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
BullsAverage1,49373.941,1048thin
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
Bulls1,52076.71/cwt74.00–81.001,1665
Bulls1,12362.74/cwt60.00–65.507052
Bulls2,10082.50/cwt82.50–82.501,7331
Bred HeifersSmall and Medium 2820830.00/cwt830.00–830.006,8061
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2785600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,7101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,150860.00/cwt860.00–860.009,8901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29931,083.33/cwt1,000.00–1,250.0010,7573
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,039954.67/cwt850.00–1,335.009,91915
Dairy SteersMedium and Large 1570125.00/cwt125.00–125.007132
SteersMedium and Large 1658143.58/cwt143.00–144.0094512
SteersMedium and Large 1342178.06/cwt172.00–189.0060911
SteersMedium and Large 1569144.77/cwt143.00–148.008248
SteersMedium and Large 1476164.53/cwt163.00–165.007838
SteersMedium and Large 1721126.36/cwt123.50–130.009117
SteersMedium and Large 1403172.84/cwt165.00–178.006975
SteersMedium and Large 1623139.71/cwt136.50–143.008704
SteersMedium and Large 1515142.72/cwt140.00–145.507354
SteersMedium and Large 1372176.48/cwt176.00–177.006574
SteersMedium and Large 1782124.00/cwt124.00–124.009703
HeifersMedium and Large 2470129.00/cwt129.00–129.006062
HeifersMedium and Large 1575127.59/cwt127.00–128.007345
HeifersMedium and Large 1460143.50/cwt143.50–143.506605
HeifersMedium and Large 1515127.00/cwt127.00–127.006544
HeifersMedium and Large 1700117.00/cwt117.00–117.008193
HeifersMedium and Large 1435145.00/cwt145.00–145.006313
HeifersMedium and Large 1900107.00/cwt107.00–107.009632
HeifersMedium and Large 1665117.00/cwt117.00–117.007782
HeifersMedium and Large 1365154.50/cwt154.50–154.505642
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy558136.50/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.