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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-07-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-19

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jul 19

● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Jul 12Jul 19Jul 26 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

509 head

▼ 124 vs last sale 633▲ 509 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

161 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 194▲ 161 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

134 head

▲ 52 vs last sale 82▲ 134 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 under 600 lbs. 1.00-2.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. 3.00-4.00 lower on limited comparable quotes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $134.34/cwt on 90 head.

Average price

$134.34

90 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$763

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

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

$40.08/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.82

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	517	140.58	727	28
Medium and Large 1	593	137.19	813	40
Medium and Large 2	597	132.18	790	14thin
Small and Medium 2	418	103.50	433	4thin
Small and Medium 1-2	723	100.50	726	4thin

One grade step is worth $40.08/cwt here — about $0 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 sale90 hd

134.34

—

NM average3 barns · 1,172 hd

144.15

−9.82

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	1,515	79.97	1,212	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,282	56.94	730	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,105	56.82	628	27
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,003	50.98	511	66

Every lot

80 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Small and Medium 2	288	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	288	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	297	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	499	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	335	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	603	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	372	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	558	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	408	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	592	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	592	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	480	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	677	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	141.57/cwt	138.00–145.00	692	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	525	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	767	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	540	142.75/cwt	141.00–144.50	771	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	734	2
Steers	—	Small and Medium 2	548	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	586	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	568	135.37/cwt	129.00–139.00	769	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	570	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	798	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	140.05/cwt	138.00–143.00	825	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	768	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	134.67/cwt	134.50–135.00	823	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	612	124.34/cwt	124.00–125.00	761	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	645	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	890	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	659	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	824	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	670	129.24/cwt	129.00–129.50	866	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	689	130.00/cwt	127.50–132.50	896	6
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2Fleshy	700	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	658	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	725	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	906	4
Steers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	745	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	797	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	775	116.50/cwt	116.50–116.50	903	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	371	146.34/cwt	144.50–150.00	543	6
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	393	134.39/cwt	125.00–136.00	528	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	393	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	511	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2	420	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	521	2
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	494	118.61/cwt	112.00–123.00	586	5
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	503	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	553	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	535	129.71/cwt	124.00–132.00	694	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	560	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	672	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	127.37/cwt	120.00–131.50	720	16
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 2	625	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	625	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	762	3
Heifers	—	Small and Medium 1-2	636	115.75/cwt	115.50–116.00	736	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	768	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	837	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	713	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	784	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	121.14/cwt	120.00–123.50	877	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	382	128.91/cwt	124.00–134.00	492	4
Bulls	—	Small and Medium 1-2	515	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	587	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	870	73.03/cwt	68.00–78.00	635	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	920	75.51/cwt	73.00–78.00	695	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,221	68.87/cwt	65.00–73.50	841	5
Bulls	—	—	1,561	80.77/cwt	75.00–85.00	1,261	16
Bulls	—	—	1,662	88.52/cwt	88.00–89.00	1,471	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	820	39.49/cwt	35.00–43.00	324	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	937	47.85/cwt	43.50–50.50	448	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	953	50.45/cwt	50.00–51.00	481	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,074	54.51/cwt	50.00–58.75	585	33
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,110	56.55/cwt	53.00–59.75	628	21
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,115	60.19/cwt	60.00–60.50	671	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,153	61.40/cwt	60.00–62.50	708	4
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,282	56.94/cwt	56.75–57.00	730	5
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows9 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	705.00/cwt	705.00–705.00	6,345	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	918	713.93/cwt	660.00–950.00	6,554	14
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	791.82/cwt	760.00–800.00	7,364	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	975	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	6,191	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,040	59.00/cwt	59.00–59.00	614	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	675.00/cwt	675.00–675.00	7,088	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	7,150	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,115	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	636	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,175	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	670	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs9 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	825	720.00/cwt	720.00–720.00	5,940	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	850	765.00/cwt	730.00–800.00	6,503	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	864	765.00/cwt	690.00–790.00	6,610	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	900	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	932	923.33/cwt	750.00–1,135.00	8,605	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	963	968.75/cwt	800.00–1,010.00	9,329	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	978	990.56/cwt	900.00–1,110.00	9,688	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	8,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,050	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	7,350	1
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Small and Medium 1-2	650	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	4,550	1
Heifer Pairs	—	Small and Medium 2	670	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	3,350	1
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	790.00/cwt	790.00–790.00	6,320	1
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	804	1,095.83/cwt	800.00–1,200.00	8,810	6

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 19, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 509Last week 633Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 161Last week 194Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 134Last week 82Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. 1.00-2.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. 3.00-4.00 lower on limited comparable quotes. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	670	129.00–129.50	129.24
3	—	480	141.00	141.00
2	—	423	140.00	140.00
2	—	548	134.00	134.00
2	—	645	138.00	138.00
3	—	297	168.00	168.00
3	—	372	150.00	150.00
9	—	568	129.00–139.00	135.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	725	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	335	180.00	180.00
4	—	540	141.00–144.50	142.75
6	—	611	134.50–135.00	134.67
6	—	689	127.50–132.50	130.00
7	—	489	138.00–145.00	141.57
10	—	589	138.00–143.00	140.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	775	116.50	116.50
2	—	408	145.00	145.00
3	—	570	140.00	140.00
3	—	612	124.00–125.00	124.34
3	—	659	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	525	146.00	146.00
1	—	725	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	700	94.00	94.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	745	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	288	100.00	100.00
2	—	548	107.00	107.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	870	68.00–78.00	73.03
2	—	920	73.00–78.00	75.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	382	124.00–134.00	128.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	515	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	120.00	120.00
1	—	695	120.50	120.50
3	—	724	120.00–123.50	121.14
7	—	535	124.00–132.00	129.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	635	120.00	120.00
6	—	371	144.50–150.00	146.34
16	—	565	120.00–131.50	127.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	560	120.00	120.00
2	—	393	130.00	130.00
3	—	713	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	503	110.00	110.00
5	—	494	112.00–123.00	118.61
6	—	636	115.50–116.00	115.75
13	—	393	125.00–136.00	134.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	124.00	124.00
2	—	625	100.00	100.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	675.00	675.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,175	57.00	57.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,040	59.00	59.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,100	650.00	650.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	975	635.00	635.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	—	930	760.00–800.00	791.82
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	—	918	660.00–950.00	713.93
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	900	705.00	705.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,115	57.00	57.00

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	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	932	750.00–1,135.00	923.33
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	—	963	800.00–1,010.00	968.75
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	730.00–800.00	765.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	978	900.00–1,110.00	990.56

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	—	825	720.00	720.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	700.00	700.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	864	690.00–790.00	765.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	700.00	700.00

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	1	—	800	790.00	790.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	—	804	800.00–1,200.00	1,095.83

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	650	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifer Pairs — Small and Medium 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	670	500.00	500.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,221	65.00–73.50	68.87
5	—	1,662	88.00–89.00	88.52
16	—	1,561	75.00–85.00	80.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,282	56.75–57.00	56.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,115	60.00–60.50	60.19
6	—	820	35.00–43.00	39.49
24	—	937	43.50–50.50	47.85
33	—	1,074	50.00–58.75	54.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	953	50.00–51.00	50.45
4	—	1,153	60.00–62.50	61.40
21	—	1,110	53.00–59.75	56.55

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.