Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2021-07-09

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Jul 9
● Final119 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
540 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 489▲ 540 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
402 head
▲ 135 vs last sale 267▲ 402 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
191 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 222▲ 191 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No accurate comparison due to no sale on July 2, because on holiday .

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.31/cwt on 206 head.
Average price
$157.31
206 head · 495 lb average
Value per head Derived
$778
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$181
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.43
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1480170.14816119
Medium and Large 1-2531148.1978750
Medium and Large 2495128.3663537
One grade step is worth $41.78/cwt here — about $181 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 sale206 hd
157.31
—
NM average2 barns · 443 hd
165.73
−8.43
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,51889.391,35732
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,08968.52746177
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,31068.508971thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low81646.4637996

Every lot

119 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers43 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1120225.00/cwt225.00–225.002702
Steers—Medium and Large 1171215.00/cwt215.00–215.003687
Steers—Medium and Large 2225142.00/cwt142.00–142.003202
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added239200.00/cwt200.00–200.004787
Steers—Medium and Large 1240175.47/cwt174.00–177.004212
Steers—Medium and Large 1283181.76/cwt180.00–184.005146
Steers—Medium and Large 1285325.00/cwt325.00–325.009261
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2285157.00/cwt157.00–157.004473
Steers—Small 4313325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,0173
Steers—Medium and Large 1317185.92/cwt176.00–191.005893
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2320151.29/cwt150.00–152.004843
Steers—Medium and Large 2344144.00/cwt144.00–144.004955
Steers—Medium and Large 2370123.26/cwt120.00–134.004569
Steers—Medium and Large 1379172.21/cwt162.00–178.0065310
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added380190.38/cwt188.00–193.007236
Steers—Medium and Large 1424166.82/cwt158.00–171.0070720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426150.10/cwt145.00–159.006398
Steers—Medium and Large 2433132.82/cwt121.00–140.005754
Steers—Small 4455200.00/cwt200.00–200.009101
Steers—Medium and Large 2463128.49/cwt127.00–130.005952
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2470146.73/cwt140.00–151.006906
Steers—Medium and Large 1477167.42/cwt156.00–171.0079912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2521144.88/cwt139.00–154.007557
Steers—Medium and Large 2529129.46/cwt125.00–133.006854
Steers—Medium and Large 1Value Added533174.00/cwt174.00–174.009272
Steers—Medium and Large 1536165.25/cwt156.00–172.508866
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2559143.42/cwt140.00–151.008025
Steers—Medium and Large 1568163.07/cwt158.50–170.509265
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613154.71/cwt153.00–157.509488
Steers—Medium and Large 2620129.02/cwt128.00–130.008002
Steers—Medium and Large 1633162.56/cwt161.00–172.001,0298
Steers—Medium and Large 2655124.00/cwt124.00–124.008122
Steers—Medium and Large 1663158.34/cwt150.00–161.001,0508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2670150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,0084
Steers—Medium and Large 1718152.02/cwt151.00–154.001,0923
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720141.47/cwt140.00–143.001,0192
Steers—Medium and Large 2735122.33/cwt120.00–125.008993
Steers—Medium and Large 1751147.82/cwt146.00–148.001,11011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759137.38/cwt131.50–140.001,0434
Steers—Medium and Large 2775118.94/cwt109.00–126.009223
Steers—Medium and Large 1933110.55/cwt107.00–114.001,0312
Steers—Medium and Large 2950100.00/cwt100.00–100.009501
Steers—Medium and Large 11,020107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,0911
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1211189.04/cwt183.00–201.003994
Heifers—Medium and Large 2278120.00/cwt120.00–120.003342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1280176.00/cwt176.00–176.004932
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320139.00/cwt139.00–139.004452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332157.01/cwt154.00–158.005214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1342172.47/cwt162.00–179.005908
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372157.87/cwt155.00–168.0058713
Heifers—Medium and Large 2372128.57/cwt125.00–131.004783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385137.00/cwt137.00–137.005272
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408157.50/cwt152.00–161.006438
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419137.59/cwt128.00–145.005774
Heifers—Medium and Large 2430122.98/cwt122.00–124.005292
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2469134.38/cwt130.00–141.006305
Heifers—Small 447534.00/cwt34.00–34.001623
Heifers—Medium and Large 2479118.07/cwt114.00–123.005669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1480150.00/cwt150.00–150.007206
Heifers—Medium and Large 2510125.87/cwt121.00–130.006426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522152.32/cwt149.00–153.5079513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523146.01/cwt145.00–147.007643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562147.51/cwt140.00–150.008298
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574137.90/cwt132.00–145.007926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2580119.47/cwt117.00–125.006938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2609134.54/cwt129.00–142.008197
Heifers—Medium and Large 2623115.47/cwt114.00–117.007192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665141.00/cwt141.00–141.009383
Heifers—Medium and Large 2673111.99/cwt110.00–115.007543
Heifers—Small 470037.00/cwt37.00–37.002594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715117.00/cwt117.00–117.008371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2762110.02/cwt104.00–115.008385
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830115.00/cwt115.00–115.009554
Heifers—Medium and Large 285899.89/cwt94.00–118.008576
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2870106.00/cwt106.00–106.009221
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2962105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,0105
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Small and Medium 246393.00/cwt93.00–93.004312
Bulls—Small 446530.00/cwt30.00–30.001403
Bulls—Small 459540.00/cwt40.00–40.002382
Bulls—Small 462252.05/cwt40.00–75.003243
Bulls—Small and Medium 264093.00/cwt93.00–93.005951
Bulls—Small and Medium 272292.36/cwt88.00–96.0066712
Bulls—Small and Medium 286580.00/cwt80.00–80.006921
Bulls—Small and Medium 296581.00/cwt81.00–81.007821
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls4 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed97584.00/cwt84.00–84.008191
Bulls——1,31975.09/cwt68.00–83.009909
Bulls——1,53690.86/cwt84.00–97.001,39613
Bulls——1,752102.18/cwt98.00–106.501,7909
Slaughter Cattle · Cows13 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed63428.76/cwt25.00–29.501827
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed70044.08/cwt41.00–54.003099
Cows—Lean 85-90%73237.94/cwt31.50–43.0027814
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight82330.00/cwt30.00–30.002472
Cows—Lean 85-90%83948.38/cwt41.50–53.0040641
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed92356.41/cwt55.00–60.005214
Cows—Lean 85-90%92955.90/cwt54.00–60.5051919
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed96666.51/cwt64.00–70.506427
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03661.97/cwt60.00–63.0064222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09769.55/cwt63.50–73.50763141
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18174.50/cwt73.50–75.508805
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,26860.00/cwt60.00–60.007612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,31068.50/cwt68.50–68.508971
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs12 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Small 4576410.00/cwt350.00–500.002,3625
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2600700.00/cwt700.00–700.004,2001
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2700650.00/cwt650.00–650.004,5501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2827951.56/cwt740.00–1,080.007,86916
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 2910631.67/cwt600.00–650.005,7483
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,050797.69/cwt700.00–880.008,37613
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0591,355.91/cwt1,240.00–1,380.0014,35911
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,147968.33/cwt800.00–1,150.0011,10718
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,2411,226.67/cwt1,150.00–1,300.0015,2236
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4301,390.00/cwt1,350.00–1,450.0019,8773
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,6481,500.00/cwt1,475.00–1,525.0024,7203
Cow-Calf Pairs—Large 11,7451,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0024,4301
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows6 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 4555375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0811
Bred Cows—Small 4630400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,5203
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2670575.00/cwt575.00–575.003,8531
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2891848.00/cwt700.00–1,000.007,55610
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2930650.00/cwt650.00–650.006,0451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2962783.75/cwt775.00–800.007,5404

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.