Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison with last week on steer and heifers due to no report issued but compared to two weeks ago calves were 10.00-20.00 lower. Demand and buyer participation hampered by limited pasture availability, unfavorable health conditions on calves already purchased and the threat of a winter storm prediction with much lower temperatures and possible moisture predicted next week. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower except thinner offerings 10.00 lower with many going back to feed. Bulls 3.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $105.45/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$105.45

250 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3

$37.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.30

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	463	107.80	499	100
Medium and Large 1	530	107.44	569	135
Large 1	533	74.49	397	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	70.33	380	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.46/cwt here — about $119 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 sale250 hd

105.45

—

NM average4 barns · 1,811 hd

119.76

−14.30

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	—	Low	1,643	68.76	1,130	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	51.50	747	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	48.19	612	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,004	39.02	392	282

Every lot, as filed

102 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	927	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	871	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	418	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	460	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	124.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	594	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	535	104.22/cwt	97.00–110.00	558	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	693	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	554	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	725	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	482	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	119.22/cwt	114.50–127.00	731	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	714	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	582	116.48/cwt	114.00–126.00	678	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	537	122.09/cwt	120.00–125.00	656	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	846	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	214	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	321	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	142.16/cwt	139.00–144.00	377	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	744	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	912	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	602	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	973	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	723	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	617	101.16/cwt	97.00–104.00	624	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	124.38/cwt	114.00–127.00	531	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	872	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	244	136.51/cwt	135.00–138.00	333	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	128.05/cwt	125.00–132.00	401	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	406	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	672	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	428	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	514	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	715	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	758	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	484	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	462	12
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,125	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	408	129.05/cwt	126.00–136.00	527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	375	107.25/cwt	106.00–109.00	402	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	513	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	477	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	527	79.61/cwt	79.00–80.00	420	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	608	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	535	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,350	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	695	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	630	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	706	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	669	100.57/cwt	96.00–108.00	673	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	433	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	433	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	567	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,017	866.67/cwt	800.00–940.00	8,814	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	870	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	574	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	475.00/cwt	400.00–550.00	4,394	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,152	52.35/cwt	45.00–53.75	603	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,076	672.86/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,240	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	541	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,250	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	9,125	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	471.25/cwt	400.00–550.00	3,511	4
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	360	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	533	74.49/cwt	74.00–75.00	397	6
Steers	Large 1	—	413	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	413	3
Steers	Large 1	—	507	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	507	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	849	17.38/cwt	16.00–25.00	148	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	872	24.32/cwt	18.00–29.00	212	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	892	33.72/cwt	30.00–36.50	301	46
Bulls	—	—	1,427	59.23/cwt	50.00–67.00	845	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,092	42.80/cwt	40.00–43.50	467	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,486	54.31/cwt	54.00–55.00	807	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,305	48.75/cwt	48.75–48.75	636	7
Bulls	—	—	1,798	80.36/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,445	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,266	48.12/cwt	44.50–53.00	609	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	994	41.79/cwt	37.50–51.00	415	111
Bulls	—	—	1,780	73.76/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,313	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	41.28/cwt	37.00–47.00	444	99
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,451	51.50/cwt	46.50–54.00	747	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	118.65/cwt	118.00–120.00	447	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	277	128.20/cwt	120.00–139.00	355	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	102.39/cwt	100.00–108.00	549	18
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,069	44.06/cwt	40.00–48.00	471	9
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,049	51.88/cwt	49.00–56.50	544	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	510	115.28/cwt	111.50–117.00	588	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	643	93.32/cwt	90.00–95.00	600	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	400	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	284	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	610	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	427	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	—	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	548	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	384	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	428	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	105.67/cwt	101.00–113.00	608	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	424	111.62/cwt	110.00–112.00	473	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	632	114.72/cwt	110.50–117.50	725	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	459	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	384	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	415	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	109.52/cwt	106.00–115.00	522	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	405	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	437	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	505	93.52/cwt	90.00–100.00	472	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	650	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	681	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	708	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	119.82/cwt	118.00–121.00	696	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	510	107.39/cwt	104.50–111.50	548	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	460	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	643	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	319	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	335	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	487	122.89/cwt	117.00–129.00	598	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	104.66/cwt	100.00–108.50	613	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	466	119.21/cwt	118.00–120.00	556	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	370	123.72/cwt	121.00–125.00	458	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	235	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	304	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	325	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	393	2

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.

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