Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-11-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 5.00 lower with the exception of 400-450 lb heifers trading 3.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers have no comparison. Trade active, demand moderate to good. Slaughter cows traded 4.00-5.00 higher, instances 8.00 higher on high dressing boner cows. Slaughter bulls 4.00-5.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.47/cwt on 286 head.

Average price

$131.47

286 head · 508 lb average

Value per head Derived

$668

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$474

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$102.44/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.65

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	147.44	737	108
Medium and Large 1-2	479	137.63	659	76
Medium and Large 2	537	123.91	665	42
Medium 2	438	115.47	506	24
Medium 1-2	637	113.88	726	18thin
Small and Medium 2	608	100.00	608	3thin
Small 3	295	87.00	257	3thin
Small and Medium 3-4	671	58.00	389	7thin
Small 4	585	45.00	263	5thin

One grade step is worth $102.44/cwt here — about $474 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 sale286 hd

131.47

—

NM average4 barns · 2,798 hd

142.12

−10.65

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	1,588	73.74	1,171	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,334	51.13	682	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,105	49.37	546	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,054	43.64	460	131

Every lot, as filed

136 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	533	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	613	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	357	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	374	148.36/cwt	144.00–156.00	555	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	416	144.05/cwt	135.00–148.00	599	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	734	119.36/cwt	117.50–123.00	876	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	139.17/cwt	136.50–144.00	660	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	125.80/cwt	121.00–133.00	662	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	324	153.84/cwt	145.00–158.00	498	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	120.53/cwt	119.00–123.00	739	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	655	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	716	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	280	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	451	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	477	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	596	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	615	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	775	2
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	589	113.10/cwt	112.00–116.50	666	8
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	646	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	753	6
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	720	111.50/cwt	111.50–111.50	803	4
Steers	Small and Medium 2	—	608	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	608	3
Steers	Small 4	—	585	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	263	5
Steers	Small 3	—	295	87.00/cwt	87.00–87.00	257	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	415	158.08/cwt	150.00–167.00	656	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	334	165.09/cwt	156.00–170.00	551	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	566	130.86/cwt	130.00–135.00	741	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	464	146.49/cwt	141.00–150.00	680	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	135.61/cwt	131.00–139.00	978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	522	139.61/cwt	138.00–140.00	729	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	130.62/cwt	126.00–134.00	1,089	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	166.29/cwt	163.00–174.00	629	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	270	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	359	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	464	114.19/cwt	110.00–120.00	530	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	623	112.91/cwt	107.00–116.50	703	16
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	425	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	404	3
Heifers	Small and Medium 2	—	484	97.57/cwt	96.00–98.00	472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	279	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	421	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	124.67/cwt	123.00–127.00	772	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	128.80/cwt	125.00–135.00	612	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	290	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	421	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	333	139.89/cwt	135.00–145.00	466	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	538	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	667	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	610	118.49/cwt	117.00–120.00	723	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	785	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	918	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	673	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	798	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	383	130.98/cwt	129.00–137.00	502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	431	125.09/cwt	119.00–131.00	539	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	713	114.92/cwt	114.00–117.00	819	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	375	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	675	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	325	182.57/cwt	181.00–184.00	593	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	468	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	763	4
Steers	Small and Medium 3-4	—	671	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	389	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	960	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,760	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	840	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	5,334	1
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	872	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	5,494	3
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	913	641.25/cwt	610.00–680.00	5,855	4
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	675	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,375	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,540	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	11,550	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,310	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	11,463	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,214	883.75/cwt	860.00–900.00	10,729	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2Full	—	599	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	599	4
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	435	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	479	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	493	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	528	2
Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	569	106.40/cwt	104.00–108.00	605	5
Heifers	Medium 2	—	247	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	274	3
Heifers	Medium 2	—	457	96.00/cwt	96.00–96.00	439	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	628	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	710	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	794	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	543	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	584	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	225	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	333	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	579	123.39/cwt	123.00–124.00	714	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	429	136.82/cwt	130.00–143.00	587	14
Bulls	Medium 2	—	440	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	392	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	555	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	494	2
Bulls	Medium 2	—	536	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	429	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	359	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	589	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	472	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	599	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	672	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	758	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	384	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	534	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	782	69.00/cwt	69.00–69.00	540	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2Full	—	914	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	663	4
Bulls	—	—	1,145	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	687	1
Bulls	—	—	892	56.31/cwt	52.00–63.00	502	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	126.03/cwt	125.00–130.00	663	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	369	141.31/cwt	135.00–146.00	521	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	415	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	614	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	525	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	709	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	354	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	556	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	795	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	922	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	132.40/cwt	124.00–137.00	428	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	484	119.72/cwt	118.00–125.50	579	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	112.54/cwt	112.00–118.00	629	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	369	130.73/cwt	121.00–135.00	482	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	128.41/cwt	127.00–132.00	543	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	728	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	801	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	825	40.77/cwt	40.50–41.00	336	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	59.62/cwt	57.00–61.25	695	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,068	45.23/cwt	41.00–47.50	483	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,133	50.80/cwt	47.25–55.50	576	34
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,334	51.13/cwt	47.50–53.25	682	15
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	871	28.23/cwt	25.00–32.00	246	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	950	38.48/cwt	35.00–43.50	366	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	45.61/cwt	42.50–49.00	496	102
Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	505	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	646	1
Steers	Medium 2	—	350	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	420	2
Steers	Medium 2	—	400	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	480	4
Steers	Medium 2	—	326	120.75/cwt	120.00–122.00	394	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	461	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	507	5
Steers	Medium 2	—	534	112.19/cwt	111.00–116.00	599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	694	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	480	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	634	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	772	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	946	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	574	123.88/cwt	123.00–125.00	711	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	235	166.96/cwt	166.00–168.00	392	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	288	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	755	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,012	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	54.56/cwt	50.00–62.00	629	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,187	56.43/cwt	52.00–61.00	670	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,169	56.60/cwt	52.00–63.00	662	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	980	66.75/cwt	60.00–73.00	654	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,153	695.00/cwt	635.00–750.00	8,013	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,400	48.00/cwt	45.00–49.50	672	6
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,270	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	622	1
Bred Cows	Small 3	—	705	263.33/cwt	250.00–290.00	1,856	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,233	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	7,953	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,285	855.00/cwt	835.00–875.00	10,987	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	999	699.58/cwt	650.00–775.00	6,989	12
Bulls	—	—	1,793	84.21/cwt	83.50–85.00	1,510	3
Bulls	—	—	1,652	71.25/cwt	65.00–75.00	1,177	10
Bulls	—	—	1,703	79.15/cwt	77.50–82.00	1,348	11
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 1-2	—	950	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,700	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,357	725.00/cwt	700.00–750.00	9,838	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,110	760.00/cwt	760.00–760.00	8,436	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,354	1,045.71/cwt	1,000.00–1,100.00	14,159	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,020	812.50/cwt	725.00–900.00	8,288	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	1,033.33/cwt	950.00–1,050.00	13,795	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,018	775.00/cwt	700.00–850.00	7,890	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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