New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 30, 2021

2,626 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $164.03/cwt -1.75 vs last sale · ≈ $926/hd at 564 lb · 68 head

light 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $169.67/cwt +9.95 vs last sale · ≈ $901/hd at 531 lb · 56 head

light 3-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $170.32/cwt +9.11 vs last sale · ≈ $571/hd at 335 lb · 53 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,626	2,677	3,537
Feeder cattle	1,833	1,873	2,829
Slaughter cattle	329	443	332
Replacement cattle	464	361	376

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the week, steers and heifers were mostly steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 3.00 lower.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245–247	246	5	186.00–222.00	$212.01	$522	-10.43
250–280	259	10	165.00–216.00	$199.07	$516	-26.09
277–287 unweaned	280	7	210.00–212.00	$211.41	$592	—
302–346	323	40	178.00–215.00	$193.53	$625	-15.02
347 unweaned	347	2	181.00	$181.00	$628	—
360 unweaned	360	7	186.00	$186.00	$670	±0.00
370 thin fleshed	370	1	190.00	$190.00	$703	—
355–398	382	8	165.00–206.00	$183.88	$702	-25.89
400–445	413	11	157.00–199.00	$181.89	$751	-4.88
412–449 unweaned	424	29	174.00–185.00	$183.72	$779	—
460–493	473	34	155.00–196.00	$185.77	$879	+8.99
500–548	531	49	150.00–188.00	$170.65	$906	+6.85
524–543 unweaned	532	7	160.00–165.00	$162.81	$866	+12.81
552–580	562	54	151.00–177.00	$166.60	$936	+0.82
570–577 unweaned	574	14	150.00–160.00	$154.14	$885	—
620 unweaned	620	2	151.00	$151.00	$936	—
613–645	633	14	143.00–162.00	$153.36	$971	-13.53
662 unweaned	662	2	150.00	$150.00	$993	—
650–687	675	21	135.00–162.00	$145.00	$979	-6.38
712–720	714	4	130.00–140.00	$132.52	$946	-2.74
755–795	781	4	130.00–134.50	$131.15	$1,024	-9.51
801–812	803	16	127.00–149.00	$146.48	$1,176	+22.48
905	905	1	123.00	$123.00	$1,113	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	231	5	207.00–225.00	$218.64	$505	-4.35
250–273 fancy	265	3	237.00–240.00	$237.94	$631	—
250–291	284	24	212.00–233.00	$221.38	$629	-4.24
302 fancy	302	3	240.00	$240.00	$725	+13.00
305 thin fleshed	305	1	237.00	$237.00	$723	—
300–340	313	9	200.00–220.00	$209.03	$654	-10.86
350–370	363	4	206.00–213.00	$209.70	$761	+3.89
380 unweaned	380	3	198.00	$198.00	$752	—
411 unweaned	411	6	198.00	$198.00	$814	+18.00
405–443	424	11	189.00–207.00	$198.83	$843	+2.62
450–455 unweaned	452	20	185.50–186.00	$185.68	$839	—
450–490	471	7	170.00–193.00	$179.88	$847	-11.03
502 unweaned	502	4	167.00	$167.00	$838	—
500–535	526	25	172.00–196.00	$181.89	$957	-0.76
557–569	563	12	165.00–179.00	$169.29	$953	+1.78
608 unweaned	608	2	151.00	$151.00	$918	—
618–648	633	4	156.00–160.00	$157.95	$1,000	-2.71
661–695	664	13	150.00–154.00	$153.68	$1,020	-2.58
855–892	882	9	130.00–141.00	$133.53	$1,178	-4.81

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
207	207	3	145.00	$145.00	$300	-42.00
278 thin fleshed	278	2	215.00	$215.00	$598	—
280	280	2	175.00	$175.00	$490	+10.86
315–330	328	9	142.00–174.00	$167.67	$550	—
355–380	371	6	128.00–198.00	$156.73	$581	+17.87
410–440	427	6	134.00–150.00	$141.89	$606	-25.21
470–485 unweaned	475	9	150.00–160.00	$153.40	$729	—
455–495	485	11	133.00–192.00	$174.82	$848	+17.38
525 thin fleshed	525	3	169.00	$169.00	$887	—
532	532	4	179.00	$179.00	$952	+31.96
565–595 thin fleshed	574	35	170.00–177.50	$175.07	$1,005	—
550–590	580	13	125.00–149.00	$142.33	$826	+2.20
600–635	619	5	119.00–139.00	$126.43	$783	-16.26
600–647 unweaned	620	8	145.00–151.00	$146.45	$908	—
650–694	674	15	111.00–156.00	$141.48	$954	+12.63
740–745	742	3	126.00–136.00	$132.65	$984	+6.41
805	805	1	123.00	$123.00	$990	+14.00
947	947	2	119.50	$119.50	$1,132	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
538	538	7	45.50	$45.50	$245	—
615–649	645	8	40.00	$40.00	$258	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
195	195	1	420.00	$420.00	+30.00
250–280	263	3	280.00–310.00	$291.46	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–223	216	5	142.00–165.00	$154.52	$334	—
270–292	283	7	158.50–181.00	$167.71	$475	-0.87
321–341	335	53	148.00–178.00	$170.32	$571	+9.11
350–393	378	16	153.00–172.00	$163.37	$618	+9.18
403–445	418	32	143.00–173.00	$162.18	$678	+1.95
465–497	487	40	140.00–157.00	$152.86	$744	+4.58
516 unweaned	516	8	145.00	$145.00	$748	—
508–542	524	36	147.00–161.00	$153.24	$803	+0.60
559–575	566	13	137.50–162.00	$149.83	$848	+3.67
583 unweaned	583	2	133.00	$133.00	$775	—
600 unweaned	600	2	139.00	$139.00	$834	—
612–639	627	25	1.44–149.00	$119.37	$748	-19.19
692–697	695	4	136.00–145.00	$140.48	$976	+2.14
705–745	716	15	120.50–137.50	$134.62	$964	+9.55
755	755	1	118.00	$118.00	$891	—
885	885	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,097	±0.00
920	920	2	115.00	$115.00	$1,058	+2.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–245	227	4	164.00–182.00	$173.10	$393	—
253–285	266	7	160.00–173.00	$167.80	$446	+0.46
315–342	323	13	170.00–180.00	$175.73	$568	+5.81
360 thin fleshed	360	2	175.00	$175.00	$630	—
375–388	387	22	172.00–179.00	$178.38	$690	+9.40
401–432	411	29	163.50–171.00	$168.06	$691	+2.34
465–485 unweaned	469	26	150.00–157.00	$155.47	$729	—
458–485	474	18	156.00–165.00	$157.99	$749	+3.59
508–530 unweaned	515	12	146.00–156.00	$153.60	$791	—
500–545	527	20	151.00–167.00	$157.13	$828	+3.33
555	555	2	146.00	$146.00	$810	-4.37
565 unweaned	565	6	150.00	$150.00	$848	—
575	575	2	144.00	$144.00	$828	-6.37
610–645	613	11	141.00–146.00	$145.52	$892	-0.58
652–658	656	6	142.00–150.00	$144.65	$949	+2.32
757	757	14	142.50	$142.50	$1,079	+10.74
991	991	3	122.00	$122.00	$1,209	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	2	165.00	$165.00	$457	+15.00
302–340	317	5	127.00–148.00	$139.00	$441	+1.06
362–392	382	12	127.00–167.00	$155.81	$595	—
405–440	416	11	115.00–155.00	$143.52	$597	—
450–483	474	10	118.00–163.00	$142.97	$678	-2.97
515–533	525	18	120.00–156.00	$143.59	$754	+3.58
550–583	567	5	110.00–126.00	$121.68	$690	-25.82
615–645	618	12	102.00–120.00	$103.57	$640	-21.69
685–690	688	2	115.00–118.00	$116.49	$801	-19.34
760	760	1	120.00	$120.00	$912	—
805	805	8	129.00	$129.00	$1,038	+24.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
345	345	1	300.00	$300.00	—
433–440	435	3	320.00–325.00	$321.68	—
500–540	513	4	200.00–280.00	$244.15	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	200.00	$200.00	—
185–195	188	3	300.00–310.00	$306.55	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	4	133.00	$133.00	$399	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570	570	1	28.00	$28.00	$160	—
600	600	2	32.00	$32.00	$192	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	3	187.00	$187.00	$514	—
324	324	17	193.00	$193.00	$625	—
365–390	387	19	182.00–194.00	$183.19	$709	+46.19
465–473	470	3	140.00–180.00	$166.82	$784	+30.82
510–525	518	2	130.00–140.00	$134.93	$699	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521 unweaned	521	8	138.50	$138.50	$722	—
568 unweaned	568	3	131.00	$131.00	$744	—
605	605	1	158.00	$158.00	$956	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
261	261	3	210.00	$210.00	$548	—
360	360	1	95.00	$95.00	$342	—
435	435	3	151.00	$151.00	$657	—
470 unweaned	470	2	140.00	$140.00	$658	—
540	540	1	95.00	$95.00	$513	—
555–585	570	2	95.00–112.00	$103.72	$591	-46.28

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
615–890	731	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	750.00–875.00	$832.62	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300–1385	1328	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,384.76	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
710–865	753	85-90%	9	36.00–45.00	$40.90	$308	—
625–895	772	85-90%	5	35.00–43.00	$39.49	$305	-0.55
795–1150	915	85-90%	16	42.50–50.50	$47.30	$433	-17.03
870–1365	983	85-90%	11	58.00–63.00	$59.78	$588	—
740–1260	992	85-90%	48	45.00–60.50	$56.16	$557	—
770–1530	1053	85-90%	107	56.50–68.00	$63.15	$665	—
715–1211	1079	85-90%	11	45.00–57.00	$53.27	$575	-12.16

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1205	963	80-85%	4	50.00–58.25	$54.40	$524	—
885–1310	1105	80-85%	5	69.00–76.00	$72.28	$799	+6.34
860–1585	1176	80-85%	63	61.00–75.50	$68.52	$806	-7.21
1125–1400	1263	80-85%	2	73.00–73.50	$73.28	$926	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285–1585	1426	75-80%	4	66.00–70.00	$68.33	$974	—
1625–1805	1715	75-80%	2	64.00	$64.00	$1,098	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1240	1240	1	66.00	$66.00	$818	—
1340	1340	1	81.50	$81.50	$1,092	+4.43
990–1810	1343	23	62.00–88.50	$78.19	$1,050	+1.12
1320–2180	1702	29	82.50–98.50	$91.04	$1,550	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
875	875	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	950.00	$950.00
960–1075	1003	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	800.00–1,010.00	$907.50
750–1250	1036	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	21	750.00–1,375.00	$1,191.67
700–1400	1092	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	52	750.00–1,335.00	$946.63
800–1350	1144	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	34	510.00–925.00	$785.88
900–1325	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	16	700.00–885.00	$790.63
850–1350	1188	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	15	710.00–910.00	$822.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
950–1000	954	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	550.00–660.00	$649.62
885–1025	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	725.00–750.00	$737.50
900–1150	1013	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	650.00–1,000.00	$787.50

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
750	750	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	460.00	$460.00
750–850	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	575.00–710.00	$621.25

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–800	767	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	585.00–825.00	$736.67

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	360.00	$360.00

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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
750–1285	947	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	13	925.00–1,450.00	$1,222.69	—
900–1165	991	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	18	850.00–1,450.00	$1,174.72	—
1050	1050	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00	-150.00
1000–1300	1060	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,000.00–1,175.00	$1,115.00	-239.33
900–1285	1062	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	9	800.00–1,100.00	$942.22	-412.11
1150	1150	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
1000–1460	1167	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,200.00–1,400.00	$1,295.00	—
1200	1200	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800–850	825	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00	—
795–950	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	800.00–925.00	$862.50	-137.50
775–980	878	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	400.00–600.00	$500.00	-500.00
950	950	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	-325.00
950	950	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	810.00	$810.00	-540.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	-15.71
750–800	790	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	835.00–900.00	$887.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1115–1330	1223	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	1,385.00–1,410.00	$1,397.50	+39.17
1610	1610	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,500.00	$1,500.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	8	75.00	$75.00	$289	-5.00
501	501	8	78.00	$78.00	$391	—
567	567	7	79.00	$79.00	$448	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
450	450	6	40.00	$40.00	$180	—

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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	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—

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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.