New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 12, 2021

3,342 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $187.37/cwt +25.05 vs last sale · ≈ $692/hd at 369 lb · 100 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $173.40/cwt +29.98 vs last sale · ≈ $992/hd at 572 lb · 81 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $156.67/cwt +5.01 vs last sale · ≈ $826/hd at 527 lb · 60 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,342	2,200	2,251
Feeder cattle	2,373	1,285	1,698
Slaughter cattle	532	637	318
Replacement cattle	437	278	235

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the week, steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. 5.00-12.00 higher. Feeders over 600 lbs. 6.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows 4.00-5.00 higher, instances 9.00-10.00 higher on gaunt, lean cows. Bulls 1.00 higher. Substantial rain over the area accounting for the increase in calf and feeder prices, and bred cows and pairs saw a substantial increase also as producers try to restock on green and growing pasture.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218–239	230	23	172.00–226.00	$216.16	$497	-3.84
265 value added	265	2	180.00	$180.00	$477	—
255–293	282	17	225.00–228.00	$225.80	$637	+23.18
300–340	321	7	152.50–202.00	$184.26	$591	-18.07
350–386	375	22	167.50–212.00	$205.23	$770	+3.23
400–438	417	14	160.00–210.00	$185.62	$774	+35.52
450–493	474	46	167.00–191.50	$184.77	$876	+22.91
505–547	524	42	140.00–188.00	$178.25	$934	+24.98
553–595	572	81	140.00–179.50	$173.40	$992	+29.98
631–636	633	14	146.00–170.00	$159.43	$1,009	+4.72
650–675	660	5	150.00–164.00	$158.27	$1,045	+3.78
705–745	726	4	130.00–143.00	$138.05	$1,002	-3.42
750–770	758	20	116.00–151.00	$148.35	$1,124	+0.53
830–840	835	2	110.00–119.00	$114.47	$956	-29.53

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	205.00	$205.00	$400	-10.00
250 value added	250	2	217.00	$217.00	$542	—
251–292	263	16	195.00–225.00	$218.48	$575	+36.72
305–347	323	19	192.00–228.00	$212.39	$686	+14.81
360–393	373	17	200.00–215.00	$210.39	$785	+38.18
392 unweaned	392	3	197.00	$197.00	$772	—
400–445	420	53	185.00–210.00	$198.40	$833	+27.84
438 unweaned	438	3	175.00	$175.00	$766	-11.86
463–485 unweaned	474	4	160.00–170.00	$164.88	$782	—
453–497	478	32	175.00–195.00	$187.25	$895	+17.93
517 unweaned	517	4	178.00	$178.00	$920	+12.00
502–545	518	21	166.00–185.00	$176.50	$914	+8.66
550–595	570	29	160.00–182.00	$171.36	$977	+10.56
608–648	625	19	159.00–175.50	$167.99	$1,050	+5.43
655–690	667	16	156.00–171.00	$163.53	$1,091	+5.19
710–747	740	12	144.50–149.00	$146.54	$1,084	+1.48
825–832	829	5	139.00	$139.00	$1,152	—
855	855	2	136.00	$136.00	$1,163	—
948	948	2	126.00	$126.00	$1,194	+15.45
1033	1033	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,188	+8.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	150.00	$150.00	$292	—
257–285	261	14	146.00–204.00	$195.48	$510	-0.51
289 thin fleshed	289	6	194.00	$194.00	$561	—
359–365 thin fleshed	362	41	189.00–206.00	$197.64	$715	—
390	390	3	208.00	$208.00	$811	+62.68
410–420 thin fleshed	411	25	196.00–200.00	$198.84	$817	—
427–437	432	4	175.00–196.00	$185.62	$802	+22.94
469–492	474	9	182.00–184.00	$183.54	$870	+55.05
478–483 thin fleshed	480	8	164.00–179.00	$173.34	$832	—
500–537	524	4	120.00–148.00	$136.75	$717	-1.31
550	550	2	120.00	$120.00	$660	-35.00
577 thin fleshed	577	4	176.00	$176.00	$1,016	—
613–615	614	3	120.00–127.00	$122.34	$751	-6.68
650–665	658	2	100.00–118.00	$108.90	$717	-15.10

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
442	442	2	130.00	$130.00	$575	—
495	495	6	130.00	$130.00	$644	-7.58
538	538	8	135.00	$135.00	$726	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	10	130.00	$130.00	$786	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
150–180	171	9	300.00–330.00	$309.81	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
631	631	3	110.00	$110.00	$694	—
656	656	3	107.00	$107.00	$702	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–115	108	2	210.00–280.00	$242.56	—
265	265	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–235	223	2	151.00–152.00	$151.53	$338	-16.47
250–296	283	20	180.00–197.00	$183.42	$519	—
303–348	313	33	179.50–196.50	$193.37	$605	+17.95
356–395	367	21	150.00–182.50	$171.98	$631	+1.02
400–445	418	19	150.00–173.00	$163.86	$685	+12.31
439 unweaned	439	4	153.00	$153.00	$672	—
450–495	476	46	147.00–171.00	$160.47	$764	+8.32
507–541	527	60	145.00–160.50	$156.67	$826	+5.01
555–578	573	25	140.00–158.75	$154.29	$884	+6.21
608	608	3	120.00	$120.00	$730	-20.52
600–645	629	31	135.00–148.00	$144.33	$908	+3.81
650–685	665	3	142.00–144.00	$143.02	$951	—
700–735	711	26	124.00–139.50	$137.14	$975	+9.02
855	855	1	114.00	$114.00	$975	+8.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
235	235	2	185.00	$185.00	$435	-4.04
250–295	285	13	160.00–199.00	$181.57	$517	+7.40
308–342	323	15	159.00–190.00	$179.66	$580	+4.72
348 unweaned	348	6	174.00	$174.00	$606	—
355–395	369	98	172.50–190.00	$187.43	$692	+25.11
385–390 fancy	388	2	184.00–185.00	$184.50	$716	—
400–445	424	32	162.50–180.00	$172.48	$731	+13.48
422–440 unweaned	435	7	150.00–163.00	$153.60	$668	—
450–498	474	32	145.00–168.00	$157.08	$745	+7.08
500–540	526	20	136.00–172.50	$154.50	$813	+2.18
550	550	2	135.00	$135.00	$742	-14.27
564–595	580	22	144.00–157.00	$149.41	$867	+0.14
606	606	9	148.00	$148.00	$897	+6.50
617	617	7	148.00	$148.00	$913	+6.50
660–695	682	6	135.00–141.00	$136.48	$931	-4.02
734	734	6	124.00	$124.00	$910	—
765	765	5	134.00	$134.00	$1,025	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
204–232	209	12	180.00–197.00	$183.15	$383	—
255	255	3	138.00–169.00	$158.67	$405	+38.67
315	315	1	120.00	$120.00	$378	-19.00
315 thin fleshed	315	2	189.00	$189.00	$595	—
366 thin fleshed	366	6	186.00	$186.00	$681	—
355–395	377	6	100.00–176.00	$132.56	$500	-21.71
400–447	421	37	122.50–163.00	$150.97	$636	+27.99
425 thin fleshed	425	1	170.00	$170.00	$722	—
455–498	479	33	122.00–161.00	$144.54	$692	+17.57
490 thin fleshed	490	5	155.00	$155.00	$760	—
500–535	518	6	118.00–150.00	$132.34	$686	+1.44
574–582 thin fleshed	577	6	138.00–146.00	$140.69	$812	-0.31
550–597	589	11	116.00–146.00	$139.82	$824	+14.67
605–628	619	3	119.00–130.00	$124.74	$772	+9.27
650–653	652	3	120.00–125.00	$121.66	$793	+9.67
700–745	711	6	111.00–121.00	$117.28	$834	—
785	785	1	111.50	$111.50	$875	—
805	805	2	105.00	$105.00	$845	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	7	165.00	$165.00	$355	—
256–297	260	20	170.00	$170.00	$442	+36.00
447	447	2	140.00	$140.00	$626	—
488	488	22	128.00	$128.00	$625	—
633	633	14	123.00	$123.00	$779	—
823	823	30	113.00	$113.00	$930	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281	281	4	144.00	$144.00	$405	—
329	329	15	147.00	$147.00	$484	—
392	392	6	149.00	$149.00	$584	—
409 thin fleshed	409	12	147.00	$147.00	$601	—
528–543 thin fleshed	536	8	125.00–131.00	$127.96	$686	—
572 thin fleshed	572	2	135.00	$135.00	$772	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
433	433	8	127.00	$127.00	$550	—
543	543	10	117.00	$117.00	$635	—
641	641	9	115.00	$115.00	$737	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
436	436	4	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	260.00	$260.00	—
155–160	158	2	260.00–270.00	$265.08	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
453–465 thin fleshed	454	37	159.00–172.00	$171.28	$778	—
577	577	5	150.00	$150.00	$866	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
432–435	433	3	178.00–190.00	$182.02	$788	—
465–480	473	2	167.00–180.00	$173.60	$821	—
500–530	515	2	151.00–167.00	$159.23	$820	—
555	555	2	155.00	$155.00	$860	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	1	160.00	$160.00	$312	—
310–345	322	3	130.00–160.00	$149.27	$481	—
395	395	1	145.00	$145.00	$573	—
455	455	1	130.00	$130.00	$592	—
565	565	1	131.00	$131.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
100–130	115	2	170.00–275.00	$229.35	—
160	160	1	275.00	$275.00	—
260	260	1	250.00	$250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	2	175.00	$175.00	$595	—
570	570	2	131.00	$131.00	$747	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–850	733	85-90%	8	35.00–47.50	$37.92	$278	-0.43
575–995	749	85-90%	12	25.00–43.00	$37.02	$277	-1.33
715–910	764	85-90%	11	40.00–57.50	$52.07	$398	—
785–900	818	85-90%	13	57.00–64.00	$59.66	$488	+29.66
790–875	833	85-90%	2	25.00–31.00	$27.85	$232	-2.15
650–1620	856	85-90%	65	44.00–60.50	$51.25	$439	—
775–1295	985	85-90%	106	53.50–74.50	$65.01	$640	+3.83
991–1310	1060	85-90%	19	75.00–77.50	$75.38	$799	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
800	800	80-85%	2	74.00	$74.00	$592	—
760–1530	1030	80-85%	23	60.00–64.50	$62.98	$649	+0.94
910–1440	1174	80-85%	95	65.00–77.50	$73.07	$858	-2.28
1045–1505	1276	80-85%	26	75.00–80.00	$77.80	$993	+17.80

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1505	1505	75-80%	1	67.00	$67.00	$1,008	—
1340–1610	1526	75-80%	5	67.00–72.50	$70.02	$1,069	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1290	1140	3	68.00–79.50	$74.42	$848	—
1005–1730	1328	16	60.00–82.50	$73.73	$979	+0.26
1145–2190	1529	40	84.00–102.00	$92.14	$1,409	+2.62
1580–2520	1886	8	101.00–108.50	$104.23	$1,966	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
800–1000	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	510.00–1,050.00	$665.00
825–950	875	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	400.00–570.00	$466.67
900–950	905	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	11	640.00–900.00	$868.18
780–1350	985	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	65	600.00–1,260.00	$1,145.00
840–1100	1057	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	875.00–1,300.00	$1,229.17

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785	785	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
758–880	797	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	485.00–650.00	$583.57
800–975	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	530.00–825.00	$690.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–750	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	385.00–610.00	$488.75
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	485.00	$485.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–750	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–900.00	$840.00

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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	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
700–1200	881	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	850.00–1,475.00	$1,025.28	—
850–1325	1071	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	40	875.00–1,575.00	$1,154.00	—
860–1182	1077	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	860.00–1,325.00	$1,132.86	—
700–1415	1246	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	1,000.00–1,500.00	$1,359.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
705–1000	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	770.00–1,010.00	$855.00	—
1000	1000	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
785–1110	1021	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	575.00–700.00	$650.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
931–1210	1056	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,300.00	-55.91
1470–1510	1490	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,550.00–1,650.00	$1,600.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
660–875	737	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	590.00–700.00	$630.00	—
785–890	838	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	650.00–660.00	$655.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
558–575	562	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	425.00–435.00	$432.50	+22.50
755	755	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
500	500	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	850.00	$850.00	—
600–700	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	750.00–800.00	$775.00	—
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00	—

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
600	600	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
241	241	4	80.00	$80.00	$193	—
510	510	2	75.00	$75.00	$382	—

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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.