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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-01-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-29

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jan 29

● Final82 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

← Jan 22Jan 29Feb 5 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

635 head

▲ 229 vs last sale 406▼ 189 vs year ago 824 · −22.9%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

133 head

▼ 12 vs last sale 145▼ 12 vs year ago 145 · −8.3%

Replacement Cattle receipts

57 head

▼ 16 vs last sale 73▼ 112 vs year ago 169 · −66.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 2.00 lower on a few comparable sales. Feeder steers and heifers sold mostly steady on a light test. Trade moderate and demand moderate. The feeder quality was not as good as a week ago. Slaughter cows sold 5.00-9.00 higher. Slaughter bulls traded mostly 8.00-9.00 higher on active trading.

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 $145.18/cwt on 201 head.

Average price

$145.18

201 head · 498 lb average

Value per head Derived

$724

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$150

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

$20.35/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.46

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	482	157.81	760	69
Medium and Large 1-2	526	138.91	731	102
Medium and Large 2	444	137.46	610	30

One grade step is worth $20.35/cwt here — about $150 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 sale201 hd

145.18

—

NM average4 barns · 2,474 hd

147.65

−2.46

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	1,776	83.16	1,477	48
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,345	59.37	799	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Very Low	1,174	56.72	666	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	878	44.31	389	29

Every lot

82 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	198	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	396	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	265	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	398	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	324	166.12/cwt	163.00–170.00	538	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	334	149.19/cwt	149.00–150.00	498	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	536	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	369	153.78/cwt	151.00–160.00	567	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	376	176.90/cwt	176.00–177.00	665	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	391	145.37/cwt	145.00–148.00	568	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	407	134.76/cwt	130.00–137.00	548	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	410	150.19/cwt	142.00–151.00	616	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	420	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	630	2
Steers	—	Small 3-4	425	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,275	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	164.31/cwt	158.00–175.00	705	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	457	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	612	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	468	142.49/cwt	137.00–151.00	667	30
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	480	158.99/cwt	152.00–169.00	763	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	155.75/cwt	153.00–157.50	801	11
Steers	—	Small 3-4	528	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,584	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	139.62/cwt	135.00–145.00	739	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	530	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	689	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	562	148.91/cwt	146.00–150.00	837	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	577	131.64/cwt	130.00–142.00	760	12
Steers	—	Small 3-4	599	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,647	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	142.42/cwt	140.00–147.00	864	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	632	128.23/cwt	125.00–130.00	810	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	635	119.00/cwt	116.00–120.50	756	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	664	132.86/cwt	131.00–138.50	882	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	125.90/cwt	123.00–129.50	845	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	675	118.96/cwt	115.00–121.00	803	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	678	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	871	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	710	123.68/cwt	120.00–125.00	878	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	770	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	947	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	825	118.64/cwt	115.00–122.50	979	4
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	230	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	368	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	270	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	389	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	315	160.68/cwt	151.00–166.00	506	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	326	142.53/cwt	140.00–148.00	465	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	326	135.16/cwt	135.00–136.00	441	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2-3	347	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	427	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	359	132.51/cwt	130.00–135.00	476	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	367	137.62/cwt	135.00–143.00	505	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	383	151.32/cwt	151.00–154.00	580	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	419	130.27/cwt	126.00–139.00	546	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	146.86/cwt	141.00–148.50	621	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	446	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	558	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	457	146.50/cwt	145.00–147.00	670	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	464	134.50/cwt	130.00–137.00	624	18
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	468	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	608	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	477	116.59/cwt	115.00–120.00	556	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	504	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	625	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	519	126.04/cwt	121.00–130.00	654	26
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	573	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	716	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	783	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	620	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	725	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	645	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	780	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	664	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	790	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	673	118.97/cwt	117.00–120.00	801	3
Heifers	—	Small 2-3	689	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	730	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	748	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	898	2
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	808	98.00/cwt	98.00–98.00	792	4
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls5 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,145	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	824	1
Bulls	—	—Return to Feed	1,740	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,444	1
Bulls	—	—	1,766	78.56/cwt	70.00–85.00	1,387	25
Bulls	—	—	1,795	87.87/cwt	85.00–91.00	1,577	16
Bulls	—	—	1,900	93.37/cwt	92.00–94.50	1,774	5
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	739	36.20/cwt	30.00–40.00	268	12
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	780	49.00/cwt	49.00–49.00	382	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	790	41.00/cwt	41.00–41.00	324	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	931	45.06/cwt	40.00–49.00	420	6
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,024	53.12/cwt	50.50–56.00	544	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,203	57.93/cwt	55.50–65.00	697	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%Return to Feed	1,318	55.84/cwt	54.00–57.00	736	2
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,363	61.73/cwt	60.50–63.50	841	3
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	880	662.50/cwt	625.00–700.00	5,830	2
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	954	896.00/cwt	800.00–975.00	8,548	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	955	1,000.00/cwt	1,000.00–1,000.00	9,550	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	982	639.00/cwt	600.00–670.00	6,275	5
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,101	750.00/cwt	685.00–850.00	8,258	7
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1	1,160	1,030.00/cwt	1,030.00–1,030.00	11,948	1
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs2 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	960	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	7,680	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,105	953.33/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	10,534	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 Jan 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 635Last week 406Year ago 824

Slaughter CattleReceipts 133Last week 145Year ago 145

Replacement CattleReceipts 57Last week 73Year ago 169

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	825	115.00–122.50	118.64
30	—	468	137.00–151.00	142.49
14	—	410	142.00–151.00	150.19
5	—	671	123.00–129.50	125.90
5	—	369	151.00–160.00	153.78
2	—	770	123.00	123.00
2	—	335	160.00	160.00
12	—	577	130.00–142.00	131.64
5	—	710	120.00–125.00	123.68
5	—	632	125.00–130.00	128.23
18	—	529	135.00–145.00	139.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	562	146.00–150.00	148.91
7	—	324	163.00–170.00	166.12
11	—	514	153.00–157.50	155.75
2	—	198	200.00	200.00
10	—	376	176.00–177.00	176.90
5	—	607	140.00–147.00	142.42
4	—	664	131.00–138.50	132.86
8	—	480	152.00–169.00	158.99
9	—	429	158.00–175.00	164.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	599	275.00	275.00
2	—	528	300.00	300.00
2	—	425	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	815	125.00	125.00
2	—	678	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	407	130.00–137.00	134.76
3	—	635	116.00–120.50	119.00
3	—	457	134.00	134.00
2	—	530	130.00	130.00
8	—	391	145.00–148.00	145.37
3	—	675	115.00–121.00	118.96
2	—	265	150.00	150.00
5	—	334	149.00–150.00	149.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	519	121.00–130.00	126.04
3	—	367	135.00–143.00	137.62
8	—	419	126.00–139.00	130.27
2	—	230	160.00	160.00
3	—	673	117.00–120.00	118.97
2	—	620	117.00	117.00
8	—	326	140.00–148.00	142.53
2	—	573	125.00	125.00
18	—	464	130.00–137.00	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	457	145.00–147.00	146.50
14	—	609	128.50	128.50
6	—	423	141.00–148.50	146.86
12	—	383	151.00–154.00	151.32
3	—	315	151.00–166.00	160.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	664	119.00	119.00
3	—	468	130.00	130.00
2	—	748	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	689	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	347	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	359	130.00–135.00	132.51
13	—	326	135.00–136.00	135.16
2	—	270	144.00	144.00
2	—	645	121.00	121.00
9	—	446	125.00	125.00
3	—	477	115.00–120.00	116.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	504	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	808	98.00	98.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,766	70.00–85.00	78.56
5	—	1,900	92.00–94.50	93.37
16	—	1,795	85.00–91.00	87.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,145	72.00	72.00
1	—	1,740	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	931	40.00–49.00	45.06
10	—	1,024	50.50–56.00	53.12
12	—	739	30.00–40.00	36.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,318	54.00–57.00	55.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	41.00	41.00
13	—	1,203	55.50–65.00	57.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,363	60.50–63.50	61.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	780	49.00	49.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	955	1,000.00	1,000.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	1,160	1,030.00	1,030.00

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)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	—	880	625.00–700.00	662.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	982	600.00–670.00	639.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	—	1,101	685.00–850.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	—	954	800.00–975.00	896.00

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	—	960	800.00	800.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	1,105	900.00–1,000.00	953.33

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.