt	127.00–143.00	912	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	703	118.51/cwt	117.00–120.00	833	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	740	136.22/cwt	133.50–140.00	1,008	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	763	132.99/cwt	131.00–137.00	1,015	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	770	107.56/cwt	105.00–110.00	828	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	830	108.44/cwt	102.00–112.50	900	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	835	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,086	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	1,114	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	905	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,023	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	425	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	531	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	568	94.93/cwt	90.00–100.00	539	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	774	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	665	109.19/cwt	105.00–122.00	726	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	695	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	723	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	718	107.83/cwt	101.00–115.00	774	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	780	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	725	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	873	88.12/cwt	82.00–94.00	769	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,390	79.90/cwt	75.00–86.00	1,111	14
Bulls	—	—	1,711	93.96/cwt	88.00–97.00	1,608	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	770	56.00/cwt	56.00–56.00	431	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	827	35.99/cwt	23.00–41.00	298	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	893	47.22/cwt	43.00–55.00	422	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,064	60.60/cwt	55.00–65.00	645	25
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,150	67.81/cwt	65.00–72.00	780	37
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,176	73.39/cwt	72.50–77.00	863	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,233	73.80/cwt	71.50–77.50	910	32
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,500	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	1,035	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,645	75.00/cwt	75.00–75.00	1,234	1
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,355	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows4 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	740	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	765	625.00/head	625.00–625.00	625	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	848	800.00/head	775.00–825.00	800	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	1,025.00/head	1,025.00–1,025.00	1,025	2
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs5 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 4	555	300.00/head	300.00–300.00	300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 4	770	375.00/head	375.00–375.00	375	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,015	775.00/head	775.00–775.00	775	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,055	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,108	1,212.50/head	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,213	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 Oct 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 289Last week 713Year ago 603

Slaughter CattleReceipts 146Last week 224Year ago 207

Replacement CattleReceipts 29Last week 57Year ago 69

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	331	177.00–185.00	180.07
7	—	369	171.00–185.00	176.76
5	—	466	162.00–180.00	168.39
5	—	429	165.00–168.00	166.42
3	—	723	146.00	146.00
3	—	610	158.00	158.00
1	—	520	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	615	120.00–133.00	129.75
3	—	680	120.00–130.00	123.38
1	—	1,050	109.00	109.00
6	—	558	135.00	135.00
5	—	530	132.00–138.00	135.66
1	—	315	140.00	140.00
1	—	780	130.00	130.00
2	—	883	125.00	125.00
2	—	480	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
1	—	110	225.00	225.00
1	—	955	123.00	123.00
10	—	616	142.00–148.00	146.30
5	—	542	150.00–159.00	151.79
5	—	426	150.00–155.00	152.10
1	—	315	165.00	165.00
8	—	565	144.00–150.00	146.61
3	—	822	140.50	140.50
2	—	773	131.00–142.00	136.41
4	—	385	151.00–156.00	154.80
2	—	663	140.00–144.00	141.96
1	—	735	131.00	131.00
8	—	475	148.00–159.00	152.92
2	—	295	178.00	178.00
1	—	1,075	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	467	45.00–57.00	47.79
6	—	527	39.00–55.00	48.16
2	—	280	250.00–300.00	275.45
9	—	574	52.00–54.00	52.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	660	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	835	130.00	130.00
2	—	623	135.00	135.00
8	—	475	127.00–140.00	135.33
3	—	763	131.00–137.00	132.99
4	—	509	132.00–141.00	135.23
1	—	200	375.00	375.00
4	—	354	140.00–142.00	141.01
2	—	333	140.00–155.00	147.56
3	—	905	113.00	113.00
2	—	578	131.00–135.00	133.01
5	—	740	133.50–140.00	136.22
5	—	690	127.00–143.00	132.22
1	—	850	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	378	160.00–162.00	161.02
5	—	475	151.00–153.00	151.38
4	—	419	153.00–155.00	153.51
1	—	305	167.00	167.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 4$ per head · actual wt
1	—	420	350.00	350.00
1	—	235	250.00	250.00
1	—	335	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	485	120.00–125.00	122.50
1	—	240	275.00	275.00
7	—	519	113.00–127.00	121.84
1	—	615	128.00	128.00
2	—	770	105.00–110.00	107.56
5	—	830	102.00–112.50	108.44
2	—	393	125.00–135.00	129.97
4	—	570	125.00–127.00	125.99
3	—	668	107.00–125.00	118.40
6	—	436	129.00–132.00	130.50
1	—	340	126.00	126.00
2	—	703	117.00–120.00	118.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	105.00–122.00	109.19
2	—	718	101.00–115.00	107.83
1	—	645	120.00	120.00
1	—	425	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	93.00	93.00
2	—	568	90.00–100.00	94.93
1	—	695	104.00	104.00
2	—	873	82.00–94.00	88.12

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,150	65.00–72.00	67.81
15	—	893	43.00–55.00	47.22
25	—	1,064	55.00–65.00	60.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,645	75.00	75.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,233	71.50–77.50	73.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,500	69.00	69.00
6	—	827	23.00–41.00	35.99
1	—	770	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,176	72.50–77.00	73.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,711	88.00–97.00	93.96
14	—	1,390	75.00–86.00	79.90

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	—	848	775.00–825.00	800.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	990	1,025.00	1,025.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	765	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	740	775.00	775.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,108	1,125.00–1,300.00	1,212.50
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,015	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,055	900.00	900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 4$ per head · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	770	375.00	375.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	555	300.00	300.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,355	1,200.00	1,200.00

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.