Sale reports / New Mexico / Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM / 2021-11-12

Cattlemen's Livestock Auction - Belen, NM

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Belen, New Mexico · Fri, Nov 12
● Final131 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1783
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,146 head
▼ 193 vs last sale 1,339▲ 23 vs year ago 1,123 · +2.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
416 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 325▲ 262 vs year ago 154 · +170.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 23 vs last sale 168▲ 27 vs year ago 118 · +22.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Steer and heifer calves 3.00-4.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers no comparable quotes. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.62/cwt on 445 head.
Average price
$139.62
445 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$740
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$465
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Small 4
$119.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.74
vs NM average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1423169.2971670
Medium and Large 1-2556145.21807209
Medium and Large 2548128.58704148
Small 450149.9925018thin
One grade step is worth $119.30/cwt here — about $465 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 sale445 hd
139.62
—
NM average3 barns · 2,629 hd
153.36
−13.74
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—Low1,56471.411,11741
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,63073.501,1981thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26268.23861103
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,06148.48514215

Every lot

131 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 · Steers50 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2145285.00/cwt285.00–285.004131
Steers—Medium and Large 2185155.00/cwt155.00–155.002873
Steers—Medium and Large 2211155.00/cwt155.00–155.003275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2215172.67/cwt170.00–175.003712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2220242.50/cwt210.00–275.005342
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy230153.00/cwt153.00–153.003522
Steers—Small 4240200.00/cwt200.00–200.004803
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2265172.00/cwt172.00–172.004561
Steers—Medium and Large 1274185.00/cwt185.00–185.005074
Steers—Medium and Large 2275151.00/cwt151.00–151.004152
Steers—Small 4279248.94/cwt240.00–275.006954
Steers—Medium and Large 2310140.00/cwt140.00–140.004341
Steers—Medium and Large 1324178.95/cwt177.00–183.005807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2331164.89/cwt156.00–168.0054616
Steers—Small 4334185.10/cwt150.00–235.006185
Steers—Medium and Large 1367173.41/cwt160.00–179.0063614
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2368157.83/cwt152.00–163.005816
Steers—Small 4370202.97/cwt185.00–220.007512
Steers—Medium and Large 2395123.00/cwt123.00–123.004861
Steers—Medium and Large 1417170.87/cwt165.00–176.0071318
Steers—Medium and Large 2421141.69/cwt123.00–150.005977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2428161.43/cwt154.00–167.0069126
Steers—Small 443450.90/cwt46.00–55.002217
Steers—Small 446553.00/cwt53.00–53.002461
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469154.93/cwt147.00–162.007278
Steers—Medium and Large 1472166.78/cwt160.50–180.0078716
Steers—Medium and Large 2474130.09/cwt117.00–145.0061714
Steers—Small 4Mexican Origin48041.00/cwt41.00–41.001971
Steers—Small 4Mexican Origin51053.00/cwt53.00–53.002701
Steers—Medium and Large 1515156.00/cwt156.00–156.008031
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518154.13/cwt147.00–157.0079857
Steers—Small 452355.27/cwt54.00–58.002894
Steers—Medium and Large 2524133.41/cwt125.00–139.0069920
Steers—Medium and Large 1551153.00/cwt153.00–153.0084310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561137.57/cwt135.00–145.0077222
Steers—Medium and Large 2570128.16/cwt115.00–137.0073145
Steers—Small 458039.74/cwt30.00–50.002302
Steers—Small 4Mexican Origin60546.00/cwt46.00–46.002781
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610140.55/cwt135.00–146.008572
Steers—Medium and Large 2630120.14/cwt115.00–130.0075744
Steers—Medium and Large 2650118.00/cwt118.00–118.007671
Steers—Small 4Mexican Origin66550.00/cwt50.00–50.003331
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680128.89/cwt123.00–135.5087612
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720120.82/cwt117.00–135.0087031
Steers—Medium and Large 2745116.50/cwt116.50–116.508681
Steers—Medium and Large 2773113.95/cwt111.00–117.008812
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2783132.05/cwt118.00–136.001,03419
Steers—Medium and Large 2820116.50/cwt116.50–116.509551
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2824122.05/cwt115.00–129.501,0065
Steers—Medium and Large 21,020112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,1421
Feeder Cattle · Heifers41 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2167265.57/cwt230.00–275.004445
Heifers—Small 4195275.00/cwt275.00–275.005361
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2210141.50/cwt136.00–147.002972
Heifers—Medium and Large 2233131.31/cwt128.00–135.003062
Heifers—Medium and Large 3Unweaned237275.00/cwt275.00–275.006523
Heifers—Small 4269283.87/cwt250.00–300.007643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1278153.95/cwt150.00–160.004283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2285145.00/cwt145.00–145.004131
Heifers—Medium and Large 2285126.67/cwt125.00–130.003613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318142.60/cwt140.00–145.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2320122.91/cwt117.00–126.003933
Heifers—Small 4328273.60/cwt200.00–325.008973
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2331137.27/cwt130.00–140.004547
Heifers—Small 4355225.00/cwt225.00–225.007991
Heifers—Medium and Large 2360112.35/cwt108.50–116.004042
Heifers—Medium and Large 1363150.00/cwt150.00–150.005452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373134.86/cwt130.00–141.0050315
Heifers—Small 4405225.00/cwt225.00–225.009111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2409130.50/cwt127.00–135.005345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417141.41/cwt140.00–144.005909
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423134.06/cwt130.00–145.0056718
Heifers—Medium and Large 2459117.76/cwt114.00–127.0054110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473135.01/cwt130.00–147.0063911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478134.67/cwt131.00–135.0064412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007002
Heifers—Medium and Large 2518122.54/cwt117.00–129.006353
Heifers—Small 452038.00/cwt38.00–38.001981
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530125.81/cwt116.00–145.0066755
Heifers—Small 457036.00/cwt36.00–36.002051
Heifers—Medium and Large 2571117.60/cwt110.00–122.006716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575135.00/cwt135.00–135.007763
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577123.15/cwt118.00–130.0071112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Value Added603150.00/cwt150.00–150.009058
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624121.95/cwt110.00–133.0076122
Heifers—Small 464321.00/cwt21.00–21.001352
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676120.41/cwt119.00–125.0081436
Heifers—Medium and Large 2685114.73/cwt110.00–120.007863
Heifers—Medium and Large 2710110.00/cwt110.00–110.007811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2720123.00/cwt123.00–123.008861
Heifers—Medium and Large 2845100.00/cwt100.00–100.008451
Heifers—Medium and Large 2878100.03/cwt90.00–110.008782
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2265165.00/cwt165.00–165.004371
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2390118.00/cwt118.00–118.004601
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2470109.00/cwt109.00–109.005121
Bulls—Medium and Large 262086.00/cwt86.00–86.005333
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2720109.19/cwt95.00–123.007862
Bulls—Medium and Large 274590.00/cwt90.00–90.006711
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2770111.00/cwt111.00–111.008551
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-287595.00/cwt95.00–95.008311
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——Return to Feed1,38370.16/cwt65.00–73.509702
Bulls——1,49567.52/cwt60.00–75.001,00929
Bulls——1,79982.95/cwt79.00–88.001,49210
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed89329.59/cwt20.00–39.0026412
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed98144.53/cwt41.00–51.004375
Cows—Boner 80-85%Return to Feed99767.27/cwt63.00–74.006715
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02538.63/cwt28.00–40.5039633
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03446.52/cwt41.00–53.0048178
Cows—Lean 85-90%Return to Feed1,11457.59/cwt52.00–68.006429
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12756.71/cwt52.00–63.0063978
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,13053.00/cwt53.00–53.005991
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27368.33/cwt61.00–73.5087095
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46373.66/cwt73.00–74.501,0782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,63073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,1981
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs6 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-28631,133.33/cwt950.00–1,225.009,7813
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0721,368.33/cwt1,290.00–1,440.0014,6683
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,208912.50/cwt800.00–1,025.0011,0232
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 1-21,365985.00/cwt985.00–985.0013,4451
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,5051,385.00/cwt1,385.00–1,385.0020,8441
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,6501,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0023,1001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows12 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Small 4615430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,6451
Bred Cows—Small 4655425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,7841
Bred Cows—Small 4713295.00/cwt250.00–340.002,1032
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2804591.00/cwt510.00–700.004,7525
Bred Cows—Small 4840410.00/cwt410.00–410.003,4442
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2868622.50/cwt520.00–725.005,4032
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2940800.00/cwt800.00–800.007,5202
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2960770.00/cwt770.00–770.007,3921
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,000892.50/cwt885.00–900.008,9252
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,035991.88/cwt850.00–1,160.0010,2668
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,097880.00/cwt800.00–1,075.009,6545
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,1181,050.00/cwt1,000.00–1,100.0011,7392

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.