New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, April 25, 2022

3,900 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $155.75/cwt +0.37 vs last sale · ≈ $1,142/hd at 733 lb · 174 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $149.52/cwt +7.52 vs last sale · ≈ $1,199/hd at 802 lb · 142 head

heavy 3-weight M&L 1 heifers $171.95/cwt -1.27 vs last sale · ≈ $665/hd at 387 lb · 87 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,900	1,933	3,798
Feeder cattle	3,299	1,771	2,338
Slaughter cattle	424	107	759
Replacement cattle	177	55	701

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold steady to 3.00 lower. Yearling steers and heifers sold 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls traded 2.00-4.00 lower. Trade activity was moderate on moderate to good demand.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	3	218.00	$218.00	$447	—
265–297	289	10	200.00–218.00	$214.71	$621	+7.71
303–337	316	22	190.00–218.00	$205.83	$650	+5.76
367–390 value added	370	7	212.00–215.00	$212.45	$786	—
355–390	373	34	180.00–211.00	$199.38	$744	-13.29
403–448	423	53	186.00–205.00	$194.97	$825	-8.94
433–443 value added	436	12	207.00–208.00	$207.25	$904	—
453 value added	453	4	202.00	$202.00	$915	—
465 thin fleshed	465	2	194.00	$194.00	$902	—
454–499	476	60	175.00–201.00	$191.89	$913	-4.30
494	494	5	177.00	$177.00	$874	-19.19
505 thin fleshed	505	3	190.00	$190.00	$960	—
500–545	521	56	175.00–196.00	$181.52	$946	-7.19
566 thin fleshed	566	5	182.00	$182.00	$1,030	—
574	574	7	170.00	$170.00	$976	-9.25
557–592	577	35	156.00–185.00	$177.42	$1,024	-1.83
609	609	8	160.00	$160.00	$974	-9.40
600–635	622	53	168.00–177.00	$173.34	$1,078	+3.94
649	649	26	165.00	$165.00	$1,071	-4.40
650–665	653	34	157.00–166.00	$165.10	$1,078	-0.90
655–686	679	17	149.00–160.50	$151.61	$1,029	-14.39
701–739	733	159	149.00–159.75	$156.62	$1,148	+1.24
730–736	735	15	140.00–147.50	$146.51	$1,077	-8.87
755	755	15	147.50	$147.50	$1,114	—
777	777	44	147.50	$147.50	$1,146	-0.14
800–828	802	142	140.00–150.50	$149.52	$1,199	+7.52
888	888	46	142.50	$142.50	$1,265	+2.81
923	923	10	120.50	$120.50	$1,112	—
935	935	28	133.50	$133.50	$1,248	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
210–225	216	4	178.00–197.00	$185.95	$402	—
250–295	271	4	172.50–188.00	$179.00	$485	-13.70
300–315	308	2	185.00	$185.00	$570	-0.04
365–382	376	11	165.00–188.00	$179.21	$674	-1.58
400–420	412	8	170.00–184.00	$176.98	$729	-11.01
477–490	478	10	169.00–172.00	$171.69	$821	-11.69
505–535	522	5	155.00–167.00	$161.63	$844	-20.65
550–598	584	14	155.00–172.00	$162.00	$946	+3.53
600–630	617	7	153.50–159.00	$155.55	$960	-1.74
660–690	663	19	140.00–154.00	$142.97	$948	-3.83
705–747	734	14	130.00–150.50	$138.89	$1,019	-7.17
750–790	765	17	135.00–145.00	$141.67	$1,084	+0.76
803–835	811	4	135.00–148.00	$138.35	$1,122	-5.03
865	865	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,133	-10.73

Medium 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
539	539	32	74.00	$74.00	$399	—
590	590	4	61.00	$61.00	$360	—
639	639	17	69.00	$69.00	$441	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	2	150.00	$150.00	$435	—
318–340	322	10	150.00–162.00	$157.76	$508	+17.76
360	360	1	150.00	$150.00	$540	+10.00
420	420	2	137.00–155.00	$146.00	$613	-11.00
460–490	477	3	140.00–155.00	$147.09	$702	+6.36
505	505	1	145.00	$145.00	$732	+6.00
550–585	567	5	135.00–144.00	$139.24	$789	-6.32
670–685	674	6	132.50–155.00	$147.23	$992	+7.72
765–775	770	2	135.00–145.00	$139.97	$1,078	+2.47
920	920	1	110.00	$110.00	$1,012	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
390	390	3	325.00	$325.00	—
415	415	1	470.00	$470.00	—
455	455	11	485.00	$485.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
624	624	6	71.00	$71.00	$443	+1.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
103–135	114	3	160.00–250.00	$195.63	-104.37
205	205	1	300.00	$300.00	-60.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	234	5	165.00–180.00	$173.79	$407	+9.00
270–292	287	18	174.00–196.00	$188.63	$541	+23.63
305–338	335	33	166.00–1,178.00	$299.42	$1,003	+131.51
358–399	387	87	166.00–177.00	$171.95	$665	+0.26
405	405	3	150.00	$150.00	$608	-20.11
411	411	7	155.00	$155.00	$637	-15.11
402–440	426	54	155.00–171.50	$165.80	$706	-4.31
455–491	482	55	150.50–170.00	$162.39	$783	-2.39
499	499	15	156.00	$156.00	$778	-8.78
501–543	523	64	150.00–169.00	$161.44	$844	+4.39
543	543	16	150.00	$150.00	$814	-7.05
551–596	568	41	146.00–166.00	$155.61	$884	+5.61
587	587	3	148.00	$148.00	$869	-2.00
600–623	610	36	149.00–156.00	$154.13	$940	+6.98
616–620 unweaned	617	11	144.00–145.00	$144.37	$891	+2.73
697	697	3	131.00	$131.00	$913	—
697 unweaned	697	2	136.00	$136.00	$948	-4.58
705	705	3	129.50	$129.50	$913	—
700–723	713	21	135.00	$135.00	$963	—
759	759	11	133.50	$133.50	$1,013	—
800	800	6	128.50	$128.50	$1,028	—
816	816	21	132.50	$132.50	$1,081	—
890	890	4	126.00	$126.00	$1,121	-7.71

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250–295	279	7	158.00–165.00	$162.07	$452	+3.67
322–325	324	8	160.00–167.00	$162.61	$527	+10.05
360–380	366	5	161.00–163.00	$161.99	$593	-4.01
413–445	425	9	145.00–157.00	$152.09	$646	+4.50
455–485	464	30	140.00–160.00	$148.68	$690	+6.88
520–545	537	10	138.00–153.00	$145.29	$780	-5.28
553–590	572	8	130.00–145.00	$138.74	$794	-11.77
600–625	608	12	127.00–147.00	$141.79	$862	+1.81
660	660	3	141.00	$141.00	$931	-6.00
705–738	720	13	135.00–139.00	$137.60	$991	—
750–768	761	3	108.00–129.00	$117.25	$892	-15.75
808–840	820	6	115.00–117.00	$115.68	$949	—
885–886	886	5	106.00–112.00	$107.20	$950	-6.80
940	940	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,109	—
1019	1019	6	106.00	$106.00	$1,080	—
1060	1060	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,102	—
1160	1160	1	104.00	$104.00	$1,206	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	156.00	$156.00	$452	—
300–317	314	10	133.00–147.00	$135.53	$426	—
390	390	1	152.00	$152.00	$593	+8.00
410–430	423	3	136.00–144.50	$141.76	$600	—
480–491	489	6	129.50–145.00	$140.13	$685	—
507–541	531	22	125.50–145.00	$140.19	$744	+6.50
595	595	1	138.00	$138.00	$821	+18.79
630–645	642	5	125.00–132.50	$131.03	$841	—
660	660	1	135.00	$135.00	$891	+12.46

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
361	361	11	115.00	$115.00	$415	—
427	427	14	123.00	$123.00	$525	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
219	219	8	184.00	$184.00	$403	—
373	373	3	178.00	$178.00	$664	—
438	438	4	150.00	$150.00	$657	—
524	524	4	145.00	$145.00	$760	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
335	335	1	400.00	$400.00	—
377	377	3	375.00	$375.00	—
469–480	473	6	300.00–400.00	$374.61	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	130.00	$130.00	-45.00
115–140	128	2	200.00–270.00	$238.43	-14.07
150–185	166	4	225.00–350.00	$304.44	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
605	605	4	49.00	$49.00	$296	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
304–315	305	16	178.00–213.00	$209.24	$638	—
362–397	380	6	175.00–184.00	$179.29	$681	—
450–498	494	34	168.00–176.00	$175.16	$865	—
542	542	5	151.00	$151.00	$818	—
612–646	641	19	148.00–150.00	$148.30	$951	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	—	—	1	152.00	$152.00	$403	-18.00
380–385	383	—	—	2	147.50–157.00	$152.28	$583	—
410	410	—	—	1	130.00	$130.00	$533	—
470–485	478	—	—	2	110.00–143.00	$126.24	$603	—
510–540	525	—	—	2	143.00–147.00	$145.06	$762	-3.88
565–595	581	—	—	8	125.00–146.00	$134.31	$780	-14.69
680	680	—	—	1	115.00	$115.00	$782	-14.31
725–730	728	—	—	2	97.00–119.00	$108.04	$787	—
820	820	—	—	1	106.00	$106.00	$869	-15.00
873–875	874	—	—	3	105.00	$105.00	$918	-12.25
975	975	—	—	1	117.50	$117.50	$1,146	+5.50
1580	1580	Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,406	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	—	—	1	150.00	$150.00	-90.00
165	165	—	—	1	275.00	$275.00	—
1125–1233	1206	(<2 yrs)	N/A	4	1,360.00–1,500.00	$1,392.65	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
450–470	460	2	400.00–450.00	$425.54	—
525	525	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
650	650	1	112.50	$112.50	$731	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
885	885	1	66.00	$66.00	$584	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
665–945	764	85-90%	8	40.00–48.00	$42.82	$327	-13.40
680–1195	860	85-90%	6	48.00–50.00	$49.21	$423	+4.21
900–1070	937	85-90%	6	45.00–53.50	$47.90	$449	-18.91
695–1450	957	85-90%	23	51.00–65.00	$55.11	$527	—
660–1305	1023	85-90%	59	60.00–70.50	$68.06	$696	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
945	945	80-85%	1	90.00	$90.00	$850	—
840–1110	975	80-85%	2	63.00–64.00	$63.57	$620	—
1100	1100	80-85%	1	52.00	$52.00	$572	—
1070–1440	1155	80-85%	5	71.00–80.00	$76.24	$881	-14.26
885–1440	1159	80-85%	68	71.00–86.50	$77.69	$900	-12.81
1345	1345	80-85%	1	89.00	$89.00	$1,197	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
965–1550	1335	75-80%	7	75.00–81.00	$78.57	$1,049	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
887–1510	1242	50	80.00–94.00	$88.67	$1,101	—
1155–1480	1291	4	68.00–77.00	$73.30	$946	—
1405	1405	1	78.00	$78.00	$1,096	—
1280–2425	1458	44	83.50–99.00	$92.18	$1,344	—
1630–2125	1910	4	100.00–111.50	$105.09	$2,007	—

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1040–1930	1452	19	61.00–84.50	$78.05	$1,133	—
1450–1730	1602	3	97.00–103.00	$99.75	$1,598	—
1310–2050	1658	18	85.00–95.50	$89.82	$1,489	-18.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
795	795	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
665–1070	849	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	800.00–900.00	$847.00
790–1325	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	9	725.00–930.00	$850.56

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
685–745	715	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	625.00–700.00	$662.50
805	805	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	675.00	$675.00
969	969	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	600.00	$600.00
983	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	700.00	$700.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	450.00	$450.00
700–710	705	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	400.00–525.00	$462.50
780–805	799	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	450.00	$450.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
946	946	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	710.00	$710.00
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
740	740	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00
655–885	776	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–800.00	$740.00

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1105	1105	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	700.00	$700.00
1475	1475	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00

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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
1015	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—
890–1128	1063	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	12	750.00–875.00	$845.83	—
1109	1109	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	935.00	$935.00	—
1145	1145	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1235–1675	1455	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,300.00–1,435.00	$1,367.50	—

Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1105	1105	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00	$875.00	—
1125	1125	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1543	1543	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,360.00	$1,360.00	—
1555–1562	1559	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,360.00–1,375.00	$1,369.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
675–1105	950	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	930.00–1,150.00	$1,043.33	—
1010–1105	1072	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,075.00	$983.33	-191.67

Medium 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
820–930	858	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	900.00–1,050.00	$950.00	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	640.00	$640.00	—

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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.