Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week. No comparison on feeder steers and heifers due to limited receipts last week. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.53/cwt on 56 head.

Average price

$133.53

56 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$755

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$39

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

$26.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.50

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	137.77	758	47
Medium and Large 1-2	645	111.39	718	9thin

One grade step is worth $26.38/cwt here — about $39 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 sale56 hd

133.53

—

NM average4 barns · 832 hd

126.03

+7.50

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	—	High	1,533	75.67	1,160	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,296	58.45	758	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,108	54.88	608	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	930	47.64	443	11

Every lot, as filed

29 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	—	—	1,810	82.86/cwt	79.00–86.00	1,500	3
Bulls	—	—	1,203	62.95/cwt	52.00–71.00	757	6
Bulls	—	—	1,660	81.76/cwt	75.00–88.00	1,357	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,078	46.18/cwt	41.50–49.50	498	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,112	55.97/cwt	50.00–58.75	622	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,590	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	978	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	120.99/cwt	118.75–124.00	860	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,137	1,143.64/cwt	900.00–1,300.00	13,003	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,093	1,093.33/cwt	1,010.00–1,220.00	11,950	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	1,020.00/cwt	860.00–1,180.00	9,772	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	825	812.50/cwt	725.00–900.00	6,703	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	935.00/cwt	935.00–935.00	10,612	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	794	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	712	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	562	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	120.49/cwt	119.50–121.50	849	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	504	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	816	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	893	1,162.50/cwt	1,050.00–1,275.00	10,381	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	134.10/cwt	133.00–136.00	688	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	150.22/cwt	147.00–154.00	691	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	546	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	781	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	847	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	160.75/cwt	158.00–164.00	756	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,267	58.15/cwt	56.50–61.00	737	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,000	47.99/cwt	42.00–52.50	480	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	889	46.50/cwt	43.50–48.25	413	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	918	48.53/cwt	47.50–50.00	446	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	590	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	127.51/cwt	126.50–128.00	733	6

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.

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