New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 29, 2021

3,641 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $150.55/cwt +8.59 vs last sale · ≈ $789/hd at 524 lb · 275 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $161.82/cwt +8.13 vs last sale · ≈ $709/hd at 438 lb · 129 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $143.66/cwt +7.66 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 575 lb · 127 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale
Total receipts	3,641	3,399
Feeder cattle	2,858	2,514
Slaughter cattle	443	419
Replacement cattle	340	466

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	2	172.00	$172.00	$344	—
275–297	290	4	170.00–201.00	$188.26	$546	-1.74
300–342	327	13	171.00–222.50	$204.56	$669	+21.55
360–395	383	15	174.50–195.00	$180.90	$693	+6.10
405–447	431	49	151.00–206.00	$188.13	$811	+19.44
456–495	474	34	150.00–193.00	$168.89	$801	+6.00
500–545	524	103	151.00–179.00	$171.03	$896	+4.76
553–593	572	29	146.00–175.00	$155.27	$888	+0.08
603–645	630	14	140.00–166.00	$150.63	$949	+2.50
642	642	16	131.00	$131.00	$841	-17.13
650–695	674	40	135.00–164.50	$147.68	$995	+13.99
705–740	722	5	125.00–136.00	$127.76	$922	-1.24
753–790	775	62	120.00–128.00	$127.54	$988	+3.54
800–840	812	71	129.00–132.50	$131.96	$1,072	—
890	890	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,068	±0.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	210.00	$210.00	$399	—
210	210	1	205.00	$205.00	$430	—
275–280	278	5	195.00–222.00	$210.71	$586	+16.90
300–302 fancy	302	4	211.00–216.50	$215.13	$650	+13.17
300–340	325	11	180.00–194.00	$187.14	$608	-13.86
350–390 fancy	364	8	195.00–205.00	$197.00	$717	-13.50
358–397	373	54	177.00–217.00	$199.73	$745	+9.43
405–414 fancy	413	6	190.00–196.00	$195.02	$805	—
400–448	420	40	168.00–209.00	$191.06	$802	+9.44
455 fancy	455	2	187.50	$187.50	$853	—
452–498	477	45	162.00–185.50	$173.63	$828	+7.82
515 value added	515	2	186.00	$186.00	$958	—
500–547	524	25	165.00–181.00	$174.54	$915	+8.71
565	565	6	146.00	$146.00	$825	-20.53
554–599	574	48	150.50–179.50	$165.59	$950	-0.94
602–638	622	59	147.00–170.00	$162.47	$1,011	+14.78
623	623	4	147.00	$147.00	$916	-0.69
650–671	667	21	145.00–160.00	$152.32	$1,016	+10.65
711–748	728	24	132.00–146.50	$137.94	$1,004	+2.97
753–765	761	16	122.50–140.50	$137.25	$1,044	+5.38
830	830	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,038	-2.94
852–868	856	9	117.50–124.00	$122.54	$1,049	-3.82

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	160.00	$160.00	$312	—
265–275	270	2	140.00–150.00	$145.09	$392	-15.91
310	310	1	145.00	$145.00	$450	-12.10
385–392	390	3	132.00–160.00	$150.78	$588	+5.15
407	407	2	172.00	$172.00	$700	+12.14
450–488	477	5	140.00–164.00	$150.76	$719	+1.72
515–535	527	3	129.00–134.00	$131.00	$690	-7.69
565–575	572	14	149.00–157.00	$150.69	$862	+30.69
600–645	634	4	126.00–129.00	$127.78	$810	-1.49
657–660	658	3	132.50–149.00	$143.48	$944	+13.99
735–740	738	2	100.00–109.00	$104.52	$771	-14.39
818	818	3	110.50	$110.50	$904	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
430	430	1	340.00	$340.00	—
460–492	484	4	300.00–325.00	$318.75	—
535–538	537	5	300.00–350.00	$340.00	—
560–563	562	3	250.00–260.00	$253.33	—
605–645	615	4	275.00–300.00	$281.25	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	182.00	$182.00	$355	—
245	245	1	165.00	$165.00	$404	-6.00
265–290	284	10	160.00–191.00	$179.74	$510	-5.77
300–348	334	27	165.00–179.00	$172.62	$577	+10.62
353–395	375	51	157.00–176.00	$169.88	$637	-2.48
380 fancy	380	2	179.00	$179.00	$680	—
393	393	6	131.00	$131.00	$515	-14.00
403–443 fancy	427	10	170.00–171.00	$170.19	$727	—
403–447	439	119	150.00–170.00	$161.12	$707	+7.43
450–498	470	62	137.00–164.00	$155.57	$731	+5.40
475–498 fancy	486	8	164.00–169.00	$167.89	$816	—
502–547	524	275	138.00–164.00	$150.55	$789	+8.59
560–581	575	127	134.00–153.00	$143.66	$826	+6.62
600–640	617	32	130.50–145.00	$133.99	$827	+1.85
661–696	671	51	127.50–131.00	$130.53	$876	-0.63
720–747	739	10	122.50–130.00	$127.81	$945	+1.85
823	823	4	111.00	$111.00	$914	-10.00
897	897	8	101.00	$101.00	$906	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–290	266	8	163.00–164.00	$163.27	$434	+5.00
312–342	327	25	156.00–177.00	$166.60	$545	+9.22
351–392	374	46	146.00–173.00	$159.98	$598	+2.07
402–441	421	16	142.00–161.00	$154.32	$650	+3.65
450–498	474	81	134.00–162.00	$149.71	$710	+2.24
500–547	521	29	132.00–146.00	$138.88	$724	-2.30
555–596	578	34	130.00–143.00	$138.14	$798	-3.01
600–636	620	49	124.00–139.00	$132.34	$821	+3.01
650–698	667	20	121.00–132.00	$130.06	$868	+6.82
685	685	2	120.00	$120.00	$822	-3.24
700–745	710	77	119.00–133.00	$130.88	$929	+3.38
755	755	2	122.00	$122.00	$921	+2.17
810–845	828	2	110.00–117.00	$113.43	$939	+13.43

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–320	307	16	139.00–155.00	$150.20	$461	-0.18
355–397	384	9	127.00–167.00	$146.64	$563	+7.32
405–435	425	3	132.50–150.00	$144.44	$614	+1.35
455–470	465	3	118.00–124.00	$122.04	$567	-13.39
500–540	513	3	119.00–129.00	$122.95	$631	-4.66
550–595	579	11	114.00–133.00	$124.95	$723	+0.91
600–645	623	2	119.00–121.00	$119.96	$747	-8.14
650–695	676	7	110.00–132.00	$121.84	$824	—
760	760	1	101.00	$101.00	$768	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–338	325	9	90.00–103.00	$97.51	$317	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480–495	488	2	300.00–310.00	$305.08	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	170.00	$170.00	$629	-1.00
419–428	424	9	164.00–169.00	$166.20	$705	-8.01
458–485	469	5	159.00–165.00	$161.48	$757	+2.98
690	690	4	117.50	$117.50	$811	-12.73

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	174.00	$174.00	$574	-37.00
403	403	2	180.00	$180.00	$725	—
615–645	625	3	125.50–130.00	$127.05	$794	+7.05
771	771	9	119.00	$119.00	$917	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
622	622	3	80.00	$80.00	$498	-38.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
645 fancy	645	(<2 yrs)	N/A	2	880.00	$880.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
595–650	621	85-90%	3	25.00–26.50	$25.50	$158	—
680–865	773	85-90%	2	64.00–65.00	$64.56	$499	—
705–1140	888	85-90%	37	35.00–47.50	$42.39	$376	+0.80
685–1125	891	85-90%	26	39.00–54.50	$47.33	$422	+5.74
735–1105	913	85-90%	6	25.00–31.00	$27.66	$253	-10.81
755–1500	1040	85-90%	81	50.50–63.00	$57.01	$593	+3.55
1125–1280	1218	85-90%	5	63.25–65.50	$64.20	$782	—
675–6909	1519	85-90%	8	30.00–40.00	$37.57	$571	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
865–1125	995	80-85%	2	55.00–59.00	$56.74	$565	—
945–1100	1047	80-85%	3	69.00–71.00	$69.70	$730	—
900–1495	1128	80-85%	17	64.75–74.00	$68.18	$769	+10.69
815–1540	1130	80-85%	74	56.00–67.00	$62.29	$704	+4.80

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1405	1290	75-80%	8	61.50–73.00	$67.93	$876	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
910–1265	1088	2	80.00–84.00	$81.67	$889	+15.42
850–1360	1152	6	58.50–90.00	$70.77	$815	—
1000–1755	1276	19	60.00–82.50	$74.14	$946	—
1305–2125	1671	37	79.00–90.50	$85.28	$1,425	—
1695–2465	1886	12	91.00–95.50	$93.74	$1,768	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800 thin fleshed	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
750–950	853	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	725.00–810.00	$758.13
910	910	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00
850–1000	933	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–685.00	$611.67
895–990	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	730.00–860.00	$788.33
850–1050	967	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	550.00–685.00	$611.67
870–1220	990	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	725.00–950.00	$792.50
775–1425	1009	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	15	600.00–1,010.00	$747.00
970–1050	1010	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	725.00–775.00	$750.00
850–1250	1081	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	13	675.00–1,025.00	$812.31
975–1150	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	600.00–985.00	$845.56
1000–1250	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	610.00–800.00	$720.00
950–1300	1116	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	9	510.00–750.00	$660.00
915–1250	1123	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	725.00–860.00	$781.00
1050–1350	1193	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	7	735.00–900.00	$762.86

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	63.50	$63.50	$667
1150	1150	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	64.00	$64.00	$736
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	70.50	$70.50	$828
1200	1200	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	61.00	$61.00	$732
1200–1350	1283	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	60.00–66.50	$62.33	$800
1350	1350	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	65.50	$65.50	$884

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680–770	726	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	525.00–650.00	$590.00
850–1025	948	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	625.00–700.00	$658.33

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–800	783	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	600.00–685.00	$656.67
775–900	844	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	525.00–700.00	$637.50
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	800.00	$800.00

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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
700–850	775	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	2	610.00–785.00	$697.50	-82.50
900–1000	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	660.00–800.00	$764.17	—
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	785.00	$785.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—
830–1195	1005	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	840.00–1,040.00	$939.00	+22.00
850–1100	1012	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	17	875.00–1,060.00	$1,013.82	+96.82
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	+3.57
1100	1100	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
950–1295	1106	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	16	850.00–1,110.00	$937.50	—
1050–1150	1125	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,025.00–1,075.00	$1,037.50	—
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	835.00	$835.00	-105.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
560	560	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	400.00	$400.00	—

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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.