New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 5, 2021

2,200 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $147.82/cwt +12.82 vs last sale · ≈ $1,150/hd at 778 lb · 68 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $170.96/cwt +17.48 vs last sale · ≈ $621/hd at 363 lb · 56 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $130.86/cwt ≈ $1,018/hd at 778 lb · 55 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,200	1,424	2,260
Feeder cattle	1,285	647	1,804
Slaughter cattle	637	366	267
Replacement cattle	278	411	189

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to two weeks ago on available sales: Steer calves under 600 lbs. unevenly steady to 4.00 lower, though quality not as attractive, feeders over 600 lbs. steady on limited comparable quotes except a few 750-800 lbs. 4.00 higher. Heifer calves and feeders unevenly steady, a few 600-650 lbs. 4.00 higher. Quality not as attractive on feeders. Slaughter cows 1.00 lower, bulls 1.00 higher. Rain in the trade area the past few weeks has improved the outlook and created some optimism concerning the outlook for future pasture and may have limited receipts.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210	210	6	220.00	$220.00	$462	—
253–295	280	28	157.00–212.00	$202.62	$567	—
310–340	334	22	150.00–210.00	$202.33	$676	+13.50
378	378	6	202.00	$202.00	$764	+17.80
400–440	426	8	145.00–159.00	$150.10	$639	-26.90
450–485	466	10	140.00–185.00	$161.86	$754	-1.33
500–545	515	12	139.00–166.00	$153.27	$789	-15.73
555–575	559	5	140.00–151.00	$143.42	$802	-19.29
604–633	613	8	153.00–157.50	$154.71	$948	-4.65
665–670	667	12	150.50–156.50	$154.49	$1,030	-1.01
705–735	720	2	140.00–143.00	$141.47	$1,019	—
750–785	778	68	131.50–151.00	$147.82	$1,150	+12.82
831	831	10	144.00	$144.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
171	171	7	215.00	$215.00	$368	—
239 value added	239	7	200.00	$200.00	$478	—
235–245	240	2	174.00–177.00	$175.47	$421	—
265–298	283	6	180.00–184.00	$181.76	$514	—
300–330	323	13	176.00–201.00	$197.58	$638	+4.58
350–395	379	10	162.00–178.00	$172.21	$653	-17.68
360–395 value added	380	6	188.00–193.00	$190.38	$723	—
402–437	422	22	158.00–210.00	$170.56	$720	—
425–438 unweaned	433	5	182.00–190.00	$186.86	$809	—
458–498	477	16	156.00–175.00	$169.32	$808	-0.68
503 unweaned	503	3	166.00	$166.00	$835	—
515–540	533	7	156.00–184.00	$167.84	$895	—
533 value added	533	2	174.00	$174.00	$927	—
550–595	562	12	158.50–170.50	$160.80	$904	-2.50
600–643	633	8	161.00–172.00	$162.56	$1,029	+2.26
655–685	663	8	150.00–161.00	$158.34	$1,050	+2.83
702–735	707	10	142.00–154.00	$145.06	$1,026	—
751–755	751	11	146.00–148.00	$147.82	$1,110	+1.82
920–945	933	2	107.00–114.00	$110.55	$1,031	—
1020	1020	1	107.00	$107.00	$1,091	-14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	2	142.00	$142.00	$320	—
252–290	282	12	190.00–204.00	$195.99	$553	+0.99
300–344	326	15	144.00–182.00	$163.17	$532	-27.83
350–390	365	15	120.00–183.00	$145.32	$530	-24.68
408–445	419	9	121.00–188.00	$162.68	$682	—
460–465	463	2	127.00–130.00	$128.49	$595	—
508–545	520	7	125.00–150.00	$138.06	$718	—
567	567	2	155.00	$155.00	$879	+7.00
610–630	620	2	128.00–130.00	$129.02	$800	-3.98
655	655	2	124.00	$124.00	$812	—
730–740	735	3	120.00–125.00	$122.33	$899	-1.67
770–785	775	3	109.00–126.00	$118.94	$922	—
950	950	1	100.00	$100.00	$950	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
231	231	6	141.00	$141.00	$326	—
495–496	496	7	125.00–147.00	$137.58	$682	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
313	313	3	325.00	$325.00	—
455	455	1	200.00	$200.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105–135	120	2	225.00	$225.00	—
285	285	1	325.00	$325.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	9	168.00	$168.00	$403	—
311–333	314	26	154.00–179.00	$175.42	$551	+15.42
362–385	363	56	137.00–180.00	$170.96	$621	+17.48
400–448	438	28	128.00–156.00	$151.55	$664	-1.66
455–485	466	27	130.00–164.50	$152.15	$709	+3.77
510–540	521	9	145.00–154.50	$151.66	$790	+6.66
552 unweaned	552	2	132.00	$132.00	$729	-3.00
555–590	578	50	132.00–150.50	$148.08	$856	+4.47
600–628	611	15	129.00–147.00	$140.52	$859	—
707–715	708	7	117.00–130.00	$128.12	$907	—
758–785	778	55	104.00–134.00	$130.86	$1,018	—
870	870	1	106.00	$106.00	$922	—
962	962	5	105.00	$105.00	$1,010	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
198	198	7	185.00	$185.00	$366	—
200–215	211	4	183.00–201.00	$189.04	$399	—
280–290	286	5	173.00–176.00	$174.17	$498	—
310 unweaned	310	2	171.00	$171.00	$530	—
315–347	340	10	162.00–185.00	$174.94	$595	+18.94
355–396	380	20	155.00–171.00	$162.32	$617	—
405–410	408	12	152.00–162.00	$159.00	$649	—
463–488	480	6	150.00	$150.00	$720	+4.34
495 unweaned	495	3	147.00	$147.00	$728	—
505–528	522	13	149.00–153.50	$152.32	$795	—
552–590	566	18	140.00–155.00	$149.27	$845	—
621	621	8	141.50	$141.50	$879	+6.50
665–674	671	9	140.25–141.00	$140.50	$943	+6.50
830	830	4	115.00	$115.00	$954	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–295	278	2	120.00	$120.00	$334	—
320	320	2	139.00	$139.00	$445	+1.84
355–390	362	9	125.00–176.00	$154.27	$558	+28.27
370 unweaned	370	11	140.50	$140.50	$520	—
420–440	430	2	122.00–124.00	$122.98	$529	-22.02
463–495	475	13	114.00–147.50	$126.97	$603	-13.03
500–535	514	8	121.00–145.50	$130.90	$673	+1.90
557–590	582	10	117.00–147.50	$125.15	$728	—
582 thin fleshed	582	5	141.00	$141.00	$821	-1.11
610–635	623	2	114.00–117.00	$115.47	$719	-19.53
665–685	673	3	110.00–115.00	$111.99	$754	—
853–870	858	6	94.00–118.00	$99.89	$857	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	9	134.00	$134.00	$382	—
335	335	2	125.00	$125.00	$419	—
382	382	4	128.00	$128.00	$489	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	3	34.00	$34.00	$162	—
700	700	4	37.00	$37.00	$259	—

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Feeder Bulls

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	93.00	$93.00	$431	—
640	640	1	93.00	$93.00	$595	—
700–748	722	12	88.00–96.00	$92.36	$667	—
865	865	1	80.00	$80.00	$692	—
965	965	1	81.00	$81.00	$782	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
465	465	3	30.00	$30.00	$140	—
595	595	2	40.00	$40.00	$238	—
605–635	622	3	40.00–75.00	$52.05	$324	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745–1195	1006	80-85%	9	64.00–71.25	$67.71	$681	—
870–1245	1041	80-85%	23	60.00–63.50	$62.04	$646	—
910–1690	1115	80-85%	174	63.50–75.50	$69.97	$780	+13.80
1090–1375	1189	80-85%	7	73.50–78.50	$75.35	$896	—
1100–1435	1268	80-85%	2	60.00	$60.00	$761	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
618–730	634	85-90%	7	25.00–29.50	$28.76	$182	—
635–735	700	85-90%	9	41.00–54.00	$44.08	$309	—
610–900	743	85-90%	15	31.50–43.00	$38.35	$285	—
823	823	85-90%	2	30.00	$30.00	$247	-1.63
495–1110	848	85-90%	49	41.50–56.50	$49.26	$418	—
795–1240	966	85-90%	47	54.00–70.50	$61.53	$594	+5.80
825–1095	970	85-90%	8	55.00–65.50	$61.18	$593	+5.45
910–1130	1008	85-90%	3	71.00–72.50	$71.86	$724	+13.75

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
995	995	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$677	—
1310	1310	75-80%	1	68.50	$68.50	$897	+6.54

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
975	975	1	84.00	$84.00	$819	—
1055–1665	1338	13	67.00–83.00	$73.47	$983	—
1213–2065	1533	28	82.25–100.25	$89.52	$1,372	—
1400–1965	1739	10	98.00–106.50	$102.35	$1,780	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–1000	879	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	14	700.00–1,050.00	$1,002.50
725–1053	883	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	11	700.00–1,000.00	$846.82
900–1050	938	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	800.00	$800.00
750–1170	952	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	625.00–875.00	$776.50

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555	555	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00
620–635	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670	670	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
930	930	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
825	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	525.00	$525.00

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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 thin fleshed	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	850.00	$850.00	—
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
650–1120	840	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	17	740.00–1,450.00	$980.88	—
850 thin fleshed	850	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
830–1305	1039	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	700.00–880.00	$803.21	-211.79
700–1336	1136	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	26	800.00–1,500.00	$1,078.46	—
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,550.00	$1,550.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935–1355	1059	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	11	1,240.00–1,380.00	$1,355.91	—
1165–1335	1241	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,300.00	$1,226.67	—
1365–1495	1430	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,390.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600–800	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–800.00	$750.00	—
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
650–960	845	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–860.00	$688.75	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
527–700	576	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	350.00–500.00	$410.00	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1470–1910	1648	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,475.00–1,525.00	$1,500.00	—
1745	1745	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,400.00	$1,400.00	—

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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.