New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 26, 2021

2,527 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $193.83/cwt +15.83 vs last sale · ≈ $644/hd at 332 lb · 67 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $211.33/cwt +28.69 vs last sale · ≈ $894/hd at 423 lb · 67 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 steers $234.53/cwt +21.65 vs last sale · ≈ $804/hd at 343 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,527	2,474	4,143
Feeder cattle	1,868	1,726	3,223
Slaughter cattle	349	470	556
Replacement cattle	310	278	364

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the week, feeder steers, heifers and calves mostly 4.00-8.00 higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, with bulls mostly steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200 thin fleshed	200	2	200.00	$200.00	$400	—
210–215	213	3	167.00–170.00	$167.98	$358	—
267	267	23	243.00	$243.00	$649	+55.00
300–345	343	66	217.00–236.00	$234.53	$804	+21.65
362–395	382	22	171.00–221.00	$210.41	$804	-10.70
409–440	423	67	157.00–223.00	$211.33	$894	+28.69
456–494	486	48	161.00–198.00	$185.48	$901	-6.42
500–545	520	45	153.00–193.00	$175.11	$911	+1.96
553–585	574	33	145.00–177.00	$167.14	$959	-2.64
602–645	625	34	146.00–170.00	$164.15	$1,026	+2.32
632	632	4	145.00	$145.00	$916	-16.83
660–698	688	29	140.00–154.50	$150.97	$1,039	+0.18
700–748	734	5	137.00–147.00	$142.04	$1,043	-8.30
769	769	16	135.50	$135.50	$1,042	-2.94
815	815	2	120.00	$120.00	$978	—
965	965	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,158	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203–245	209	15	207.00–256.00	$242.85	$508	+30.32
280	280	3	220.00	$220.00	$616	-2.03
304–315	309	13	208.00–220.00	$212.21	$656	+2.51
310 value added	310	2	237.50	$237.50	$736	—
325	325	2	191.00	$191.00	$621	-18.70
352–385	366	15	207.50–220.00	$216.01	$791	+3.12
405–435	420	9	186.00–222.00	$210.15	$883	+49.65
455–481	473	16	170.00–193.00	$177.67	$840	-12.90
505–535	519	24	172.00–195.00	$184.61	$958	+4.53
557–570	566	18	164.00–184.00	$177.67	$1,006	+5.58
600–626	619	13	149.00–164.00	$157.35	$974	-5.69
655–695	673	32	143.00–163.00	$150.83	$1,015	-17.84
747	747	2	146.00	$146.00	$1,091	-8.56
1010	1010	1	102.00	$102.00	$1,030	-3.00
1213	1213	3	95.00	$95.00	$1,152	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	132.00	$132.00	$317	—
298	298	4	186.50–206.50	$196.50	$586	-5.50
370–399	388	12	142.00–210.00	$198.01	$768	+17.58
400–445	423	15	141.00–201.00	$182.44	$772	+34.48
463 thin fleshed	463	2	189.00	$189.00	$875	—
456–495	477	20	169.00–194.00	$179.85	$858	+31.85
525–530	528	2	130.00–142.00	$136.03	$718	-25.62
550–590	568	33	133.50–169.00	$137.44	$781	—
600–648	627	18	127.00–148.00	$142.60	$894	-8.61
653–688	675	10	144.00–159.00	$153.76	$1,038	—
747	747	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,046	-1.78
770	770	1	123.50	$123.50	$951	-13.50
815	815	25	121.00	$121.00	$986	—
850	850	1	113.50	$113.50	$965	-7.00
900	900	2	96.00	$96.00	$864	—
907 thin fleshed	907	2	149.50	$149.50	$1,356	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
380	380	1	120.00	$120.00	$456	—
415–430	423	2	110.00–127.00	$118.65	$502	—
524–535	526	7	125.00–127.00	$125.29	$659	—
550–585	568	2	121.00–125.00	$123.06	$699	—
670–680	675	2	100.00–119.00	$109.57	$740	—
768	768	2	103.00	$103.00	$791	—
845	845	1	96.00	$96.00	$811	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
190	190	1	325.00	$325.00	—
265–275	270	2	335.00	$335.00	—
390	390	1	380.00	$380.00	—
445	445	1	235.00	$235.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	2	50.00	$50.00	$230	—
540	540	1	35.00	$35.00	$189	—
570	570	1	41.00	$41.00	$234	—
615	615	1	35.00	$35.00	$215	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	260.00	$260.00	+60.00
180	180	1	300.00	$300.00	—
200	200	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
175	175	1	185.00	$185.00	$324	+19.00
230	230	1	174.00	$174.00	$400	-13.10
250–290	268	20	160.00–202.00	$186.18	$499	+24.18
305–347	332	67	170.00–196.00	$193.83	$644	+15.83
366–395	375	37	142.00–187.00	$178.53	$669	+15.02
400–445	421	27	147.00–179.00	$167.78	$706	+10.21
472–492	483	45	142.00–166.00	$156.44	$756	+1.35
502–548	529	47	145.00–161.00	$155.81	$824	+6.46
555–593	582	53	145.00–158.50	$153.57	$894	+9.08
600–640	621	29	121.00–150.00	$144.92	$900	+2.17
651	651	7	143.00	$143.00	$931	+5.00
650–678	670	9	133.00–141.00	$138.15	$926	+0.15
888	888	3	127.00	$127.00	$1,128	—
948	948	22	125.50	$125.50	$1,190	+15.13

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
218–235	220	17	177.50–244.00	$232.11	$511	+53.11
289–290	289	8	168.00–178.00	$170.51	$493	-21.43
320–347	340	5	180.00–190.00	$185.70	$631	+8.34
353 thin fleshed	353	3	190.00	$190.00	$671	—
355–391	382	8	174.00–186.00	$176.79	$675	-4.95
430	430	32	176.00	$176.00	$757	+9.10
466–498	472	10	155.00–172.00	$168.42	$795	+7.49
508–520	511	17	154.00–170.00	$161.06	$823	+10.45
550–590	581	16	150.00–160.00	$152.15	$884	-1.24
601–635	618	11	147.00–152.00	$150.38	$929	+4.65
671	671	4	138.00	$138.00	$926	+4.00
723	723	45	147.00	$147.00	$1,063	+42.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
296	296	5	165.00	$165.00	$488	—
302–305	303	3	143.00–184.00	$170.24	$516	-13.61
397	397	3	144.00	$144.00	$572	+11.03
418–440	427	6	124.00–170.00	$146.62	$626	+0.27
455–471	463	18	118.00–170.00	$153.22	$709	+8.16
465	465	1	125.00	$125.00	$581	-20.06
525–540	533	6	118.50–144.00	$136.21	$726	-2.06
555–580	568	4	125.50–135.00	$130.35	$740	-3.26
625 thin fleshed	625	2	140.00	$140.00	$875	—
635–645	639	5	121.00–135.00	$126.62	$809	-3.90
670–695	672	42	119.00–133.00	$132.14	$888	+6.69
705–720	712	3	109.00–122.00	$115.68	$824	—
800–835	818	2	95.00–104.00	$99.40	$813	-14.60

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	121.00	$121.00	$466	—
415	415	1	114.00	$114.00	$473	—
455	455	1	109.00	$109.00	$496	—
650–670	658	3	109.00–119.00	$112.95	$743	—
725	725	4	105.00	$105.00	$761	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
330–340	335	2	350.00–360.00	$354.93	—
405	405	1	225.00	$225.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175–190	183	2	225.00–300.00	$260.96	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	215.00	$215.00	$720	—
395	395	2	192.50	$192.50	$760	—
475	475	4	170.00	$170.00	$808	—
535	535	1	135.00	$135.00	$722	—
560–563	562	3	134.00–137.00	$135.00	$759	—
591 thin fleshed	591	11	142.00	$142.00	$839	—
718	718	4	125.50	$125.50	$901	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
340	340	1	212.00	$212.00	$721	+35.00
555	555	4	144.00	$144.00	$799	-6.00
747	747	2	118.00	$118.00	$881	-42.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	175.00	$175.00	$376	—
305–330	318	2	167.00–170.00	$168.56	$536	—
500	500	1	150.00	$150.00	$750	—
605	605	2	135.00	$135.00	$817	+0.39

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1135–1255	1198	(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	1,500.00–1,525.00	$1,516.67	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–1020	685	85-90%	28	34.00–53.00	$41.95	$287	—
600–800	700	85-90%	2	68.00–76.00	$72.57	$508	+33.02
640–975	758	85-90%	9	45.00–69.00	$53.26	$404	—
770–845	804	85-90%	5	45.00–50.00	$46.91	$377	-3.67
695–1240	935	85-90%	19	50.00–62.00	$57.10	$534	—
765–1294	1016	85-90%	65	60.00–74.00	$68.86	$700	+2.62
880–1215	1072	85-90%	14	71.00–76.50	$75.19	$806	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870	870	80-85%	1	76.50	$76.50	$666	—
878	878	80-85%	3	66.00	$66.00	$579	—
1045	1045	80-85%	1	80.00	$80.00	$836	+9.46
1030–1420	1220	80-85%	11	78.00–83.25	$79.63	$971	—
855–1580	1227	80-85%	41	67.50–80.00	$73.53	$902	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1175–1525	1338	75-80%	6	71.00–77.50	$75.23	$1,007	—
1530	1530	75-80%	1	79.50	$79.50	$1,216	—
1950	1950	75-80%	1	60.00	$60.00	$1,170	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1115	1115	1	85.00	$85.00	$948	—
1280	1280	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,011	—
1000–1870	1329	13	66.50–89.00	$78.94	$1,049	+4.58
1145–1810	1470	31	81.00–105.00	$90.76	$1,334	—
1510–1780	1687	9	101.50–111.75	$107.26	$1,809	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
800–1125	958	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	9	750.00–1,050.00	$905.56
750–1100	1038	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	925.00–1,350.00	$1,176.92
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00
950–1250	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	660.00–1,075.00	$814.00
1100	1100	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
800–1500	1186	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	26	775.00–1,300.00	$1,055.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
725 thin fleshed	725	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
700–990	786	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	750.00–875.00	$797.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
500	500	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	325.00	$325.00
500	500	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	210.00	$210.00
600–800	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00–575.00	$512.50
800	800	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–825	738	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	625.00–650.00	$637.50
735–950	858	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	580.00–800.00	$660.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
645	645	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	675.00	$675.00

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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
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,330.00	$1,330.00	+371.67
750–1240	963	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	9	1,050.00–1,350.00	$1,206.67	—
850–1150	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	675.00–1,175.00	$925.00	-564.44
700–1465	1022	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	38	1,000.00–1,575.00	$1,308.55	-180.89
800–1200	1078	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	16	725.00–1,225.00	$1,083.13	-180.48
1250	1250	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	1,300.00	$1,300.00	—
1200–1300	1267	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00–1,425.00	$1,308.33	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700–1020	885	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	20	800.00–1,075.00	$885.75	—
830–1130	966	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	800.00–900.00	$845.00	—
860–1160	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	785.00–900.00	$836.67	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
505–780	669	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	600.00–760.00	$668.75	—
695–1110	847	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	600.00–800.00	$666.67	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650–700	675	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	600.00–650.00	$625.00	—
750	750	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
845	845	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	725.00	$725.00	—

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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
700–850	775	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,075.00–1,450.00	$1,262.50	—

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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.