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Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Name: Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM livestock auction prices — 2021-08-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-08-20

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Aug 20

● Final103 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783

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Feeder Cattle receipts

283 head

▼ 59 vs last sale 342▲ 283 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

126 head

▼ 88 vs last sale 214▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

81 head

▼ 33 vs last sale 114▲ 81 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00-7.00 higher on comparable quotes. Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

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 $175.49/cwt on 135 head.

Average price

$175.49

135 head · 459 lb average

Value per head Derived

$805

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$530

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4

$145.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.79

vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	418	198.63	830	71
Medium and Large 1-2	479	163.74	784	48
Medium and Large 2	585	132.80	777	11thin
Small 4	560	53.60	300	5thin

One grade step is worth $145.03/cwt here — about $530 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 sale135 hd

175.49

—

NM average3 barns · 571 hd

168.70

+6.79

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	1,439	85.35	1,228	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,658	74.71	1,239	2thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,169	72.94	852	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	896	56.33	505	58

Every lot

103 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 · Steers40 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	160	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	640	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	185	181.22/cwt	177.00–185.00	335	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	225	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	511	1
Steers	—	Small 4	240	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	228	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	274	222.80/cwt	220.00–227.00	610	8
Steers	—	Small 4	284	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	312	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	290	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	537	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	316	216.53/cwt	200.00–225.00	684	16
Steers	—	Small 4	320	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	640	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	325	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	618	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	328	169.53/cwt	163.00–175.00	556	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	370	208.15/cwt	192.00–221.00	770	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	372	136.64/cwt	130.00–140.00	508	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	390	177.12/cwt	171.00–180.00	691	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	423	174.04/cwt	173.00–185.00	736	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	424	203.15/cwt	197.00–216.00	861	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Full	443	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	682	2
Steers	—	Small 4	450	57.00/cwt	57.00–57.00	257	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	470	179.04/cwt	178.00–180.00	841	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	481	166.82/cwt	160.00–181.00	802	11
Steers	—	Small 4	505	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	253	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	510	167.50/cwt	159.00–176.00	854	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	164.08/cwt	160.00–172.00	845	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	555	133.96/cwt	130.00–138.00	743	2
Steers	—	Small 4	555	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	300	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	177.59/cwt	175.00–179.00	1,028	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	593	141.00/cwt	140.00–142.00	836	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	610	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,013	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	612	151.68/cwt	148.00–155.00	928	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	618	139.51/cwt	139.00–140.00	862	2
Steers	—	Small 4	635	53.00/cwt	53.00–53.00	337	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	655	152.33/cwt	147.00–155.00	998	3
Steers	—	Small 4	655	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	354	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	665	135.99/cwt	135.00–137.00	904	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	700	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	910	1
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,181	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	745	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,006	2
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	130.96/cwt	125.00–135.00	1,014	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 2	940	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	959	1
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	130	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	390	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	165	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	759	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	180	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	576	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	205	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	338	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	265	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	424	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	295	166.50/cwt	166.00–167.00	491	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	312	134.70/cwt	124.00–140.00	420	3
Heifers	—	Small 4	315	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,134	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	166.18/cwt	160.00–170.00	545	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	329	153.94/cwt	143.00–159.00	506	4
Heifers	—	Small 4	365	50.00/cwt	50.00–50.00	183	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	377	167.24/cwt	162.00–170.00	630	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	385	157.38/cwt	155.00–159.00	606	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	395	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	533	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	417	131.04/cwt	123.00–141.00	546	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	422	154.11/cwt	142.00–159.00	650	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	430	167.32/cwt	160.00–171.50	719	7
Heifers	—	Small 4	453	40.04/cwt	30.00–45.00	181	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	455	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	705	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	469	132.97/cwt	131.00–138.00	624	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	505	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	823	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	526	145.40/cwt	143.00–151.00	765	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	563	127.53/cwt	126.00–129.00	718	2
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	580	141.29/cwt	135.00–147.00	819	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	632	122.08/cwt	118.00–125.00	772	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	672	131.22/cwt	127.00–134.00	882	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	725	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	943	1
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 2	772	110.61/cwt	100.00–116.00	854	3
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	846	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,041	4
Feeder Cattle · Bulls7 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	320	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,088	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	335	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	546	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	485	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	771	1
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	540	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	848	1
Bulls	—	Small 4	588	43.90/cwt	36.00–52.00	258	2
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1-2	595	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	744	2
Bulls	—	Small 4	640	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	346	1
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,304	80.84/cwt	72.00–89.00	1,054	10
Bulls	—	—	1,665	92.86/cwt	89.00–98.00	1,546	6
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	653	32.04/cwt	20.00–44.00	209	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Light Weight	769	38.90/cwt	35.00–40.00	299	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	802	45.70/cwt	44.00–48.50	367	9
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	929	56.94/cwt	51.00–62.00	529	7
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	974	66.38/cwt	60.00–70.00	647	29
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	975	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	644	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%Return to Feed	1,018	72.39/cwt	70.00–75.00	737	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%Return to Feed	1,020	66.00/cwt	66.00–66.00	673	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,184	73.00/cwt	69.50–76.00	864	49
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,658	74.71/cwt	74.00–75.50	1,239	2
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows7 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Small 4	548	411.67/cwt	400.00–435.00	2,256	3
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	615	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	3,690	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	690	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	5,175	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium 1-2	710	875.00/cwt	875.00–875.00	6,213	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 2	890	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,230	1
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	921	925.00/cwt	800.00–1,075.00	8,519	4
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,013	952.78/cwt	850.00–1,025.00	9,652	9
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs8 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 4	820	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	4,920	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Small 4	860	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	4,300	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	953	1,083.33/cwt	975.00–1,225.00	10,324	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,005	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	7,538	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,025	987.50/cwt	850.00–1,125.00	10,122	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 2	1,145	555.00/cwt	550.00–560.00	6,355	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,243	1,250.00/cwt	1,200.00–1,300.00	15,538	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,260	1,367.50/cwt	1,335.00–1,400.00	17,231	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 Aug 20, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 283Last week 342Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 126Last week 214Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 81Last week 114Year ago 0

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 5.00-7.00 higher on comparable quotes. Feeder steers and heifers 2.00-3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 lower. Trade and demand moderate.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	505	50.00	50.00
1	—	450	57.00	57.00
1	—	555	54.00	54.00
4	—	284	110.00	110.00
1	—	655	54.00	54.00
3	—	240	95.00	95.00
2	—	320	200.00	200.00
1	—	635	53.00	53.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	593	140.00–142.00	141.00
3	—	390	171.00–180.00	177.12
2	—	510	159.00–176.00	167.50
3	—	328	163.00–175.00	169.53
2	—	745	135.00	135.00
2	—	185	177.00–185.00	181.22
11	—	423	173.00–185.00	174.04
3	—	612	148.00–155.00	151.68
11	—	481	160.00–181.00	166.82
4	—	774	125.00–135.00	130.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	360	154.00	154.00
2	—	443	154.00	154.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	370	192.00–221.00	208.15
1	—	160	400.00	400.00
3	—	655	147.00–155.00	152.33
16	—	316	200.00–225.00	216.53
1	—	225	227.00	227.00
2	—	610	166.00	166.00
3	—	515	160.00–172.00	164.08
2	—	470	178.00–180.00	179.04
3	—	743	159.00	159.00
7	—	424	197.00–216.00	203.15
9	—	579	175.00–179.00	177.59
8	—	274	220.00–227.00	222.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	700	130.00	130.00
2	—	618	139.00–140.00	139.51
3	—	372	130.00–140.00	136.64
1	—	940	102.00	102.00
2	—	555	130.00–138.00	133.96
2	—	665	135.00–137.00	135.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	290	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	325	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	312	124.00–140.00	134.70
2	—	563	126.00–129.00	127.53
6	—	469	131.00–138.00	132.97
3	—	632	118.00–125.00	122.08
5	—	417	123.00–141.00	131.04
3	—	772	100.00–116.00	110.61
1	—	395	135.00	135.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	846	123.00	123.00
4	—	672	127.00–134.00	131.22
1	—	205	165.00	165.00
3	—	580	135.00–147.00	141.29
1	—	180	320.00	320.00
1	—	130	300.00	300.00
1	—	455	155.00	155.00
4	—	526	143.00–151.00	145.40
3	—	385	155.00–159.00	157.38
1	—	725	130.00	130.00
4	—	329	143.00–159.00	153.94
5	—	422	142.00–159.00	154.11
1	—	265	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	377	162.00–170.00	167.24
2	—	295	166.00–167.00	166.50
1	—	505	163.00	163.00
1	—	165	460.00	460.00
3	—	328	160.00–170.00	166.18
7	—	430	160.00–171.50	167.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	453	30.00–45.00	40.04
1	—	315	360.00	360.00
1	—	365	50.00	50.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Small 4$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	640	54.00	54.00
2	—	588	36.00–52.00	43.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	595	125.00	125.00
1	—	540	157.00	157.00
1	—	335	163.00	163.00
1	—	485	159.00	159.00
1	—	320	340.00	340.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	802	44.00–48.50	45.70
29	—	974	60.00–70.00	66.38
7	—	929	51.00–62.00	56.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	74.00–75.50	74.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,184	69.50–76.00	73.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	975	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,020	66.00	66.00
4	—	653	20.00–44.00	32.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90% · Light Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	769	35.00–40.00	38.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85% · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,018	70.00–75.00	72.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,304	72.00–89.00	80.84
6	—	1,665	89.00–98.00	92.86

Replacement Cattle

As reported

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)	1	—	615	600.00	600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	890	700.00	700.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	—	921	800.00–1,075.00	925.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	—	1,013	850.00–1,025.00	952.78

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	—	548	400.00–435.00	411.67

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	—	690	750.00	750.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	—	710	875.00	875.00

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	3	—	953	975.00–1,225.00	1,083.33
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,025	850.00–1,125.00	987.50

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · estimate wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,260	1,335.00–1,400.00	1,367.50
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,243	1,200.00–1,300.00	1,250.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · estimate wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,005	750.00	750.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,145	550.00–560.00	555.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Small 4$ per cwt · estimate wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	860	500.00	500.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	820	600.00	600.00

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.