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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-07-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-12

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jul 12

● Final77 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Jun 28Jul 12Jul 19 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

633 head

▲ 157 vs last sale 476▲ 633 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

194 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 192▲ 194 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

82 head

▼ 37 vs last sale 119▲ 82 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No accurate comparison due to limited recipes two weeks ago but a higher undertone noted on feeders over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $126.92/cwt on 83 head.

Average price

$126.92

83 head · 497 lb average

Value per head Derived

$630

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$373

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

$53.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.17

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	498	132.16	659	29
Medium and Large 1	529	131.34	694	29
Medium and Large 2	499	125.43	626	18thin
Small and Medium 1-2	318	120.00	382	2thin
Small and Medium 2-3	362	79.00	286	5thin

One grade step is worth $53.16/cwt here — about $373 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 sale83 hd

126.92

—

NM average3 barns · 909 hd

132.09

−5.17

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	1,444	79.15	1,143	26
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,046	54.96	575	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,007	51.37	517	77

Every lot

77 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	255	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	383	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	288	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	501	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	353	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	544	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	398	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	589	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	398	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	474	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	423	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	651	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	443	144.99/cwt	144.00–146.00	642	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	450	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	648	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	675	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	509	125.68/cwt	125.00–127.00	640	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	143.48/cwt	138.00–146.00	748	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	545	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	728	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	145.18/cwt	135.00–149.50	826	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	696	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	579	133.76/cwt	128.50–138.50	774	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	583	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	670	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	138.41/cwt	138.00–140.00	850	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	130.85/cwt	125.00–135.50	831	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	640	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	826	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	480	1
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	318	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	382	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2-3	362	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	286	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	370	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	568	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	380	145.53/cwt	143.00–151.00	553	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	383	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	513	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	507	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	573	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	578	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	430	134.46/cwt	131.00–138.00	578	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	607	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	467	136.13/cwt	132.00–140.00	636	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	472	128.72/cwt	124.00–135.00	608	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	127.04/cwt	124.00–134.00	673	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	540	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	653	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	129.24/cwt	122.00–132.00	752	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	582	123.97/cwt	120.00–125.50	722	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	590	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	679	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	615	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	763	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	121.44/cwt	117.00–127.50	754	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	628	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	732	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	660	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	792	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	712	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	904	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	434	138.73/cwt	138.00–141.00	602	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	485	140.43/cwt	137.00–144.00	681	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	558	131.31/cwt	129.50–135.00	733	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	558	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	644	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	623	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	660	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	740	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	707	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,249	69.71/cwt	62.00–73.50	871	7
Bulls	—	—	1,470	79.37/cwt	73.50–84.50	1,167	12
Bulls	—	—	1,595	88.22/cwt	85.50–92.00	1,407	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	871	49.34/cwt	47.50–50.00	430	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	899	42.76/cwt	40.00–44.00	384	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	972	47.83/cwt	44.75–50.00	465	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,020	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	459	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,031	54.58/cwt	50.00–58.75	563	40
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,072	55.54/cwt	53.00–58.75	595	16
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,142	60.74/cwt	60.00–62.50	694	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,273	59.25/cwt	59.00–59.50	754	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	820	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,920	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	650	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,503	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	891.67/cwt	835.00–960.00	8,248	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	7,838	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	975	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,063	1,060.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,120.00	11,268	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	1,100.00/cwt	1,100.00–1,100.00	12,100	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,106	881.25/cwt	825.00–900.00	9,747	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	1,091.67/cwt	900.00–1,275.00	12,827	3
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	952.50/cwt	825.00–1,080.00	8,334	6
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small and Medium 2	865	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	3,893	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	965	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	6,031	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	985	737.50/cwt	725.00–750.00	7,264	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	990	728.33/cwt	675.00–835.00	7,210	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,045	622.50/cwt	610.00–635.00	6,505	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	825.00/cwt	825.00–825.00	8,663	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,285	775.00/cwt	775.00–775.00	9,959	1

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.

New Mexico feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Fri Jul 12, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Portales, NM (LS-CV)

Feeder CattleReceipts 633Last week 476Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 194Last week 192Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 82Last week 119Year ago 0

Compared to two weeks ago: No accurate comparison due to limited recipes two weeks ago but a higher undertone noted on feeders over 600 lbs. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	590	115.00	115.00
8	—	472	124.00–135.00	128.72
1	—	540	121.00	121.00
2	—	390	130.00	130.00
2	—	628	116.50	116.50
2	—	430	131.00–138.00	134.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	370	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	615	124.00	124.00
2	—	660	120.00	120.00
3	—	383	134.00	134.00
10	—	467	132.00–140.00	136.13
7	—	582	120.00–125.50	123.97
3	—	423	135.50	135.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	380	143.00–151.00	145.53
3	—	712	127.00	127.00
4	—	451	134.50	134.50
2	—	425	136.00	136.00
7	—	530	124.00–134.00	127.04
1	—	300	160.00	160.00
5	—	582	122.00–132.00	129.24
4	—	621	117.00–127.50	121.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	362	79.00	79.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	353	154.00	154.00
2	—	450	144.00	144.00
6	—	579	128.50–138.50	133.76
12	—	635	125.00–135.50	130.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	255	150.00	150.00
1	—	640	129.00	129.00
2	—	398	148.00	148.00
2	—	575	121.00	121.00
3	—	509	125.00–127.00	125.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	443	144.00–146.00	144.99
2	—	475	142.00	142.00
4	—	521	138.00–146.00	143.48
5	—	614	138.00–140.00	138.41
7	—	569	135.00–149.50	145.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	115.00	115.00
2	—	398	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	545	133.50	133.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	423	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	623	106.00	106.00
2	—	558	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	635	120.00	120.00
1	—	740	95.50	95.50
3	—	558	129.50–135.00	131.31
4	—	434	138.00–141.00	138.73
4	—	485	137.00–144.00	140.43

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	820	600.00	600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,100	1,100.00	1,100.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	925	835.00–960.00	891.67
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,063	1,000.00–1,120.00	1,060.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	1,106	825.00–900.00	881.25
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,175	900.00–1,275.00	1,091.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	825.00	825.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	975	800.00	800.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	385.00	385.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	875	825.00–1,080.00	952.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,050	825.00	825.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	985	725.00–750.00	737.50
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	990	675.00–835.00	728.33
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	965	625.00	625.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,285	775.00	775.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,045	610.00–635.00	622.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	865	450.00	450.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,249	62.00–73.50	69.71
7	—	1,595	85.50–92.00	88.22
12	—	1,470	73.50–84.50	79.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,142	60.00–62.50	60.74
5	—	871	47.50–50.00	49.34
1	—	1,020	45.00	45.00
16	—	1,072	53.00–58.75	55.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,031	50.00–58.75	54.58
31	—	972	44.75–50.00	47.83
4	—	899	40.00–44.00	42.76
2	—	1,273	59.00–59.50	59.25

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.