Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-06-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-06-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers 1.00-2.00 high feeder heifers 2.00-3.00 lower.Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $146.22/cwt on 120 head.

Average price

$146.22

120 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$814

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$269

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

$7.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.25

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	363	153.00	555	5thin
Medium and Large 1	565	145.92	825	115

One grade step is worth $7.08/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale120 hd

146.22

—

NM average3 barns · 1,135 hd

139.97

+6.25

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	1,501	79.50	1,193	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,401	62.52	876	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,205	55.68	671	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	957	49.89	478	13

Every lot, as filed

38 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	578	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	348	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	539	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,205	55.68/cwt	51.50–59.00	671	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	139.60/cwt	135.00–142.00	921	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	138.53/cwt	138.00–139.00	795	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	121.60/cwt	119.00–130.00	868	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	160.08/cwt	153.00–165.00	740	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	142.56/cwt	136.50–146.00	875	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	612	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	744	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	458	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	655	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	382	150.52/cwt	147.00–157.00	575	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	118.39/cwt	112.00–121.00	792	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	143.85/cwt	140.00–146.00	606	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	115.03/cwt	111.50–120.00	666	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	273	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	491	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	350	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	613	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	685	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	534	142.48/cwt	141.00–145.00	761	8
Bulls	—	—	1,455	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,084	1
Bulls	—	—	1,350	76.99/cwt	71.00–84.50	1,039	14
Bulls	—	—	1,814	86.42/cwt	84.50–90.00	1,568	5
Bulls	—	—	2,100	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,785	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	7,505	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	975.00/cwt	975.00–975.00	10,579	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,085	1,108.75/cwt	875.00–1,225.00	12,030	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	985	785.00/cwt	785.00–785.00	7,732	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	820	670.00/cwt	670.00–670.00	5,494	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	960.71/cwt	910.00–1,100.00	8,483	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	944	1,024.29/cwt	970.00–1,100.00	9,669	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,024	988.00/cwt	940.00–1,100.00	10,117	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	830	1,070.00/cwt	1,070.00–1,070.00	8,881	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	766	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,428	64.03/cwt	63.50–64.25	914	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	958	50.97/cwt	46.50–54.50	488	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	957	48.97/cwt	45.50–54.75	469	7

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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