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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2020-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Oct 23

● Final102 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Oct 9Oct 23Oct 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,341 head

▲ 70 vs last sale 1,271▼ 231 vs year ago 1,572 · −14.7%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

517 head

▲ 125 vs last sale 392▼ 106 vs year ago 623 · −17.0%

Replacement Cattle receipts

182 head

▲ 2 vs last sale 180▲ 7 vs year ago 175 · +4.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No accurate comparison with last week on steer and heifers due to no report issued but compared to two weeks ago calves were 10.00-20.00 lower. Demand and buyer participation hampered by limited pasture availability, unfavorable health conditions on calves already purchased and the threat of a winter storm prediction with much lower temperatures and possible moisture predicted next week. Slaughter cows 1.00-2.00 lower except thinner offerings 10.00 lower with many going back to feed. Bulls 3.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate to good on slaughter cows and bulls.

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 $105.45/cwt on 250 head.

Average price

$105.45

250 head · 504 lb average

Value per head Derived

$531

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$37.46/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−14.30

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	463	107.80	499	100
Medium and Large 1	530	107.44	569	135
Large 1	533	74.49	397	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	540	70.33	380	9thin

One grade step is worth $37.46/cwt here — about $119 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 sale250 hd

105.45

—

NM average4 barns · 1,811 hd

119.76

−14.30

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	1,643	68.76	1,130	28
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,451	51.50	747	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,270	48.19	612	62
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,004	39.02	392	282

Every lot

102 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	214	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	321	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	265	142.16/cwt	139.00–144.00	377	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	300	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	428	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	310	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	434	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	325	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	393	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	360	127.50/cwt	125.00–130.00	459	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	370	123.72/cwt	121.00–125.00	458	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	408	129.05/cwt	126.00–136.00	527	6
Steers	—	Large 1	413	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	413	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	424	111.62/cwt	110.00–112.00	473	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	428	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	514	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	435	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	522	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	466	119.21/cwt	118.00–120.00	556	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	124.97/cwt	120.00–130.00	594	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	487	122.89/cwt	117.00–129.00	598	24
Steers	—	Large 1	507	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	507	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	115.28/cwt	111.50–117.00	588	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	535	104.22/cwt	97.00–110.00	558	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	122.09/cwt	120.00–125.00	656	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	581	119.82/cwt	118.00–121.00	696	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	116.48/cwt	114.00–126.00	678	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	590	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	649	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	613	119.22/cwt	114.50–127.00	731	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	630	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	706	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	114.72/cwt	110.50–117.50	725	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	669	100.57/cwt	96.00–108.00	673	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	680	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	789	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	715	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	758	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	724	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	872	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	737	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	870	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	110.50/cwt	110.50–110.50	846	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	810	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	810	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	865	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	973	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	927	94.00/cwt	94.00–94.00	871	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	235	129.50/cwt	129.00–130.00	304	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	244	136.51/cwt	135.00–138.00	333	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	277	128.20/cwt	120.00–139.00	355	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	313	128.05/cwt	125.00–132.00	401	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	319	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	335	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	338	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	406	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	375	107.25/cwt	106.00–109.00	402	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	118.65/cwt	118.00–120.00	447	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	384	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	415	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	400	71.00/cwt	71.00–71.00	284	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	405	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	460	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	405	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	437	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	427	124.38/cwt	114.00–127.00	531	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	433	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	433	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	477	109.52/cwt	106.00–115.00	522	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	484	95.50/cwt	95.50–95.50	462	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	505	93.52/cwt	90.00–100.00	472	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	510	107.39/cwt	104.50–111.50	548	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	513	93.00/cwt	93.00–93.00	477	2
Heifers	—	Large 1	533	74.49/cwt	74.00–75.00	397	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	536	102.39/cwt	100.00–108.00	549	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	105.67/cwt	101.00–113.00	608	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	586	104.66/cwt	100.00–108.50	613	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	610	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	427	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	101.16/cwt	97.00–104.00	624	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	618	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	643	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	643	93.32/cwt	90.00–95.00	600	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	669	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	723	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	708	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	730	89.00/cwt	89.00–89.00	650	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	90.00/cwt	90.00–90.00	714	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	809	92.00/cwt	92.00–92.00	744	7
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	418	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	460	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	527	79.61/cwt	79.00–80.00	420	5
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	548	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	384	4
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	608	88.00/cwt	88.00–88.00	535	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	693	97.00/cwt	97.00–97.00	672	3
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	693	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	554	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	725	66.50/cwt	66.50–66.50	482	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	912	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	602	3
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,427	59.23/cwt	50.00–67.00	845	11
Bulls	—	—	1,780	73.76/cwt	68.00–79.00	1,313	14
Bulls	—	—	1,798	80.36/cwt	80.00–81.00	1,445	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	849	17.38/cwt	16.00–25.00	148	11
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	872	24.32/cwt	18.00–29.00	212	8
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	892	33.72/cwt	30.00–36.50	301	46
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	994	41.79/cwt	37.50–51.00	415	111
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,075	41.28/cwt	37.00–47.00	444	99
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,092	42.80/cwt	40.00–43.50	467	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,266	48.12/cwt	44.50–53.00	609	52
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,305	48.75/cwt	48.75–48.75	636	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,451	51.50/cwt	46.50–54.00	747	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,486	54.31/cwt	54.00–55.00	807	5
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,017	866.67/cwt	800.00–940.00	8,814	3
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 1-2	1,250	810.00/cwt	810.00–810.00	10,125	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows10 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	870	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	574	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	925	475.00/cwt	400.00–550.00	4,394	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,049	51.88/cwt	49.00–56.50	544	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,050	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	541	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,069	44.06/cwt	40.00–48.00	471	9
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,076	672.86/cwt	600.00–750.00	7,240	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,100	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	567	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,152	52.35/cwt	45.00–53.75	603	13
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,250	730.00/cwt	730.00–730.00	9,125	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,350	51.50/cwt	51.50–51.50	695	1
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	471.25/cwt	400.00–550.00	3,511	4
Bred Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	750	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	360	2

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 Oct 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,341Last week 1,271Year ago 1,572

Slaughter CattleReceipts 517Last week 392Year ago 623

Replacement CattleReceipts 182Last week 180Year ago 175

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	927	94.00	94.00
7	—	475	120.00–130.00	124.97
24	—	613	114.50–127.00	119.22
7	—	582	114.00–126.00	116.48
15	—	537	120.00–125.00	122.09
5	—	766	110.50	110.50
4	—	214	150.00	150.00
5	—	265	139.00–144.00	142.16
1	—	680	116.00	116.00
1	—	865	112.50	112.50
13	—	724	120.50	120.50
6	—	408	126.00–136.00	129.05
1	—	300	142.50	142.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	535	97.00–110.00	104.22
5	—	428	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	715	106.00	106.00
1	—	630	112.00	112.00
7	—	669	96.00–108.00	100.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	413	100.00	100.00
3	—	507	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	510	111.50–117.00	115.28
3	—	737	118.00	118.00
9	—	632	110.50–117.50	114.72
6	—	360	125.00–130.00	127.50
9	—	581	118.00–121.00	119.82
2	—	810	100.00	100.00
10	—	310	140.00	140.00
24	—	487	117.00–129.00	122.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	435	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	424	110.00–112.00	111.62
2	—	590	110.00	110.00
2	—	325	121.00	121.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	466	118.00–120.00	119.21
6	—	370	121.00–125.00	123.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	418	110.00	110.00
2	—	693	80.00	80.00
2	—	725	66.50	66.50
3	—	912	66.00	66.00
5	—	527	79.00–80.00	79.61
2	—	608	88.00	88.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	693	97.00	97.00
4	—	548	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	793	90.00	90.00
7	—	809	92.00	92.00
12	—	669	108.00	108.00
10	—	427	114.00–127.00	124.38
4	—	244	135.00–138.00	136.51
7	—	313	125.00–132.00	128.05
21	—	575	101.00–113.00	105.67
12	—	477	106.00–115.00	109.52
26	—	510	104.50–111.50	107.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	617	97.00–104.00	101.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	338	120.00	120.00
6	—	377	118.00–120.00	118.65
9	—	277	120.00–139.00	128.20
18	—	536	100.00–108.00	102.39
2	—	730	89.00	89.00
4	—	681	104.00	104.00
2	—	405	113.50	113.50
2	—	618	104.00	104.00
11	—	586	100.00–108.50	104.66
6	—	235	129.00–130.00	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	484	95.50	95.50
5	—	375	106.00–109.00	107.25
2	—	513	93.00	93.00
2	—	433	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	533	74.00–75.00	74.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	643	90.00–95.00	93.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	400	71.00	71.00
6	—	610	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	384	108.00	108.00
7	—	405	108.00	108.00
9	—	505	90.00–100.00	93.52
4	—	319	105.00	105.00

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
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,250	810.00	810.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,017	800.00–940.00	866.67
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,050	800.00	800.00

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,350	51.50	51.50
Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,100	51.50	51.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	870	66.00	66.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	925	400.00–550.00	475.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	13	—	1,152	45.00–53.75	52.35
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	—	1,076	600.00–750.00	672.86
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,050	51.50	51.50
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,250	730.00	730.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	—	1,069	40.00–48.00	44.06
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,049	49.00–56.50	51.88

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)	4	—	745	400.00–550.00	471.25
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	750	48.00	48.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	849	16.00–25.00	17.38
111	—	994	37.50–51.00	41.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	872	18.00–29.00	24.32
46	—	892	30.00–36.50	33.72
7	—	1,305	48.75	48.75
99	—	1,075	37.00–47.00	41.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,092	40.00–43.50	42.80
5	—	1,486	54.00–55.00	54.31
52	—	1,266	44.50–53.00	48.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,451	46.50–54.00	51.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,427	50.00–67.00	59.23
3	—	1,798	80.00–81.00	80.36
14	—	1,780	68.00–79.00	73.76

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.