Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2020-01-31

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jan 31
● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
824 head
▲ 134 vs last sale 690▲ 824 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▲ 36 vs last sale 109▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
169 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 148▲ 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on feeder steers or heifers due to limited receipts last week but a lower undertone except a few 500-600 lbs. with a higher undertone on those. Slaughter cows and bulls 4.00-5.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate on feeders, trade active, demand good on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.85/cwt on 255 head.
Average price
$153.85
255 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$857
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.45
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2482163.0878594
Medium and Large 1610149.40912136
Medium and Large 2551143.2879025
One grade step is worth $19.80/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale255 hd
153.85
—
NM average3 barns · 1,227 hd
161.30
−7.45
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
Bulls—Average1,50677.131,16210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,67362.441,0453thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,13660.4568719
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,03951.3553483

Every lot, as filed

79 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—581136.80/cwt135.00–139.0079513
HeifersMedium and Large 1—223177.00/cwt177.00–177.003953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—424150.56/cwt140.00–155.0063814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—526136.35/cwt136.00–138.0071711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—422149.86/cwt147.00–156.0063214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332164.00/cwt164.00–164.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—381150.36/cwt143.00–154.0057311
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740121.50/cwt121.50–121.508992
HeifersMedium and Large 1—630134.50/cwt134.50–134.5084711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—469143.00/cwt143.00–143.0067110
HeifersMedium and Large 1—687128.00/cwt128.00–128.008799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—320152.53/cwt145.00–157.004889
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,67362.44/cwt61.50–63.001,0453
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,12459.44/cwt54.50–64.5066816
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed—1,07551.82/cwt44.50–62.5055735
CowsLean 85-90%—1,01747.86/cwt42.00–48.7548724
CowsLean 85-90%—1,04956.03/cwt51.00–60.0058821
CowsLean 85-90%—72841.00/cwt41.00–41.002983
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,20065.85/cwt65.50–66.507903
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9751,003.57/cwt1,000.00–1,025.009,7857
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,200835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,0201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,12565.50/cwt65.50–65.507371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,15059.17/cwt54.50–61.506803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,039839.00/cwt750.00–1,035.008,71710
BullsMedium and Large 1—702126.00/cwt126.00–126.008853
Bulls——1,48480.65/cwt73.50–86.001,1976
Bulls——1,43365.80/cwt60.00–69.009433
Bulls——1,86090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6741
BullsMedium and Large 1—602141.00/cwt141.00–141.008493
BullsMedium and Large 1—450158.00/cwt158.00–158.007112
BullsMedium and Large 2—94673.50/cwt73.50–73.506955
BullsMedium and Large 2—99672.00/cwt72.00–72.007174
BullsMedium and Large 2—500138.00/cwt138.00–138.006902
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—7501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.009,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2—418140.00/cwt140.00–140.005852
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—700735.00/cwt735.00–735.005,1451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—783770.00/cwt730.00–850.006,0293
SteersMedium and Large 1—656145.27/cwt139.50–151.009534
SteersMedium and Large 1—576150.62/cwt149.50–156.0086813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—376170.54/cwt168.00–172.0064112
SteersMedium and Large 2—642131.00/cwt131.00–131.008413
SteersMedium and Large 1—987122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2043
SteersMedium and Large 1—522161.73/cwt158.00–164.0084411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—484161.29/cwt158.00–168.007816
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—558142.00/cwt142.00–142.007923
SteersMedium and Large 1—315192.33/cwt187.00–195.006063
SteersMedium and Large 1—821127.72/cwt121.00–129.001,0498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—521157.51/cwt157.00–158.008214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—508163.50/cwt163.50–163.5083119
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed—300205.00/cwt205.00–205.006151
SteersMedium and Large 1—750127.00/cwt127.00–127.009532
SteersMedium and Large 1—477163.71/cwt162.00–170.007817
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added—507168.50/cwt168.50–168.508549
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—623148.00/cwt148.00–148.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—477172.00/cwt172.00–172.008207
SteersMedium and Large 2—783122.00/cwt122.00–122.009556
SteersMedium and Large 1—424165.64/cwt165.00–167.007026
SteersMedium and Large 1—624143.08/cwt140.00–144.0089336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—581145.64/cwt142.50–148.0084619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—406187.00/cwt187.00–187.007594
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—9671,139.77/cwt500.00–1,235.0011,02222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,18564.07/cwt62.00–65.5075942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,031776.11/cwt685.00–825.008,0029
HeifersMedium and Large 2—418137.26/cwt133.00–142.0057412
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373155.33/cwt153.00–157.505798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—573136.02/cwt135.00–137.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 2—341146.00/cwt146.00–146.004987
HeifersMedium and Large 2—380138.40/cwt131.50–140.0052610
HeifersMedium and Large 1—492141.00/cwt141.00–141.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1—531143.55/cwt140.00–147.5076245
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528124.00/cwt124.00–124.006556
SteersMedium and Large 2—356161.00/cwt161.00–161.005736
SteersMedium and Large 1—369190.52/cwt185.00–195.007036
SteersMedium and Large 1—715136.85/cwt132.50–138.5097828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—429166.45/cwt158.00–170.0071413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—411175.00/cwt175.00–175.007198
SteersMedium and Large 2—554145.00/cwt145.00–145.008034

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.