New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, March 28, 2022

2,937 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $149.30/cwt +1.05 vs last sale · ≈ $1,163/hd at 779 lb · 169 head

light 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $161.78/cwt +3.78 vs last sale · ≈ $654/hd at 404 lb · 77 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $177.69/cwt +9.06 vs last sale · ≈ $672/hd at 378 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,937	1,583	3,641
Feeder cattle	2,384	1,283	2,858
Slaughter cattle	307	169	443
Replacement cattle	246	131	340

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers were steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher on strong demand. Trade active demand good.

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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	192.00	$192.00	$422	-10.50
295	295	5	216.00	$216.00	$637	+13.04
305–330	321	27	208.00–222.00	$213.17	$684	+28.60
350–380	366	44	180.00–222.00	$213.78	$782	+5.25
400–449	431	49	180.00–211.00	$198.97	$858	+1.91
453 unweaned	453	6	180.00	$180.00	$815	—
450–495	467	37	170.00–199.00	$187.08	$874	-9.25
500–549	520	61	170.00–190.00	$183.52	$954	+6.25
532 fancy	532	3	202.00	$202.00	$1,075	—
554–595	581	57	162.00–185.00	$177.31	$1,030	-1.96
600–645	623	24	159.00–179.00	$166.91	$1,040	+1.37
650–697	655	49	157.00–168.50	$165.93	$1,087	+7.95
653–687 unweaned	681	12	144.00–145.50	$145.26	$989	—
700–737	723	18	145.00–153.00	$148.18	$1,071	—
740	740	4	140.00	$140.00	$1,036	—
777 fancy	777	3	157.00	$157.00	$1,220	—
763–797	779	166	137.00–150.50	$149.16	$1,162	+0.91
811–815	812	8	140.00–144.25	$143.72	$1,167	—
890	890	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,202	-8.30

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
195	195	2	200.00	$200.00	$390	—
275–285	280	3	183.00–197.00	$191.74	$537	+14.92
305	305	1	170.00	$170.00	$518	—
370–395	392	40	161.00–182.00	$181.20	$710	+15.33
400–425	419	8	162.00–185.00	$178.31	$747	-1.56
465–493	485	7	152.00–185.00	$167.36	$812	+1.37
500–545	519	37	151.00–180.50	$162.55	$844	-4.28
570–592	581	4	155.00	$155.00	$901	-4.62
610–627	620	9	145.00–160.00	$153.84	$954	+1.49
655–668	666	23	140.00–151.00	$148.56	$989	-6.75
708	708	2	147.00	$147.00	$1,041	+3.75
750–775	762	10	125.00–146.00	$140.21	$1,068	+0.13
810	810	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,012	-13.00
855–895	875	2	106.00–120.00	$112.84	$987	-11.17
935	935	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,113	—
1005	1005	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215–230	223	2	151.00–160.00	$155.35	$346	+5.35
278–285	280	4	150.00–160.00	$155.47	$435	—
350–380	362	3	140.00–157.00	$149.06	$540	+1.07
414–445	421	11	134.00–150.00	$144.60	$609	—
490	490	1	151.00	$151.00	$740	+16.00
500–545	517	3	129.00–145.00	$138.54	$716	-9.77
568–595	580	7	121.00–145.00	$137.49	$797	+0.49
615	615	1	124.00	$124.00	$763	-17.13
680	680	2	134.00–136.00	$135.00	$918	+7.71
793	793	6	133.00	$133.00	$1,055	+12.00
897	897	3	106.00	$106.00	$951	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
160	160	1	400.00	$400.00	—
220	220	1	400.00	$400.00	—
330	330	3	375.00	$375.00	—
365–372	371	6	375.00–460.00	$446.06	-3.94
400	400	1	450.00	$450.00	—
465–490	486	6	350.00–375.00	$364.91	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
40	40	1	300.00	$300.00	—
75–95	85	4	200.00–375.00	$281.99	—
130	130	1	300.00	$300.00	—
155–180	168	3	250.00–400.00	$331.19	—

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
461	461	8	60.00	$60.00	$277	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515–525	520	2	49.00–56.00	$52.47	$273	—
625–635	630	2	57.00–58.00	$57.50	$362	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125–135	130	2	300.00–325.00	$312.02	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
256–285	268	9	180.00–188.00	$184.95	$496	+23.95
302–325	311	12	162.00–185.00	$179.04	$557	-7.49
353–399	378	66	160.00–189.00	$177.69	$672	+9.06
412–430 value added	420	6	178.00–187.00	$182.41	$766	—
408–447	427	39	156.00–173.00	$167.40	$715	-9.42
458–470 thin fleshed	461	4	174.00–179.00	$177.73	$819	—
460–488	466	13	158.00–159.00	$158.24	$737	-3.59
455–495	480	21	154.00–173.00	$167.31	$803	+5.48
503–545	518	54	153.00–164.50	$158.53	$821	+2.62
550–598	576	52	146.00–163.50	$156.27	$900	+6.28
598	598	11	141.50	$141.50	$846	-8.49
600–628	614	36	145.00–155.00	$152.98	$939	+7.02
629 unweaned	629	6	139.00	$139.00	$874	—
630	630	3	141.00	$141.00	$888	-4.96
660–663	662	3	138.00	$138.00	$914	-5.50
662	662	2	138.00	$138.00	$914	-5.50
685	685	3	138.00	$138.00	$945	-5.50
701	701	5	138.00	$138.00	$967	-4.19
755	755	1	131.00	$131.00	$989	-6.87
810	810	3	139.00	$139.00	$1,126	+2.00
863	863	6	130.50	$130.50	$1,126	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–275	273	2	150.00–155.00	$152.48	$416	—
330–340	335	2	150.00–155.00	$152.54	$511	+2.54
336	336	44	156.00	$156.00	$524	+6.00
350–385	371	10	144.00–172.00	$161.76	$600	+16.76
403–440	404	77	150.00–162.00	$161.78	$654	+3.78
458–496	474	12	152.00–162.00	$156.73	$743	+1.89
500–548	518	25	135.00–160.00	$152.47	$790	+6.06
553	553	9	138.00	$138.00	$763	-7.06
550–598	577	21	140.00–158.00	$147.70	$852	+2.64
603–647	624	26	130.00–145.00	$138.56	$865	+1.73
655–695	674	15	130.00–145.00	$139.22	$938	+3.22
710–738	730	19	123.00–136.00	$131.08	$957	—
788	788	3	125.00	$125.00	$985	—
833–840	837	5	112.00–113.00	$112.40	$941	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285–295	290	2	139.00–145.00	$142.05	$412	—
330–340	337	3	120.00–132.00	$123.92	$418	+5.92
370–375	373	3	130.00–145.00	$134.96	$503	+5.24
400–425	413	33	130.00–140.00	$134.98	$557	+7.33
450–485	473	9	125.00–138.00	$134.57	$637	+7.65
503–540	516	7	119.00–135.00	$129.89	$670	+4.42
560–590	582	6	120.00–133.00	$129.26	$752	+2.91
685–690	688	2	110.00–120.00	$115.02	$791	-0.34

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
327	327	18	136.00	$136.00	$445	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
395	395	1	275.00	$275.00	—
400	400	1	375.00	$375.00	-37.87
450–470	463	3	250.00–400.00	$298.56	—
528–545	537	5	350.00–410.00	$378.62	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–590	578	2	53.00	$53.00	$306	—
605–620	613	2	38.00–55.00	$46.60	$286	-10.40
670	670	1	41.50	$41.50	$278	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175–185	180	2	385.00–400.00	$392.71	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	300.00	$300.00	—
180	180	1	390.00	$390.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300	300	1	120.00	$120.00	$360	—
390	390	1	126.00	$126.00	$491	—
400–420	410	2	135.00–141.00	$137.93	$566	—
465–475	470	3	130.00–135.00	$132.34	$622	+4.43
529	529	4	146.00	$146.00	$772	+16.16
565	565	1	145.00	$145.00	$819	—
640–645	643	3	125.00–130.00	$128.34	$825	-5.85
665	665	1	124.00	$124.00	$825	+4.00
740	740	4	115.00	$115.00	$851	+5.00
790	790	1	120.00	$120.00	$948	-1.80
938	938	2	101.00	$101.00	$947	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
376–385	378	4	167.00–200.00	$191.60	$724	—
450–460	455	5	155.00–166.00	$162.00	$737	—
500–535	515	7	158.00–166.00	$163.11	$840	—
558	558	3	155.00	$155.00	$865	—
877	877	3	85.00	$85.00	$745	-13.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
260	260	4	375.00	$375.00	—
495	495	1	420.00	$420.00	—
505	505	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	1	100.00	$100.00	$395	—
445	445	1	110.00	$110.00	$490	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
760	760	1	66.00	$66.00	$502	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
680–755	712	85-90%	3	50.00–56.00	$52.32	$373	+9.30
565–970	749	85-90%	15	40.00–58.50	$46.50	$348	+3.48
750–790	764	85-90%	4	65.00–72.00	$68.72	$525	—
665–1065	833	85-90%	10	40.00–53.00	$48.34	$403	-11.66
690–1185	881	85-90%	19	55.00–65.00	$60.10	$529	+6.56
775–1155	984	85-90%	30	62.00–79.75	$68.87	$678	+11.73

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
745	745	80-85%	1	71.00	$71.00	$529	—
935	935	80-85%	1	79.00	$79.00	$739	—
915–1255	1055	80-85%	23	63.00–75.00	$70.81	$747	-8.11
840–1500	1183	80-85%	42	75.50–91.00	$82.86	$980	—
1280–1545	1365	80-85%	6	89.50–98.00	$91.98	$1,256	+0.17

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275–1750	1533	75-80%	3	80.00–85.00	$82.54	$1,265	-6.96

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–1545	1225	7	70.00–83.00	$76.57	$938	—
1110–1995	1429	18	87.50–108.00	$96.47	$1,379	—
1375–1680	1535	7	99.50–108.00	$104.47	$1,604	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1460	1253	8	64.00–85.00	$79.17	$992	—
1175–1900	1548	10	90.00–102.00	$94.50	$1,463	—
1555–1900	1721	10	105.00–113.00	$109.92	$1,892	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–1095	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	800.00–1,020.00	$906.00
890–1095	1022	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	700.00–950.00	$858.33
785–1280	1041	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	12	830.00–1,060.00	$911.67
1250	1250	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
1280	1280	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	740.00	$740.00
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	710.00	$710.00
770	770	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	770.00	$770.00
855	855	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
795–943	883	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	620.00–750.00	$697.50
918–960	934	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	8	760.00–800.00	$775.42

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1155–1195	1175	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00	$1,175.00
1205–1223	1210	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	900.00–1,025.00	$987.50

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1131–1171	1147	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	10	77.00–80.00	$78.20	$897
1180	1180	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	75.00	$75.00	$885

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
981	981	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00
950–1130	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50
1000–1085	1043	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,085.00	$992.50
1045	1045	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	945.00	$945.00
1055	1055	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00
1055–1090	1073	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00–1,200.00	$1,150.00
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
555–600	578	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00–475.00	$437.50
665	665	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00
648–710	683	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	5	450.00–520.00	$488.00
740	740	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	560.00	$560.00

Small 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
785–975	877	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	650.00–1,050.00	$843.00
925	925	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	900.00	$900.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640	640	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	510.00	$510.00
660	660	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
710–845	759	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	550.00–610.00	$585.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
1280	1280	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,011

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	82.00	$82.00	$558

Small 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
920	920	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	65.00	$65.00	$598

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Bred Heifers

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1260	1260	(<2 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,225.00	$1,225.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
690	690	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

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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
795–975	857	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	860.00–1,125.00	$979.00	—
985–1183	1085	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	900.00–1,150.00	$1,045.00	—
1100–1175	1138	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	10	1,100.00–1,300.00	$1,222.86	—
1050–1225	1167	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	850.00–975.00	$937.50	—
1200–1225	1212	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	13	1,350.00–1,375.00	$1,361.67	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1345	1156	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	1,350.00–1,450.00	$1,406.00	—
1290–1330	1310	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,450.00–1,520.00	$1,485.00	—

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1040–1095	1068	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00	—
940–1240	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,075.00	$1,041.67	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1175	1175	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	—
1250	1250	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,385.00	$1,385.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
550–590	570	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	550.00–750.00	$650.00	—

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1045	1045	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	925.00	$925.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	700.00	$700.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
241	241	26	127.00	$127.00	$306	—
268–290	284	42	120.00	$120.00	$341	—
322	322	39	115.00	$115.00	$370	—
357	357	10	115.00	$115.00	$411	—
415	415	39	137.00	$137.00	$569	—

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	5	100.00	$100.00	$222	—
300	300	21	66.00	$66.00	$198	—
399	399	8	70.00	$70.00	$279	—

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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.