New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 21, 2022

3,045 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $193.74/cwt +9.33 vs last sale · ≈ $1,007/hd at 520 lb · 130 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $147.19/cwt ≈ $1,290/hd at 876 lb · 128 head

light 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $179.51/cwt +0.90 vs last sale · ≈ $776/hd at 432 lb · 126 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,045	3,009	5,696
Feeder cattle	2,844	2,823	4,661
Slaughter cattle	121	106	538
Replacement cattle	80	80	497

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the week, feeder steers and heifers traded mostly steady. Steer and heifer calves traded mostly firm to 6.00 higher, with the exception of steer calves under 400 pounds which traded with a much lower undertone on a light test. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	210.00	$210.00	$462	-32.00
270–280	272	7	190.00–246.00	$222.01	$604	-4.01
320–340	328	8	186.00–236.50	$213.00	$699	-20.97
332–338 value added	334	10	205.00–207.00	$205.61	$687	-9.39
370 value added	370	1	207.00	$207.00	$766	-8.32
360–399	388	44	186.00–221.50	$206.35	$801	-13.48
401–425	410	83	186.00–235.00	$211.50	$867	+11.21
453–494	476	67	177.00–205.50	$197.82	$942	-1.05
500–538	520	130	167.00–201.00	$193.74	$1,007	+9.33
550–592	564	53	164.00–188.25	$183.73	$1,036	+3.64
604–647	616	44	167.50–174.00	$171.56	$1,057	+5.56
666–699	677	32	149.00–165.00	$157.84	$1,069	-12.21
707	707	7	158.50	$158.50	$1,121	+2.91
760–795	785	70	136.00–155.75	$154.87	$1,216	-0.48
809	809	5	137.00	$137.00	$1,108	-17.00
851	851	16	141.50	$141.50	$1,204	—
880	880	112	148.00	$148.00	$1,302	—
910	910	8	144.75	$144.75	$1,317	+2.25

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	280	3	160.00–177.00	$165.26	$463	-26.93
315–330	326	5	170.00–198.00	$186.71	$609	+11.60
365–395	381	8	164.00–193.50	$182.78	$696	-1.58
417–445	428	22	161.00–198.00	$178.24	$763	+1.58
406–447 thin fleshed	435	17	200.00	$200.00	$870	—
468–487	475	11	157.00–184.00	$168.38	$800	+16.38
500–545	518	55	152.00–193.00	$181.54	$940	+12.36
525	525	1	122.00	$122.00	$640	-47.18
550–575	568	16	156.00–181.00	$161.51	$917	+1.04
630–643	634	12	160.50–165.00	$161.89	$1,026	+5.07
650–689	677	13	140.00–158.50	$150.60	$1,020	-3.87
705–745	716	14	130.00–150.00	$142.79	$1,022	-8.21
755–775	765	2	124.00–136.00	$129.92	$994	+9.92
800	800	4	132.00–147.00	$143.25	$1,146	—
865–885	878	7	135.50–143.00	$137.27	$1,205	+17.27

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
383	383	3	152.00	$152.00	$582	+27.00
405–416	413	4	128.00–146.00	$141.59	$585	-0.07
495	495	1	149.00	$149.00	$738	+5.33
510–540	524	17	110.00–140.00	$137.13	$719	+8.32
560–580	573	3	115.00–147.00	$133.28	$764	+6.77
600–630	614	5	127.00–135.00	$131.77	$809	-5.87
665	665	2	130.00	$130.00	$864	+2.98
700–715	708	2	100.00–135.00	$117.31	$831	-22.69
760	760	1	126.00	$126.00	$958	+6.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
70–90	80	2	400.00–425.00	$414.06	—
100–140	119	5	390.00–450.00	$407.31	—
200	200	1	410.00	$410.00	—

Small 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
452	452	5	115.00	$115.00	$520	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–235	227	3	200.00–228.00	$219.15	$497	+17.59
333 value added	333	2	186.00	$186.00	$619	+2.00
305–345	335	35	165.00–219.00	$204.86	$686	+7.74
350–396	376	42	167.00–205.00	$188.24	$708	+4.86
400–446	432	124	160.00–189.00	$179.66	$776	+0.07
438 value added	438	2	170.00	$170.00	$745	-6.93
450–499	476	94	155.00–178.00	$173.45	$826	+7.89
505 value added	505	1	172.00	$172.00	$869	—
500–547	534	45	155.00–167.00	$161.72	$864	+3.78
550–572	559	39	158.50–162.50	$160.45	$897	+6.61
630–647	641	18	148.50–152.00	$150.21	$963	+0.31
657	657	7	151.50	$151.50	$995	+5.00
709–730	719	13	144.00–145.00	$144.47	$1,039	-2.51
812	812	10	133.25	$133.25	$1,082	-2.75
896	896	4	131.00	$131.00	$1,174	—
1030	1030	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,349	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	157.50	$157.50	$386	—
252	252	3	162.00	$162.00	$408	+17.00
303–345	316	5	147.00–157.00	$150.63	$476	—
355–389	386	12	141.00–188.00	$184.40	$712	+39.40
395 value added	395	1	162.00	$162.00	$640	—
406–410 thin fleshed	409	20	180.00–187.00	$184.91	$756	—
428–440	430	20	143.00–171.00	$165.54	$712	+2.02
453–499	484	29	145.00–168.00	$163.27	$790	+11.16
540	540	4	135.00–143.00	$137.00	$740	-13.19
552–599	580	9	154.00–156.00	$154.64	$897	+9.46
648	648	8	139.00	$139.00	$901	-8.10
660–670	665	2	139.00–142.00	$140.49	$934	-5.63
725–735	733	5	130.00–140.00	$131.98	$967	-2.95
785	785	1	120.00	$120.00	$942	—
840	840	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,058	-6.42
905–910	908	3	103.00–104.00	$103.67	$941	-9.88

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	130.00	$130.00	$384	—
361–395	378	15	120.00–167.00	$131.12	$496	+9.12
400–413	410	5	125.00–131.00	$129.83	$532	+2.83
457	457	8	145.00	$145.00	$663	+17.00
505	505	2	150.00	$150.00	$758	—
565–570	568	2	110.00	$110.00	$625	—
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	-6.66
670–685	678	2	125.00–129.00	$126.98	$861	—
705–715	710	2	125.00–127.00	$125.99	$895	+5.99
795	795	1	112.00	$112.00	$890	+1.97

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	172.00	$172.00	$507	—
320	320	1	169.00	$169.00	$541	—
390	390	1	173.00	$173.00	$675	-42.00
410–445	422	3	161.00–165.00	$163.59	$690	—
505–548	538	19	145.00–184.00	$177.51	$955	—
568–595	584	5	147.00–190.00	$173.28	$1,012	—
615–635	618	10	136.00–144.00	$142.38	$880	—
832	832	2	115.00	$115.00	$957	—
890	890	1	112.00	$112.00	$997	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
356	356	3	195.00	$195.00	$694	—
447	447	7	181.00	$181.00	$809	+53.00
482	482	3	140.00	$140.00	$675	-2.00
500–535	518	10	120.00–158.00	$152.68	$791	+22.36
568–570	569	5	142.00–150.00	$145.21	$826	+1.21
640	640	1	115.00	$115.00	$736	-30.00
720	720	2	115.00	$115.00	$828	+5.63
930	930	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,004	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660	660	1	95.00	$95.00	$627	—
905	905	1	85.00	$85.00	$769	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	39.00	$39.00	$224	—
605	605	1	78.00	$78.00	$472	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
984	984	80-85%	13	62.75	$62.75	$617	—
810–1300	1065	80-85%	5	65.00–77.00	$74.63	$795	-10.37
805–1398	1138	80-85%	53	68.00–83.00	$75.06	$854	—
1160–1550	1329	80-85%	7	84.50–88.00	$86.13	$1,145	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615–885	800	85-90%	8	34.00–45.00	$41.23	$330	+17.23
630–1100	840	85-90%	12	48.00–56.00	$51.54	$433	-2.65
770–940	855	85-90%	2	41.00–53.00	$47.60	$407	-16.15
730–1235	983	85-90%	41	59.00–67.50	$61.99	$609	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	75-80%	1	67.00	$67.00	$854	—
1375–1730	1523	75-80%	3	83.00–85.00	$83.94	$1,278	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1080	1080	1	75.00	$75.00	$810	—
1255–1655	1391	4	84.00–98.00	$93.78	$1,304	+13.78
1465–1645	1578	3	101.00–107.00	$103.75	$1,637	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725–1050	890	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,100.00	$950.00
950–1200	1108	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	1,225.00–1,275.00	$1,253.00
980–1310	1128	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	975.00–1,225.00	$1,087.50
1180	1180	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
615–945	788	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	800.00–875.00	$825.00
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
870	870	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
580	580	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	525.00	$525.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,325.00	$1,325.00

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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
1115	1115	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
580	580	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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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.