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New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 11, 2021

2,376 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $159.53/cwt -5.04 vs last sale · ≈ $759/hd at 476 lb · 62 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $128.94/cwt +4.40 vs last sale · ≈ $734/hd at 569 lb · 58 head
heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $145.74/cwt +1.63 vs last sale · ≈ $830/hd at 570 lb · 54 head

Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 2,376 6,201 7,623
Feeder cattle 1,654 4,933 6,651
Slaughter cattle 397 609 542
Replacement cattle 325 659 430

Market comments — USDA reporter

The Clovis auction was not reported this week but on comparable sales at other locations, steer and heifer calves were mostly 2.00-4.00 higher than last week, with some sales at the end of the week as much as 15.00-20.00 higher. Available feeder cattle sales were mostly steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
293 293 2 181.00 $181.00 $530 -12.49
320 320 2 165.00 $165.00 $528 -28.81
305–348 330 21 168.00–181.50 $177.47 $586 -16.34
355–395 364 43 165.00–184.50 $179.14 $652 -14.72
370 fancy 370 2 180.00 $180.00 $666 —
400–445 426 35 157.00–175.00 $165.64 $706 -15.46
420–445 thin fleshed 437 9 173.00–178.00 $176.47 $771 —
457 value added 457 3 166.00 $166.00 $759 -6.03
465 fancy 465 2 169.00 $169.00 $786 —
450–498 477 57 149.00–166.00 $158.86 $758 -6.28
500–545 516 34 140.00–165.00 $153.18 $790 +20.18
550–588 569 52 139.50–152.00 $146.15 $832 +2.74
583 583 2 135.00 $135.00 $787 -8.41
600–637 621 25 130.00–146.00 $137.93 $857 +2.45
620–648 unweaned 638 11 120.00–129.50 $126.74 $809 +10.74
642 642 7 130.50 $130.50 $838 -4.98
650–695 678 10 124.00–128.00 $126.02 $854 -1.55
703 unweaned 703 6 123.50 $123.50 $868 +3.50
705–715 713 4 116.50–124.00 $119.99 $856 -8.10
718 718 3 120.00 $120.00 $862 -8.09
764–790 768 21 119.00–135.00 $121.42 $933 -6.01
797 unweaned 797 7 123.00 $123.00 $980 —
835 835 1 117.50 $117.50 $981 -2.69
890 890 1 120.00 $120.00 $1,068 +6.19
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
224 thin fleshed 224 5 197.00 $197.00 $441 —
245 245 2 167.00–170.00 $168.50 $413 —
250–290 thin fleshed 268 9 186.00–187.00 $186.52 $500 —
255–285 272 11 155.00–166.00 $163.85 $446 -13.15
314–343 318 28 165.00–179.00 $173.22 $551 -12.00
365–396 375 33 173.00–184.00 $176.54 $662 -6.02
400–435 420 26 151.00–171.00 $164.63 $691 -6.21
450–490 471 22 139.00–171.00 $162.16 $764 +0.35
505–535 521 13 136.00–151.00 $147.02 $766 -5.18
550–594 580 18 137.00–141.00 $139.57 $810 -2.84
635–646 643 10 117.00–138.00 $129.01 $830 -7.11
658 658 8 130.50 $130.50 $859 +6.14
759–787 767 14 116.00–125.00 $122.88 $942 -0.62
846 846 6 113.50 $113.50 $960 -7.50
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
288 288 2 179.00 $179.00 $516 -0.48
310 310 3 166.00 $166.00 $515 -0.41
360–373 368 5 161.00 $161.00 $592 -6.28
415 415 3 140.00 $140.00 $581 -25.51
480–495 485 3 133.00–134.00 $133.66 $648 -14.34
522 522 5 129.00 $129.00 $673 -12.28
562–583 569 21 125.00–133.00 $130.72 $744 -2.90
685 685 10 120.00 $120.00 $822 -2.21
723–743 733 4 115.00–117.00 $115.99 $850 -3.87

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
274 thin fleshed 274 7 172.00 $172.00 $471 —
271–298 287 18 149.00–159.00 $157.43 $452 -10.90
300 thin fleshed 300 5 169.00 $169.00 $507 —
300–348 320 19 150.00–165.00 $159.94 $512 +1.56
300–345 fancy 323 2 168.00–172.00 $169.86 $549 —
358–394 372 49 148.00–164.00 $155.72 $579 -1.59
383 fancy 383 2 166.00 $166.00 $636 —
427 thin fleshed 427 3 168.00 $168.00 $717 —
402–447 428 41 144.00–160.00 $147.54 $631 +1.39
453 fancy 453 2 159.00 $159.00 $720 +19.00
465–499 480 45 134.00–156.00 $142.63 $685 +5.28
512–535 525 19 135.00–150.00 $138.83 $729 +8.28
555 555 3 126.50 $126.50 $702 +1.96
551–596 564 41 122.00–139.00 $132.02 $745 +7.48
573–590 588 14 120.00–120.50 $120.43 $708 -4.11
609–643 614 31 122.00–127.00 $123.28 $757 -0.03
657–673 662 13 122.00–126.50 $125.80 $833 +14.47
750–795 773 2 116.00–118.00 $116.97 $904 +3.32
810–831 826 6 110.00–116.50 $115.02 $950 -0.10
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
245 245 7 156.00–166.00 $161.71 $396 +10.71
273–285 281 8 157.00–164.50 $161.26 $453 +2.26
302 thin fleshed 302 3 168.00 $168.00 $507 —
310–335 314 13 146.00–158.00 $156.35 $491 +6.48
350–395 367 43 140.00–150.00 $143.07 $525 -6.91
400–445 424 48 128.00–144.00 $136.49 $579 -1.18
460–498 484 27 123.00–137.00 $132.22 $640 -2.12
500–545 520 40 125.00–140.00 $132.15 $687 +7.66
545 545 2 117.00 $117.00 $638 -7.49
550 550 1 121.00 $121.00 $666 -1.18
600–646 623 31 114.00–129.50 $127.57 $795 +8.31
712 712 3 113.00 $113.00 $805 -1.20
860 860 15 114.00 $114.00 $980 —
934 934 10 109.00 $109.00 $1,018 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
280–285 282 5 140.00–144.00 $141.62 $399 -11.33
363–388 374 8 125.00–135.00 $129.89 $486 -9.27
470–495 489 9 123.00–135.00 $127.18 $622 +1.93
510–540 525 4 120.00–123.00 $121.46 $638 +1.99
578 578 2 114.00 $114.00 $659 -2.19
620 620 2 119.00 $119.00 $738 —
688 688 2 114.50 $114.50 $788 -5.86
758 758 2 112.00 $112.00 $849 +2.00
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
212 212 3 350.00 $350.00 —

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
295 295 2 169.00 $169.00 $499 —
329 329 4 174.00 $174.00 $572 —
479 479 12 139.00 $139.00 $666 —
575 575 4 118.00 $118.00 $678 -14.00
601 601 9 126.00 $126.00 $757 —
728 728 3 109.00 $109.00 $794 —
Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
475 475 3 138.00 $138.00 $656 —
620 620 2 117.00 $117.00 $725 -2.75
Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
563 563 2 82.00 $82.00 $462 —

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
815 815 85-90% 1 25.00 $25.00 $204 —
770–1115 885 85-90% 30 35.00–45.50 $41.44 $367 -12.34
780–1225 897 85-90% 5 28.00–35.00 $31.41 $282 -22.37
700–1235 963 85-90% 12 39.00–42.50 $40.32 $388 +1.36
840–1068 994 85-90% 15 44.50–53.00 $47.15 $469 +1.66
720–1395 999 85-90% 75 44.00–53.00 $49.51 $495 +4.02
1060–1455 1193 85-90% 3 52.00–54.50 $52.89 $631 —
Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
828–1528 1100 80-85% 70 47.50–54.50 $52.26 $575 —
970–1280 1143 80-85% 9 49.00–61.00 $53.72 $614 —
950–1490 1146 80-85% 6 43.00–48.25 $46.73 $536 —
1118–1408 1236 80-85% 15 54.00–56.50 $55.51 $686 +0.58
Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Dressing Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
905–1660 1281 75-80% 8 49.00–54.50 $53.12 $680 —
1135–1475 1295 75-80% 4 47.50–58.00 $53.09 $688 —
1332–1690 1422 75-80% 4 45.50–47.50 $46.09 $655 —

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1220–1370 1276 4 65.00–70.00 $68.64 $876 —
1085–1740 1391 5 71.50–78.00 $74.95 $1,043 +10.78
1255–1630 1417 14 64.00–76.00 $71.49 $1,013 —
1420–1990 1688 25 72.00–82.00 $78.18 $1,320 —
1670–2040 1855 2 82.00–86.50 $84.47 $1,567 —
YG1-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1050 1050 1 56.00 $56.00 $588 —

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
790–950 842 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 31 65.00–75.00 $67.74
930–935 932 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)Open 5 52.00–53.00 $52.60
990 990 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 5 59.50 $59.50

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
900 900 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 17 1,250.00 $1,250.00
790–1250 901 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 5 725.00–890.00 $803.00
700–1150 948 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 22 585.00–1,060.00 $851.36
820–1210 1049 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 4 700.00–1,075.00 $900.00
1050 1050 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 5 700.00 $700.00
1050 1050 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 3 1,125.00 $1,125.00
800–1250 1058 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 37 410.00–735.00 $640.00
800–1400 1063 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 24 535.00–800.00 $674.79
1050–1200 1120 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 5 650.00–800.00 $712.00
1150–1200 1175 Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 2 800.00–860.00 $830.00
1150–1200 1183 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 20 900.00–1,075.00 $1,013.75
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hd
1000–1150 1075 Aged (>8 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 4 49.50–57.00 $53.00 $570
1250 1250 Aged (>8 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 1 51.00 $51.00 $638
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
835 835 Young (2-4 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 1 625.00 $625.00
890–945 918 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 2 500.00–600.00 $550.00
Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
1045 1045 Young (2-4 yrs)1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo) 1 1,025.00 $1,025.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $
725–850 737 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd Stage (4-6 mo) 21 650.00–950.00 $897.62
750–950 759 Young (2-4 yrs)3rd Stage (7-9 mo) 54 900.00–960.00 $948.33
700–800 788 Young (2-4 yrs)2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo) 17 500.00–975.00 $919.12

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
1010–1415 1213 Young (2-4 yrs)Open 2 900.00–1,050.00 $975.00 —
1350 1350 Young (2-4 yrs)1st Stage (1-3 mo) 1 1,125.00 $1,125.00 —
1110–1455 1371 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 6 950.00–1,075.00 $1,029.17 —
1465 1465 Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)Open 1 960.00 $960.00 —
Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
985 985 Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)Open 1 870.00 $870.00 —

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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.