Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-10-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady to 5.00 higher, with the exception of 400-450 lbs trading 6.00 lower. Trade active demand good. Slaughter cows were 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 2.00-4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $138.04/cwt on 520 head.

Average price

$138.04

520 head · 503 lb average

Value per head Derived

$694

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$445

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$90.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.06

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	146.31	751	312
Medium and Large 1-2	487	132.56	646	143
Medium and Large 2	463	122.16	566	30
Small 1-2	348	121.00	421	2thin
Medium and Large 2-3	264	117.00	309	5thin
Medium 1	565	111.78	632	20
Small 4	548	55.94	306	8thin

One grade step is worth $90.37/cwt here — about $445 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 sale520 hd

138.04

—

NM average4 barns · 2,345 hd

142.10

−4.06

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	1,556	71.37	1,111	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,379	48.82	673	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,188	47.87	568	92
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	984	42.58	419	124

Every lot, as filed

103 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	Small 4	—	492	56.50/cwt	56.50–56.50	278	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	257	167.03/cwt	165.00–168.00	429	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	687	132.50/cwt	130.50–142.50	910	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	360	161.77/cwt	157.00–170.00	582	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	438	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	648	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	625	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	719	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	463	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	644	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	705	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	832	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	245	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	397	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	765	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	805	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,022	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	942	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	131.76/cwt	130.00–133.00	825	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	151.52/cwt	148.00–160.00	649	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	148.95/cwt	143.00–155.00	712	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	168.28/cwt	157.00–169.00	586	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	148.14/cwt	133.00–153.00	751	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	175	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	438	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	328	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	590	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	652	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	932	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	567	146.50/cwt	146.50–146.50	831	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	623	118.63/cwt	115.00–122.00	739	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	683	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	826	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	710	117.32/cwt	112.00–120.00	833	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	810	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	927	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	121.22/cwt	120.00–122.50	882	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	328	152.02/cwt	144.00–159.00	499	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	828	111.62/cwt	110.00–115.00	924	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	241	155.15/cwt	152.00–158.00	374	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	372	146.48/cwt	144.00–157.00	545	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	127.38/cwt	126.00–129.00	745	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	261	150.54/cwt	150.00–155.00	393	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	129.72/cwt	125.00–137.00	610	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	373	145.66/cwt	134.00–149.00	543	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	605	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	787	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	464	139.53/cwt	132.00–143.50	647	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	114.34/cwt	110.00–127.00	756	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	115.47/cwt	110.00–122.00	699	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,246	775.00/cwt	725.00–825.00	9,657	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,159	724.44/cwt	675.00–825.00	8,396	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,234	679.09/cwt	600.00–750.00	8,380	11
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,135	778.33/cwt	750.00–800.00	8,834	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,146	713.75/cwt	700.00–800.00	8,180	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	822	92.70/cwt	87.00–120.00	762	77
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,055	57.50/cwt	57.50–57.50	607	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,056	915.45/cwt	800.00–1,025.00	9,667	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	687	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	790	5
Bulls	—	—	1,625	76.09/cwt	73.00–80.00	1,236	10
Bulls	—	—	1,403	63.60/cwt	57.00–69.25	892	9
Bulls	—	—	1,903	82.77/cwt	82.00–83.50	1,575	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	883	587.00/cwt	525.00–635.00	5,183	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	507	136.50/cwt	136.50–136.50	692	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	645	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	761	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	668	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	805	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	675	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	746	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	863	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	768	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	600	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	648	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	253	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	362	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	605	118.66/cwt	118.00–119.00	718	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	117.18/cwt	116.00–117.50	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	113.56/cwt	110.00–118.00	580	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	122.56/cwt	119.00–125.00	594	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	128.83/cwt	125.00–132.00	477	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	128.96/cwt	125.00–133.00	549	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	372	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	445	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	516	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	594	109.66/cwt	109.00–111.00	651	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	107.95/cwt	106.00–112.00	519	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	525	106.46/cwt	105.00–109.00	559	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	643	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	759	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	703	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	618	121.51/cwt	120.00–123.00	751	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	290	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	221	152.43/cwt	150.00–156.00	337	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	129.48/cwt	120.00–132.75	748	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	320	147.57/cwt	139.00–150.00	472	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	898	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	124.27/cwt	120.00–126.00	646	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	425	132.84/cwt	130.00–137.00	565	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,436	50.80/cwt	46.75–52.75	729	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	769	26.36/cwt	20.00–33.50	203	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	922	34.62/cwt	33.00–43.75	319	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	45.07/cwt	42.50–49.50	455	100
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,194	48.49/cwt	44.25–53.75	579	79
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,620	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	875	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,167	42.00/cwt	40.50–44.50	490	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,060	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	578	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,156	43.20/cwt	39.00–45.50	499	12
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	549	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	593	7
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	—	678	108.50/cwt	108.50–108.50	736	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	452	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	542	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	500	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	600	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	608	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	717	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	568	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	682	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	124.56/cwt	119.50–132.00	661	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	417	141.10/cwt	134.00–147.00	588	45
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	387	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	503	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	432	115.33/cwt	115.00–116.00	498	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	319	139.26/cwt	130.00–145.00	444	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	518	117.50/cwt	117.50–117.50	609	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	264	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	309	5
Steers	Small 1-2	—	348	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	421	2
Steers	Small 4	—	640	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	352	3

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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