Cattle Market Pulse

New Mexico cattle prices & auction market reports

USDA market reports from 6 New Mexico auction markets, most recently Friday, September 4, 2026. Every report in full — prices by weight, grade, and class, with head counts and the reporter's comments.

What cattle are bringing in New Mexico

Head-weighted average across 2,875 head at the 4 New Mexico markets that sold these classes by the hundredweight, Aug 5, 2026 – Sep 4, 2026.

New Mexico cattle classes by head count, head-weighted $/cwt
Class $/cwt Avg wt (lb) ≈ $/hd est. Head Markets
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $308.33 752 $2,319 637 4
heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $326.59 774 $2,528 471 4
heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $317.93 663 $2,108 455 3
light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $291.28 802 $2,336 449 3
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $371.19 573 $2,127 448 3
heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $435.03 473 $2,058 415 3

Head-weighted average of per-hundredweight lots only — per-head classes such as bred cows and cow-calf pairs are excluded, never converted. The ≈ $/hd column is an estimate: that row's average price × its average weight ÷ 100.

New Mexico markets
Market Town Last sale Head
Cattlemen's Livestock Auction Belen Fri · Sep 4, 2026 553
Clovis Livestock Auction Clovis Wed · Sep 2, 2026 2,179
Roswell Livestock Auction Roswell Mon · Aug 31, 2026 999
Santa Teresa Livestock Auction Santa Teresa Fri · Sep 4, 2026 451
New Mexico Direct Cattle Report Mon · Aug 31, 2026 2,030
New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary Mon · Aug 24, 2026 4,268