New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 21, 2022

1,583 head sold ·Official USDA report

This is an archived report. See the latest New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary report →

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $148.25/cwt -3.53 vs last sale · ≈ $1,161/hd at 783 lb · 143 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $196.40/cwt +5.71 vs last sale · ≈ $934/hd at 476 lb · 115 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $179.27/cwt +1.81 vs last sale · ≈ $1,018/hd at 568 lb · 64 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,583	2,269	3,399
Feeder cattle	1,283	2,048	2,514
Slaughter cattle	169	160	419
Replacement cattle	131	61	466

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compare to last week, steer and heifer calves were mixed, although 400-500 lb. calves traded 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 4.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to 2.00 higher.

New to these tables? Plain-English explainers ↓

Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	202.50	$202.50	$435	-4.11
265–295	277	3	202.00–205.00	$202.96	$562	+2.51
305 value added	305	1	202.00	$202.00	$616	—
310–330	318	3	180.00–190.00	$184.57	$587	-22.25
360–397	379	40	182.50–216.00	$208.53	$790	-0.65
418–430 value added	421	4	206.00–211.00	$209.72	$883	—
400–443	428	10	172.00–205.00	$197.06	$843	+2.99
453–470 value added	455	16	190.00–198.00	$196.85	$896	—
460–490	479	99	173.00–200.00	$196.33	$940	+5.64
500–545	516	37	167.00–185.00	$177.27	$915	-1.81
555–585	568	64	164.00–184.00	$179.27	$1,018	+1.81
600–613	607	17	160.00–168.00	$165.54	$1,005	+0.99
650–670	660	4	157.00–159.00	$157.98	$1,043	-7.00
762–795	783	143	144.00–149.25	$148.25	$1,161	-3.53
855–861	856	20	142.50–143.50	$143.30	$1,227	-1.70

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	180.00	$180.00	$432	-2.00
275–295	288	4	170.00–184.00	$176.82	$509	-26.85
355–385	376	4	160.00–170.00	$165.87	$624	+0.82
414–430	417	6	160.00–184.00	$179.87	$750	+0.57
465–492	483	11	157.00–178.50	$165.99	$802	-20.45
502–548	530	14	163.00–170.00	$166.83	$884	+5.17
573–597	586	10	150.00–165.50	$159.62	$935	-3.70
605–648	630	9	146.00–158.00	$152.35	$960	-7.04
665–680	676	10	147.00–158.00	$155.31	$1,050	—
730–745	736	4	140.00–145.00	$143.25	$1,054	+4.25
750–775	763	2	135.00–145.00	$140.08	$1,069	-4.92
800	800	1	138.00	$138.00	$1,104	+2.88
870–875	873	2	122.00–126.00	$124.01	$1,083	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	150.00	$150.00	$338	—
340	340	1	147.00	$147.00	$500	-2.31
350–380	368	3	140.00–157.00	$147.99	$545	+6.65
465–485	475	2	135.00	$135.00	$641	-11.85
530–535	535	10	135.00–151.00	$148.31	$793	+9.71
575	575	1	137.00	$137.00	$788	+0.74
603–625	614	4	130.00–148.00	$141.13	$867	+19.13
655–680	668	4	120.00–137.00	$127.29	$850	+0.57
700	700	1	127.00	$127.00	$889	+7.00
768	768	3	121.00	$121.00	$929	—
825	825	1	117.00	$117.00	$965	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
390	390	1	450.00	$450.00	—
505	505	1	495.00	$495.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	2	86.00	$86.00	$510	+21.09

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260 value added	260	1	197.00	$197.00	$512	—
285	285	1	161.00	$161.00	$459	—
330–340	332	6	160.00–192.00	$186.53	$619	-4.07
340–341 thin fleshed	341	7	180.00	$180.00	$614	—
360–395	372	11	160.00–194.00	$168.63	$627	+0.61
405–433	415	24	158.00–188.00	$176.82	$734	+0.33
459–496	473	35	154.00–170.00	$161.83	$765	-4.34
511–537	522	17	154.00–159.00	$155.91	$814	+15.91
582–587	585	4	147.50–152.50	$149.99	$877	-3.57
600–648	632	25	141.00–151.00	$145.96	$922	-5.65
667	667	7	143.50	$143.50	$957	-3.07
700–731	718	20	136.00–143.75	$142.19	$1,021	-1.81
752–792	764	17	136.00–140.50	$137.87	$1,053	+0.87
837	837	4	137.00	$137.00	$1,147	—
915–922	921	13	119.50–122.50	$119.96	$1,105	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	150.00	$150.00	$502	-25.10
375	375	1	145.00	$145.00	$544	-2.63
410–443	435	9	146.00–170.00	$158.00	$687	+0.10
475–490	488	6	145.00–157.50	$154.84	$756	-5.04
503–547	530	34	135.00–156.00	$146.41	$776	+9.75
555–588	574	12	136.00–151.00	$145.06	$833	-0.13
600–646	635	11	132.00–139.00	$136.83	$869	+2.26
660–685	673	2	136.00	$136.00	$915	-2.00
875	875	1	128.00	$128.00	$1,120	—
1055	1055	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,213	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225	225	1	110.00	$110.00	$248	—
340	340	1	118.00	$118.00	$401	-6.53
350–395	380	6	117.00–140.00	$129.72	$493	—
400–440	418	12	110.00–140.00	$127.65	$534	+0.19
450–480	463	3	124.00–132.00	$126.92	$588	+2.70
515–545	534	9	110.00–132.00	$125.47	$670	+1.65
550–590	570	5	120.00–134.00	$126.35	$720	-5.52
615–630	623	2	122.00–135.00	$128.58	$801	+6.56
650–685	668	2	110.00–121.00	$115.36	$771	-11.90
770–785	778	2	110.00–117.00	$113.53	$883	+1.01

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
301–346	334	15	100.00–109.00	$102.16	$341	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
330	330	1	350.00	$350.00	—
420–425	423	2	350.00–475.00	$412.87	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	—
115	115	1	125.00	$125.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
300	300	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
620	620	1	57.00	$57.00	$353	-33.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
455–485	467	3	110.00–138.00	$127.91	$597	-7.09
500–540	520	2	127.50–132.00	$129.84	$675	-12.16
615–630	621	4	122.00–147.00	$134.19	$833	+14.19
650	650	1	120.00	$120.00	$780	±0.00
730	730	1	110.00	$110.00	$803	-2.00
755–790	773	2	113.00–131.00	$121.80	$942	-3.20

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
600–630	615	3	134.00–146.00	$139.63	$859	—
670	670	1	135.00	$135.00	$904	—
750	750	1	110.00	$110.00	$825	—
835	835	1	98.00	$98.00	$818	—
855	855	1	98.00	$98.00	$838	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
75	75	3	155.00–180.00	$171.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	2	390.00	$390.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
560	560	1	450.00	$450.00	—
660	660	1	460.00	$460.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	100.00	$100.00	$510	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785–870	818	80-85%	3	73.00–90.00	$78.79	$645	—
795–1090	895	80-85%	6	70.00–72.00	$70.65	$632	—
120–1430	1061	80-85%	73	72.50–87.50	$78.92	$837	—
1300–1515	1383	80-85%	6	88.50–95.00	$91.81	$1,270	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
610	610	85-90%	3	41.00–50.00	$44.00	$268	—
550–875	746	85-90%	10	31.00–47.00	$43.02	$321	—
805	805	85-90%	1	60.00	$60.00	$483	-1.23
735–935	863	85-90%	3	40.00–50.00	$45.36	$391	—
800–945	873	85-90%	4	69.00–70.50	$69.81	$609	—
775–975	875	85-90%	2	50.00–58.00	$53.54	$468	—
720–1145	955	85-90%	25	60.00–82.50	$66.69	$637	—
760–1160	973	85-90%	18	55.00–70.00	$57.14	$556	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1415–1650	1493	75-80%	3	86.00–89.00	$87.10	$1,300	+4.10
1505	1505	75-80%	1	89.50	$89.50	$1,347	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
99–2130	1359	8	90.00–107.50	$95.06	$1,292	+11.30
1105–1665	1371	9	75.00–88.00	$82.91	$1,137	-0.85
510–1900	1398	8	99.00–117.00	$109.47	$1,530	+25.71

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
687–715	706	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	110.00–115.00	$111.62	$788

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
615–735	675	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	120.00–137.00	$127.74	$862

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	80.00	$80.00	$580

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
733–965	772	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	6	910.00–950.00	$916.67
795–890	857	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	825.00–910.00	$862.93
815–1045	897	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	780.00–1,000.00	$875.71
870–1260	922	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	17	800.00–1,035.00	$989.71

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
970	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	975.00	$975.00
905–1130	1047	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	900.00–1,125.00	$998.57
1020–1145	1095	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,325.00–1,400.00	$1,358.33
1155	1155	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,300.00	$1,300.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730–780	760	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	700.00–775.00	$733.33
905–1035	970	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	620.00–760.00	$690.00
980	980	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	790.00	$790.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–800	748	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	500.00–625.00	$562.50

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
925	925	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	375.00	$375.00

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—
988–1488	1201	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	1,400.00–1,600.00	$1,546.43	—
1130–1551	1464	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,375.00–1,525.00	$1,487.50	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
860–1030	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–900.00	$887.50	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
655	655	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
840	840	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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Dairy Heifers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
141	141	9	180.00	$180.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
192	192	2	55.00	$55.00	$106	—
406	406	3	49.00	$49.00	$199	—
518	518	3	105.00	$105.00	$544	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
520	520	2	128.00	$128.00	$666	—

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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.