Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2020-11-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. 10.00-20.00 higher, steers over 600 lbs. 9.00 higher on comparable quotes heifers over 600 lbs. 1.00-3.00 higher on comparable quotes, no comparison on feeders but a much higher undertone noted. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher. Trade active, demand good to very good with increased buyer activity. Quality average to attractive with a good selection of weaned calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.99/cwt on 261 head.

Average price

$147.99

261 head · 484 lb average

Value per head Derived

$717

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$103

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

$21.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.83

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	478	151.28	723	211
Medium and Large 1-2	522	135.22	707	39
Medium and Large 2	476	130.10	620	11thin

One grade step is worth $21.18/cwt here — about $103 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 sale261 hd

147.99

—

NM average4 barns · 1,898 hd

139.16

+8.83

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	1,642	75.18	1,235	44
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,258	51.60	649	46
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,392	48.80	679	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	44.78	466	150

Every lot, as filed

97 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	—	385	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	593	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	596	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	793	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	817	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	949	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	693	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	807	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	408	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	119.66/cwt	118.50–122.00	798	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	134.18/cwt	132.50–134.50	859	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	267	169.84/cwt	167.00–174.00	453	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	136.76/cwt	133.00–138.00	767	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	1,040	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	107.26/cwt	106.00–111.00	1,051	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	703	124.61/cwt	121.00–127.00	876	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	660	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	838	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	619	107.45/cwt	106.00–109.00	665	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	658	103.03/cwt	100.00–106.00	678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	229	154.72/cwt	154.00–156.00	354	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	265	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	464	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	122.20/cwt	119.00–126.00	600	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	308	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	557	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	633	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	756	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	369	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	535	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	119.18/cwt	118.50–123.50	620	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	325	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	504	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	8,138	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,175	52.75/cwt	49.50–56.00	620	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	135.81/cwt	131.00–142.50	706	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	115.26/cwt	115.00–116.00	645	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	494	131.30/cwt	131.00–131.50	649	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	428	157.81/cwt	149.00–160.50	675	17
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,000	917.50/cwt	910.00–925.00	9,175	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	539	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	527	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	783	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	790	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	869	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	545	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	621	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	515	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	567	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	730.00/cwt	625.00–790.00	8,154	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	920.00/cwt	920.00–920.00	8,740	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	800	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	4,320	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,200	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	9,600	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	550	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	693	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	800	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	800	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,117	53.50/cwt	52.00–54.50	598	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	850	596.25/cwt	575.00–650.00	5,068	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,050	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	494	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	51.25/cwt	46.00–54.00	657	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	9,679	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,150	52.11/cwt	50.00–55.50	599	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	41.15/cwt	35.00–43.50	397	32
Bulls	—	—	1,369	65.00/cwt	60.00–70.00	890	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	829	38.35/cwt	32.00–42.00	318	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,300	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	546	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,089	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	490	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	943	28.92/cwt	28.00–30.00	273	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,075	54.07/cwt	53.50–54.50	581	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,268	55.64/cwt	55.00–56.25	706	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,086	47.02/cwt	44.00–51.50	511	99
Bulls	—	—	1,708	77.23/cwt	72.00–83.00	1,319	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	1,000	47.46/cwt	43.00–50.00	475	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	875	21.68/cwt	20.00–25.00	190	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	52.06/cwt	47.00–54.50	663	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	693	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	821	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	763	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	809	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	803	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	899	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	505	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	636	4
Bulls	—	—	1,831	85.25/cwt	84.00–86.00	1,561	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	555	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	633	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	813	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	593	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	723	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	440	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	484	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	369	144.52/cwt	143.00–146.00	533	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,423	51.07/cwt	49.00–54.50	727	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	480	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	710	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	405	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	652	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	688	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	654	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	443	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	598	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	399	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	523	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	123.43/cwt	110.00–130.00	599	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	116.35/cwt	113.00–120.00	612	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	430	155.02/cwt	153.00–157.00	667	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	714	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	750	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	365	174.50/cwt	174.50–174.50	637	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	109.50/cwt	109.50–109.50	796	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	122.11/cwt	120.00–122.50	526	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	561	102.00/cwt	100.00–117.00	572	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	473	138.84/cwt	134.00–144.00	657	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	331	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	549	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	822	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	288	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	415	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	130.18/cwt	130.00–130.50	502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	635	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	768	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	132.34/cwt	131.00–134.00	688	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	424	131.75/cwt	128.00–133.00	559	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	818	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	310	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	453	2

How this sale compares

New Mexico weighted averages

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