New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 10, 2021

4,339 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $170.24/cwt +6.34 vs last sale · ≈ $800/hd at 470 lb · 130 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $135.41/cwt +14.59 vs last sale · ≈ $1,005/hd at 742 lb · 91 head

light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $123.91/cwt +12.91 vs last sale · ≈ $896/hd at 723 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,339	3,708	1,944
Feeder cattle	2,729	2,532	1,479
Slaughter cattle	699	587	323
Replacement cattle	911	589	142

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–240	233	2	140.00–157.00	$148.77	$347	—
260–295	275	12	147.00–196.00	$179.77	$494	+29.37
300–343	331	12	139.00–186.00	$176.00	$583	-13.14
358–380	364	8	161.00–164.00	$163.22	$594	-11.03
355–395	380	38	150.00–185.00	$176.41	$670	+2.16
393 unweaned	393	3	160.00	$160.00	$629	—
395 thin fleshed	395	2	185.00	$185.00	$731	—
405–441	423	34	151.00–181.00	$174.77	$739	+9.77
455 thin fleshed	455	2	164.00	$164.00	$746	—
455–495	470	120	144.00–178.00	$171.16	$804	+7.26
477 unweaned	477	8	158.00	$158.00	$754	—
513	513	2	150.00	$150.00	$770	+2.82
500–547	528	47	139.00–171.00	$158.56	$837	+11.38
550–595	561	42	141.00–162.50	$157.33	$883	+10.10
580	580	2	138.00	$138.00	$800	-9.23
612–648	633	18	135.00–150.00	$141.55	$896	+4.14
653–685	675	14	130.00–138.50	$132.46	$894	+8.79
685	685	2	120.00	$120.00	$822	-3.67
705–747	742	91	120.00–137.00	$135.41	$1,005	+14.59
750–795	762	41	110.00–138.00	$133.73	$1,019	+11.73
800–824	823	22	123.00–128.00	$127.78	$1,052	+5.27
853–890	857	10	106.00–117.00	$113.51	$973	—
900–943	918	7	115.00–116.50	$115.84	$1,063	+0.84

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	2	160.00–164.00	$162.00	$332	-42.46
248	248	3	178.00	$178.00	$441	-26.46
255–295	278	3	163.00–170.00	$166.90	$464	-4.56
312–345	322	15	150.00–193.00	$183.21	$590	+8.21
332 unweaned	332	12	178.00	$178.00	$591	—
340 value added	340	3	175.00	$175.00	$595	—
360 value added	360	2	180.00	$180.00	$648	—
350–395	375	24	158.00–189.00	$179.57	$673	-3.45
408 thin fleshed	408	2	177.00	$177.00	$722	—
402–445	412	19	159.00–189.00	$176.49	$727	-1.16
460–470 value added	465	3	174.00–178.50	$176.18	$819	—
450–487	469	40	156.50–186.00	$174.67	$819	+2.75
510 value added	510	4	169.00–170.00	$169.50	$864	—
505–539	525	42	154.00–175.00	$161.98	$850	+11.48
550–593	576	9	141.00–165.00	$153.28	$883	+3.78
610–646	628	51	135.00–156.50	$146.66	$921	+8.15
633	633	4	144.50	$144.50	$915	+5.99
660–683	667	8	133.00–145.00	$138.64	$925	+1.66
706–738	714	8	133.00–136.00	$133.78	$955	+8.28
778–794	792	30	130.50–135.50	$134.85	$1,068	+8.63
941	941	11	115.00	$115.00	$1,082	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–347	330	12	115.00–170.00	$158.41	$523	+26.90
378 thin fleshed	378	14	192.00	$192.00	$726	—
375–390	385	4	128.00–157.00	$145.64	$561	-7.71
406 thin fleshed	406	4	175.00	$175.00	$710	—
405–445	427	9	125.00–171.00	$153.89	$657	+14.68
464 thin fleshed	464	7	187.00	$187.00	$868	—
465–485	474	7	140.00–160.00	$152.32	$722	+13.79
505–520	512	7	119.00–131.00	$124.42	$637	-40.08
545 thin fleshed	545	2	155.00	$155.00	$845	—
559–595	566	28	119.00–159.50	$147.06	$832	+11.55
620–635	628	2	118.00–120.00	$118.99	$747	-1.41
655–695	679	4	109.00–120.00	$116.77	$793	-3.23
705–735	723	16	107.00–125.00	$120.87	$874	+8.18
750–765	761	4	98.00–110.00	$104.50	$795	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
305	305	1	380.00	$380.00	—
415–448	441	5	265.00–360.00	$282.86	—
455–485	473	5	175.00–360.00	$309.28	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
533–548	544	10	33.00–36.00	$35.12	$191	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
123	123	2	250.00	$250.00	—
155	155	2	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680	680	2	124.50	$124.50	$847	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
206–245	233	16	145.00–170.00	$159.28	$371	-4.72
270–285	280	12	135.00–168.00	$157.55	$441	+6.75
300–335	314	41	135.00–174.00	$168.35	$529	+9.08
335	335	2	130.00	$130.00	$436	-29.27
355–390	369	48	131.00–164.00	$157.14	$580	+13.89
374 unweaned	374	6	149.00	$149.00	$557	—
415–438	424	71	144.00–160.00	$155.58	$660	+4.41
453–493	470	46	130.00–162.00	$141.87	$667	+9.27
470–485	480	3	125.00	$125.00	$600	-7.60
500–537	513	55	130.00–144.00	$138.59	$711	+9.92
505–540	517	3	125.00	$125.00	$646	-3.67
550–595	582	21	128.50–136.00	$131.32	$764	+3.06
610–637	621	27	126.50–134.00	$127.27	$790	+2.17
650–680	664	8	118.00–128.00	$122.58	$814	+2.17
700–745	723	83	115.50–128.00	$123.91	$896	+12.91
758–778	761	31	114.00–126.50	$124.44	$947	+11.06
850	850	6	104.50	$104.50	$888	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–293	287	10	155.00–174.00	$167.15	$480	-0.37
300–340	328	29	137.00–164.00	$157.75	$517	-10.12
305–348 thin fleshed	331	5	151.00–160.00	$155.18	$514	—
362–395	377	23	146.00–164.00	$158.87	$599	-4.76
400–442	429	32	144.00–160.50	$152.85	$656	-1.74
450	450	2	140.00	$140.00	$630	-3.57
450–493	478	21	142.00–169.00	$149.29	$714	+5.72
500–535	523	38	137.00–148.00	$143.13	$749	+11.53
565–595	583	24	127.50–139.00	$132.99	$775	—
610–648	630	29	120.00–135.00	$129.19	$814	+3.40
653–698	675	8	120.00–128.50	$125.40	$846	+0.40
710–744	726	65	118.00–130.25	$126.23	$916	+15.22

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–243	238	5	131.00–148.00	$141.42	$337	—
270	270	2	116.00–128.00	$122.00	$329	-36.23
302–347	326	8	127.00–146.00	$133.30	$435	-0.23
351–380	364	8	100.00–149.00	$129.39	$471	-8.73
410–442	424	10	111.00–142.00	$129.55	$549	-3.11
450–494	484	38	118.00–143.00	$135.62	$656	+15.92
510–527	519	4	121.00–131.00	$126.08	$654	+5.95
550–590	563	30	111.00–133.50	$127.49	$718	+10.31
600–630	619	12	104.00–122.00	$113.71	$704	+2.80
700	700	1	100.00	$100.00	$700	-3.00
767–775	768	7	110.00–116.00	$115.14	$884	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130–140 unweaned	135	2	170.00–175.00	$172.59	—
150–170	160	3	190.00–260.00	$224.79	—
205–230	222	3	225.00–310.00	$283.80	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
355–395	375	2	150.00–360.00	$260.60	—
405–410	408	2	200.00–275.00	$237.27	—
490	490	1	320.00	$320.00	—
550	550	1	340.00	$340.00	—
650	650	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	2	127.00	$127.00	$483	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–230	220	3	145.00–153.00	$147.55	$325	—
242 unweaned	242	2	181.00	$181.00	$438	—
257–273	262	6	156.00–174.00	$167.76	$440	—
297 unweaned	297	4	158.00	$158.00	$469	—
312–320	314	4	155.00–156.00	$155.25	$487	—
375	375	1	148.00	$148.00	$555	-4.06
450–480	467	3	132.00–152.50	$142.95	$668	—
560–570	567	3	123.00–141.00	$129.71	$735	—
605–628	623	5	112.00–120.00	$113.55	$707	-20.70

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	6	178.00	$178.00	$490	—
340	340	2	170.00	$170.00	$578	-13.34
434	434	5	180.00	$180.00	$781	+18.01
500	500	2	160.00	$160.00	$800	+10.00
558	558	3	143.00	$143.00	$798	+28.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332	332	2	151.00	$151.00	$501	—
465	465	2	160.00	$160.00	$744	—
564	564	5	132.00	$132.00	$744	+17.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110–140	128	4	150.00–160.00	$152.16	—
150	150	2	210.00–220.00	$215.00	-56.76

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
439	439	5	142.00	$142.00	$623	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–125	115	2	200.00–220.00	$210.87	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–900	733	85-90%	19	35.00–43.50	$39.65	$291	—
600–1115	809	85-90%	14	20.00–36.00	$28.45	$230	-11.00
605–1210	859	85-90%	47	38.00–52.50	$46.35	$398	—
645–1305	876	85-90%	55	40.00–52.00	$47.79	$419	—
595–1090	938	85-90%	24	45.00–65.00	$59.63	$559	+17.28
111–1830	1047	85-90%	172	50.00–64.00	$58.12	$609	—
1040–1320	1143	85-90%	4	66.00–67.50	$66.43	$759	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1065	926	80-85%	6	53.00–71.00	$63.49	$588	—
805–1348	1006	80-85%	23	50.00–61.50	$57.61	$580	—
910–1380	1128	80-85%	12	66.00–69.00	$66.96	$755	+8.16
920–1540	1143	80-85%	96	55.00–68.00	$61.92	$708	+3.12

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1255–1775	1558	75-80%	12	57.00–68.00	$61.56	$959	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1505	1161	4	64.00–75.00	$68.62	$797	—
1035–1815	1446	35	65.00–81.00	$75.02	$1,085	—
1330–2515	1801	53	81.00–96.00	$87.66	$1,579	—
1705–1925	1829	4	95.00–100.00	$98.33	$1,798	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
750–1035	928	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	720.00–925.00	$822.22
925–1150	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	750.00–760.00	$756.67
800–1525	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	120	610.00–1,060.00	$902.04
900–1200	1050	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	550.00–725.00	$632.50
950–1275	1159	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	31	600.00–900.00	$737.90

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
598–820	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	420.00–600.00	$515.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
900–1000	956	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	660.00–700.00	$682.22

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1100	1100	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,125.00	$1,125.00

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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
750	750	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—
700–1000	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	760.00–910.00	$835.00	—
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,110.00	$1,110.00	+512.50
820–1090	966	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	720.00–1,025.00	$858.18	-126.82
875–1160	1015	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	22	700.00–990.00	$773.86	-266.56
800–1400	1066	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	43	850.00–1,300.00	$1,116.74	-30.76
947–1138	1086	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	11	700.00–735.00	$709.55	-437.95
750–1250	1097	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	106	675.00–1,110.00	$972.88	—
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+212.50

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
698–800	774	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	350.00–550.00	$500.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
560	560	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	560.00	$560.00	—
905	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
800–950	914	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	7	685.00–885.00	$844.29	—
991	991	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00	$600.00	—
950–1200	1075	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	8	800.00–1,135.00	$967.50	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1150–1250	1159	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	11	1,110.00–1,500.00	$1,464.55	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–750	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	525.00–550.00	$537.50	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
750	750	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00	—

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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.