New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 12, 2020

8,140 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $119.32/cwt ≈ $690/hd at 578 lb · 258 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $125.98/cwt ≈ $598/hd at 475 lb · 222 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $122.48/cwt ≈ $637/hd at 520 lb · 206 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	8,140	8,185	6,886
Feeder cattle	5,948	—	4,952
Slaughter cattle	1,158	—	1,009
Replacement cattle	1,034	—	925

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves under 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Calves over 600 lbs steady on limited offerings. Yearling steers no comparison due to limited receipts last week. Heifer calves under 600 lbs sold uneven; 4.00 lower to 4.00 higher, with the increase coming at late last week’s sale. Yearling heifers no comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls sold 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Trade moderate to active, demand moderate to good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
250–297	279	29	164.50–179.00	$173.13	$483
310 value added	310	1	188.00	$188.00	$583
305–337 thin fleshed	332	7	175.00–177.00	$175.26	$582
320–348	341	35	158.50–169.00	$163.88	$559
355–393	373	48	155.00–174.50	$168.93	$630
417–418 value added	417	19	170.00–172.50	$171.05	$713
405–442	423	128	148.00–168.00	$160.02	$677
422–449	439	8	130.00–140.50	$136.71	$600
450–497	484	202	133.50–162.00	$146.35	$708
500–546	517	187	134.00–153.00	$142.77	$738
524–539	528	18	134.00–140.00	$135.70	$716
550–596	571	106	126.00–141.00	$134.55	$768
592	592	2	123.50	$123.50	$731
605	605	10	125.00	$125.00	$756
600–648 unweaned	616	145	120.00–127.75	$125.39	$772
626	626	14	116.50	$116.50	$729
633	633	19	128.50	$128.50	$813
637 value added	637	3	134.00	$134.00	$854
653–660	657	4	125.00–129.00	$126.99	$834
651–693 unweaned	666	78	116.00–125.00	$119.78	$798
655–698 value added	670	40	125.50–130.25	$128.51	$861
685	685	2	124.00	$124.00	$849
715	715	6	111.50	$111.50	$797
705–728 unweaned	722	45	115.50–122.00	$116.52	$841
725 value added	725	5	122.50	$122.50	$888
708–732	729	36	128.00–131.00	$128.40	$936
762	762	2	124.50	$124.50	$949
770	770	6	110.50	$110.50	$851
808–816	814	7	112.50–126.50	$121.09	$986
819	819	7	107.50	$107.50	$880
838 unweaned	838	3	110.00	$110.00	$922
883	883	10	116.00	$116.00	$1,024

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
230–235	234	8	161.50–168.00	$163.10	$382
287	287	6	175.00	$175.00	$502
304–320 value added	308	9	171.00–175.00	$174.08	$536
303–348	334	49	153.00–170.00	$164.08	$548
366 value added	366	8	170.00	$170.00	$622
360–396	379	48	136.00–170.00	$155.67	$590
400–447	423	58	135.00–159.50	$144.66	$612
428–434 value added	432	29	160.00–161.00	$160.31	$693
436–443	441	12	140.00–143.00	$142.01	$626
456–494	472	70	130.00–157.00	$149.69	$707
510 value added	510	2	148.00	$148.00	$755
501–544	524	103	122.00–150.00	$139.72	$732
540–548	541	22	136.00–137.00	$136.86	$740
563–583	575	5	116.00–120.00	$118.43	$681
575	575	2	125.00	$125.00	$719
555–598	583	46	125.50–139.50	$133.28	$777
603 value added	603	4	132.00	$132.00	$796
610	610	2	115.00	$115.00	$702
602–616 unweaned	612	16	120.00–126.50	$124.50	$762
645	645	7	120.25	$120.25	$776
658–683	662	18	112.00–126.00	$119.40	$790
655–695 unweaned	683	37	110.00–125.00	$121.96	$833
703–743	712	21	110.00–127.50	$114.25	$813
701–727 unweaned	716	11	105.00–117.50	$112.82	$808
730	730	2	107.50	$107.50	$785
767–792	777	17	114.00–128.00	$124.24	$965
800	800	3	121.50	$121.50	$972
831	831	5	115.00	$115.00	$956
850	850	2	112.50	$112.50	$956
987	987	3	110.00	$110.00	$1,086

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
212	212	2	151.00	$151.00	$320
280	280	2	150.50	$150.50	$421
330	330	7	162.00	$162.00	$535
372–393	378	11	135.00–141.00	$136.70	$517
406–408	407	7	135.00–140.00	$137.15	$558
413 value added	413	5	152.50	$152.50	$630
452–477	467	15	132.00–143.00	$137.00	$640
521–535	526	13	114.00–124.50	$119.66	$629
562–571	568	15	123.00–123.50	$123.34	$701
608 unweaned	608	3	111.00	$111.00	$675
612–620	616	4	110.00–122.50	$116.21	$716
730	730	2	120.00	$120.00	$876
767	767	2	122.00	$122.00	$936
825	825	2	110.00	$110.00	$908
935	935	8	106.50	$106.50	$996

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
335	335	3	148.00	$148.00	$496
585	585	2	119.00	$119.00	$696
712	712	3	110.00	$110.00	$783
818	818	2	106.00	$106.00	$867

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
201–243	223	16	144.00–150.00	$146.39	$326
255–298	283	60	135.50–152.00	$143.68	$407
305–345	327	29	137.50–146.00	$140.56	$460
350–393	380	110	131.00–141.00	$136.35	$518
398	398	3	120.00	$120.00	$478
400–448	420	148	126.00–140.00	$134.96	$567
410–443	430	5	121.00–126.50	$123.10	$529
442	442	2	122.00	$122.00	$539
450–492	474	190	120.00–134.00	$125.85	$597
465–483	475	18	111.50–119.50	$116.42	$553
483 fancy	483	14	140.00	$140.00	$676
500–543	520	198	109.00–133.00	$122.76	$638
520	520	3	115.00	$115.00	$598
537	537	5	116.00	$116.00	$623
550–598	577	216	110.00–130.00	$120.94	$698
577	577	4	115.00	$115.00	$664
578–583	579	10	115.00	$115.00	$666
585 unweaned	585	28	109.00	$109.00	$638
600–645 unweaned	615	116	107.00–122.00	$114.20	$702
619	619	6	106.00	$106.00	$656
602–641	626	8	114.00–115.00	$114.64	$718
650	650	4	115.00	$115.00	$748
650–693	663	24	110.50–120.00	$116.98	$776
655–686 unweaned	669	43	104.50–119.50	$112.77	$754
676	676	5	115.00	$115.00	$777
715 value added	715	2	112.00	$112.00	$801
717	717	6	109.50	$109.50	$785
732 unweaned	732	2	100.00	$100.00	$732
790	790	3	114.00	$114.00	$901
842	842	4	101.00	$101.00	$850
869	869	9	104.00	$104.00	$904

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
313–333	321	14	127.50–139.00	$133.03	$427
345 thin fleshed	345	10	141.00	$141.00	$486
368 value added	368	4	143.00	$143.00	$526
368–398	382	58	125.00–138.50	$130.89	$500
401–443	430	40	120.00–134.00	$129.69	$558
452–485	469	60	114.00–135.00	$127.65	$599
502–545	516	58	108.00–131.00	$122.04	$630
544	544	4	100.00	$100.00	$544
563–592	584	19	106.00–127.00	$119.87	$700
628–648 unweaned	635	15	113.00–118.00	$115.81	$735
673 unweaned	673	2	109.00	$109.00	$734
690	690	2	109.00	$109.00	$752
695	695	5	114.00	$114.00	$792
716–725	719	14	102.00–119.00	$106.90	$769
719 value added	719	6	114.50	$114.50	$823
757 unweaned	757	2	111.50	$111.50	$844

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
275	275	6	125.00	$125.00	$344
470–491	478	16	116.00–119.00	$117.16	$560
505 value added	505	2	125.00	$125.00	$631
505–525	515	7	105.00–116.00	$112.48	$579
551–585	568	8	111.00–115.00	$113.06	$642
667–677	674	7	104.00–115.50	$107.25	$723
748	748	3	102.00	$102.00	$763

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
547	547	4	122.00	$122.00	$667
636	636	3	117.00	$117.00	$744

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
578	578	5	90.00	$90.00	$520

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
461	461	4	130.00	$130.00	$599
588–590	589	14	101.00–121.50	$114.16	$672
681	681	18	80.00	$80.00	$545

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
453	453	2	121.00	$121.00	$548
504	504	4	125.00	$125.00	$630
665	665	10	98.00	$98.00	$652
866	866	3	115.00	$115.00	$996
1053	1053	2	79.00	$79.00	$832

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
375	375	4	145.00	$145.00	$544
553	553	3	116.00	$116.00	$641
965	965	2	91.00	$91.00	$878

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
635–655	643	85-90%	9	15.00	$15.00	$96
800–1055	916	85-90%	17	30.00–35.00	$31.28	$287
670–1445	924	85-90%	31	27.50–38.50	$32.75	$303
735–1265	1006	85-90%	156	32.50–45.50	$41.29	$415
895–1315	1108	85-90%	73	33.00–44.25	$40.35	$447
845–1495	1112	85-90%	121	41.00–52.00	$46.10	$513
955–1306	1146	85-90%	86	41.00–50.50	$45.28	$519
1145–1295	1274	85-90%	7	53.25–54.00	$53.35	$680

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
980–1645	1143	80-85%	29	42.50–46.50	$44.51	$509
1246	1246	80-85%	7	44.25	$44.25	$551
1030–1555	1282	80-85%	136	45.00–57.00	$50.24	$644
1265–1420	1317	80-85%	3	56.25–58.00	$57.05	$751

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1205–1445	1356	75-80%	4	44.00–50.00	$46.31	$628
1205–1600	1425	75-80%	25	47.00–55.25	$51.20	$730

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1085	1085	1	62.50	$62.50	$678
1025–1660	1311	15	58.00–72.50	$64.86	$850
1010–2150	1491	56	55.00–75.00	$66.98	$999
1475–2380	1768	40	72.00–83.50	$77.37	$1,368

YG3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
945–1240	1080	6	50.00–60.00	$54.98	$594

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725–930	822	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	63.00–74.00	$70.23	$577

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1050	1025	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	535.00–600.00	$551.25
900–1250	1037	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	30	400.00–835.00	$697.17
950–1225	1092	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	500.00–600.00	$566.67
950–1150	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	11	500.00–650.00	$572.73
800–1450	1123	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	117	550.00–910.00	$788.93
1070–1200	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.50
900–1350	1169	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	500.00–725.00	$641.53
785–1350	1185	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	52	635.00–860.00	$743.46
1050–1400	1222	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	26	725.00–1,000.00	$882.12
1150–1350	1240	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	600.00–725.00	$680.56
1285	1285	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
1030–1800	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	11	600.00–885.00	$795.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	50.50	$50.50	$530
1100–1150	1140	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	51.00–61.00	$53.00	$604
1000–1450	1168	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	58	42.00–49.50	$46.49	$543
1100–1262	1198	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	46.50–52.00	$48.83	$585
1210	1210	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	55.50	$55.50	$672
1000–1350	1232	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	45.00–47.00	$45.86	$565
1050–1550	1277	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	41	42.50–54.00	$47.35	$605
1200–1350	1286	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	44.00–55.50	$49.93	$642
1230–1565	1453	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	47.00–53.00	$49.00	$712
1700	1700	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	42.00	$42.00	$714

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1250	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	700.00–800.00	$750.00
1335	1335	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	74.00	$74.00	$562

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	44.50	$44.50	$525

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
890	890	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00
800–1300	1042	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	850.00–1,200.00	$1,022.92
1050	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00
950–1250	1063	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–1,225.00	$1,018.75
750–1100	1078	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	775.00–1,000.00	$977.81
1050–1200	1141	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	16	900.00–1,200.00	$1,051.56
950–1250	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–950.00	$883.33
1100–1200	1150	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	925.00–1,250.00	$1,087.50
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	4	975.00	$975.00
1230–1245	1238	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	810.00–875.00	$842.50
1275	1275	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1241	1241	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,175.00	$1,175.00

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Heifer Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	700.00–875.00	$808.33

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.