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
BullsAverage1,50677.131,16210
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 1581136.80/cwt135.00–139.0079513
HeifersMedium and Large 1223177.00/cwt177.00–177.003953
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2424150.56/cwt140.00–155.0063814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2526136.35/cwt136.00–138.0071711
HeifersMedium and Large 1422149.86/cwt147.00–156.0063214
HeifersMedium and Large 1332164.00/cwt164.00–164.005443
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2381150.36/cwt143.00–154.0057311
HeifersMedium and Large 1740121.50/cwt121.50–121.508992
HeifersMedium and Large 1630134.50/cwt134.50–134.5084711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2469143.00/cwt143.00–143.0067110
HeifersMedium and Large 1687128.00/cwt128.00–128.008799
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2320152.53/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 Feed1,07551.82/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 1-29751,003.57/cwt1,000.00–1,025.009,7857
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200835.00/cwt835.00–835.0010,0201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,12565.50/cwt65.50–65.507371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,15059.17/cwt54.50–61.506803
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,039839.00/cwt750.00–1,035.008,71710
BullsMedium and Large 1702126.00/cwt126.00–126.008853
Bulls1,48480.65/cwt73.50–86.001,1976
Bulls1,43365.80/cwt60.00–69.009433
Bulls1,86090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,6741
BullsMedium and Large 1602141.00/cwt141.00–141.008493
BullsMedium and Large 1450158.00/cwt158.00–158.007112
BullsMedium and Large 294673.50/cwt73.50–73.506955
BullsMedium and Large 299672.00/cwt72.00–72.007174
BullsMedium and Large 2500138.00/cwt138.00–138.006902
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-27501,200.00/cwt1,200.00–1,200.009,0001
SteersMedium and Large 2418140.00/cwt140.00–140.005852
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2700735.00/cwt735.00–735.005,1451
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2783770.00/cwt730.00–850.006,0293
SteersMedium and Large 1656145.27/cwt139.50–151.009534
SteersMedium and Large 1576150.62/cwt149.50–156.0086813
SteersMedium and Large 1-2376170.54/cwt168.00–172.0064112
SteersMedium and Large 2642131.00/cwt131.00–131.008413
SteersMedium and Large 1987122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2043
SteersMedium and Large 1522161.73/cwt158.00–164.0084411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2484161.29/cwt158.00–168.007816
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed558142.00/cwt142.00–142.007923
SteersMedium and Large 1315192.33/cwt187.00–195.006063
SteersMedium and Large 1821127.72/cwt121.00–129.001,0498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2521157.51/cwt157.00–158.008214
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added508163.50/cwt163.50–163.5083119
SteersMedium and Large 2Thin Fleshed300205.00/cwt205.00–205.006151
SteersMedium and Large 1750127.00/cwt127.00–127.009532
SteersMedium and Large 1477163.71/cwt162.00–170.007817
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added507168.50/cwt168.50–168.508549
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed623148.00/cwt148.00–148.009222
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added477172.00/cwt172.00–172.008207
SteersMedium and Large 2783122.00/cwt122.00–122.009556
SteersMedium and Large 1424165.64/cwt165.00–167.007026
SteersMedium and Large 1624143.08/cwt140.00–144.0089336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2581145.64/cwt142.50–148.0084619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added406187.00/cwt187.00–187.007594
Bred HeifersMedium and Large 1-29671,139.77/cwt500.00–1,235.0011,02222
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1501,150.00/cwt1,150.00–1,150.0013,2251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29001,000.00/cwt1,000.00–1,000.009,0002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,18564.07/cwt62.00–65.5075942
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,031776.11/cwt685.00–825.008,0029
HeifersMedium and Large 2418137.26/cwt133.00–142.0057412
HeifersMedium and Large 1373155.33/cwt153.00–157.505798
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2573136.02/cwt135.00–137.007794
HeifersMedium and Large 2341146.00/cwt146.00–146.004987
HeifersMedium and Large 2380138.40/cwt131.50–140.0052610
HeifersMedium and Large 1492141.00/cwt141.00–141.006943
HeifersMedium and Large 1531143.55/cwt140.00–147.5076245
HeifersMedium and Large 2528124.00/cwt124.00–124.006556
SteersMedium and Large 2356161.00/cwt161.00–161.005736
SteersMedium and Large 1369190.52/cwt185.00–195.007036
SteersMedium and Large 1715136.85/cwt132.50–138.5097828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2429166.45/cwt158.00–170.0071413
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed411175.00/cwt175.00–175.007198
SteersMedium and Large 2554145.00/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.