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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-09-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Sep 27

● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Sep 13Sep 27Oct 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

772 head

▲ 300 vs last sale 472▲ 772 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

169 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 215▲ 169 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

97 head

▲ 10 vs last sale 87▲ 97 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 600 lbs. 4.00 higher, no comparison over 600 lbs. Heifers steady with limited receipts two weeks ago. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 1.00 lower. Trade active, demand good.

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 $138.18/cwt on 225 head.

Average price

$138.18

225 head · 525 lb average

Value per head Derived

$725

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$100

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

$5.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.99

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	459	142.09	652	33
Medium and Large 1-2	515	138.88	715	73
Medium and Large 1	550	136.67	751	119

One grade step is worth $5.42/cwt here — about −$100 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 sale225 hd

138.18

—

NM average3 barns · 1,863 hd

144.18

−5.99

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	1,716	79.42	1,363	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,285	60.09	772	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,177	58.39	687	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,062	46.45	493	57

Every lot

75 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	242	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	414	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	245	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	390	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	290	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	461	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	321	170.65/cwt	169.00–172.00	548	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	355	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	604	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	355	159.27/cwt	154.00–165.00	565	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	371	154.23/cwt	152.00–159.00	572	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	156.50/cwt	154.00–163.00	587	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	390	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	608	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	413	153.47/cwt	151.50–155.50	634	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	559	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	150.73/cwt	143.00–153.00	638	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	440	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	649	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	453	147.07/cwt	146.50–147.50	666	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	478	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	621	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	484	141.55/cwt	140.00–144.00	685	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	508	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	749	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	134.95/cwt	130.00–142.00	688	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	530	130.55/cwt	130.00–132.00	692	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	532	127.86/cwt	125.00–132.00	680	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	556	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	670	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	567	130.18/cwt	124.00–132.50	738	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	134.09/cwt	128.00–138.00	774	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	623	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	766	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	628	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	754	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	630	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	835	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	635	128.82/cwt	127.00–130.00	818	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	126.70/cwt	124.00–127.50	836	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	695	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	924	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	699	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	804	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	711	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	832	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	729	120.34/cwt	118.00–122.00	877	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	730	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	913	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	122.17/cwt	120.00–125.50	936	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	812	120.72/cwt	117.50–124.00	980	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	823	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	988	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	200	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	300	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	262	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	375	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	278	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	434	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	415	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	325	149.51/cwt	148.00–151.00	486	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	375	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	506	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	382	137.22/cwt	131.50–140.00	524	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	407	135.61/cwt	132.00–137.50	552	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	428	136.62/cwt	131.50–139.50	585	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	449	123.00/cwt	119.00–125.00	552	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	474	128.31/cwt	124.00–133.00	608	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	624	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	120.34/cwt	120.00–121.00	626	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	543	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	630	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	546	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	658	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	122.79/cwt	121.00–127.00	694	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	122.00/cwt	120.00–125.00	702	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	117.58/cwt	115.00–121.00	917	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	290	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	502	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	498	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	598	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	583	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	700	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	683	2
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,640	68.89/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,130	4
Bulls	—	—	1,693	80.58/cwt	73.00–84.75	1,364	21
Bulls	—	—	1,978	85.34/cwt	85.00–86.00	1,688	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	965	32.79/cwt	30.50–34.50	316	2
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,025	47.67/cwt	47.50–48.00	489	3
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,030	43.63/cwt	40.00–45.50	449	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,093	49.51/cwt	46.00–57.50	541	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,150	57.09/cwt	54.00–59.00	657	14
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,242	62.26/cwt	61.00–63.75	773	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,285	60.09/cwt	59.00–61.50	772	3
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs4 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	800	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	8,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	921	965.83/cwt	875.00–1,000.00	8,895	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,060.00/cwt	1,035.00–1,085.00	12,190	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	9,775	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows2 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,000	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	6,500	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,070	715.00/cwt	685.00–725.00	7,651	4
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	930	735.00/cwt	735.00–735.00	6,836	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 Sep 27, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 772Last week 472Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 169Last week 215Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 97Last week 87Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	1,035.00–1,085.00	1,060.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	921	875.00–1,000.00	965.83
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,150	850.00	850.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	800	1,000.00	1,000.00

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/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	1,070	685.00–725.00	715.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	1,000	650.00	650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	930	735.00	735.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,693	73.00–84.75	80.58
4	—	1,640	67.00–71.00	68.89
3	—	1,978	85.00–86.00	85.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,093	46.00–57.50	49.51
24	—	1,030	40.00–45.50	43.63
2	—	965	30.50–34.50	32.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	59.00–61.50	60.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,150	54.00–59.00	57.09
13	—	1,242	61.00–63.75	62.26
3	—	1,025	47.50–48.00	47.67

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	583	120.00	120.00
2	—	498	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	650	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	290	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	371	152.00–159.00	154.23
3	—	242	171.00	171.00
2	—	440	147.50	147.50
1	—	290	159.00	159.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	556	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	630	132.50	132.50
4	—	355	154.00–165.00	159.27
4	—	812	117.50–124.00	120.72
5	—	484	140.00–144.00	141.55
6	—	766	120.00–125.50	122.17
7	—	321	169.00–172.00	170.65
9	—	660	124.00–127.50	126.70
14	—	423	143.00–153.00	150.73
17	—	510	130.00–142.00	134.95
24	—	577	128.00–138.00	134.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	508	147.50	147.50
4	—	355	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	532	125.00–132.00	127.86
3	—	417	134.00	134.00
3	—	390	156.00	156.00
2	—	730	125.00	125.00
2	—	695	133.00	133.00
2	—	478	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	628	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	567	124.00–132.50	130.18
12	—	413	151.50–155.50	153.47
11	—	530	130.00–132.00	130.55
10	—	375	154.00–163.00	156.50
7	—	729	118.00–122.00	120.34
7	—	453	146.50–147.50	147.07
5	—	635	127.00–130.00	128.82
3	—	245	159.00	159.00
2	—	823	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	623	123.00	123.00
5	—	711	117.00	117.00
4	—	699	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	407	132.00–137.50	135.61
5	—	480	130.00	130.00
5	—	575	120.00–125.00	122.00
5	—	780	115.00–121.00	117.58
6	—	520	120.00–121.00	120.34
7	—	382	131.50–140.00	137.22
11	—	325	148.00–151.00	149.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	278	156.00	156.00
2	—	310	134.00	134.00
2	—	375	135.00	135.00
4	—	546	120.50	120.50
7	—	565	121.00–127.00	122.79
8	—	474	124.00–133.00	128.31
13	—	428	131.50–139.50	136.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	543	116.00	116.00
6	—	449	119.00–125.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	262	143.00	143.00
1	—	200	150.00	150.00

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.