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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2020-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Mar 6

● Final79 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Feb 28Mar 6Jun 12 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,274 head

▲ 689 vs last sale 585▲ 1,274 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

132 head

▲ 19 vs last sale 113▲ 132 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

211 head

▲ 123 vs last sale 88▲ 211 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-9.00 lower, feeders over 600 lbs. 2.00 lower. Heifer calves under 500 lbs. 5.00-9.00 lower, over 500 lbs. 3.00-5.00 lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls 1.00 higher. Trade moderate, demand moderate to good.

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 $155.15/cwt on 462 head.

Average price

$155.15

462 head · 460 lb average

Value per head Derived

$713

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$33

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

$42.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.78

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	409	165.77	677	232
Medium and Large 1	510	146.49	747	210
Medium and Large 2	524	122.92	644	20

One grade step is worth $42.85/cwt here — about $33 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 sale462 hd

155.15

—

NM average3 barns · 1,793 hd

146.37

+8.78

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	1,573	82.93	1,304	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,177	60.00	706	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	929	50.24	467	52

Every lot

79 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	221	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	442	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	269	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	581	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	280	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	504	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	315	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	602	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	319	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	676	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	338	201.26/cwt	200.00–205.00	680	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	364	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	743	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	378	182.92/cwt	181.00–185.00	691	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	400	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	736	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	420	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	718	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	432	149.97/cwt	149.50–151.00	648	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	433	158.47/cwt	152.00–168.00	686	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	438	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	688	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	450	178.81/cwt	177.50–179.00	805	55
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	453	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	702	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	484	155.05/cwt	151.00–160.50	750	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	489	156.44/cwt	155.00–157.00	765	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	155.39/cwt	151.50–161.00	817	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	532	152.12/cwt	151.00–153.00	809	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	155.01/cwt	148.75–159.00	874	110
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	565	149.38/cwt	147.50–153.00	844	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed	603	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	905	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	636	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	900	33
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	135.70/cwt	135.00–141.50	900	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	700	121.50/cwt	121.50–121.50	851	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	752	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	861	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	219	173.00/cwt	165.00–183.00	379	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	228	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	385	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	251	180.06/cwt	177.00–190.00	452	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	320	144.66/cwt	135.00–152.00	463	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	336	179.19/cwt	176.00–180.50	602	93
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	363	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	664	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	369	177.09/cwt	161.00–182.00	653	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	397	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	492	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	408	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	665	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	428	164.04/cwt	159.00–166.00	702	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	149.68/cwt	145.00–153.00	699	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	469	154.65/cwt	149.00–156.00	725	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	503	119.50/cwt	119.50–119.50	601	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	530	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	769	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	533	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	661	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	553	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	733	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Value Added	562	141.50/cwt	141.50–141.50	795	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	132.29/cwt	125.50–135.00	750	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	570	118.86/cwt	117.00–122.50	678	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	583	118.53/cwt	117.00–120.00	691	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	651	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	775	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	118.53/cwt	118.25–125.00	804	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	683	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	731	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	784	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	894	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	810	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	899	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	952	5
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	553	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	769	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	580	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	795	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	644	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	805	6
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,297	72.19/cwt	69.00–73.50	936	3
Bulls	—	—	1,550	81.57/cwt	75.00–89.00	1,264	11
Bulls	—	—	1,789	92.35/cwt	90.00–95.50	1,652	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	793	50.01/cwt	49.00–51.00	397	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	833	43.38/cwt	39.00–45.00	361	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	839	45.32/cwt	39.00–48.75	380	15
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	915	46.50/cwt	46.50–46.50	425	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	997	53.76/cwt	49.00–59.50	536	30
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,174	58.19/cwt	53.25–62.00	683	15
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,183	64.53/cwt	63.50–66.00	763	6
Replacement Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	1,054	2,063.03/cwt	1,500.00–3,700.00	21,744	30
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	750	660.00/cwt	660.00–660.00	4,950	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	900	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,000	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	850.00/cwt	850.00–850.00	8,075	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	950	835.00/cwt	835.00–835.00	7,933	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,016	908.13/cwt	710.00–1,075.00	9,227	8
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,150	1,185.00/cwt	1,185.00–1,185.00	13,628	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	700	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,075	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	924	865.77/cwt	700.00–1,000.00	8,000	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	967	716.67/cwt	675.00–775.00	6,930	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,016	735.63/cwt	500.00–800.00	7,474	8
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,138	965.14/cwt	750.00–1,100.00	10,983	37
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	645.00/cwt	600.00–690.00	4,838	2
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	792	725.00/cwt	725.00–725.00	5,742	3

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 Mar 6, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,274Last week 585Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 132Last week 113Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 211Last week 88Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	408	163.00	163.00
2	—	533	124.00	124.00
4	—	651	119.00	119.00
6	—	570	117.00–122.50	118.86
93	—	336	176.00–180.50	179.19
94	—	469	149.00–156.00	154.65
2	—	228	169.00	169.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	567	125.50–135.00	132.29
4	—	784	114.00	114.00
26	—	251	177.00–190.00	180.06
5	—	865	110.00	110.00
35	—	678	118.25–125.00	118.53
7	—	219	165.00–183.00	173.00
40	—	530	145.00	145.00
7	—	467	145.00–153.00	149.68
10	—	428	159.00–166.00	164.04
19	—	369	161.00–182.00	177.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	683	107.00	107.00
5	—	320	135.00–152.00	144.66
2	—	503	119.50	119.50
2	—	810	111.00	111.00
3	—	397	124.00	124.00
4	—	583	117.00–120.00	118.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	553	132.50	132.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	562	141.50	141.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	363	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	580	137.00	137.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	553	139.00	139.00
6	—	644	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	432	149.50–151.00	149.97
6	—	453	155.00	155.00
3	—	752	114.50	114.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	484	151.00–160.50	155.05
18	—	565	147.50–153.00	149.38
2	—	280	180.00	180.00
33	—	636	141.50	141.50
2	—	700	121.50	121.50
3	—	315	191.00	191.00
5	—	433	152.00–168.00	158.47
11	—	526	151.50–161.00	155.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	450	177.50–179.00	178.81
3	—	400	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	489	155.00–157.00	156.44
9	—	532	151.00–153.00	152.12
17	—	221	200.00	200.00
3	—	420	171.00	171.00
26	—	663	135.00–141.50	135.70
4	—	338	200.00–205.00	201.26
110	—	564	148.75–159.00	155.01
4	—	378	181.00–185.00	182.92
5	—	269	216.00	216.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	438	157.00	157.00
4	—	603	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	364	204.00	204.00
17	—	319	212.00	212.00

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
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	835.00	835.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	850.00	850.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	—	1,016	710.00–1,075.00	908.13
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,185.00	1,185.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	900	1,000.00	1,000.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	750	660.00	660.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	30	—	1,054	1,500.00–3,700.00	2,063.03

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)	37	—	1,138	750.00–1,100.00	965.14
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	—	924	700.00–1,000.00	865.77
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,016	500.00–800.00	735.63
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	967	675.00–775.00	716.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	700	725.00	725.00

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)	3	—	792	725.00	725.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	750	600.00–690.00	645.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,550	75.00–89.00	81.57
3	—	1,297	69.00–73.50	72.19
5	—	1,789	90.00–95.50	92.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	833	39.00–45.00	43.38
1	—	915	46.50	46.50
2	—	793	49.00–51.00	50.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,183	63.50–66.00	64.53
15	—	1,174	53.25–62.00	58.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	839	39.00–48.75	45.32
30	—	997	49.00–59.50	53.76

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.