Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2020-02-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Feb 14
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
595 head
37 vs last sale 632 595 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
80 vs last sale 190 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
102 head
36 vs last sale 138 102 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady on a light test. Steer calves sold 5.00-10.00 higher on comparable sales. Heifers calves traded steady to 5.00 higher. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows sold steady. Slaughter bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $171.72/cwt on 369 head.
Average price
$171.72
369 head · 504 lb average
Value per head Derived
$865
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.16
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1497174.17865335
Medium and Large 2444154.606875thin
Medium and Large 1-2594146.2786829
One grade step is worth $27.91/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale369 hd
171.72
NM average3 barns · 1,803 hd
159.56
+12.16
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
BullsAverage1,32573.629766thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,18159.8770711
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44457.958374thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low94949.5647072

Every lot, as filed

63 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 1700127.00/cwt127.00–127.008892
HeifersMedium and Large 1575139.42/cwt134.00–140.5080212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2330151.00/cwt151.00–151.004982
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595127.00/cwt127.00–127.007562
HeifersMedium and Large 1453156.00/cwt156.00–156.007072
HeifersMedium and Large 1335165.41/cwt162.00–167.005546
HeifersMedium and Large 1536139.76/cwt135.00–142.5074928
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500120.00/cwt120.00–120.006002
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2788640.00/cwt620.00–660.005,0432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2763745.00/cwt675.00–810.005,6843
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,154907.14/cwt800.00–980.0010,4687
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-296155.51/cwt54.50–63.5053344
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,0801,300.00/cwt1,300.00–1,300.0014,0401
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4651,075.00/cwt1,075.00–1,075.0015,7491
Bulls1,40379.71/cwt75.00–83.001,1184
Bulls1,17061.44/cwt58.00–64.007192
BullsMedium and Large 1790136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0742
BullsMedium and Large 1595143.00/cwt143.00–143.008514
BullsMedium and Large 1-2648128.00/cwt128.00–128.008292
Bred CowsMedium and Large 21,035680.00/cwt680.00–680.007,0381
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2730833.33/cwt800.00–850.006,0833
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,57560.00/cwt60.00–60.009451
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2745650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,8431
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2973810.00/cwt810.00–810.007,8817
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,57561.50/cwt61.50–61.509691
SteersMedium and Large 1-2474159.19/cwt157.00–166.0075511
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630135.00/cwt135.00–135.008513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420175.00/cwt175.00–175.007352
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed258231.00/cwt231.00–231.005968
SteersMedium and Large 1429188.91/cwt180.00–193.0081098
SteersMedium and Large 1523162.33/cwt157.00–166.0084918
HeifersMedium and Large 1285166.00/cwt166.00–166.004732
HeifersMedium and Large 1368158.00/cwt158.00–158.005813
HeifersMedium and Large 1424161.20/cwt159.00–164.0068324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400145.00/cwt145.00–145.005802
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2456144.00/cwt144.00–144.006575
CowsBoner 80-85%1,17053.50/cwt53.50–53.506262
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,36360.89/cwt59.00–63.008302
CowsLean 85-90%1,00246.50/cwt37.00–48.5046622
CowsBoner 80-85%1,11565.18/cwt65.00–65.507273
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,52555.00/cwt55.00–55.008392
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed76846.10/cwt45.50–48.0035413
CowsBoner 80-85%1,21859.34/cwt57.25–62.007236
CowsLean 85-90%93153.79/cwt50.50–55.5050115
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,01651.78/cwt51.50–52.0052622
SteersMedium and Large 1384181.04/cwt177.00–185.006954
SteersMedium and Large 1689137.50/cwt137.50–137.5094713
SteersMedium and Large 1559160.90/cwt152.50–161.7589993
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009842
SteersMedium and Large 1Value Added315220.00/cwt220.00–220.006932
SteersMedium and Large 1-2835120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0022
SteersMedium and Large 1-2915108.49/cwt107.50–110.009935
SteersMedium and Large 2415157.00/cwt157.00–157.006523
SteersMedium and Large 1905120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0862
SteersMedium and Large 1741133.59/cwt131.50–135.0099011
SteersMedium and Large 1614144.25/cwt144.25–144.2588636
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed370200.00/cwt200.00–200.007402
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed335214.03/cwt210.00–216.0071737
SteersMedium and Large 1-2778125.00/cwt125.00–125.009732
SteersMedium and Large 1-2367175.80/cwt171.00–178.006454
SteersMedium and Large 2488151.00/cwt151.00–151.007372
SteersMedium and Large 1Full513152.00/cwt152.00–152.007802
SteersMedium and Large 1328186.31/cwt183.00–192.006117

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.