New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 19, 2020

5,642 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $141.29/cwt -8.40 vs last sale · ≈ $681/hd at 482 lb · 133 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $122.97/cwt -4.68 vs last sale · ≈ $587/hd at 477 lb · 121 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $149.28/cwt +0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $635/hd at 426 lb · 119 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,642	8,140	8,406
Feeder cattle	4,247	5,948	5,900
Slaughter cattle	805	1,158	1,287
Replacement cattle	590	1,034	1,219

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-11.00 lower, over 600 lbs. 2.00-5.00 lower. No comparison on feeder cattle due to limited receipts of yearling, feeder cattle. Slaughter cows 2.00-8.00 lower with the most decline later in the week, bulls 4.00-6.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–298	284	13	150.00–168.00	$156.12	$443	-18.88
305–340	311	26	146.00–164.00	$154.46	$480	-9.62
355–376	367	39	145.00–162.00	$152.63	$560	-3.04
374 thin fleshed	374	17	167.00	$167.00	$625	—
385	385	3	140.00	$140.00	$539	-15.67
404–445	421	65	138.00–150.00	$141.13	$594	-3.53
423–436 thin fleshed	431	54	159.00–160.00	$159.09	$686	—
453 value added	453	5	157.50	$157.50	$713	—
458–480 thin fleshed	469	14	144.00	$144.00	$675	—
458–497	485	114	130.50–149.00	$140.25	$680	-9.44
507–547	532	93	129.00–143.00	$132.17	$703	-7.55
564	564	12	118.75	$118.75	$670	+0.32
559–594	577	81	120.00–133.00	$126.60	$730	+8.17
606–646	620	21	126.00–128.00	$126.82	$786	+11.82
615–648 unweaned	637	6	111.00–114.00	$111.97	$713	-12.53
638	638	2	107.00	$107.00	$683	-13.25
651–663	656	10	114.00–124.00	$118.04	$774	-1.36
656 value added	656	16	126.50	$126.50	$830	—
668–696 unweaned	687	42	110.00–120.00	$113.75	$781	-8.21
701	701	8	126.00	$126.00	$883	+11.75
712–722 unweaned	721	14	100.00–113.00	$111.16	$801	-1.66
770–792	783	18	116.00–117.50	$116.73	$914	-7.51
822	822	2	121.00	$121.00	$995	+6.00
957	957	2	105.00	$105.00	$1,005	-5.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
201	201	8	168.00	$168.00	$338	—
287–292	289	6	143.00–151.00	$145.70	$421	-27.43
315–332	319	54	151.00–165.00	$154.00	$491	-9.88
376–396	387	11	142.00–157.00	$148.63	$575	-20.30
400–447	428	84	140.00–157.00	$147.75	$632	-12.27
450–499	472	76	138.00–155.00	$144.31	$681	-2.04
495	495	9	125.00	$125.00	$619	-21.35
510	510	2	128.00	$128.00	$653	-14.77
501–547	521	100	130.00–142.50	$136.38	$711	-6.39
522–537 value added	532	6	144.00	$144.00	$766	—
551	551	3	124.00	$124.00	$683	-10.55
566 thin fleshed	566	18	138.00	$138.00	$781	—
551–581	567	61	125.00–136.00	$131.76	$747	-2.79
570–574	572	18	121.00–121.50	$121.20	$693	-13.35
600–647 unweaned	610	53	120.00–125.00	$122.53	$747	-2.86
604–637 value added	611	34	125.75–128.00	$126.53	$773	-7.47
654–682 unweaned	674	81	110.00–121.00	$119.89	$808	+0.11
680	680	2	113.00	$113.00	$768	-11.00
716–720 unweaned	718	6	106.00–108.50	$107.25	$770	-9.27
704–748	721	21	112.00–127.00	$121.82	$878	+10.32
754	754	8	122.00	$122.00	$920	-2.50
802	802	4	115.00	$115.00	$922	-6.09
816 unweaned	816	6	109.00	$109.00	$889	-1.00
850 unweaned	850	5	106.50	$106.50	$905	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
257	257	3	143.00	$143.00	$368	-7.50
345	345	2	145.00	$145.00	$500	-17.00
416–432	424	6	126.00–138.00	$131.89	$559	-5.26
529	529	18	127.00	$127.00	$672	+7.34
597	597	12	120.00	$120.00	$716	-3.34
604	604	11	121.00	$121.00	$731	+4.79
658–682	665	8	102.00–120.00	$115.27	$767	—
710–741	717	26	117.50–119.50	$117.98	$846	-2.02

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	2	111.00	$111.00	$461	—
489	489	9	98.00	$98.00	$479	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273–297	291	8	130.00–131.00	$130.77	$381	-12.91
324–344	339	35	134.50–141.75	$138.69	$470	-1.87
351–393	374	40	125.00–136.50	$132.28	$495	-4.07
407 thin fleshed	407	7	133.50	$133.50	$543	—
413–447	428	54	115.00–137.50	$131.12	$561	+8.02
450–499	480	102	109.50–136.50	$125.18	$601	+8.76
500–544	524	100	105.00–127.75	$119.57	$627	-3.19
550–560	553	17	110.00–110.50	$110.35	$610	-10.59
556–584	570	71	117.00–124.00	$121.05	$690	+0.11
585 value added	585	3	112.50	$112.50	$658	—
605–628 unweaned	619	31	101.00–116.00	$112.20	$695	-2.00
610–630	622	20	109.00–114.50	$113.45	$706	+7.45
630	630	4	113.00	$113.00	$712	-1.64
650 unweaned	650	5	114.00	$114.00	$741	+1.23
656–680	670	7	115.00–119.00	$117.32	$786	+2.32
717	717	4	111.00	$111.00	$796	+1.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
247	247	2	131.00	$131.00	$324	—
286–298	291	7	136.00–138.00	$137.12	$399	—
315–339	324	28	126.00–138.00	$129.73	$420	-3.30
371–396	387	45	115.00–136.50	$124.17	$481	-6.72
393 value added	393	23	140.00	$140.00	$550	-3.00
412 value added	412	4	135.00	$135.00	$556	—
409–446	425	110	120.00–130.00	$125.77	$535	-3.92
440	440	3	109.00	$109.00	$480	-20.69
458–494	475	88	110.00–128.00	$123.02	$584	-4.63
481–485	482	19	105.00–116.00	$114.25	$551	-13.40
483 value added	483	14	134.50	$134.50	$650	—
523–547	540	39	106.00–126.75	$120.76	$652	+20.76
551–582	572	38	103.00–120.00	$115.95	$663	-3.92
606–645	618	18	108.00–119.00	$114.75	$709	—
638–645 unweaned	640	23	105.50–111.00	$109.55	$701	-6.26
664–665	664	8	107.00–116.00	$110.38	$733	+1.38
733	733	4	117.00	$117.00	$858	+10.10
773 unweaned	773	8	106.00	$106.00	$819	-5.50
823	823	2	100.00	$100.00	$823	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
312	312	12	124.00	$124.00	$387	—
350–370	363	9	120.00–121.00	$120.57	$438	—
415–443	422	12	110.00–120.00	$117.38	$495	—
475	475	2	110.00	$110.00	$522	-7.16
507–538	525	10	96.00–117.00	$105.70	$555	-6.78
585–588	587	5	115.00–116.00	$115.40	$677	+2.34
631	631	5	114.00	$114.00	$719	—
653–665	655	20	103.00–109.75	$108.38	$710	+1.13
732	732	5	106.00	$106.00	$776	+4.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
438	438	6	102.00	$102.00	$447	—
485	485	4	104.00	$104.00	$504	—
733	733	3	109.50	$109.50	$803	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
367	367	2	109.00	$109.00	$400	—
488	488	4	97.00	$97.00	$473	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	128.00	$128.00	$698	—
681	681	6	103.00	$103.00	$701	—
718	718	2	83.00	$83.00	$596	—
766	766	9	92.50	$92.50	$709	—
808	808	2	85.00	$85.00	$687	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	4	129.00	$129.00	$574	—
545	545	2	115.00	$115.00	$627	—
596	596	5	109.00	$109.00	$650	—
658	658	3	108.00	$108.00	$711	+10.00

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–1130	940	85-90%	5	21.00–27.00	$24.73	$232	-8.02
820–1301	1006	85-90%	72	28.00–43.50	$36.19	$364	-5.10
788–1376	1009	85-90%	50	31.00–43.75	$38.74	$391	-2.55
748–1668	1097	85-90%	122	35.00–50.50	$42.60	$467	—
980–1335	1108	85-90%	23	34.50–50.00	$42.02	$466	+1.67
770–1580	1129	85-90%	10	20.00–30.00	$25.64	$289	-20.46
1090–1315	1240	85-90%	4	51.00–52.50	$51.51	$639	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1125–1153	1146	80-85%	4	42.00–45.00	$42.74	$490	-1.77
955–1405	1177	80-85%	8	39.00–47.50	$46.15	$543	—
980–1815	1287	80-85%	74	39.00–54.00	$46.91	$604	-3.33

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1215–1370	1293	75-80%	2	30.00–43.50	$37.15	$480	—
1105–1825	1406	75-80%	9	39.50–53.00	$47.84	$673	-3.36

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1395	1211	4	56.00–68.50	$63.70	$771	—
1060–1550	1419	13	67.00–76.75	$71.97	$1,021	—
1175–1875	1485	32	51.00–66.00	$61.81	$918	-5.17
1200–2040	1641	56	66.50–79.00	$72.77	$1,194	—
1780	1780	1	80.00	$80.00	$1,424	+2.63

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
763–900	826	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	250.00–485.00	$345.00
900–1000	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
750–1250	1027	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	375.00–725.00	$573.18
850–1200	1055	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	27	500.00–725.00	$629.81
950–1250	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	500.00–750.00	$645.00
1050–1150	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	460.00–550.00	$505.00
1050–1250	1125	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	500.00–625.00	$543.75
850–1650	1129	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	30	525.00–850.00	$721.50
1000–1500	1132	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	14	530.00–825.00	$653.57
1050–1200	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	750.00–775.00	$758.75
1050–1600	1255	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	700.00–850.00	$794.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	43.50–53.00	$44.50	$490
965–1500	1160	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	43	39.00–55.00	$47.01	$545
1023–1600	1170	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	16	40.00–51.75	$46.70	$546
900–1350	1231	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	37.50–49.00	$41.31	$509
1100–1400	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	49.00–51.00	$50.00	$625
950–1338	1268	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	41.25–50.00	$42.64	$541
1300	1300	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	49.50	$49.50	$644

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
750–950	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	610.00–800.00	$705.00	+30.00
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	775.00	$775.00	+100.00
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
950–1100	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	635.00–650.00	$642.50	-380.42
900–1300	1071	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	600.00–860.00	$729.29	-248.52
800–1500	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	650.00–1,000.00	$859.23	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	925.00	$925.00	+41.67
950–1250	1154	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	7	750.00–885.00	$818.57	-64.76
1100–1200	1167	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	3	725.00–900.00	$841.67	-41.66
1225	1225	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	+7.50

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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.