New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 31, 2021

3,007 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $133.38/cwt -0.62 vs last sale · ≈ $1,027/hd at 770 lb · 66 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $152.71/cwt -0.36 vs last sale · ≈ $964/hd at 631 lb · 51 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $144.19/cwt +8.65 vs last sale · ≈ $757/hd at 525 lb · 50 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,007	3,233	2,593
Feeder cattle	1,729	2,089	1,883
Slaughter cattle	650	725	295
Replacement cattle	628	419	415

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the week, steer calves under 600 lbs. mostly 2.00-4.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs. 2.00-4.00 higher, feeders over 600 lbs. 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows 3.00-5.00 higher, a few high yielding cows 6.00-9.00 higher. Bulls 2.00-4.00 higher, a few high yielding bulls 5.00-7.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–233	224	6	180.00–192.00	$185.05	$415	-19.45
282–299	287	13	190.00–208.00	$202.23	$580	+4.38
302–345	322	18	164.00–193.00	$184.42	$594	-4.87
355 thin fleshed	355	2	180.00	$180.00	$639	—
355–395	381	14	165.00–192.00	$185.24	$706	+6.71
400–435	412	20	161.00–186.00	$175.93	$725	+25.93
460	460	2	150.00	$150.00	$690	-25.58
450–493	476	12	157.00–180.00	$166.29	$792	-9.29
500–537	518	11	160.00–178.00	$170.24	$882	+0.25
533	533	3	125.00	$125.00	$666	-44.99
565	565	2	146.00	$146.00	$825	-12.90
565–588	576	10	158.00–161.00	$159.20	$917	+0.30
582	582	2	135.00	$135.00	$786	-23.90
600–647	631	51	142.50–163.00	$152.71	$964	-0.36
655–695	681	12	143.00–153.00	$145.11	$988	+0.82
718–737	727	8	135.00–141.00	$138.40	$1,006	+1.62
755–771	770	66	130.00–146.00	$133.38	$1,027	-0.62

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	152.00	$152.00	$281	—
253–290	278	7	151.00–176.00	$168.56	$469	-16.83
335–345	340	2	149.00–156.00	$152.55	$519	-24.03
350–390	371	20	151.00–195.00	$179.13	$665	+0.01
410–448	418	43	146.00–192.00	$182.66	$764	+11.54
455–493	481	27	148.00–174.00	$163.48	$786	-1.04
503–545	520	36	140.00–177.50	$167.42	$871	+7.79
548 thin fleshed	548	9	166.50	$166.50	$912	—
554–590	571	28	140.00–163.00	$150.35	$858	-8.07
625–630	629	8	130.00–146.00	$143.87	$905	-3.98
655–670	664	13	130.00–152.50	$148.66	$987	+12.12
705–745	724	14	120.00–142.50	$133.43	$966	+5.14
753–758	756	13	120.00–130.00	$123.83	$936	-12.06
805–820	813	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$947	—
856–893	863	11	114.00	$114.00	$984	-6.00
910	910	3	108.00	$108.00	$983	—
952	952	3	100.00	$100.00	$952	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
317	317	4	155.00	$155.00	$491	+40.00
380	380	2	132.00	$132.00	$502	-23.57
425–440	430	3	126.00–140.00	$135.05	$581	-22.99
460–485	477	6	130.00–159.50	$142.88	$682	-2.80
510–540	523	3	123.00–132.00	$127.28	$666	-21.69
570–590	580	2	130.00–137.00	$133.44	$774	+0.62
605–645	621	7	115.00–134.00	$124.70	$774	-9.15
667	667	5	150.50	$150.50	$1,004	+16.50
678 thin fleshed	678	3	149.00	$149.00	$1,010	—
725–740	735	4	110.00–122.00	$116.97	$860	+0.50
820–835	828	2	107.00–110.00	$108.49	$898	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580	580	2	142.00	$142.00	$824	—
698	698	8	130.00	$130.00	$907	—
977	977	2	101.00	$101.00	$987	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
390	390	1	60.00	$60.00	$234	—
525	525	1	45.00	$45.00	$236	—
585	585	5	39.00	$39.00	$228	—
630	630	2	47.00	$47.00	$296	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	3	110.00	$110.00	$632	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	3	158.00	$158.00	$352	—
299	299	4	146.00	$146.00	$437	-19.76
325	325	2	126.00	$126.00	$410	-23.00
325–345	334	13	140.00–170.00	$161.53	$540	+12.53
341 thin fleshed	341	7	159.00	$159.00	$542	—
375–396	391	33	139.00–169.00	$159.76	$625	+2.57
396 unweaned	396	3	153.00	$153.00	$606	—
404 thin fleshed	404	29	159.00	$159.00	$642	—
405–445	421	13	130.00–168.00	$154.52	$651	+0.83
440	440	2	120.00	$120.00	$528	-33.69
451–491	467	29	130.00–156.50	$148.44	$693	+23.44
475	475	2	125.00	$125.00	$594	-21.62
510–540	525	50	130.00–151.00	$144.19	$757	+8.65
555–590	582	15	121.00–141.00	$128.26	$746	-6.61
597	597	4	115.50	$115.50	$690	-19.37
611	611	6	120.25	$120.25	$735	-10.84
610–645	618	34	121.00–139.75	$133.36	$824	+2.27
650–685	664	7	120.00–134.00	$128.43	$853	-4.45
720–733	727	13	118.00–125.00	$123.31	$896	+1.60
756	756	3	120.00	$120.00	$907	+7.00
830	830	7	107.00	$107.00	$888	+6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	4	177.00	$177.00	$381	+8.00
268–275	270	7	170.00–177.00	$172.04	$465	-2.96
315 thin fleshed	315	2	167.00	$167.00	$526	+7.00
317–349	338	12	166.00–172.00	$170.13	$575	+11.85
375–395	388	20	150.00–167.00	$155.68	$604	-4.52
400–448	426	22	140.00–165.00	$155.75	$663	+0.33
469–495	473	9	145.00–155.00	$147.49	$698	-5.31
502–544	524	35	131.00–150.00	$144.01	$755	+2.30
577–580	579	6	137.00–147.00	$140.34	$813	+2.96
600–645	615	6	135.00–138.50	$137.28	$844	+5.14
660–672	669	7	130.00–132.50	$131.79	$882	-1.62
705	705	12	130.00	$130.00	$916	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–280	274	5	128.00–150.00	$145.99	$400	+5.99
321–345	325	9	105.00–155.00	$144.75	$470	—
455–483	472	4	110.00–125.00	$121.13	$572	-26.27
505–542	527	12	124.00–131.00	$128.47	$677	-3.41
532 thin fleshed	532	2	141.00	$141.00	$750	—
557–580	561	40	116.00–136.00	$132.55	$744	+4.34
640	640	2	110.00	$110.00	$704	-3.64
670	670	2	113.00	$113.00	$757	-8.41
715–735	728	3	108.00–115.00	$112.71	$821	—
750–755	753	2	100.00	$100.00	$753	-10.00
940	940	1	102.00	$102.00	$959	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
410–440	425	2	65.00–84.00	$74.16	$315	—
450	450	3	35.00	$35.00	$158	—
560	560	1	41.00	$41.00	$230	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	3	270.00	$270.00	+60.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	9	188.00	$188.00	$746	—
405–435	423	3	114.00–159.00	$141.57	$599	-37.43
445 thin fleshed	445	25	170.00	$170.00	$756	—
491	491	6	167.00	$167.00	$820	+16.00
540 thin fleshed	540	8	165.00	$165.00	$891	—
590	590	1	136.00	$136.00	$802	-11.82
680–690	685	2	123.00–127.00	$124.99	$856	+4.99
713–725	717	3	97.00–110.00	$101.38	$727	-17.04
729 thin fleshed	729	15	125.00	$125.00	$911	—
828–838	833	4	86.00–100.00	$92.96	$774	—
856	856	7	101.00	$101.00	$865	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
362	362	2	185.00	$185.00	$670	+18.00
497	497	2	158.00	$158.00	$785	-1.44
542	542	6	136.00	$136.00	$737	-24.00
577	577	2	130.00	$130.00	$750	—
807	807	9	102.00	$102.00	$823	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200–220	218	13	250.00–340.00	$330.21	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
403	403	2	151.00	$151.00	$609	—
747	747	8	78.00	$78.00	$583	—
868	868	2	88.00	$88.00	$764	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
65–75	70	2	125.00–140.00	$133.04	—
100–140	120	4	150.00–225.00	$190.21	+15.21
210	210	1	180.00	$180.00	-20.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	95.00	$95.00	$484	—
690	690	1	79.00	$79.00	$545	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540–960	696	85-90%	9	25.00–41.00	$36.96	$257	-0.55
535–1005	773	85-90%	9	24.00–35.00	$32.44	$251	+3.45
746–1005	794	85-90%	29	55.50–68.00	$58.60	$465	+29.61
685–1025	830	85-90%	46	30.00–54.25	$47.93	$398	—
640–1140	869	85-90%	44	43.00–55.50	$50.43	$438	—
675–1400	955	85-90%	95	54.50–68.50	$61.77	$590	+0.74
875–1260	1039	85-90%	28	68.50–76.50	$70.35	$731	+12.59

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755–940	873	80-85%	3	67.00–70.00	$68.25	$596	—
850–1400	1007	80-85%	15	62.00–63.50	$62.58	$630	—
745–1795	1145	80-85%	114	63.50–75.00	$69.50	$796	+4.04
930–1670	1210	80-85%	58	74.00–81.50	$76.53	$926	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1180–1705	1393	75-80%	7	65.50–72.00	$68.06	$948	—
1545–1640	1593	75-80%	2	74.50–77.00	$75.79	$1,207	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1050–1355	1145	11	68.00–72.00	$71.40	$818	—
1005–1700	1283	18	70.00–82.00	$75.00	$962	—
1105–2160	1582	29	82.00–97.50	$89.00	$1,408	—
1640–2370	1900	11	97.00–102.50	$100.21	$1,904	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
750–1250	1021	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	600.00–960.00	$796.62
900–1250	1028	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	600.00–1,075.00	$921.67
1000–1200	1064	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	800.00–850.00	$837.14
900–1200	1119	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	625.00–735.00	$690.31

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–800	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	350.00–375.00	$362.92
600–850	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	300.00–370.00	$342.00
850	850	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	480.00	$480.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665	665	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
770–775	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00–675.00	$587.50

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	450.00	$450.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–825	694	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	650.00–700.00	$662.50
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	735.00	$735.00

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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
750–1300	961	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	37	850.00–1,325.00	$1,088.65	+238.65
800–1125	985	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	37	750.00–1,075.00	$853.11	+3.11
585–1150	1009	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	56	700.00–1,200.00	$1,004.64	+186.10
1000–1050	1046	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	12	1,135.00–1,250.00	$1,240.42	+421.88
1200	1200	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	-585.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655–995	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	625.00–800.00	$737.50	—
850–1045	883	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	650.00–825.00	$781.67	+96.67
850–1100	967	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	750.00–810.00	$780.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965–1215	1060	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,225.00–1,300.00	$1,275.00	—
940–1265	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1317	1317	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	1,155.00	$1,155.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–800	733	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	500.00–710.00	$603.33	—
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	685.00	$685.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675–678	677	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	525.00–550.00	$541.67	—
692	692	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	490.00	$490.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	250.00	$250.00	—
600	600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	275.00	$275.00	—
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	350.00	$350.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
336	336	3	80.00	$80.00	$269	—

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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
800–850	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,110.00	$1,101.25	—

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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.