Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2019-06-28

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jun 28
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
476 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 493▲ 476 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
192 head
▲ 25 vs last sale 167▲ 192 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
119 head
▲ 58 vs last sale 61▲ 119 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 lower on comparable sales. Feeder steers and heifers were mostly steady. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate. Slaughter cows 2.00-4.00 lower. Slaughter bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.32/cwt on 101 head.
Average price
$134.32
101 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$726
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$452
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 3-4
$90.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.15
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1528148.7278559
Medium and Large 1-2556130.0072323
Medium and Large 2497124.4061910thin
Small and Medium 3-471167.004764thin
Small 3-457458.003335thin
One grade step is worth $90.72/cwt here — about $452 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 sale101 hd
134.32
—
NM average4 barns · 1,284 hd
143.47
−9.15
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
Bulls—Average1,43377.541,11121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,34856.3576013
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,09955.9461544
CowsLean 85-90%High87952.1945929

Every lot

67 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1295171.00/cwt171.00–171.005041
Steers—Medium and Large 1340165.00/cwt165.00–165.005611
Steers—Medium and Large 2347140.00/cwt140.00–140.004862
Steers—Medium and Large 1380169.45/cwt165.00–177.006446
Steers—Medium and Large 2395140.00/cwt140.00–140.005531
Steers—Medium and Large 2400127.00/cwt127.00–127.005082
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy417179.00/cwt179.00–179.007463
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2420144.13/cwt141.00–154.006054
Steers—Medium and Large 1434163.18/cwt162.00–167.007084
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477140.12/cwt135.00–145.006684
Steers—Medium and Large 2485125.00/cwt125.00–125.006061
Steers—Medium and Large 1488152.62/cwt148.00–158.007455
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full498143.00/cwt143.00–143.007123
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519132.02/cwt129.00–135.006854
Steers—Medium and Large 1521146.88/cwt142.00–149.007659
Steers—Medium and Large 2555125.00/cwt125.00–125.006941
Steers—Small 3-457458.00/cwt58.00–58.003335
Steers—Medium and Large 1580140.48/cwt138.50–144.0081512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2588133.00/cwt133.00–133.007822
Steers—Medium and Large 2615112.00/cwt112.00–112.006891
Steers—Medium and Large 1622138.03/cwt133.50–141.0085911
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2623118.16/cwt114.00–123.007366
Steers—Medium and Large 2675108.00/cwt108.00–108.007291
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680115.00/cwt115.00–115.007821
Steers—Medium and Large 1704128.48/cwt125.50–131.509044
Steers—Small and Medium 3-471167.00/cwt67.00–67.004764
Steers—Medium and Large 2755100.00/cwt100.00–100.007551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2768117.49/cwt117.00–118.009022
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1316141.00/cwt141.00–141.004464
Heifers—Medium and Large 2358120.48/cwt119.00–125.004318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372139.65/cwt135.00–146.0051910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1410145.50/cwt145.00–146.005972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2410111.00/cwt111.00–111.004551
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2445131.00/cwt131.00–131.005835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472134.51/cwt134.00–135.006354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474126.91/cwt124.00–130.006022
Heifers—Medium and Large 2480100.00/cwt100.00–100.004801
Heifers—Small and Medium 3-450089.00/cwt89.00–89.004456
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2532117.19/cwt110.00–120.0062316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2560109.00/cwt109.00–109.006101
Heifers—Small 3-458368.00/cwt68.00–68.003962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610104.91/cwt103.00–113.006408
Heifers—Medium and Large 261899.02/cwt98.00–100.006122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638123.00/cwt123.00–123.007851
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659124.35/cwt123.00–124.5081910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667108.02/cwt107.00–110.007203
Heifers—Medium and Large 267098.60/cwt94.00–101.006613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2713110.99/cwt109.00–112.007913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781115.00/cwt115.00–115.008984
Heifers—Medium and Large 285088.00/cwt88.00–88.007485
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535124.00/cwt124.00–124.006631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2780123.00/cwt123.00–123.009592
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-289590.00/cwt90.00–90.008062
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,18965.86/cwt62.50–70.507834
Bulls——1,38278.75/cwt75.00–84.001,08813
Bulls——1,84585.28/cwt85.00–86.001,5734
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%86349.82/cwt46.00–52.7543013
Cows—Lean 85-90%88853.75/cwt52.00–55.0047715
Cows—Lean 85-90%96059.50/cwt59.50–59.505711
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,06651.65/cwt50.00–53.505519
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,10757.04/cwt53.50–61.5063135
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34856.35/cwt53.00–58.7576013
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows3 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2700575.00/cwt575.00–575.004,0251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2868638.11/cwt625.00–650.005,5392
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,136913.34/cwt800.00–1,085.0010,37610
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2822811.15/cwt775.00–825.006,6684
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,0331,071.41/cwt925.00–1,185.0011,06827

This sale against other markets

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.