New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 11, 2022

2,065 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $159.27/cwt +10.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,179/hd at 740 lb · 182 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $154.93/cwt +7.43 vs last sale · ≈ $1,210/hd at 781 lb · 127 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $180.66/cwt +8.92 vs last sale · ≈ $1,030/hd at 570 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,065	1,580	4,663
Feeder cattle	1,918	1,112	3,088
Slaughter cattle	101	235	891
Replacement cattle	46	233	684

Market comments — USDA reporter

Not enough sales reported last week for an accurate comparison but a higher undertone was noted on feeder steers and heifers. Slaughter cows and bulls were 1.00 to 2.00 lower on a limited test.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–338	328	11	190.00–222.00	$211.19	$693	-0.14
350–390	376	24	182.00–224.00	$207.09	$779	+25.76
405–445	426	20	173.00–215.00	$197.71	$842	+5.43
455–490	482	6	167.00–194.00	$183.55	$885	+1.33
520–540	523	10	172.00–178.00	$177.18	$927	+1.19
550–598	570	66	163.00–189.50	$180.66	$1,030	+8.92
610	610	2	181.00	$181.00	$1,104	+13.37
600–630 unweaned	621	64	168.00–172.00	$169.63	$1,053	—
702–749	740	182	149.00–163.50	$159.27	$1,179	+10.42
777	777	5	150.00	$150.00	$1,166	+2.50
772–791	781	122	154.75–155.50	$155.13	$1,212	+7.63
821–832	822	60	145.25–148.00	$145.44	$1,196	-0.06
859	859	26	145.50	$145.50	$1,250	+14.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	182.00	$182.00	$537	—
305–342	333	9	175.00–200.00	$192.43	$641	-7.88
390	390	2	167.00–185.00	$176.00	$686	-3.36
426–438	429	14	195.00–197.00	$196.56	$843	+10.01
455–493	488	16	154.00–182.00	$176.83	$863	+2.46
500–540	526	22	157.00–181.00	$168.18	$885	+6.48
555–560	558	9	153.50–175.00	$160.62	$896	+4.32
604–635	609	7	144.00–148.00	$144.72	$881	-4.62
650–695	671	17	137.50–152.00	$147.18	$988	+2.25
710–725	719	4	141.50–148.00	$144.74	$1,041	+3.25
755–768	764	38	145.00–154.00	$149.56	$1,143	+8.63
825–845	843	9	131.00–140.50	$139.47	$1,176	+0.49
860–871	865	46	138.00–141.50	$139.66	$1,208	+8.66

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
295	295	1	150.00	$150.00	$442	—
305	305	1	140.00	$140.00	$427	—
385–390	388	3	130.00–141.00	$137.03	$532	—
425	425	1	134.00	$134.00	$570	-12.18
465–495	481	4	134.00–147.00	$140.08	$674	-27.97
505–544	531	13	134.00–150.00	$140.64	$747	-15.64
560–590	578	3	130.00–140.00	$135.42	$783	+0.06
615–630	622	3	122.00–135.00	$128.37	$798	-1.18
665–695	678	4	129.50–138.50	$134.05	$909	—
705–730	716	21	126.00–135.00	$132.09	$946	—
750	750	1	130.00	$130.00	$975	—
855–869	868	18	112.50–126.00	$113.88	$988	-18.12

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	350.00	$350.00	—
220	220	2	350.00	$350.00	+120.00
255	255	1	300.00	$300.00	—
345	345	2	350.00–400.00	$375.00	—
360–363	362	3	350.00–360.00	$356.69	—
440	440	1	320.00	$320.00	-121.69
450–496	488	7	310.00–400.00	$380.85	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
871	871	16	113.00	$113.00	$984	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
185	185	1	200.00	$200.00	-200.00
261	261	4	335.00	$335.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
438	438	2	250.00	$250.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	2	44.00	$44.00	$263	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	1	42.00	$42.00	$200	—
710	710	1	66.00	$66.00	$469	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
175	175	1	150.00	$150.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	175.00	$175.00	$429	—
290	290	2	165.00–172.50	$168.75	$489	-13.73
311–330	323	10	165.00–175.00	$171.70	$555	+4.15
360–395	378	24	153.00–175.00	$168.79	$638	+1.95
400–435	414	7	156.00–166.00	$161.79	$670	-10.97
465–471	470	11	165.00–166.00	$165.18	$776	+1.85
475 thin fleshed	475	1	165.00	$165.00	$784	—
500–547	529	24	150.00–164.00	$158.91	$841	+5.42
596	596	6	145.50	$145.50	$867	-1.29
620 unweaned	620	2	144.00	$144.00	$893	—
656–680 unweaned	667	18	139.00–143.50	$141.20	$942	—
697	697	10	147.50	$147.50	$1,028	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	150.00	$150.00	$382	-29.00
300	300	1	156.00	$156.00	$468	—
357–375	368	12	155.00–175.00	$161.39	$594	-0.58
407–433	419	19	136.00–163.00	$149.56	$627	-6.50
450–475	465	10	140.00–146.50	$145.30	$676	-3.02
505–545	538	23	140.00–155.00	$145.40	$782	+3.45
550–590	572	5	129.00–140.00	$134.08	$767	-7.37
605	605	1	138.00	$138.00	$835	+2.05
667	667	3	121.00	$121.00	$807	-11.65
715–730	725	5	130.00–133.00	$131.00	$950	-5.81
771–798	780	6	125.00–126.00	$125.66	$980	-0.26
800–813	809	3	125.50–128.00	$126.32	$1,022	-5.16

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	135.00	$135.00	$452	-5.00
355–375	365	2	120.00–130.00	$124.86	$456	-2.42
405–440	425	11	120.00–126.00	$125.28	$532	-12.16
460–475	468	3	125.00–148.00	$134.41	$629	+1.87
500–538	523	5	117.00–137.00	$128.85	$674	-1.15
585–588	587	5	112.00–125.00	$122.41	$719	+2.41
615–630	621	8	110.00–132.00	$126.48	$785	+4.48
693	693	2	120.00	$120.00	$832	—
820–835	830	3	101.00–120.00	$107.26	$890	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
313–315	313	7	320.00–330.00	$328.56	—
400–405	403	2	250.00–355.00	$302.83	-134.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
445	445	1	38.50	$38.50	$171	—
495	495	1	33.00	$33.00	$163	—
530	530	2	54.00	$54.00	$286	—
595	595	1	46.00	$46.00	$274	-4.43

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
595	595	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
484	484	12	188.00	$188.00	$910	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	1	135.00	$135.00	$466	—
410	410	1	135.00	$135.00	$554	-23.00
455	455	1	125.00	$125.00	$569	-27.50
510	510	1	125.00	$125.00	$638	—
590	590	1	141.00	$141.00	$832	+8.00
700–745	723	2	108.00–118.00	$112.84	$816	—
805	805	1	116.00	$116.00	$934	-4.00
865	865	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,055	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670	670	1	63.00	$63.00	$422	±0.00
705–715	710	2	58.00–66.00	$61.97	$440	—
765	765	1	56.50	$56.50	$432	—
840	840	1	48.00	$48.00	$403	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
860	860	1	80.00	$80.00	$688	—
900	900	1	87.00	$87.00	$783	—
955–995	975	2	81.00–86.00	$83.45	$814	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	1	55.00	$55.00	$446	—
1065	1065	1	66.00	$66.00	$703	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
315	315	1	320.00	$320.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
530–760	693	85-90%	10	31.00–49.00	$42.56	$295	—
730–750	737	85-90%	3	40.00–45.00	$41.70	$307	-4.52
730–765	747	85-90%	3	63.00–65.00	$64.02	$478	+17.80
665–1170	812	85-90%	12	51.00–61.00	$55.62	$452	—
790–1085	926	85-90%	13	63.00–70.00	$66.92	$620	+6.72

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
895–1522	1148	80-85%	34	71.00–85.00	$77.80	$893	-6.86
985–1428	1227	80-85%	5	86.00–88.00	$86.42	$1,060	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1395–1500	1448	75-80%	2	85.00–86.00	$85.48	$1,238	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–1195	1115	2	65.00–86.00	$74.75	$833	—
1090–1495	1267	5	78.00–85.00	$81.64	$1,034	—
1235–1450	1318	3	89.00–97.00	$92.19	$1,215	-14.61

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
863–1115	974	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	8	870.00–1,140.00	$996.25
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	830.00	$830.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–845	774	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–830.00	$766.25

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
660–745	713	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	410.00–650.00	$553.33

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
590	590	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	290.00	$290.00

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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
1145	1145	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1305–1385	1345	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,100.00–1,175.00	$1,137.50	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 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.