New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 16, 2022

2,595 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1-2 steers $145.82/cwt ≈ $1,129/hd at 774 lb · 145 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $147.26/cwt ≈ $1,209/hd at 821 lb · 140 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $146.50/cwt +1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $1,143/hd at 780 lb · 83 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,595	2,230	3,754
Feeder cattle	2,235	1,666	2,205
Slaughter cattle	245	405	757
Replacement cattle	115	159	792

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, feeder steers and heifers sold steady to 3.00 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls 1.00-2.00 lower. Trade was fairly active 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
180	180	2	197.00	$197.00	$355	—
243	243	2	195.00	$195.00	$474	—
262–295	272	5	186.00–224.00	$203.78	$554	+5.84
307–345	320	9	186.00–197.00	$191.49	$613	+4.24
310–345 value added	328	2	201.00	$201.00	$659	—
383–393	385	15	184.00–196.00	$193.98	$747	+3.72
405–440	423	9	181.00–190.00	$185.20	$783	-0.34
450–487	480	34	169.00–186.50	$185.33	$890	+4.35
503–544	538	46	168.00–183.00	$180.20	$969	+6.31
550–551	551	10	171.00–175.00	$173.80	$958	+6.28
615	615	9	170.25	$170.25	$1,047	+5.98
702–727	718	43	150.00–153.00	$151.67	$1,089	+2.91
780	780	83	146.50	$146.50	$1,143	+0.50
810–823	821	140	142.75–148.00	$147.26	$1,209	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
190	190	2	186.00	$186.00	$353	—
220–243	233	3	162.00–178.00	$168.02	$391	-20.35
295	295	2	165.00	$165.00	$487	-13.77
300–345	326	6	170.00–205.00	$191.89	$626	+23.94
381–382	381	20	180.00–191.50	$182.88	$697	+13.13
400–445	415	17	160.00–190.00	$177.09	$735	-8.91
478–495	481	28	162.00–180.50	$176.92	$851	+5.97
520	520	2	162.00	$162.00	$842	+1.01
550–591	577	19	151.00–170.00	$160.93	$929	-7.55
604–648	623	37	143.50–163.00	$152.99	$953	-5.51
626 unweaned	626	4	159.00	$159.00	$995	—
665	665	1	153.00	$153.00	$1,017	+1.63
705–717	715	7	134.00–145.00	$143.45	$1,026	-4.23
765–787	774	145	141.00–147.50	$145.82	$1,129	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205	205	1	147.00	$147.00	$301	-13.00
278	278	2	150.00	$150.00	$417	—
330	330	1	140.00	$140.00	$462	—
355	355	1	145.00	$145.00	$515	—
400–445	425	5	135.00–150.00	$141.73	$602	-3.27
470–482	474	9	140.00–166.00	$160.79	$762	+6.31
500–540	521	11	140.00–157.00	$148.81	$775	-1.19
550–591	576	12	135.00–150.00	$144.97	$835	-5.45
620	620	2	142.00	$142.00	$880	-5.76
650–698	679	22	126.00–151.00	$139.39	$946	+0.83
705–735	722	6	126.00–137.00	$132.27	$955	—
1005	1005	1	100.00	$100.00	$1,005	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
365–390	377	5	380.00–425.00	$410.76	+10.76
448	448	2	390.00	$390.00	—
453–463	457	17	390.00–410.00	$401.66	-8.34
507–530	513	5	300.00–400.00	$364.44	—
560–575	568	3	325.00–385.00	$353.27	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
560	560	1	63.00	$63.00	$353	-6.00
630	630	1	63.00	$63.00	$397	—
710	710	1	63.50	$63.50	$451	—
776	776	7	61.50	$61.50	$477	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
492	492	5	147.00	$147.00	$723	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
125	125	1	280.00	$280.00	+38.21
175	175	2	330.00–360.00	$345.00	+5.46

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–240	212	4	161.00–175.00	$166.58	$353	—
265–295	291	10	165.00–183.00	$168.46	$490	-6.96
318–323	321	6	170.00–171.00	$170.67	$548	+5.98
360–398	385	31	156.00–170.00	$164.40	$633	-1.90
400–440	433	25	157.50–164.00	$158.49	$686	-1.62
457–488	465	56	152.00–161.00	$156.28	$727	-2.72
520–530	522	20	146.00–154.50	$153.41	$801	-4.09
551–559	556	28	160.50–161.00	$160.69	$893	+6.93
601 unweaned	601	18	140.00	$140.00	$841	—
603–613	610	22	146.00–154.00	$148.52	$906	+5.52
658 unweaned	658	5	133.00	$133.00	$875	—
695	695	58	146.25	$146.25	$1,016	+1.72
725	725	29	137.50	$137.50	$997	+6.50
761	761	16	138.00	$138.00	$1,050	+6.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	162.00	$162.00	$356	+2.94
270–295	286	5	164.00–176.00	$168.01	$481	+9.74
320–345	327	11	150.00–163.00	$159.49	$522	+4.49
365–395	383	5	147.00–158.00	$150.81	$578	-4.82
400–445	416	24	132.00–161.00	$152.21	$633	+6.64
450–498	476	14	146.00–158.00	$151.30	$720	-0.72
509–545	513	10	135.00–154.00	$148.70	$763	+2.39
553–598	569	12	140.00–151.50	$145.45	$828	+0.45
600–642	623	10	127.00–142.00	$137.47	$856	-1.53
675–685	678	3	127.00–136.00	$130.03	$882	-2.65
710–744	738	34	107.00–144.00	$132.52	$978	-4.46
780	780	1	107.00	$107.00	$835	-18.64
855–870	864	6	109.00–115.00	$113.66	$982	—
900	900	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,098	—
1040	1040	1	108.00	$108.00	$1,123	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	1	137.00	$137.00	$363	—
310–345	328	2	126.00–141.00	$133.10	$437	—
350–375	360	6	125.00–140.00	$131.50	$473	-5.92
400–430	418	4	120.00–135.00	$129.49	$541	-1.16
462–480	467	8	120.00–139.00	$134.33	$627	-5.11
525–543	534	7	110.00–133.00	$126.87	$677	-3.92
552–598	574	17	130.00–140.00	$132.49	$760	+2.69
600–630	615	6	110.00–137.00	$122.06	$751	-2.94
670–675	673	2	106.00–135.00	$120.45	$811	+13.74
702–745	733	25	102.50–128.50	$124.08	$910	—
750	750	1	117.00	$117.00	$878	—
890	890	1	99.00	$99.00	$881	-11.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
80	80	1	150.00	$150.00	—
135	135	1	200.00	$200.00	-13.02
150–165	154	6	285.00–325.00	$309.80	—
205	205	4	330.00	$330.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
345	345	1	300.00	$300.00	—
420	420	9	350.00–425.00	$416.67	—
500–520	510	2	300.00	$300.00	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
565–598	594	11	18.00–40.00	$20.08	$119	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
110	110	2	150.00	$150.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
170	170	1	410.00	$410.00	+50.00

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	2	186.00	$186.00	$409	—
257	257	4	210.00	$210.00	$540	—
347	347	8	192.00	$192.00	$666	—
420	420	1	182.00	$182.00	$764	—
468	468	3	154.50	$154.50	$723	—
565	565	1	168.00	$168.00	$949	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–440	423	2	150.00–155.00	$152.40	$645	+1.98
455–485	474	5	121.00–150.00	$142.49	$675	-10.99
510–520	515	3	122.00–170.00	$143.90	$741	—
585	585	1	117.50	$117.50	$687	-37.50
605–615	610	4	120.00–125.00	$121.24	$740	—
720	720	1	105.00	$105.00	$756	—
750	750	1	118.00	$118.00	$885	+12.00

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
580–595	588	2	50.00–53.00	$51.48	$303	—
610	610	1	59.50	$59.50	$363	-15.50
650	650	2	57.00–77.00	$67.00	$436	—
720	720	2	70.00	$70.00	$504	—
815	815	1	74.00	$74.00	$603	—
861	861	5	74.00	$74.00	$637	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90–95	93	2	200.00	$200.00	—
110–140	127	3	175.00–300.00	$239.87	-35.13
160	160	1	325.00	$325.00	+120.50
220	220	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	1	85.00	$85.00	$314	—
455	455	1	107.00	$107.00	$487	—
515	515	1	100.00	$100.00	$515	—
755	755	1	95.00	$95.00	$717	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
670–800	735	85-90%	2	32.00–46.00	$38.38	$282	—
850–1025	904	85-90%	4	28.00–35.00	$33.02	$299	-22.24
645–1180	922	85-90%	24	50.00–59.00	$52.83	$487	-2.43
720–1245	923	85-90%	11	39.00–48.00	$44.15	$408	-11.11
870–1070	937	85-90%	3	53.00–56.50	$54.39	$510	+12.30
730–1138	1017	85-90%	9	63.00–66.00	$65.28	$664	—
795–1255	1031	85-90%	48	60.00–67.50	$64.49	$665	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598–1088	853	80-85%	9	71.00–86.00	$81.52	$695	+1.52
1015	1015	80-85%	1	70.00	$70.00	$710	—
950–1185	1104	80-85%	6	70.00–71.00	$70.43	$778	-0.57
810–1740	1193	80-85%	63	68.00–85.00	$74.75	$892	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1640	1640	75-80%	1	85.00	$85.00	$1,394	+9.26
1635–1780	1708	75-80%	2	70.00–76.00	$73.13	$1,249	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1070–1765	1366	9	69.00–80.00	$76.97	$1,051	—
1370–1750	1564	9	85.00–96.50	$92.30	$1,444	+2.53
1295–1955	1640	4	97.00–104.00	$100.78	$1,653	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
630–980	842	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	3	675.00–820.00	$731.67
755–990	855	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	700.00–880.00	$757.50
830–960	895	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	675.00–720.00	$697.50

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
541	541	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	400.00	$400.00
645–850	748	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	450.00–500.00	$475.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
665–795	747	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	450.00–600.00	$516.67
765	765	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	585.00	$585.00

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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
785–1120	975	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	820.00–1,030.00	$927.08	-42.92
990	990	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	-220.00
820–1250	1154	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	12	870.00–1,085.00	$984.58	-85.42

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Dairy Steers

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
299	299	15	134.00	$134.00	$401	—
365	365	8	133.00	$133.00	$485	—

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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.