Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2020-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 7.00-9.00 lower, no accurate comparison over 600 lbs. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 7.00-9.00 lower, instances 10.00 lower on 400-500 lbs.. over 500 lbs. 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower, bulls 3.00 lower. Trade and demand weak to moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.79/cwt on 382 head.

Average price

$128.79

382 head · 491 lb average

Value per head Derived

$632

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$174

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

$13.81/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.46

vs NM average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	500	131.31	657	305
Medium and Large 1-2	501	120.29	603	37
Medium and Large 2	411	117.50	483	40

One grade step is worth $13.81/cwt here — about $174 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 sale382 hd

128.79

—

NM average4 barns · 2,204 hd

132.25

−3.46

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	—	Average	1,468	68.10	1,000	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,548	49.66	769	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,214	48.97	595	52
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,020	41.55	424	190

Every lot, as filed

89 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,100	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	561	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	559	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	626	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	653	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	751	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	595	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	714	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	538	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	472	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	708	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,340	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	590	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	423	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	626	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	383	169.50/cwt	169.50–169.50	649	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	673	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	734	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	462	146.70/cwt	143.00–149.00	678	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	142.03/cwt	140.00–145.00	750	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	673	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	720	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	629	109.25/cwt	109.25–109.25	687	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	534	150.50/cwt	150.50–150.50	804	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	430	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	716	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	348	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	564	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	560	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	683	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	686	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	820	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	126.70/cwt	126.25–135.00	684	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	476	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	637	109.17/cwt	107.50–109.50	695	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	632	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	—	317	152.33/cwt	151.00–156.00	483	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	378	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	537	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	645	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	548	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	890	34.95/cwt	33.00–37.50	311	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,500	747.50/cwt	670.00–825.00	11,213	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,640	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	894	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,359	53.23/cwt	52.75–53.50	723	5
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,145	73.02/cwt	72.50–73.50	836	2
Bulls	—	—	1,470	63.98/cwt	50.00–70.00	941	12
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	700	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,281	44.53/cwt	39.00–47.25	570	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	985	42.00/cwt	35.00–49.00	414	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	438	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,189	727.50/cwt	575.00–850.00	8,650	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	913	915.00/cwt	890.00–935.00	8,354	4
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	950	662.50/cwt	600.00–725.00	6,294	2
Heifer Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	925.00/cwt	925.00–925.00	6,938	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,162	47.26/cwt	39.00–51.50	549	17
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,031	42.44/cwt	39.00–48.00	438	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	883	683.33/cwt	675.00–700.00	6,034	3
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	662.50/cwt	600.00–850.00	4,909	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	915	25.00/cwt	25.00–25.00	229	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,260	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	674	1
Bulls	—	—	1,631	75.87/cwt	70.00–80.00	1,237	12
Bulls	—Return to Feed	—	1,336	62.74/cwt	56.00–69.00	838	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,107	45.37/cwt	39.50–49.00	502	91
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,587	49.93/cwt	49.50–50.25	792	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2Value Added	—	321	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	507	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	927	35.36/cwt	30.00–38.50	328	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	391	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	477	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	966	42.83/cwt	39.00–46.00	414	44
Cows	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	—	826	25.32/cwt	17.00–29.00	209	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,232	49.47/cwt	46.00–52.00	609	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	418	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	443	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,059	44.52/cwt	39.50–45.00	471	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	506	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	546	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	305	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	397	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	138.50/cwt	135.50–151.00	680	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	297	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	446	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	139.17/cwt	135.00–140.00	700	12
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	594	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	555	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	666	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	740	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	940	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	323	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	481	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	582	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	582	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	113.11/cwt	109.00–114.00	885	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	564	130.97/cwt	128.00–135.00	739	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	713	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	784	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	134.06/cwt	129.00–139.00	630	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	708	109.87/cwt	109.50–111.00	778	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	300	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	471	24
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	390	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	585	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	671	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	690	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	856	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	142.18/cwt	138.00–146.00	614	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	280	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	417	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	572	125.40/cwt	125.00–138.00	717	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	331	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	397	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	806	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	612	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	636	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	520	123.43/cwt	120.00–125.00	642	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	148.88/cwt	140.00–155.00	634	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	470	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	517	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	372	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	532	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	220	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	358	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	—	638	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	676	2

How this sale compares

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