New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 19, 2021

2,474 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $150.34/cwt +12.29 vs last sale · ≈ $1,102/hd at 733 lb · 79 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $181.97/cwt -5.40 vs last sale · ≈ $660/hd at 363 lb · 57 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $142.75/cwt +0.57 vs last sale · ≈ $888/hd at 622 lb · 54 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,474	3,342	1,476
Feeder cattle	1,726	2,373	1,045
Slaughter cattle	470	532	277
Replacement cattle	278	437	154

Market comments — USDA reporter

Feeder steers, heifers and calves were mixed this week with some sales 1.00-5.00 lower but other sales mostly 4.00-8.00 higher. Quality was noted as not as attractive as previous week on the lower sales. Slaughter cows and bulls steady. Replacement cows and pairs in very good demand with producers beginning to need to replace their herds that were reduced or dispersed during the drought conditions that have been in effect the past few years throughout the trade area.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	230.00	$230.00	$437	+25.00
220–248	238	12	210.00–217.50	$212.53	$506	—
255–290	275	22	197.00–229.00	$222.03	$611	+3.55
300–344	325	16	190.00–220.00	$209.70	$682	-2.69
365 thin fleshed	365	4	218.00	$218.00	$796	—
362–395	385	37	192.50–218.00	$212.89	$820	+2.50
420	420	4	160.50	$160.50	$674	-37.90
400–448	428	28	177.00–215.50	$199.18	$852	+0.78
455–491	479	21	174.00–203.00	$190.57	$913	+3.32
505–548	524	27	168.00–191.00	$180.08	$944	+3.58
557	557	2	169.00	$169.00	$941	-2.36
558–562	560	28	148.00–150.00	$148.78	$833	-22.58
550–590	564	20	160.00–182.50	$172.09	$971	+0.73
610–646	634	15	159.00–174.00	$163.04	$1,034	-4.95
642	642	7	143.00	$143.00	$918	-24.99
671–695	675	12	166.00–170.00	$168.67	$1,139	+5.14
717	717	5	135.00	$135.00	$968	-11.54
720–734	727	25	147.00–157.75	$154.56	$1,124	+8.02
755–765	758	3	142.00–153.00	$149.30	$1,132	—
807	807	2	143.00	$143.00	$1,154	+4.00
875	875	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,138	-6.00
1004	1004	6	105.00	$105.00	$1,054	-10.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	2	188.00	$188.00	$555	-37.80
310–322	319	9	187.00–220.00	$212.88	$679	+28.62
350–383	363	34	175.00–225.50	$221.11	$803	+15.88
400–445	421	24	165.00–196.00	$182.64	$769	-2.98
451–495	475	11	186.00–202.00	$191.90	$912	+7.13
517–542	535	8	154.00–183.00	$173.15	$926	-5.10
550–587	566	12	141.00–178.50	$169.78	$961	-3.62
613–640	624	10	147.00–169.00	$161.83	$1,010	+2.40
655–693	681	19	136.00–165.00	$150.79	$1,027	-7.48
703–745	733	79	130.00–156.00	$150.34	$1,102	+12.29
760–771	769	11	137.00–145.00	$138.44	$1,065	-9.91
860–895	883	3	114.00–125.00	$121.43	$1,072	—
1062	1062	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,221	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	3	202.00	$202.00	$582	+6.52
332	332	8	182.00	$182.00	$604	—
360–395	384	5	140.00–209.00	$180.43	$693	-27.57
400–425	417	3	143.00–151.00	$147.96	$617	-37.66
475	475	2	148.00	$148.00	$703	-35.54
505–546	538	8	138.00–174.00	$161.65	$870	+24.90
606–648	618	7	133.00–159.00	$151.21	$934	+28.87
712–715	713	5	121.00–147.00	$141.78	$1,011	—
792	792	2	137.00	$137.00	$1,085	—
883	883	8	120.50	$120.50	$1,064	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
500–525	507	7	230.00–275.00	$243.31	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	200.00	$200.00	—
255–260	258	2	210.00–260.00	$235.24	+35.24

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	172.00–186.00	$179.00	$439	-6.00
276–283	277	16	180.00–196.50	$191.94	$532	+10.37
330–335	333	3	172.00–180.00	$177.36	$591	-2.30
350 fancy	350	1	195.00	$195.00	$682	—
350–390	363	56	173.00–185.00	$181.74	$660	-5.69
409–448	424	31	155.00–181.00	$166.90	$708	-5.58
469	469	7	139.00	$139.00	$652	-18.08
455–490	475	15	150.00–178.00	$160.93	$764	+3.85
510–538	528	26	141.00–157.00	$150.61	$795	-3.89
565 thin fleshed	565	1	166.00	$166.00	$938	—
555–598	576	17	147.00–159.50	$153.39	$884	+3.98
602	602	11	134.50	$134.50	$810	-13.50
609–635	617	24	140.00–150.00	$145.73	$899	-2.27
682	682	6	134.00	$134.00	$914	-2.48
732	732	4	105.00	$105.00	$769	-19.00
795	795	1	120.00	$120.00	$954	-14.00
848	848	3	121.00	$121.00	$1,026	—
869	869	4	124.00	$124.00	$1,078	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	166.00	$166.00	$307	—
200–220	207	3	160.00–202.00	$187.10	$387	+35.57
290	290	1	162.00	$162.00	$470	-21.42
346	346	4	178.00	$178.00	$616	-15.37
357–390	384	14	145.00–170.00	$163.51	$628	-8.47
400–440	420	19	142.50–175.00	$157.57	$662	-6.29
453–498	476	4	153.00–157.00	$155.09	$738	-5.38
508–549	540	47	145.00–159.00	$149.35	$806	-7.32
555–598	566	22	135.00–149.00	$144.49	$818	-9.80
609–645	622	54	130.00–147.75	$142.75	$888	-1.58
685	685	8	137.00–141.00	$138.00	$945	-5.02
700–730	710	3	114.00–139.00	$130.43	$926	-6.71
750	750	2	133.00	$133.00	$998	—
915–940	925	3	101.00–117.00	$110.37	$1,021	—
980	980	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,068	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–248	231	5	192.00–196.00	$194.58	$449	+11.43
315–340	326	9	134.00–195.00	$183.85	$599	+63.85
380–390	385	2	131.00–135.00	$132.97	$512	+0.41
410–418	413	7	137.00–155.00	$146.35	$604	-4.62
470–498	490	8	125.00–157.00	$145.06	$711	+0.52
505–543	534	8	124.00–153.00	$138.27	$738	+5.93
550–595	566	13	127.00–140.00	$133.61	$756	-6.21
600–640	614	17	118.00–150.00	$130.52	$801	+5.78
652–695	661	24	114.00–127.50	$125.45	$829	+3.79
750–760	755	2	100.00–101.00	$100.50	$759	-11.00
805	805	1	114.00	$114.00	$918	+9.00
870	870	1	100.00	$100.00	$870	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
524	524	32	119.00	$119.00	$624	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
425	425	4	191.00	$191.00	$812	—
577–595	586	10	132.00–153.50	$142.90	$837	+11.90
618–643	633	5	134.00–135.00	$134.61	$852	—
805	805	4	118.00	$118.00	$950	—
857	857	2	109.00	$109.00	$934	—
925	925	1	109.00	$109.00	$1,008	—
960	960	1	104.00	$104.00	$998	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	177.00	$177.00	$611	—
405	405	1	165.00	$165.00	$668	-17.02
490	490	1	167.00	$167.00	$818	-6.60
525	525	1	172.00	$172.00	$903	+12.77
573–577	575	6	149.00–151.00	$150.00	$862	-5.00
725	725	3	160.50	$160.50	$1,164	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
590–1325	900	80-85%	15	65.00–75.00	$68.88	$620	—
720–1215	913	80-85%	9	56.50–65.00	$61.59	$562	—
745–1590	1020	80-85%	103	64.00–76.00	$70.54	$720	+7.56
1010–1315	1163	80-85%	13	76.00–78.50	$77.04	$896	+3.97

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640–815	718	85-90%	5	35.00–45.00	$39.55	$284	+1.63
781–860	794	85-90%	6	46.00–60.50	$57.88	$460	+5.81
560–895	807	85-90%	32	45.50–60.00	$50.58	$408	-9.08
625–970	859	85-90%	4	32.00–44.00	$38.47	$330	-12.78
845–895	870	85-90%	2	62.00–67.00	$64.43	$561	+13.18
745–1340	1017	85-90%	72	56.00–74.50	$66.24	$674	—
1100	1100	85-90%	1	76.00	$76.00	$836	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1340–1425	1373	75-80%	3	65.00–73.00	$69.07	$948	—
1410	1410	75-80%	1	77.00	$77.00	$1,086	—
1475	1475	75-80%	1	62.00	$62.00	$914	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1305	1305	1	85.50	$85.50	$1,116	+11.77
1035–1730	1315	13	58.50–81.00	$74.36	$978	+0.63
1040–2390	1575	43	82.00–99.50	$91.04	$1,434	—
1720	1720	1	65.00	$65.00	$1,118	—
1960–2140	2045	3	102.00–103.00	$102.32	$2,092	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–950	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	925.00–975.00	$950.00
780–1000	927	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	740.00–1,250.00	$1,080.00
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–760.00	$755.00
893–1050	959	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	800.00–1,350.00	$1,076.67
800–1300	1042	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	800.00–1,450.00	$1,121.32
935–1155	1081	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	850.00–1,025.00	$912.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	560.00	$560.00
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	550.00–625.00	$587.50

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
730	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
850	850	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–650	625	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	750.00–800.00	$775.00
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	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
650 thin fleshed	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—
700–1000	867	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	19	975.00–1,475.00	$1,281.32	+256.04
850–1000	902	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,025.00	$958.33	—
950–1175	1019	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	1,400.00–1,560.00	$1,489.44	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00	-104.00
800–1345	1074	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	36	1,000.00–1,475.00	$1,263.61	+109.61
985–1235	1111	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	13	1,000.00–1,375.00	$1,189.23	—
1050–1250	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,400.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1435	1235	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,370.00–1,400.00	$1,385.00	—
1410	1410	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,440.00	$1,440.00	—
1445–1590	1523	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,376.67	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700 thin fleshed	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—

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	550.00	$550.00	-300.00

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
418	418	5	75.00	$75.00	$314	—
716–747	720	16	64.00–74.00	$72.70	$523	—
1175	1175	6	73.50	$73.50	$864	—

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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
800–950	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,175.00–1,310.00	$1,221.25	—

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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.