Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2020-08-14

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Aug 14
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
418 head
95 vs last sale 323 67 vs year ago 351 · +19.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
196 head
26 vs last sale 222 53 vs year ago 143 · +37.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
84 head
22 vs last sale 62 49 vs year ago 35 · +140.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison on feeder steers and heifers or calves but a lower undertone on calves and a higher undertone on feeders, especially on those over 700 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls 6.00-7.00 lower. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $154.30/cwt on 61 head.
Average price
$154.30
61 head · 498 lb average
Value per head Derived
$768
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$151
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.27
vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2437155.3367825
Medium and Large 1540153.5882936
One grade step is worth $1.75/cwt here — about −$151 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 sale61 hd
154.30
NM average3 barns · 1,390 hd
154.03
+0.27
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
BullsAverage1,40882.261,15811
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,12359.4766834
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42359.088415thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,00352.0752276

Every lot, as filed

57 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2256180.00/cwt180.00–180.004614
SteersMedium and Large 1334178.38/cwt178.00–180.005965
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340168.00/cwt168.00–168.005714
SteersMedium and Large 1536146.04/cwt140.00–150.007835
SteersMedium and Large 1-2523138.49/cwt138.00–139.007244
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2605133.00/cwt133.00–133.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 1760116.00/cwt116.00–116.008822
SteersMedium and Large 1388175.90/cwt170.00–178.006828
SteersMedium and Large 1470151.63/cwt148.00–159.007133
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned653119.00/cwt119.00–119.007772
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385168.00/cwt168.00–168.006472
SteersMedium and Large 1732138.28/cwt136.50–143.501,0124
SteersMedium and Large 1-2565141.00/cwt141.00–141.007972
SteersMedium and Large 1823130.35/cwt125.50–138.001,0734
SteersMedium and Large 1622138.61/cwt137.50–140.758627
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,067958.33/cwt800.00–1,050.0010,2256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2850875.00/cwt850.00–900.007,4382
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2900900.00/cwt900.00–900.008,1001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,200850.00/cwt850.00–850.0010,2001
CowsLean 85-90%1,05354.32/cwt51.50–59.0057252
CowsBoner 80-85%1,05353.00/cwt53.00–53.005582
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed1,12055.00/cwt55.00–55.006161
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12665.59/cwt65.00–66.507395
CowsLean 85-90%Return to Feed86348.02/cwt35.00–52.004149
CowsBoner 80-85%1,12858.82/cwt54.00–63.5066327
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,42359.08/cwt55.50–62.008415
CowsLean 85-90%91041.64/cwt40.00–42.503795
CowsLean 85-90%89448.59/cwt45.00–50.004349
Heifer PairsMedium and Large 1-2800975.00/cwt975.00–975.007,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733118.12/cwt116.00–119.508665
HeifersMedium and Large 1655132.50/cwt132.50–132.508683
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed533136.00/cwt136.00–136.007255
HeifersMedium and Large 1822110.50/cwt110.50–110.509083
SteersMedium and Large 1-2462154.48/cwt153.50–157.007147
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28901,227.00/cwt1,075.00–1,375.0010,9205
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-28001,100.00/cwt1,100.00–1,100.008,8001
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3600600.00/cwt600.00–600.003,6001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29631,071.25/cwt1,000.00–1,150.0010,3164
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 2-3800600.00/cwt600.00–600.004,8003
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,000900.00/cwt900.00–900.009,0001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-29381,200.00/cwt1,125.00–1,275.0011,2564
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,1331,303.33/cwt1,235.00–1,375.0014,7673
BullsMedium and Large 2680108.00/cwt108.00–108.007343
Bulls1,46183.52/cwt80.00–87.001,2209
Bulls1,17076.60/cwt74.00–79.008962
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 2600525.00/cwt525.00–525.003,1501
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy268141.00/cwt141.00–141.003782
HeifersMedium and Large 2285146.00/cwt146.00–146.004162
HeifersMedium and Large 1606127.92/cwt125.50–129.507755
HeifersMedium and Large 1435146.00/cwt146.00–146.006351
HeifersMedium and Large 2354155.00/cwt155.00–155.005492
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy553122.00/cwt122.00–122.006753
HeifersMedium and Large 1310148.00/cwt148.00–148.004592
HeifersMedium and Large 2713115.00/cwt115.00–115.008202
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2460140.54/cwt138.00–143.006464
HeifersMedium and Large 1735115.00/cwt115.00–115.008452
HeifersMedium and Large 2561116.40/cwt116.00–117.006535

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.