New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 23, 2020

5,472 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $136.21/cwt -4.95 vs last sale · ≈ $658/hd at 483 lb · 176 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.15/cwt -2.55 vs last sale · ≈ $690/hd at 539 lb · 154 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $167.57/cwt -3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $711/hd at 425 lb · 142 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,472	7,783	1,950
Feeder cattle	4,242	6,336	1,555
Slaughter cattle	704	724	269
Replacement cattle	526	723	126

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	2	170.00	$170.00	$476	-4.00
338–348	343	12	162.00–179.00	$172.60	$592	-5.72
350–388	375	23	173.00–180.00	$177.05	$664	+1.14
383 value added	383	30	169.50	$169.50	$649	-22.53
403–448	422	65	147.00–179.00	$173.94	$734	-3.94
417–438 value added	428	38	166.50–183.00	$173.78	$744	+1.66
465–480	476	63	150.00–163.00	$158.91	$756	-4.19
496 value added	496	10	160.50	$160.50	$796	—
502–548	517	71	140.00–158.00	$151.06	$781	-2.69
500–546 value added	529	53	150.50–161.00	$156.69	$829	-2.31
538	538	2	120.00	$120.00	$646	-33.75
544	544	3	131.00	$131.00	$713	-22.75
557 value added	557	14	151.50	$151.50	$844	+6.13
553–585	564	86	128.00–149.00	$146.20	$825	+2.82
585	585	2	127.00	$127.00	$743	-8.00
595	595	2	120.00	$120.00	$714	-15.00
625–629 unweaned	628	36	109.25–125.00	$112.21	$705	-17.33
627–638 value added	628	50	131.00–138.75	$138.01	$867	+1.78
653	653	2	115.00	$115.00	$751	-5.00
673 unweaned	673	2	107.00	$107.00	$720	-16.08
686 value added	686	10	119.50	$119.50	$820	-15.50
690	690	2	124.00	$124.00	$856	+4.00
711 value added	711	4	122.00	$122.00	$867	+1.50
713–724	723	15	110.00–128.00	$125.63	$908	+9.13
763–790	784	16	109.00–123.00	$116.22	$911	-4.38
828	828	2	115.00	$115.00	$952	-9.33
850	850	4	112.50	$112.50	$956	-14.50
893	893	2	105.00	$105.00	$938	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220 value added	220	2	162.50	$162.50	$358	—
270–297	286	5	150.00–160.00	$153.77	$440	-10.17
298 value added	298	2	180.00	$180.00	$536	—
300	300	24	157.00	$157.00	$471	-9.57
368 value added	368	12	182.00	$182.00	$670	+3.47
388	388	6	169.00	$169.00	$656	+2.00
401–444 value added	423	68	174.00–181.00	$178.18	$754	+4.72
403–448	426	74	140.00–172.00	$157.82	$672	-12.38
456–477 value added	459	29	165.00–177.00	$166.72	$765	+1.43
465–499	482	32	135.50–158.50	$150.01	$723	-8.61
500–540	507	73	135.00–157.00	$150.57	$763	+3.04
515–520 value added	518	21	159.50–169.00	$163.10	$845	+6.11
566–572	571	117	125.00–144.00	$127.88	$730	-13.26
582	582	3	100.00	$100.00	$582	-41.14
619 value added	619	18	135.50–139.00	$136.28	$844	-0.72
620	620	2	130.00	$130.00	$806	—
658 unweaned	658	2	125.00	$125.00	$822	+2.36
740–748	744	4	113.00–127.00	$119.96	$893	-5.95
853	853	4	108.50	$108.50	$926	-13.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	13	160.00	$160.00	$442	+10.96
321 value added	321	8	158.00	$158.00	$507	—
359 value added	359	8	171.50	$171.50	$616	—
361–372	370	21	135.00–147.00	$144.77	$536	-13.55
424–435	430	18	140.00–146.00	$143.37	$616	-10.98
503–546	540	38	140.00–146.00	$141.72	$765	+3.55
610	610	1	140.00	$140.00	$854	+15.50
684	684	7	118.00	$118.00	$807	-8.57

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
280	280	3	149.00	$149.00	$417	-2.61
316–320 value added	317	38	151.00–156.00	$152.33	$483	—
321–335	325	20	149.00–156.50	$153.31	$498	+0.34
355–388	370	13	142.00–151.00	$146.96	$544	-3.20
402–423 value added	421	27	148.00	$148.00	$623	-6.22
405–445	428	68	134.00–146.00	$136.94	$586	-5.86
450–467 value added	462	13	143.00–149.00	$146.70	$678	—
464–498	485	163	129.00–139.50	$135.37	$657	+12.37
500	500	2	125.00	$125.00	$625	-5.70
505 value added	505	4	145.00	$145.00	$732	—
510–545	540	148	126.00–137.00	$127.74	$690	-2.96
559	559	4	112.00	$112.00	$626	-12.95
560–580	573	43	122.00–127.00	$124.30	$712	-0.65
610	610	11	110.00	$110.00	$671	-12.15
635–640 value added	637	27	107.50–109.50	$109.17	$695	-11.83
673 value added	673	4	109.00	$109.00	$734	-3.00
700–724	714	12	109.50–112.50	$110.76	$791	-6.13
763–785	772	5	103.00–109.00	$105.44	$814	-7.22

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331	331	5	120.00	$120.00	$397	-21.86
308–342 value added	334	28	153.50–156.50	$155.61	$520	—
331–340	334	7	139.00–149.00	$141.91	$474	+0.05
372 value added	372	6	143.00	$143.00	$532	-7.00
365–391	380	10	143.00–146.00	$144.07	$547	-0.09
403–438	420	36	139.00–149.00	$146.62	$616	+8.13
480 value added	480	82	137.00–145.00	$144.80	$695	+4.80
484	484	12	137.50	$137.50	$666	+1.44
503–526	513	27	120.00–131.00	$126.63	$650	+11.63
518 value added	518	23	140.00	$140.00	$725	+6.00
554–578	559	85	120.00–129.50	$127.70	$714	+12.70
612	612	9	104.00	$104.00	$636	-16.00
605–625 value added	617	10	122.00–129.50	$124.94	$771	—
638 unweaned	638	2	106.00	$106.00	$676	-10.16
671	671	8	110.00	$110.00	$738	-5.42

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	4	130.00	$130.00	$396	—
391	391	21	122.00	$122.00	$477	-17.79
418	418	5	106.00	$106.00	$443	-26.45
428 value added	428	4	128.00	$128.00	$548	-3.00
470–498	479	6	110.00–126.00	$115.54	$553	-10.09
489 thin fleshed	489	15	138.00	$138.00	$675	—
506–528	512	8	108.00–130.00	$113.68	$582	-1.16
555–560	557	6	122.00–129.00	$126.65	$705	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	5	165.00	$165.00	$475	—
366–390	373	13	150.00–173.00	$165.61	$618	—
495–496	496	7	148.00–150.00	$148.57	$737	-4.43
525	525	12	125.00	$125.00	$656	+1.50
645	645	2	85.00	$85.00	$548	—
695	695	9	114.00	$114.00	$792	—
720	720	10	105.50	$105.50	$760	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
647	647	6	88.00	$88.00	$569	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1070	837	85-90%	11	17.00–30.00	$26.22	$219	—
915	915	85-90%	1	25.00	$25.00	$229	—
725–1143	925	85-90%	50	30.00–42.50	$35.89	$332	—
710–1315	1000	85-90%	87	39.00–47.75	$44.38	$444	—
815–1187	1020	85-90%	14	33.00–42.50	$40.23	$410	—
855–1435	1066	85-90%	195	39.50–52.00	$45.71	$487	-0.14
1200–1260	1220	85-90%	3	53.50–54.50	$54.16	$661	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1085	1085	80-85%	1	48.00	$48.00	$521	—
830–1283	1116	80-85%	19	39.50–45.00	$44.65	$498	—
875–1595	1209	80-85%	109	46.00–54.00	$50.22	$607	—
1145–1458	1352	80-85%	14	52.75–56.50	$54.11	$732	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995–1530	1288	75-80%	3	44.00–46.00	$45.05	$580	-4.72
1407–1640	1446	75-80%	6	54.50	$54.50	$788	—
1500–1730	1587	75-80%	3	49.50–50.25	$49.93	$792	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1095–1210	1167	3	72.00–73.50	$72.67	$848	—
1045–1690	1347	17	56.00–70.75	$64.47	$868	—
1055–1835	1408	16	50.00–70.00	$63.97	$901	-4.75
1220–1980	1597	35	70.00–80.50	$75.95	$1,213	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850–900	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	675.00–700.00	$683.33
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
1000–1050	1025	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	485.00–575.00	$530.00
950–1300	1071	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	550.00–775.00	$731.32
900–1270	1111	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	36	600.00–960.00	$806.11
800–1350	1141	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	184	450.00–835.00	$717.20
1000–1475	1193	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	575.00–875.00	$776.67
1200	1200	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	760.00	$760.00
1400	1400	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	875.00	$875.00
1050–1950	1500	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	670.00–825.00	$747.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
875	875	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	50.00	$50.00	$438
970	970	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	40.00	$40.00	$388
800–1350	1031	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	39.00–48.00	$42.44	$438
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	51.00	$51.00	$561
720–1450	1110	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	7	35.00–52.50	$47.57	$528
900–1350	1121	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	24	39.00–51.50	$47.35	$531
1150–1450	1281	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	39.00–47.25	$44.53	$570

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–950	764	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	600.00–875.00	$686.11
700–950	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	500.00–950.00	$860.00

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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
900–1100	967	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	760.00–925.00	$870.00	-35.83
800–1100	995	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	10	850.00–985.00	$932.00	+26.17
950–1050	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–925.00	$800.00	-93.75
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	-83.75
1100–1200	1150	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	935.00–1,050.00	$992.50	—
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	975.00	$975.00	—

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Heifer 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	925.00	$925.00	—

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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.