New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 7, 2022

3,343 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.26/cwt +25.26 vs last sale · ≈ $1,095/hd at 628 lb · 220 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.93/cwt +26.93 vs last sale · ≈ $817/hd at 475 lb · 209 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $178.90/cwt +18.40 vs last sale · ≈ $1,033/hd at 577 lb · 157 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,343	544	5,533
Feeder cattle	2,896	143	4,642
Slaughter cattle	264	188	458
Replacement cattle	183	213	433

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparison in recent weeks on steers and heifers due to limited report coverage the previous two weeks. Higher undertone was noted. Slaughter cows and bulls were 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
259 value added	259	4	224.00	$224.00	$580	—
265–295	285	15	190.00–232.00	$221.33	$631	—
300–345	324	18	187.50–226.00	$207.36	$672	+20.36
350–393	371	18	188.00–213.50	$199.63	$741	+12.63
378 value added	378	12	221.50	$221.50	$837	—
424 value added	424	13	210.00	$210.00	$890	—
400–449	430	80	177.00–219.00	$201.49	$866	+38.49
458–498	481	60	172.00–209.00	$193.12	$929	—
513–517 value added	515	7	190.00–194.00	$192.00	$989	—
500–549	525	138	165.00–199.00	$190.66	$1,001	+26.66
505–541 unweaned	529	6	161.00–164.00	$161.95	$857	—
552 value added	552	11	187.00	$187.00	$1,032	—
551–595	579	144	165.00–186.00	$178.27	$1,032	+17.77
595 fancy	595	2	180.00	$180.00	$1,071	—
623 unweaned	623	4	163.00	$163.00	$1,015	—
603–647	628	212	168.00–176.50	$174.74	$1,097	+25.74
641	641	4	160.00	$160.00	$1,026	+11.00
665–675 unweaned	668	6	159.00	$159.00	$1,062	—
660–685	671	83	155.00–170.75	$168.34	$1,130	+31.34
675 value added	675	5	170.00	$170.00	$1,148	—
685	685	2	159.00	$159.00	$1,089	+22.00
706–746	719	55	150.00–163.00	$159.64	$1,148	—
750–790	765	119	142.00–160.25	$157.42	$1,204	—
795 value added	795	3	148.00	$148.00	$1,177	—
815	815	1	163.00	$163.00	$1,328	—
873	873	3	141.00	$141.00	$1,231	+7.00
904	904	10	136.75	$136.75	$1,236	+7.75
993	993	2	132.00	$132.00	$1,311	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	2	181.00	$181.00	$416	+11.00
285	285	1	184.00	$184.00	$524	+5.00
325	325	1	162.00	$162.00	$526	-7.44
355–395	374	6	167.50–187.50	$179.01	$669	+9.11
405–430	420	19	160.00–196.00	$188.63	$792	—
488–498	496	15	181.00–192.00	$183.16	$908	—
505–545	529	21	150.00–172.00	$164.86	$872	—
565–593	591	30	150.00–157.00	$156.53	$925	—
610–625	618	3	155.00–160.00	$157.65	$974	—
688–696	694	27	153.00–155.00	$153.44	$1,065	—
723	723	3	145.00	$145.00	$1,048	+13.00
830	830	10	145.00	$145.00	$1,204	+12.00
1080	1080	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,188	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
686	686	7	70.00	$70.00	$480	—
727	727	6	69.00	$69.00	$502	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375 unweaned	375	2	159.00	$159.00	$596	—
404	404	4	181.00	$181.00	$731	—
510	510	4	170.00	$170.00	$867	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
285	285	2	275.00	$275.00	-200.00
390–394	393	6	325.00–485.00	$458.56	—
495	495	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415–435	425	2	125.00–143.00	$134.21	$570	+4.21
460–480	470	2	124.00–142.00	$132.81	$624	-12.19
540	540	1	147.00	$147.00	$794	+3.74
560	560	1	110.00	$110.00	$616	-35.00
680	680	1	135.00	$135.00	$918	+17.48

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	3	200.00	$200.00	$530	—
485–495	490	2	170.00–179.00	$174.45	$855	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	450.00	$450.00	—
145	145	1	450.00	$450.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	375.00	$375.00	+62.67
355	355	1	285.00	$285.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–236	226	5	184.50–188.00	$186.70	$422	—
254 value added	254	4	193.00	$193.00	$490	—
253–295	282	10	169.00–200.00	$186.93	$527	+34.93
315 thin fleshed	315	1	180.00	$180.00	$567	—
305–335	325	4	167.50–186.00	$177.79	$578	—
343 value added	343	2	182.00	$182.00	$624	—
373 value added	373	6	176.00	$176.00	$656	—
362–395	387	41	154.00–190.00	$180.54	$699	+31.54
401–417 value added	411	19	170.00	$170.00	$699	—
404–443	425	72	150.00–181.00	$170.75	$726	+24.72
434 unweaned	434	4	142.00	$142.00	$616	—
450–499	475	209	156.00–182.00	$171.93	$817	+26.93
502 value added	502	9	165.00	$165.00	$828	—
503–545	534	48	150.50–163.00	$156.42	$835	+11.42
550–593	558	148	143.00–165.50	$160.40	$895	+15.40
603–645	619	87	137.00–161.00	$154.50	$956	—
623	623	3	130.00	$130.00	$810	—
650–685	666	93	132.00–152.00	$150.03	$999	—
700–731	723	39	125.00–146.00	$142.64	$1,031	—
768–770	769	13	140.00–143.00	$141.62	$1,089	—
810–848	824	12	128.00–136.00	$132.94	$1,095	—
930	930	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,116	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–295	285	2	145.00–147.00	$145.96	$416	—
330	330	2	138.00–146.00	$142.00	$469	+4.00
375–395	382	5	130.00–150.00	$136.79	$523	—
400–432	418	13	133.00–168.00	$157.98	$660	+27.98
462–497	482	5	145.00–160.50	$152.42	$735	—
500–535	520	14	135.00–158.50	$140.95	$733	+7.02
572–590	575	20	131.00–135.50	$135.19	$777	—
605–645	613	11	137.00–148.00	$144.73	$887	+10.79
670–695	678	6	129.00–141.00	$138.51	$939	+17.53
720	720	1	132.00	$132.00	$950	+1.46
770–771	771	4	135.00–138.00	$137.25	$1,058	—
875–885	880	2	127.00–130.00	$128.49	$1,131	—
975	975	3	120.00	$120.00	$1,170	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
371	371	7	126.00	$126.00	$467	—
415	415	2	130.00	$130.00	$540	+20.00
475–490	486	7	112.50–120.00	$117.95	$573	—
580	580	1	110.00	$110.00	$638	—
685	685	2	112.00	$112.00	$767	-4.58

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
365	365	4	155.00	$155.00	$566	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
573	573	2	35.00	$35.00	$201	—
600	600	1	42.00	$42.00	$252	—
655	655	1	35.00	$35.00	$229	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
385	385	1	144.00	$144.00	$554	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
370	370	1	350.00	$350.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
413–447	430	6	152.00–181.00	$165.93	$713	—
455–495	475	2	155.00–161.00	$158.13	$751	—
508–516	513	5	165.00–166.00	$165.40	$849	—
590	590	2	160.50	$160.50	$947	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405	405	1	110.00	$110.00	$446	—
500–505	502	3	135.00–145.00	$140.68	$706	+30.68
550–570	557	3	130.00–148.00	$136.27	$759	+26.27
600–620	610	2	132.00–135.00	$133.52	$814	—
668–690	674	5	116.00–136.00	$124.10	$836	+4.10
745	745	1	127.00	$127.00	$946	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	90.00	$90.00	$603	—
750–770	760	2	76.00–79.00	$77.48	$589	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
120	120	1	300.00	$300.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1330	1014	80-85%	16	65.00–78.00	$72.21	$732	—
765–1280	1054	80-85%	64	64.00–77.00	$72.09	$760	—
1005–1185	1122	80-85%	5	78.00–80.50	$78.74	$883	—
950–1410	1155	80-85%	11	76.50–82.00	$78.96	$912	—
1250	1250	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$875	-9.93

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
585–795	690	85-90%	2	29.00–33.00	$30.70	$212	—
740	740	85-90%	1	21.00	$21.00	$155	—
595–925	760	85-90%	3	28.00–37.00	$33.84	$257	-28.16
690–1070	869	85-90%	7	40.00–50.00	$42.85	$372	—
965	965	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$579	—
735–1380	1025	85-90%	19	53.00–80.50	$64.07	$657	—
1055–1440	1316	85-90%	6	80.50–88.00	$83.13	$1,094	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640	1640	75-80%	1	68.00	$68.00	$1,115	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1130	1130	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,006	—
1040–1330	1233	3	70.00–80.00	$73.59	$907	—
1285–2185	1633	10	84.00–94.00	$88.60	$1,447	—
1545–2310	1801	5	98.00–105.00	$101.63	$1,830	—

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1875	1586	7	91.00–98.00	$94.43	$1,498	—
1250–2065	1658	2	78.00–85.00	$80.64	$1,337	—
1700–1905	1803	2	100.00–101.00	$100.53	$1,813	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
795–1115	916	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	900.00–1,200.00	$983.33
900–1070	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	1,175.00–1,300.00	$1,250.00
938–1177	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	28	900.00–1,150.00	$972.50
1025–1148	1135	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,164.29

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1138–1231	1153	Aged (>8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	32	77.00–80.00	$77.50	$894
1190	1190	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	19	83.00	$83.00	$988

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,460.00	$1,460.00
1005–1385	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	1,200.00–1,325.00	$1,309.38

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
600–808	766	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	325.00–600.00	$545.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
790	790	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
690–900	795	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	600.00–875.00	$737.50
1040	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1033	1033	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	1,900.00	$1,900.00

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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
955–1145	1050	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	970.00–1,150.00	$1,060.00	—
1140–1298	1259	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,218.75	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1185	1185	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,450.00	$1,450.00	—
1335	1335	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,330.00	$1,330.00	—

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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.