New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 4, 2022

1,580 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 4-weight M&L 1 steers $192.28/cwt -6.69 vs last sale · ≈ $811/hd at 422 lb · 50 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $182.22/cwt -3.87 vs last sale · ≈ $867/hd at 476 lb · 44 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 steers $174.37/cwt +7.01 vs last sale · ≈ $823/hd at 472 lb · 32 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	1,580	2,937	4,179
Feeder cattle	1,112	2,384	3,266
Slaughter cattle	235	307	511
Replacement cattle	233	246	402

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves were steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder steers and heifers were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Slaughter cows and bulls were 1.00 to 3.00 lower.

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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	2	222.00	$222.00	$500	+30.00
300–340	306	9	185.00–219.00	$211.33	$647	-1.84
364 thin fleshed	364	4	190.00	$190.00	$692	—
353–395	374	17	177.50–197.00	$181.33	$678	-32.45
400–447	422	50	170.00–202.00	$192.28	$811	-6.69
450–496	476	44	169.00–187.00	$182.22	$867	-4.86
500–545	521	27	170.00–185.00	$175.99	$917	-7.53
553–595	574	19	162.00–177.00	$171.74	$986	-5.57
601–645	608	21	164.00–175.50	$167.63	$1,019	+0.72
650–693	679	3	167.00–170.00	$167.96	$1,140	+2.03
700–736	733	25	148.50–153.00	$148.85	$1,091	+8.85
750	750	1	147.50	$147.50	$1,106	-1.66
820	820	10	145.50	$145.50	$1,193	+1.78
885	885	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,159	-4.00
945	945	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,191	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	2	202.00	$202.00	$495	—
306–338	319	7	165.00–210.00	$200.31	$639	+30.31
350–395	368	5	167.50–197.00	$179.36	$660	-1.84
405–445	410	22	165.00–192.00	$186.55	$765	+8.24
460–490	472	32	156.00–176.00	$174.37	$823	+7.01
525–545	538	3	159.00–163.00	$161.70	$870	-0.85
565–598	578	15	148.00–159.00	$156.30	$903	+1.30
605–648	622	15	139.00–156.00	$149.34	$929	-4.50
650–690	668	14	138.00–155.00	$144.93	$968	-3.63
708–740	711	13	138.00–145.00	$141.49	$1,006	-5.51
760–788	779	3	138.00–147.00	$140.93	$1,098	+0.72
823–845	830	3	137.00–140.00	$138.98	$1,154	+13.98
870–888	881	11	131.00	$131.00	$1,154	+18.16
900	900	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,170	+11.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
420–445	433	4	140.00–155.00	$146.18	$633	+1.58
450–495	461	6	149.00–178.00	$168.05	$775	+17.05
500–523	521	11	133.50–160.00	$156.28	$814	+17.74
555–590	582	6	132.00–136.00	$135.36	$788	-2.13
600–640	618	4	120.00–136.00	$129.55	$801	+5.55
870	870	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,148	+26.00

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	3	139.50	$139.50	$398	—
363	363	2	120.00	$120.00	$436	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	230.00	$230.00	-170.00
405–425	418	3	425.00–460.00	$441.69	-8.31
545	545	1	360.00	$360.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	1	48.00	$48.00	$245	-4.47
675–685	680	2	61.00–65.00	$63.01	$428	—
820	820	1	71.00	$71.00	$582	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
173	173	2	400.00	$400.00	+68.81

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
273	273	2	175.00	$175.00	$478	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
288	288	2	179.00	$179.00	$516	+26.52
334–345	336	5	163.00–176.00	$173.33	$582	+17.33
386–390	387	19	159.50–175.00	$161.97	$627	+0.21
405–442	435	8	141.00–159.00	$156.06	$679	-5.72
450–490	480	27	138.00–155.00	$148.32	$712	-8.41
504 thin fleshed	504	12	161.00	$161.00	$811	—
505–545	528	11	140.00–154.00	$141.95	$749	-10.52
555–581	575	16	135.00–147.50	$141.45	$813	-6.25
590	590	1	121.00	$121.00	$714	-26.70
600–638	628	5	131.00–137.50	$135.95	$854	-2.61
658–690	669	4	126.00–139.00	$132.65	$887	-6.57
703–725	706	8	127.00–138.50	$136.81	$966	+5.73
755–775	765	2	120.00–132.00	$125.92	$963	+0.92
805–815	809	4	125.00–135.00	$131.48	$1,064	+19.08
950	950	1	115.00	$115.00	$1,092	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
267–290	273	4	170.00–187.00	$182.48	$498	-2.47
300–345	320	5	165.00–172.50	$167.55	$536	-11.49
350 value added	350	7	182.00–190.00	$188.86	$661	—
350–397	380	16	157.00–175.00	$166.84	$634	-10.85
401–445	422	19	160.00–179.00	$172.76	$729	+5.36
455–495	468	14	155.00–168.00	$163.33	$764	+5.09
509–545	524	15	145.00–159.50	$153.49	$804	-5.04
551–578	562	11	145.00–150.00	$146.79	$825	-9.48
605–630	626	9	135.00–145.00	$141.78	$888	+0.78
701	701	5	139.00	$139.00	$974	+1.00
759	759	4	134.00	$134.00	$1,017	+3.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	1	137.50	$137.50	$392	-4.55
330	330	1	140.00	$140.00	$462	+16.08
365–395	380	2	120.00–134.00	$127.28	$484	-7.68
427–440	430	4	130.00–140.00	$137.44	$591	+2.46
455–485	473	5	122.50–140.00	$132.54	$627	-2.03
505–510	508	2	130.00	$130.00	$660	+0.11
570	570	2	120.00	$120.00	$684	-9.26
600–615	608	2	122.00	$122.00	$742	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
178	178	3	400.00	$400.00	—
225	225	1	300.00	$300.00	—
365	365	1	320.00	$320.00	+45.00
425–433	430	3	410.00–450.00	$436.83	+61.83
525	525	2	410.00	$410.00	+31.38

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
166–198	174	8	275.00–400.00	$364.44	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	2	210.00–300.00	$255.00	—
158–165	160	3	200.00–385.00	$321.54	-68.46
220	220	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	3	200.00	$200.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560–575	568	2	45.00–56.00	$50.43	$286	-2.57

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	1	186.00	$186.00	$577	—
443	443	3	166.00	$166.00	$735	—
520–545	529	8	150.00–172.00	$163.51	$865	+0.40
600	600	2	144.00	$144.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	158.00	$158.00	$695	+20.07
470	470	1	152.50	$152.50	$717	+20.16
575	575	1	133.00	$133.00	$765	-12.00
615	615	1	136.00	$136.00	$836	+7.66
684	684	4	122.00	$122.00	$834	-2.00
795	795	1	119.00	$119.00	$946	-1.00
830	830	1	120.00	$120.00	$996	—
1090	1090	1	98.00	$98.00	$1,068	—
1175	1175	1	85.00	$85.00	$999	—
1205	1205	1	87.00	$87.00	$1,048	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1340	1340	1	1,800.00	$1,800.00	—
1505	1505	1	1,700.00	$1,700.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
545	545	1	59.00	$59.00	$322	—
690	690	1	63.00	$63.00	$435	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
920–966	958	80-85%	6	66.00–73.00	$71.88	$689	—
985–1285	1135	80-85%	2	79.00–89.00	$84.66	$961	—
930–1460	1250	80-85%	111	74.00–86.50	$82.04	$1,026	—
1120–1560	1284	80-85%	4	87.50–95.00	$90.70	$1,165	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475–1050	741	85-90%	13	39.00–51.00	$46.22	$342	-0.28
720–825	757	85-90%	3	50.00–61.00	$53.83	$407	-14.89
730–1075	899	85-90%	21	45.00–52.00	$49.29	$443	-10.81
900	900	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$648	—
720–1193	931	85-90%	14	54.00–65.00	$60.20	$560	—
950	950	85-90%	1	86.50	$86.50	$822	+17.63
790–1345	1046	85-90%	69	62.00–79.00	$70.12	$733	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1555–1700	1650	75-80%	3	78.00–82.00	$79.71	$1,315	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
905–1220	1041	8	85.00–100.00	$92.19	$960	—
1005–1770	1321	4	97.00–115.00	$106.80	$1,411	—
1100–1740	1327	12	70.00–89.00	$81.64	$1,083	—
995–2025	1401	21	84.00–101.00	$91.92	$1,288	—
1455	1455	1	68.00	$68.00	$989	—
1415–2045	1732	8	101.50–115.00	$108.72	$1,883	-1.20

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
745	745	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	870.00	$870.00
750–1120	863	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	750.00–1,025.00	$927.50
750–1200	998	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	25	700.00–1,250.00	$924.00
800–1300	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	550.00–925.00	$755.00
880–1243	1057	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	14	830.00–980.00	$933.57

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
881	881	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700–750	713	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	410.00–575.00	$508.75

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
670–845	758	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00–725.00	$712.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	535.00	$535.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
700	700	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
650–950	729	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	7	685.00–1,200.00	$822.86

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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
600	600	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
750–850	800	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,125.00	$1,007.81	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00	—
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,000.00	$1,000.00	—
780–1110	917	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	6	875.00–1,150.00	$1,011.67	—
1025	1025	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	860.00	$860.00	—
950–1150	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,060.00–1,200.00	$1,153.33	+108.33
1050	1050	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,075.00	$1,075.00	+30.00
970–1370	1099	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	15	860.00–1,160.00	$1,051.33	+6.33
1160	1160	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	950.00	$950.00	+12.50
1203	1203	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	900.00	$900.00	-461.67

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1215–1475	1396	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,225.00–1,410.00	$1,313.00	—
1451	1451	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,140.00	$1,140.00	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	735.00	$735.00	—
950	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	675.00	$675.00	—
1000	1000	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	725.00	$725.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
940	940	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
985	985	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—

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Dairy Steers

Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	3	91.00	$91.00	$737	—

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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.