Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2021-09-24

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Sep 24
● Final123 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
722 head
▲ 167 vs last sale 555▼ 109 vs year ago 831 · −13.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
253 head
▲ 130 vs last sale 123▼ 314 vs year ago 567 · −55.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
129 head
▲ 62 vs last sale 67▼ 40 vs year ago 169 · −23.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves 4.00-5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers also 4.00-5.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00-2.00 higher, bulls steady to 1.00 higher. Trade active demand good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $159.11/cwt on 373 head.
Average price
$159.11
373 head · 511 lb average
Value per head Derived
$813
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$508
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$128.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.30
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1459178.14818157
Medium and Large 1-2529157.00831135
Medium and Large 2575137.6879170
Small 462149.9131011thin
One grade step is worth $128.23/cwt here — about $508 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 sale373 hd
159.11
—
NM average3 barns · 1,910 hd
154.82
+4.30
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,63184.221,37420
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50971.081,0736thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,18768.7181579
CowsLean 85-90%Average99856.00559156

Every lot

123 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 · Steers49 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1145360.00/cwt360.00–360.005221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2195175.00/cwt175.00–175.003411
Steers—Medium and Large 1205390.00/cwt390.00–390.008001
Steers—Medium and Large 1233209.98/cwt197.00–216.004895
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed240160.00/cwt160.00–160.003842
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2275188.56/cwt183.00–195.005192
Steers—Medium and Large 1290206.59/cwt191.00–213.005997
Steers—Medium and Large 1300370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,1101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed305204.00/cwt204.00–204.006221
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323182.68/cwt175.00–185.005909
Steers—Medium and Large 1330189.24/cwt180.00–197.006249
Steers—Medium and Large 1359188.28/cwt185.00–190.006767
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376173.29/cwt160.00–181.0065214
Steers—Medium and Large 1414186.33/cwt179.00–187.0077131
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414170.98/cwt160.00–177.0070816
Steers—Medium and Large 2419143.80/cwt140.00–155.006037
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full425145.00/cwt145.00–145.006161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned430175.00/cwt175.00–175.007531
Steers—Small 4459280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2855
Steers—Medium and Large 2461148.65/cwt130.00–151.0068517
Steers—Medium and Large 1482177.16/cwt176.00–183.0085466
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2483165.64/cwt160.00–176.0080020
Steers—Small 449090.00/cwt90.00–90.004411
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full495157.00/cwt157.00–157.007771
Steers—Medium and Large 2517145.96/cwt143.00–149.007559
Steers—Medium and Large 1518164.64/cwt159.00–168.0085312
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518156.36/cwt150.00–167.008108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569152.36/cwt141.00–155.5086724
Steers—Medium and Large 2572138.15/cwt131.00–142.0079024
Steers—Small 458743.00/cwt43.00–43.002528
Steers—Medium and Large 2610133.05/cwt130.00–136.008122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616145.15/cwt142.00–157.0089412
Steers—Medium and Large 1617147.96/cwt145.00–160.0091311
Steers—Medium and Large 2674123.66/cwt110.00–130.008334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2676138.72/cwt135.00–145.009388
Steers—Medium and Large 1695140.00/cwt140.00–140.009732
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2719133.17/cwt130.00–140.009575
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full735136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0001
Steers—Medium and Large 2745114.00/cwt114.00–114.008491
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2758134.84/cwt130.00–139.501,0223
Steers—Medium and Large 1773141.54/cwt140.00–143.001,0942
Steers—Small 480057.00/cwt57.00–57.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 1803139.75/cwt138.50–141.001,1222
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2835127.29/cwt126.00–130.001,0633
Steers—Small 485058.00/cwt58.00–58.004931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883122.02/cwt110.00–128.001,0773
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2973115.50/cwt115.00–116.001,1242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-21,010115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,1621
Steers—Medium and Large 21,071100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,0716
Feeder Cattle · Heifers37 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2130250.00/cwt250.00–250.003251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1222170.50/cwt167.00–172.003793
Heifers—Medium and Large 2235115.00/cwt115.00–115.002701
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2240165.00/cwt165.00–165.003961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1283159.45/cwt150.00–165.004513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285143.82/cwt139.00–149.004102
Heifers—Medium and Large 2310117.00/cwt117.00–117.003631
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2319133.14/cwt130.00–140.004253
Heifers—Medium and Large 1327161.72/cwt151.00–169.005297
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370152.00/cwt152.00–152.005622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384136.81/cwt130.00–141.005254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned390130.00/cwt130.00–130.005071
Heifers—Medium and Large 2395124.19/cwt124.00–125.004915
Heifers—Small 4400190.00/cwt190.00–190.007601
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421156.44/cwt145.00–159.0065941
Heifers—Medium and Large 2425103.86/cwt100.00–108.004412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438138.62/cwt130.00–141.0060714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned445145.00/cwt145.00–145.006451
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470133.95/cwt126.00–137.006304
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472142.18/cwt136.00–146.006715
Heifers—Medium and Large 2474121.03/cwt115.00–123.5057416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed503152.00/cwt152.00–152.007655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518140.44/cwt134.00–147.0072726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526131.24/cwt125.00–134.0069012
Heifers—Medium and Large 2531116.02/cwt110.00–120.006168
Heifers—Small 455041.00/cwt41.00–41.002261
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574129.87/cwt125.00–134.007457
Heifers—Medium and Large 2600106.00/cwt106.00–106.006361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620131.74/cwt129.00–135.008174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643143.00/cwt143.00–143.009193
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658138.33/cwt129.00–143.009106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2680119.96/cwt118.00–122.008162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2683127.84/cwt123.00–134.508733
Heifers—Small 474487.00/cwt87.00–87.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1800137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0961
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2905122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1041
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2995101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,0051
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2185425.00/cwt425.00–425.007861
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Unweaned300200.00/cwt200.00–200.006001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2315135.00/cwt135.00–135.004251
Bulls—Small 446578.00/cwt78.00–78.003631
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2473155.00/cwt155.00–155.007332
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2562136.50/cwt135.00–137.007674
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2630124.49/cwt124.00–125.007842
Bulls—Medium and Large 2755107.00/cwt107.00–107.008081
Bulls—Medium and Large 284599.00/cwt99.00–99.008371
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,42576.91/cwt70.50–81.001,0969
Bulls——1,74188.70/cwt82.50–95.001,5449
Bulls——2,06396.99/cwt96.00–98.002,0012
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed69447.78/cwt40.00–50.003327
Cows—Lean 85-90%76830.59/cwt25.00–36.002353
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed80834.71/cwt31.00–37.002804
Cows—Lean 85-90%88149.26/cwt39.00–54.5043440
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed97659.09/cwt55.50–62.005778
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,00360.71/cwt50.00–64.0060914
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08760.94/cwt55.00–67.0066294
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,10469.66/cwt65.00–76.0076916
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25868.96/cwt64.00–72.5086842
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed1,31781.00/cwt81.00–81.001,0677
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50971.08/cwt67.50–74.001,0736
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-2995800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,9601
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,041979.17/cwt860.00–1,190.0010,1936
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,1531,000.00/cwt900.00–1,100.0011,5302
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,1971,268.00/cwt1,210.00–1,350.0015,1785
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,2351,062.00/cwt1,000.00–1,160.0013,1165
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,4551,285.00/cwt1,250.00–1,320.0018,6972
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows8 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 4605350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1181
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2750750.00/cwt750.00–750.005,6251
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2755675.00/cwt650.00–700.005,0962
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2859940.83/cwt900.00–1,000.008,0826
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-2883815.00/cwt775.00–885.007,1964
Bred Cows—Small 41,010450.00/cwt450.00–450.004,5451
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,090975.00/cwt950.00–1,000.0010,6282
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,193922.50/cwt875.00–970.0011,0052

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.