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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2019-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-12-13

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Dec 13

● Final81 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Nov 15Dec 13Jan 10 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,095 head

▲ 1,095 vs last sale 0▲ 1,095 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

205 head

▲ 205 vs last sale 0▲ 205 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

110 head

▲ 110 vs last sale 0▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison on any class due to reports not being issued the past few weeks.

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 $145.68/cwt on 269 head.

Average price

$145.68

269 head · 433 lb average

Value per head Derived

$631

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$173

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

$19.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.89

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	440	151.27	665	183
Medium and Large 1-2	445	134.72	599	55
Medium and Large 2	373	132.15	493	31

One grade step is worth $19.11/cwt here — about $173 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 sale269 hd

145.68

—

NM average4 barns · 1,266 hd

133.79

+11.89

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	1,648	70.54	1,162	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,182	51.72	611	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,015	46.00	467	76

Every lot

81 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	261	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	431	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	293	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	498	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	313	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	537	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	162.85/cwt	162.00–165.00	531	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	337	169.02/cwt	168.00–171.00	570	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	379	157.21/cwt	154.00–163.00	596	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	399	162.81/cwt	162.50–165.00	650	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	401	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	622	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	419	170.39/cwt	168.00–178.00	714	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	154.45/cwt	146.00–157.00	669	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	433	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	632	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	438	168.34/cwt	165.00–170.00	737	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	479	136.91/cwt	135.00–140.00	656	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	486	142.38/cwt	136.00–144.00	692	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	491	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	717	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	721	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	543	132.64/cwt	130.00–136.00	720	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	564	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	759	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	575	134.50/cwt	134.50–134.50	773	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	587	136.67/cwt	134.50–138.50	802	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	598	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	718	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	614	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	798	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	623	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	841	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	635	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	813	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	674	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	863	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	703	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	879	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	775	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	961	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	777	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	948	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	778	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	887	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	238	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	338	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	279	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	481	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	295	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	369	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	298	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	438	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	318	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	477	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	318	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	445	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	327	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	530	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2Value Added	330	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	479	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	349	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	599	42
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	368	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	530	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	373	147.23/cwt	144.00–152.00	549	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	374	131.69/cwt	127.00–139.00	493	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	388	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	578	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	407	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	696	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	412	136.10/cwt	132.00–138.00	561	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	147.82/cwt	143.00–153.00	633	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	456	132.53/cwt	127.00–138.00	604	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	664	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	132.00/cwt	130.00–141.00	618	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	476	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	769	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	526	130.82/cwt	127.00–136.00	688	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	535	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	637	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	576	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	740	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	578	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	728	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	688	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	617	125.96/cwt	125.75–127.00	777	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	122.05/cwt	120.00–125.00	821	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	117.86/cwt	117.00–119.00	844	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	400	137.50/cwt	137.50–137.50	550	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	413	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	636	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	498	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	568	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	693	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	797	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 2	811	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	803	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,614	66.04/cwt	60.50–70.50	1,066	12
Bulls	—	—	1,699	77.28/cwt	74.00–81.50	1,313	8
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	993	39.65/cwt	35.00–43.50	394	14
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,020	47.44/cwt	44.50–54.00	484	62
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,167	52.21/cwt	48.50–54.50	609	17
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,197	45.84/cwt	42.75–47.25	549	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,285	56.39/cwt	55.00–58.00	725	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	875	725.83/cwt	635.00–825.00	6,351	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	890	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	401	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	5,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	675.00/cwt	500.00–900.00	6,527	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,035	1,075.00/cwt	1,075.00–1,075.00	11,126	6
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,217	53.36/cwt	52.00–54.50	649	11
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,300	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	10,400	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	58.00/cwt	58.00–58.00	783	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	664	579.17/cwt	550.00–600.00	3,846	6
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	861	844.06/cwt	600.00–975.00	7,267	16
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,127	1,150.00/cwt	1,150.00–1,150.00	12,961	2
Replacement Cattle · Heifer Pairs1 lot · lightest first
Heifer Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	650	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	5,688	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 Dec 13, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,095Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 110Last week 0Year ago 0

No comparison on any class due to reports not being issued the past few weeks.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	598	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	575	134.50	134.50
7	—	326	162.00–165.00	162.85
8	—	614	130.00	130.00
10	—	479	135.00–140.00	136.91
25	—	379	154.00–163.00	157.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	486	136.00–144.00	142.38
12	—	433	146.00–157.00	154.45
2	—	293	170.00	170.00
2	—	313	171.50	171.50
3	—	623	135.00	135.00
3	—	777	122.00	122.00
5	—	564	134.50	134.50
9	—	543	130.00–136.00	132.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	587	134.50–138.50	136.67
1	—	775	124.00	124.00
3	—	433	146.00	146.00
4	—	703	125.00	125.00
5	—	674	128.00	128.00
7	—	526	137.00	137.00
8	—	399	162.50–165.00	162.81
9	—	337	168.00–171.00	169.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	778	114.00	114.00
2	—	635	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	401	155.00	155.00
5	—	491	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	438	165.00–170.00	168.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	419	168.00–178.00	170.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	261	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	413	154.00	154.00
2	—	693	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	811	99.00	99.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	400	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	498	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	327	162.00	162.00
36	—	428	143.00–153.00	147.82
12	—	617	125.75–127.00	125.96
12	—	373	144.00–152.00	147.23
4	—	238	142.00	142.00
3	—	593	116.00	116.00
3	—	458	145.00	145.00
3	—	298	147.00	147.00
11	—	526	127.00–136.00	130.82
7	—	716	117.00–119.00	117.86
5	—	673	120.00–125.00	122.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	576	128.50	128.50
5	—	279	172.50	172.50
4	—	476	161.50	161.50
42	—	349	171.50	171.50
23	—	407	171.00	171.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	388	149.00	149.00
2	—	318	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	330	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	374	127.00–139.00	131.69
2	—	535	119.00	119.00
2	—	318	140.00	140.00
5	—	295	125.00	125.00
4	—	456	127.00–138.00	132.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	368	144.00	144.00
3	—	578	126.00	126.00
30	—	468	130.00–141.00	132.00
15	—	412	132.00–138.00	136.10

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,699	74.00–81.50	77.28
12	—	1,614	60.50–70.50	66.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,167	48.50–54.50	52.21
3	—	1,197	42.75–47.25	45.84
2	—	1,285	55.00–58.00	56.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,020	44.50–54.00	47.44
14	—	993	35.00–43.50	39.65

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	—	967	500.00–900.00	675.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,300	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	925	600.00	600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	875	635.00–825.00	725.83
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	—	1,035	1,075.00	1,075.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	890	45.00	45.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	—	1,217	52.00–54.50	53.36
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,350	58.00	58.00

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	—	664	550.00–600.00	579.17
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	—	861	600.00–975.00	844.06

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,127	1,150.00	1,150.00

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	—	650	875.00	875.00

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.