New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 4, 2021

3,471 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $137.81/cwt -4.45 vs last sale · ≈ $916/hd at 665 lb · 89 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.07/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $845/hd at 583 lb · 87 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $137.30/cwt -10.79 vs last sale · ≈ $724/hd at 527 lb · 84 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,471	4,736	8,185
Feeder cattle	2,642	3,670	5,767
Slaughter cattle	556	626	1,371
Replacement cattle	273	440	1,047

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the week, steer and heifer calves under 600 lbs. were steady to 3.00 higher, with calves and feeders over 600 steady to 2.00 higher, except for unweaned offerings which were 1.00-3.00 lower. Slaughter cows were steady to 3.00 lower, with bulls steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	205.00	$205.00	$472	+21.88
275–290	285	8	182.00–191.00	$186.86	$533	-0.14
300–340	326	28	177.00–192.00	$188.37	$614	+3.70
350–390	378	22	180.00–193.00	$184.87	$699	+1.44
400–445	423	44	165.00–187.00	$176.25	$746	-5.58
450–489	470	57	159.00–190.00	$174.75	$821	-0.05
513–545 unweaned	519	10	144.00–151.00	$145.47	$755	—
524	524	8	160.00	$160.00	$838	-0.62
507–548	536	43	153.00–164.00	$156.16	$837	-4.46
550–597	574	57	148.00–156.50	$152.06	$873	-2.15
612–649	633	27	143.00–149.50	$146.55	$928	-0.50
634–635 unweaned	634	10	143.00–146.00	$143.90	$912	+6.61
650–675	656	33	140.00–147.50	$141.08	$925	-2.76
651–698 unweaned	670	56	132.50–138.50	$135.88	$910	-0.78
700–715	712	13	137.50–150.50	$141.23	$1,006	-0.52
725 unweaned	725	4	131.00	$131.00	$950	-1.49
774–791 unweaned	784	21	125.50–130.00	$128.10	$1,004	-0.40
795	795	1	134.00	$134.00	$1,065	-7.50
892	892	14	127.00	$127.00	$1,133	—
1015	1015	3	111.50	$111.50	$1,132	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–235	218	6	172.00–210.00	$194.98	$425	+32.25
220	220	1	157.00	$157.00	$345	-5.73
265–288	283	5	170.00–191.00	$187.07	$529	+15.19
303–343	318	14	163.00–181.00	$171.82	$546	-17.21
360–388	383	16	162.00–176.00	$172.95	$662	+9.92
412 value added	412	5	186.00	$186.00	$766	—
407–447	434	40	157.00–180.00	$168.64	$732	-5.54
450–490	477	20	147.50–175.00	$156.82	$748	-5.96
500–541	519	38	146.00–167.00	$152.73	$793	-3.47
569–582 unweaned	576	16	132.50–137.00	$134.44	$774	—
550–597	584	71	135.00–158.00	$147.46	$861	-1.17
602 unweaned	602	7	141.00	$141.00	$849	+6.49
604–640	623	27	125.00–153.00	$145.23	$905	-2.45
650–698	681	50	127.00–146.00	$143.92	$980	+4.80
671–696 unweaned	687	16	130.50	$130.50	$897	-4.00
700–717	709	15	124.00–135.00	$131.31	$931	+0.94
755–790	768	54	132.50–140.50	$138.17	$1,061	+1.53
800–845	821	9	120.00–135.50	$130.49	$1,071	+4.49
1000–1025	1017	3	101.00–114.00	$109.74	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	155.00	$155.00	$519	+7.75
350–397	381	10	136.00–164.00	$149.45	$569	-2.39
420–428	425	7	135.00–155.00	$149.30	$635	+2.28
428 thin fleshed	428	2	153.00	$153.00	$655	—
455–490	484	10	126.00–150.00	$145.96	$706	+2.27
510–540	523	7	126.00–153.00	$136.03	$711	-10.20
550–595	571	14	129.00–138.00	$133.42	$762	+3.07
600–643	622	15	120.00–126.00	$121.84	$758	-12.04
665–690	673	8	110.00–145.00	$130.58	$879	+4.79
700–744	732	12	113.00–140.00	$128.45	$940	-2.55
755–790	775	4	100.00–121.00	$109.61	$849	-8.39
840	840	1	114.00	$114.00	$958	-0.58
940	940	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,034	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	2	48.00–51.00	$49.50	$250	—
565–578	569	3	48.00–52.00	$50.65	$288	—
863	863	2	54.00	$54.00	$466	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	300.00	$300.00	±0.00
310	310	1	310.00	$310.00	—
385–390	388	2	275.00–350.00	$312.26	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
420–428	425	3	410.00–420.00	$416.71	+91.71

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290–298	294	4	151.00–168.00	$159.62	$469	+4.62
300–332	319	18	149.00–156.00	$153.57	$490	-0.52
345 fancy	345	3	157.00	$157.00	$542	—
351–393	367	21	149.00–163.00	$157.42	$578	-2.87
412–445	422	32	140.00–161.00	$153.47	$648	+1.80
439	439	10	127.00	$127.00	$558	-24.67
455–495	478	45	132.00–159.00	$140.38	$671	-9.61
503–545	527	84	129.00–145.00	$137.30	$724	-12.65
559–586	571	20	132.00–150.00	$139.16	$795	+1.39
606–617 unweaned	616	32	125.00–135.00	$125.92	$776	-7.36
608–630	625	13	127.00–139.00	$136.83	$855	-1.04
651–659 unweaned	656	21	125.00–126.00	$125.62	$824	-4.90
650–677	673	16	124.00–140.00	$127.63	$859	-7.37
702	702	5	133.00	$133.00	$934	—
725 unweaned	725	4	120.00	$120.00	$870	—
800	800	5	129.50	$129.50	$1,036	+6.00
865	865	7	116.00	$116.00	$1,003	-6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	2	130.00–138.00	$134.00	$362	-19.16
313–345	326	11	135.00–153.00	$142.78	$465	-2.23
353–395	373	15	130.00–158.00	$147.67	$551	+0.48
400–445	421	26	121.00–154.00	$138.07	$581	-8.78
453–493	472	36	125.00–157.00	$137.14	$647	-1.85
493	493	2	126.00	$126.00	$621	-12.99
510–540	523	7	119.00–147.00	$130.22	$681	-2.80
550	550	2	131.00	$131.00	$720	-1.98
565 unweaned	565	3	126.00	$126.00	$712	—
550–590	572	22	122.00–146.00	$136.11	$779	+3.13
600–645	620	36	120.00–134.00	$130.54	$809	-2.96
634–635 unweaned	634	8	126.00–128.00	$127.50	$808	+1.50
650–654 unweaned	653	23	127.00–129.00	$128.39	$838	-0.11
665–690	671	4	120.00–129.00	$125.70	$843	-1.39
705	705	5	118.00–128.00	$124.00	$874	-4.00
785–795	790	2	110.00–120.00	$114.97	$908	—
808	808	2	107.00	$107.00	$865	—
911	911	5	119.00	$119.00	$1,084	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	130.00	$130.00	$338	+11.00
300–345	321	13	115.00–154.00	$139.20	$447	+19.20
365–390	374	9	110.00–132.00	$124.42	$465	+8.62
405–448	423	18	114.00–146.00	$128.39	$543	+3.53
432 thin fleshed	432	3	145.00	$145.00	$626	—
460–476	470	17	123.00–152.00	$142.23	$668	+21.65
500–525	516	10	110.00–134.00	$121.68	$628	-1.81
565–598	579	21	111.00–130.50	$124.25	$719	+0.79
605–612	609	5	110.00–130.00	$117.94	$718	-9.06
650–685	672	8	100.00–124.00	$112.27	$754	+6.29
730	730	8	124.00	$124.00	$905	±0.00
757	757	4	124.00	$124.00	$939	+5.00
835	835	1	101.00	$101.00	$843	-9.00
890	890	1	106.00	$106.00	$943	+7.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
535	535	5	35.00	$35.00	$187	—
703	703	2	39.00	$39.00	$274	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
255–285	270	2	200.00–230.00	$215.83	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	160.00	$160.00	$384	±0.00
315	315	4	190.00	$190.00	$598	—
380	380	1	143.00	$143.00	$543	—
405–442	430	5	120.00–137.00	$133.41	$574	-45.31
465–485	478	3	138.00–147.00	$144.08	$689	—
525–528	527	3	117.00–140.00	$132.36	$698	-17.64
550–565	555	3	97.00–120.00	$112.06	$622	—
655–690	678	3	101.00–123.00	$115.92	$786	-12.41
705–720	713	4	90.00–112.00	$101.48	$724	—
782–787	785	20	89.00–105.00	$97.83	$768	—
805	805	1	102.50	$102.50	$825	—
850	850	1	107.00	$107.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
483	483	4	135.00	$135.00	$652	—
559–582	571	10	125.00–130.00	$127.55	$728	+1.15
667	667	3	123.00	$123.00	$820	—
723	723	5	120.00	$120.00	$868	—
774	774	4	113.00	$113.00	$875	—
817–847	828	11	82.00–86.00	$84.51	$700	—
851	851	5	87.00	$87.00	$740	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323	323	2	170.00	$170.00	$549	—
350	350	2	179.00	$179.00	$626	—
445 thin fleshed	445	2	168.00	$168.00	$748	—
538	538	3	136.00	$136.00	$732	—
575	575	3	131.00	$131.00	$753	—
673	673	2	122.00	$122.00	$821	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130	130	1	275.00	$275.00	—
170	170	1	245.00	$245.00	—
235	235	1	275.00	$275.00	—
270	270	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–710	655	85-90%	2	31.00–40.00	$35.12	$230	—
610–1150	806	85-90%	8	25.00–37.00	$33.47	$270	—
643–1185	870	85-90%	13	34.00–52.50	$45.04	$392	-0.58
695–1395	957	85-90%	44	38.00–53.50	$47.19	$452	—
920–1275	1069	85-90%	44	50.50–63.00	$56.80	$607	-1.14
775–1473	1115	85-90%	122	50.00–63.50	$56.95	$635	-2.19
1245	1245	85-90%	1	64.00	$64.00	$797	-2.49

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
798–1150	1044	80-85%	12	60.00–71.00	$67.14	$701	—
740–1565	1053	80-85%	7	45.50–60.00	$52.85	$557	-18.65
920–1655	1273	80-85%	125	55.50–72.00	$64.30	$819	-0.07
1185–1405	1288	80-85%	6	67.00–70.00	$67.99	$876	+8.89

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1285	1285	75-80%	1	66.50	$66.50	$855	—
1390–1820	1573	75-80%	11	62.00–72.00	$64.65	$1,017	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1060–1270	1175	3	59.00–81.00	$72.58	$853	—
1075–1840	1421	21	70.00–80.00	$75.36	$1,071	+0.39
1380–2300	1717	37	80.00–93.00	$86.55	$1,486	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750–1100	888	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	750.00–1,000.00	$818.75
750–1200	1003	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	800.00–1,125.00	$955.00
950–1210	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	825.00–900.00	$858.33
900–1350	1120	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	500.00–950.00	$692.40
855–1450	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	16	800.00–1,175.00	$976.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–960	830	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	725.00–780.00	$752.50
750–925	838	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00–510.00	$505.00
820–1015	907	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	550.00–750.00	$683.33
850–1265	994	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	600.00–750.00	$716.67

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
692	692	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	400.00	$400.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650	650	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 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 $
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	610.00	$610.00

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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
900–1050	967	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	750.00–900.00	$850.00	—
700–1163	973	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	16	900.00–1,450.00	$1,220.31	—
1000	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1050–1150	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,550.00	$1,425.00	—
850–1485	1140	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	725.00–1,050.00	$943.75	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
780	780	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	800.00	$800.00	-200.00
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00	-15.00
930	930	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	660.00	$660.00	—

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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	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	18	935.00–1,350.00	$1,326.94	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
650	650	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.