Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2019-05-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, May 24
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
323 head
▼ 171 vs last sale 494▲ 323 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 92▲ 100 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 54 vs last sale 114▲ 60 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; No comparison on feeder steers and heifers but a higher undertone noted. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade and demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.22/cwt on 66 head.
Average price
$153.22
66 head · 537 lb average
Value per head Derived
$823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+7.87
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1537153.2282366
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale66 hd
153.22
—
NM average4 barns · 1,161 hd
145.35
+7.87
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,49373.941,1048thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,37360.8983618
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,11060.456715thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92653.184929thin

Every lot, as filed

36 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41861.81/cwt60.00–64.008764
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,44555.94/cwt52.50–60.008083
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,14357.42/cwt57.25–57.506563
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,06065.00/cwt65.00–65.006892
Bulls——1,52076.71/cwt74.00–81.001,1665
Bulls——1,12362.74/cwt60.00–65.507052
Bulls——2,10082.50/cwt82.50–82.501,7331
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 2—820830.00/cwt830.00–830.006,8061
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2—785600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,7101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,150860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,8901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9931,083.33/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0010,7573
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,039954.67/cwt850.00–1,335.009,91915
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1—570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007132
SteersMedium and Large 1—658143.58/cwt143.00–144.0094512
SteersMedium and Large 1—342178.06/cwt172.00–189.0060911
SteersMedium and Large 1—569144.77/cwt143.00–148.008248
SteersMedium and Large 1—476164.53/cwt163.00–165.007838
SteersMedium and Large 1—721126.36/cwt123.50–130.009117
SteersMedium and Large 1—403172.84/cwt165.00–178.006975
SteersMedium and Large 1—623139.71/cwt136.50–143.008704
SteersMedium and Large 1—515142.72/cwt140.00–145.507354
SteersMedium and Large 1—372176.48/cwt176.00–177.006574
SteersMedium and Large 1—782124.00/cwt124.00–124.009703
HeifersMedium and Large 2—470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575127.59/cwt127.00–128.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 1—460143.50/cwt143.50–143.506605
HeifersMedium and Large 1—515127.00/cwt127.00–127.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1—700117.00/cwt117.00–117.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1—435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—900107.00/cwt107.00–107.009632
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1—365154.50/cwt154.50–154.505642
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—558136.50/cwt136.50–136.507622
CowsLean 85-90%—95555.69/cwt54.50–57.505326
CowsLean 85-90%—86848.16/cwt45.00–50.004183
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,33761.91/cwt61.25–63.0082811

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.