New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 15, 2021

3,791 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $170.95/cwt -4.58 vs last sale · ≈ $810/hd at 474 lb · 135 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $125.06/cwt +0.56 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 805 lb · 126 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $155.04/cwt -3.82 vs last sale · ≈ $832/hd at 536 lb · 103 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	3,791	5,180
Feeder cattle	2,779	4,214
Slaughter cattle	516	540
Replacement cattle	496	426

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder steers and heifers were very uneven this week with sales from 5.00 lower to 3.00 higher. Lighter receipts compared to last week as a winter storm moved in mid-week causing travel disruptions. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	200.00	$200.00	$490	-16.00
250–275	271	16	192.00–200.00	$196.26	$532	-5.23
300–340	323	24	176.00–195.00	$190.16	$614	+0.30
350–396	380	90	169.00–194.00	$185.76	$706	-8.95
400–449	421	16	165.00–193.00	$177.27	$746	-7.40
435 unweaned	435	12	168.00	$168.00	$731	-6.87
450–498	474	135	155.00–180.00	$170.95	$810	-4.58
518 value added	518	3	177.00	$177.00	$917	—
500–548	529	40	155.00–170.00	$161.28	$853	-8.16
550–588	580	48	150.00–169.50	$158.07	$917	+4.12
600–638	618	15	143.00–154.00	$147.34	$911	+6.02
650–681	665	52	133.00–145.00	$137.07	$912	+1.96
710–741	722	21	129.00–135.00	$131.98	$953	+2.55
750–792	776	7	122.50–127.00	$124.14	$963	-7.02
802–840	805	126	121.00–126.50	$125.06	$1,007	+0.56
910–918	915	5	112.00–113.00	$112.40	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	190.00	$190.00	$466	—
265	265	2	168.00	$168.00	$445	-0.35
304–345	309	20	156.00–188.00	$183.46	$567	-3.51
370–395	390	33	159.00–194.50	$184.94	$721	+0.75
408 unweaned	408	2	171.00	$171.00	$698	-0.12
400–448	432	37	160.00–193.50	$177.26	$766	-2.37
450–485	470	51	145.00–177.50	$166.39	$782	-1.70
500–548	535	83	149.00–164.00	$159.51	$853	+10.51
542	542	20	136.50	$136.50	$740	-12.50
555	555	3	130.00	$130.00	$722	-19.44
555–590	564	23	140.00–165.00	$153.85	$868	+4.41
601–649	627	63	128.50–152.00	$136.39	$855	-5.84
659–693	672	29	127.00–138.00	$134.97	$907	+1.21
700–715	713	17	119.00–130.00	$129.02	$920	+4.85
755–768	765	8	124.00–129.00	$127.77	$977	-3.97
801–832	811	37	115.00–129.50	$127.42	$1,033	+2.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
355–398	378	9	146.00–180.00	$171.20	$647	—
426	426	4	170.00	$170.00	$724	+11.56
450–495	472	6	137.00–159.00	$152.13	$718	-6.79
513–546	536	16	140.00–152.50	$147.07	$788	+2.80
565–595	584	5	125.00–140.00	$136.49	$797	+1.49
613–649	638	11	115.00–135.75	$129.26	$825	+3.31
660–670	663	3	103.00–110.00	$107.64	$714	-15.35
700–735	712	6	110.00–116.00	$113.98	$812	-1.02
781	781	5	109.00	$109.00	$851	-6.00
800	800	1	94.00	$94.00	$752	-1.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 thin fleshed	260	2	182.50	$182.50	$474	—
269–293	282	32	162.00–168.00	$164.72	$465	+0.33
300–343	323	13	156.00–177.00	$166.03	$536	+1.17
357	357	3	152.00	$152.00	$543	-15.06
351–397	378	85	155.00–169.00	$160.67	$607	-6.39
372–398	381	9	144.50–150.00	$148.08	$564	-18.98
400–448	423	70	145.00–162.50	$156.33	$661	-1.02
450–498	475	42	134.00–154.00	$145.14	$689	-3.45
500–541	519	74	133.50–146.50	$142.86	$741	+2.52
550–595	573	48	133.00–158.50	$136.69	$783	-0.27
605–607	606	4	129.00–145.00	$136.99	$830	+7.56
670	670	5	116.00	$116.00	$777	-11.04
678–699	688	27	121.00–125.50	$123.42	$849	+18.42
710–734	732	12	122.75–123.00	$122.77	$899	-0.44

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–298	287	13	145.00–161.00	$158.21	$454	-10.08
310–345	335	4	140.00–153.00	$148.45	$497	-11.16
350–393	367	80	141.00–165.00	$157.81	$579	-5.01
401–448	426	40	140.00–158.00	$151.72	$646	-0.91
460 unweaned	460	2	130.00	$130.00	$598	—
455–495	474	64	135.00–152.00	$146.12	$693	+1.01
485	485	2	135.00	$135.00	$655	-10.11
500–548	530	56	130.00–146.00	$138.34	$733	+6.23
560–597	581	56	128.00–141.00	$134.09	$779	+1.45
610–647	633	14	118.00–131.00	$123.34	$781	-3.82
653–692	672	30	116.00–130.00	$122.07	$820	-1.65
705–723	711	11	113.00–120.00	$115.05	$818	+0.85
810–815	810	36	105.00–124.50	$123.16	$998	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–298	283	6	141.00–150.00	$146.21	$414	+0.64
308	308	4	141.00	$141.00	$434	-19.00
357–393	377	15	135.00–161.00	$152.91	$576	+15.50
420–435	428	4	135.00–140.00	$137.46	$588	+2.97
460–492	478	18	120.00–135.50	$129.01	$617	-2.63
500–530	511	8	122.00–130.50	$127.75	$653	+3.12
550–591	560	27	112.00–137.00	$126.26	$707	+4.56
615–637	632	13	110.00–121.00	$115.27	$729	-4.27
654–689	670	14	100.00–112.00	$109.39	$733	-6.80
795	795	1	101.00	$101.00	$803	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
249	249	5	164.00	$164.00	$408	—
294	294	6	176.00	$176.00	$517	—
435	435	2	162.00	$162.00	$705	-13.67
460	460	2	158.00	$158.00	$727	—
567	567	2	151.00	$151.00	$856	+16.00
608	608	3	131.00	$131.00	$796	—
662	662	2	116.00	$116.00	$768	+3.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	166.00	$166.00	$398	—
294	294	4	179.00	$179.00	$526	—
457	457	3	162.00	$162.00	$740	+2.68
564	564	4	144.00	$144.00	$812	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
363	363	2	150.00	$150.00	$544	—
540	540	2	145.00	$145.00	$783	+21.00
778	778	5	114.00	$114.00	$887	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990–1205	1113	(<2 yrs)	N/A	7	1,000.00–1,950.00	$1,321.43	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	130.00	$130.00	$514	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575–655	623	85-90%	17	10.00–25.00	$23.80	$148	—
655–1105	766	85-90%	12	30.00–40.00	$34.83	$267	—
705–1150	863	85-90%	8	15.00–30.00	$24.49	$211	-19.68
730–1143	934	85-90%	28	33.00–46.00	$38.54	$360	+2.02
700–1505	983	85-90%	66	32.00–51.00	$44.08	$433	—
695–1085	1032	85-90%	25	45.00–64.00	$60.80	$627	+9.23
850–1430	1090	85-90%	50	47.50–59.00	$53.92	$588	-5.08
1110	1110	85-90%	1	58.50	$58.50	$649	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
820–915	868	80-85%	2	52.00–56.00	$54.11	$470	—
960–1395	1135	80-85%	6	48.00–59.50	$55.63	$631	+1.39
875–1480	1150	80-85%	15	55.00–68.00	$62.68	$721	+10.18
1058–1393	1195	80-85%	13	62.00–66.50	$64.24	$768	+6.94
975–1695	1231	80-85%	35	52.50–63.00	$57.32	$706	-6.34

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$744	—
1180–1490	1333	75-80%	3	54.50–58.00	$56.41	$752	—
1100–1590	1375	75-80%	4	59.25–62.50	$60.99	$839	+0.88
1465	1465	75-80%	1	62.50	$62.50	$916	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1250–1524	1387	2	60.00–61.50	$60.68	$842	—
1090–2010	1412	13	45.00–70.00	$64.05	$904	-8.93
1170–2035	1554	41	52.75–85.00	$73.66	$1,145	—
1560–1680	1620	2	63.00–78.50	$71.04	$1,151	—
1325–2200	1699	23	78.00–92.25	$84.94	$1,443	—
1810	1810	1	91.00	$91.00	$1,647	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00
810–1110	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	750.00–900.00	$860.00
800–1120	940	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	460.00–635.00	$565.00
805–1135	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,000.00	$862.50
900–1130	1030	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	725.00–900.00	$842.86
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
1060–1145	1113	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	800.00–900.00	$833.33
850–1500	1120	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	22	550.00–1,000.00	$778.41
1120–1200	1157	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	560.00–735.00	$656.67
850–1350	1181	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	19	485.00–850.00	$749.21
900–1300	1185	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	600.00–750.00	$692.50
1150–1300	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	535.00–700.00	$613.00
1150–1365	1279	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	10	710.00–725.00	$716.00
1290	1290	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	54.00	$54.00	$540
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	58.00	$58.00	$667
1200–1500	1350	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	47.50–51.00	$49.25	$665
1600	1600	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	46.00	$46.00	$736

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
525–800	663	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	200.00–350.00	$275.00
700	700	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	275.00	$275.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1058	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	500.00–700.00	$633.33
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
600–1000	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	28	650.00–850.00	$771.43

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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	710.00	$710.00	—
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	—
800–1040	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	820.00–1,000.00	$901.67	+226.67
800–1150	981	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	13	760.00–1,100.00	$990.00	+380.83
1000	1000	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—
1000	1000	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
1000–1250	1029	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	49	875.00–1,050.00	$1,027.35	—
950–1290	1051	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	710.00–990.00	$898.64	—
1000–1150	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	8	500.00–900.00	$775.00	-275.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+50.00
1150–1175	1154	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	800.00–900.00	$883.33	-28.34

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
825	825	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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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.