New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 10, 2022

5,439 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $177.02/cwt +3.08 vs last sale · ≈ $937/hd at 530 lb · 177 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $164.07/cwt +0.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,015/hd at 618 lb · 152 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $181.32/cwt +2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $781/hd at 431 lb · 134 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	5,439	2,990	2,376
Feeder cattle	4,992	2,578	1,654
Slaughter cattle	296	198	397
Replacement cattle	151	214	325

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves and feeders were 6.00-12.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	200.00	$200.00	$450	+4.13
270–295	281	14	202.00–225.00	$218.03	$613	+24.03
300–325 fancy	313	2	191.00–195.00	$192.92	$604	—
300–348	322	21	173.00–227.00	$201.86	$650	-3.16
355–395	373	35	171.00–233.00	$215.86	$805	+31.22
400–440	416	97	167.00–227.00	$211.48	$880	+23.28
445 fancy	445	4	174.00	$174.00	$774	—
450–498	474	72	160.00–200.00	$189.71	$899	+14.30
482	482	4	150.00	$150.00	$723	-25.41
495 value added	495	1	166.00	$166.00	$822	—
500 fancy	500	1	174.00	$174.00	$870	—
515–526 unweaned	522	6	149.00–151.00	$150.34	$785	-20.99
500–549	530	170	157.00–200.00	$177.98	$943	-1.91
565–570 unweaned	566	8	156.00–162.00	$160.49	$908	+3.76
550–590	570	74	157.50–175.00	$167.72	$956	-3.33
591	591	4	153.50	$153.50	$907	-17.55
609 fancy	609	7	165.50	$165.50	$1,008	—
600–645	617	122	145.00–173.00	$166.10	$1,025	+2.69
603–645 unweaned	629	23	146.00–159.00	$152.88	$962	—
650	650	3	149.50	$149.50	$972	-5.64
665–688 unweaned	677	4	135.00–144.00	$139.58	$945	—
669–694	684	67	140.00–161.00	$153.78	$1,052	-1.36
720	720	3	138.00	$138.00	$994	-2.50
700–742	722	59	144.00–153.50	$150.00	$1,083	+2.14
753–791	783	16	134.00–147.00	$143.02	$1,120	-3.95
1013	1013	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,347	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230–245	238	2	187.00–195.00	$190.87	$454	—
260–295	276	8	170.00–215.00	$187.97	$519	-3.37
310–344	333	9	155.00–219.00	$185.68	$618	-20.15
351–397	379	36	160.00–222.00	$202.42	$767	+22.61
408 thin fleshed	408	8	216.50	$216.50	$883	—
403–447	427	50	150.00–217.00	$186.95	$798	+6.53
423–444 unweaned	436	76	159.00–190.00	$173.92	$758	+1.92
454–497	473	76	147.00–206.00	$184.63	$873	+7.59
500–545	521	69	146.00–187.00	$168.31	$877	+8.11
574 unweaned	574	9	146.50	$146.50	$841	—
558–596	576	57	145.00–171.00	$161.55	$931	+5.91
602–643	614	33	152.00–165.00	$161.37	$991	+11.25
605–630 unweaned	618	13	140.00–151.00	$145.18	$897	+1.98
660–670 unweaned	663	7	140.00–145.00	$143.56	$952	-1.44
665–698	682	46	129.00–156.00	$149.88	$1,022	-7.45
730 unweaned	730	2	129.00	$129.00	$942	—
700–747	737	66	128.00–152.00	$147.06	$1,084	+4.40
758–795	777	24	135.00–147.00	$144.75	$1,125	-4.36
808–840	817	32	125.00–148.00	$144.44	$1,180	+3.92
897	897	7	135.00	$135.00	$1,211	+6.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	2	162.00	$162.00	$361	+17.00
250–278	271	4	162.00–180.00	$175.85	$477	+42.85
313–326	319	13	187.50–190.00	$189.02	$603	+51.82
375–395	386	9	137.00–203.00	$166.19	$641	+16.24
410–440	430	20	136.00–171.00	$158.65	$682	+12.23
459–495	469	26	137.00–166.00	$156.25	$733	+17.08
500–549	515	29	131.00–166.00	$147.11	$758	+5.73
550–597	579	29	129.00–147.00	$141.51	$819	+9.23
615–645	628	10	123.00–149.00	$136.98	$860	-6.35
655–695	670	10	126.00–159.00	$140.55	$942	+20.55
770–790	787	14	121.00–140.00	$136.23	$1,072	+26.23
830	830	1	110.00	$110.00	$913	-14.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	2	50.00	$50.00	$272	—
588–595	590	3	30.00–48.00	$41.95	$248	-9.04
690	690	1	48.50	$48.50	$335	—
835	835	1	44.00	$44.00	$367	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
140	140	1	250.00	$250.00	—
200–220	210	2	230.00–285.00	$258.81	—
315	315	1	300.00	$300.00	—
350	350	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	340.00	$340.00	-20.00
210–225	218	2	325.00–330.00	$327.59	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
235	235	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–237	234	11	163.00–179.00	$177.73	$416	—
260 fancy	260	2	170.00	$170.00	$442	—
283–297	290	6	151.00–180.00	$165.15	$479	-15.07
328 value added	328	22	168.00	$168.00	$551	—
340–347	342	17	178.00–184.00	$182.21	$623	+18.51
355–390 value added	368	5	158.00–162.00	$159.05	$585	—
361–390	379	39	140.00–186.50	$175.79	$666	+0.63
400–415 fancy	411	4	156.00–160.00	$156.97	$645	—
400–448	425	59	142.00–178.00	$165.21	$702	+4.38
455–498	479	37	140.00–161.00	$155.78	$746	+0.58
480 value added	480	1	158.00	$158.00	$758	—
496	496	4	140.00	$140.00	$694	-15.20
505 value added	505	3	159.00	$159.00	$803	—
500–546	532	76	140.00–166.00	$157.50	$838	-0.59
502–548 unweaned	533	39	139.00–150.00	$143.84	$767	—
550–593	570	59	140.00–162.00	$153.70	$876	+5.00
605 fancy	605	8	163.00	$163.00	$986	—
601–649	629	77	140.00–151.00	$145.32	$914	+0.89
647 unweaned	647	3	128.00	$128.00	$828	—
660 unweaned	660	2	135.00	$135.00	$891	—
655–697	671	109	136.50–146.00	$142.12	$954	-1.28
690	690	2	136.00	$136.00	$938	-7.40
712–720	716	19	138.00–141.00	$139.57	$999	+2.50
779–787	782	42	137.00–139.50	$137.65	$1,076	-3.35
805	805	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,063	-2.20
862–895	889	11	133.00–136.00	$135.47	$1,204	+14.47

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
233	233	2	175.00	$175.00	$408	-9.00
274	274	4	175.00	$175.00	$480	-3.88
300–345	319	4	148.00–183.00	$165.76	$529	+22.42
354–395	373	45	140.00–189.00	$182.23	$680	+23.64
375	375	3	178.00	$178.00	$668	+19.41
425 unweaned	425	2	150.00	$150.00	$638	-0.50
400–448	429	62	129.00–171.00	$160.89	$690	+6.15
465–495	476	83	135.00–165.00	$155.99	$743	+0.97
490 unweaned	490	5	134.00	$134.00	$657	-16.00
504–546	520	67	129.00–159.50	$150.58	$783	-0.98
520	520	4	140.00	$140.00	$728	-11.56
566–593 unweaned	582	29	132.00–143.50	$135.29	$787	—
553–597	586	73	126.00–156.00	$146.94	$861	+0.08
607–648	622	34	129.00–146.00	$143.48	$892	-3.09
650–691	680	34	123.00–145.00	$137.77	$937	+2.45
732	732	8	138.00	$138.00	$1,010	+4.81
760–790	768	11	116.00–136.00	$131.61	$1,011	-1.18
824–837	830	10	124.00–133.00	$131.40	$1,091	+0.90
950	950	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,197	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	130.00	$130.00	$312	±0.00
295	295	1	137.00	$137.00	$404	+4.45
353–385	365	26	119.00–153.00	$144.94	$529	+16.41
400–430	422	5	120.00–135.00	$130.24	$550	-3.99
455–485	475	53	118.00–145.00	$137.70	$654	+4.00
505–546	534	13	120.00–150.00	$129.26	$690	-5.75
550–587	582	35	110.00–139.00	$134.94	$785	+26.47
615–635	625	2	115.00–120.00	$117.54	$735	+3.17
690	690	3	128.00	$128.00	$883	+11.00
705	705	1	105.00	$105.00	$740	—
767–775	769	5	118.00–125.50	$123.99	$953	+7.02

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455	455	2	34.00	$34.00	$155	—
515–535	525	2	27.00–30.00	$28.47	$149	+3.47
560–590	568	4	38.00–40.00	$39.48	$224	+13.76
780	780	2	35.50	$35.50	$277	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
514	514	5	152.00	$152.00	$781	—
622	622	2	142.00	$142.00	$883	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	240.00	$240.00	—
305	305	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	1	154.00	$154.00	$578	+44.00
445	445	1	134.00	$134.00	$596	—
465	465	1	137.00	$137.00	$637	-12.52
540	540	2	140.00	$140.00	$756	-2.64
565–585	578	4	124.00–140.00	$132.54	$766	+3.10
600–643	625	5	108.00–124.00	$115.50	$722	+17.16
700–735	715	6	104.00–127.00	$116.82	$835	—
825	825	1	120.00	$120.00	$990	—
950	950	1	100.00	$100.00	$950	+17.00
1078	1078	3	95.00	$95.00	$1,024	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
568	568	3	125.00	$125.00	$710	—
745	745	2	123.00	$123.00	$916	—
760–785	773	2	72.00–75.00	$73.52	$568	-7.48
810	810	1	70.00	$70.00	$567	—
850	850	1	70.00	$70.00	$595	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
550	550	4	155.00	$155.00	$852	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
405	405	1	275.00	$275.00	—
520	520	1	225.00	$225.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
655–670	663	2	35.00–39.00	$36.98	$245	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–905	791	85-90%	7	28.00–31.00	$29.66	$235	—
645–1085	833	85-90%	11	35.00–50.00	$42.79	$356	—
690–1290	886	85-90%	6	50.00–60.00	$55.90	$495	+11.71
640–1265	926	85-90%	32	41.00–51.50	$47.26	$438	+0.41
765–1325	1046	85-90%	69	52.00–62.50	$57.05	$597	+21.05
1143	1143	85-90%	5	64.50	$64.50	$737	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1545	1157	80-85%	89	57.00–74.00	$65.76	$761	+2.76
915–1430	1179	80-85%	9	64.00–76.00	$71.42	$842	+8.42
1190–1250	1220	80-85%	2	52.50–55.00	$53.78	$656	-13.96
1015–1398	1235	80-85%	12	66.50–77.00	$70.80	$874	+3.06

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1235–1650	1496	75-80%	5	63.00–73.00	$65.79	$984	-10.21
1585	1585	75-80%	1	70.00	$70.00	$1,110	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1180	1122	3	55.00–80.00	$69.88	$784	-0.31
1265	1265	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,316	—
1095–1775	1349	6	82.00–93.50	$86.41	$1,166	—
1150–1910	1531	20	63.50–80.00	$74.59	$1,142	+3.26
1355–2145	1751	48	81.50–92.00	$87.24	$1,528	—
1810–2485	2079	7	94.00–100.00	$95.34	$1,982	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
800	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00
758–1015	862	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	800.00–925.00	$856.25
850–1150	1000	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	660.00–760.00	$710.00
745–1215	1039	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	850.00–1,175.00	$1,015.63
730–1750	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	725.00–1,235.00	$903.68
1000–1300	1181	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	13	650.00–875.00	$753.85
1130–1250	1190	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	925.00–1,025.00	$975.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
610–820	715	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	550.00–700.00	$625.00
580–865	769	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	500.00–700.00	$597.86
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
900–905	903	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	525.00–675.00	$625.00

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Bred Heifers

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	660.00	$660.00
700–900	758	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	575.00–775.00	$640.00

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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	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
975	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,025.00	$1,025.00	—
1050–1100	1075	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	950.00	$950.00	—

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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.