New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, June 6, 2022

823 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $136.20/cwt -3.07 vs last sale · ≈ $768/hd at 564 lb · 18 head

light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $135.11/cwt +10.77 vs last sale · ≈ $847/hd at 627 lb · 17 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $134.82/cwt +9.43 vs last sale · ≈ $910/hd at 675 lb · 12 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	823	761	3,683
Feeder cattle	468	490	2,502
Slaughter cattle	259	175	573
Replacement cattle	96	96	608

Market comments — USDA reporter

No accurate comparisons due to no reported sales in the prior week. *Note* Report coverage at Clovis and Roswell is temporarily suspended due to no reporter coverage.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185–195	190	2	175.00–182.00	$178.41	$339	—
245	245	1	165.00	$165.00	$404	+3.27
250–270	260	2	157.00–160.00	$158.44	$412	-11.56
305–345	323	3	160.00–165.00	$163.43	$528	-6.57
350–395	372	6	160.00–175.00	$167.83	$624	-2.17
400–440	430	5	149.00–156.00	$154.30	$663	-5.37
450–455	451	4	145.00–161.00	$156.97	$708	+0.45
500–540	519	5	145.00–159.00	$154.23	$800	-5.77
555–590	570	7	143.00–158.00	$151.96	$866	-3.19
600–620	612	5	139.00–157.00	$145.76	$892	-91.33
650–670	662	3	130.00–140.00	$133.35	$883	-10.78
718–720	719	3	140.00–148.00	$145.33	$1,045	+1.83
807	807	8	125.00	$125.00	$1,009	+6.00
1185	1185	1	117.00	$117.00	$1,386	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
185	185	2	215.00	$215.00	$398	—
205–225	213	4	190.00–210.00	$194.94	$415	—
258 value added	258	2	232.00	$232.00	$599	—
275	275	2	190.00	$190.00	$522	—
320–345	333	2	170.00–174.00	$171.92	$572	—
350 value added	350	2	200.00	$200.00	$700	—
400–440	414	5	165.00–197.00	$177.98	$737	-0.72
455–495	477	5	166.00–179.00	$171.12	$816	-5.20
507–540	514	10	167.00–175.00	$172.15	$885	+6.05
625	625	1	166.00	$166.00	$1,038	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260	260	1	150.00	$150.00	$390	—
360–385	373	5	135.00–155.00	$141.92	$529	-8.41
430–443	438	4	133.00–148.00	$140.27	$614	+1.27
480–485	483	2	142.00–153.00	$147.47	$712	+6.47
505–540	518	3	120.00–142.00	$127.80	$662	-16.22
580–590	587	3	123.00–145.00	$134.00	$787	-10.56
610–640	625	2	135.00–146.00	$140.37	$877	-1.10
675	675	1	135.00	$135.00	$911	+10.05
705–745	725	2	125.00–137.00	$131.17	$951	+0.45
750	750	2	125.00	$125.00	$938	±0.00
985	985	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,280	—

Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
656	656	12	70.25	$70.25	$461	—
763	763	9	71.50	$71.50	$546	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	55.00	$55.00	$275	—
555–561	560	5	57.00–59.00	$57.40	$321	-0.60
725–730	728	3	63.50–66.50	$65.50	$477	—
770	770	1	57.00	$57.00	$439	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275	275	1	141.00	$141.00	$388	—
305–345	332	8	140.00–156.00	$149.78	$497	-2.03
385–388	387	5	140.00–152.00	$149.61	$579	—
400–445	422	11	134.00–154.00	$142.14	$600	-8.33
475–485	480	2	131.00–145.00	$137.93	$662	+1.16
518–545	525	5	130.00–145.00	$136.80	$718	-10.20
558–583	564	18	131.00–137.00	$136.20	$768	-3.07
610–635	627	17	133.00–136.00	$135.11	$847	+10.77
658–698	675	12	131.00–136.00	$134.82	$910	+9.43
710–735	723	2	125.00–128.00	$126.47	$914	-9.31
769–795	775	9	128.00–135.50	$133.08	$1,031	+7.49
800–818	812	3	127.00–128.00	$127.33	$1,034	+0.52
850	850	5	115.00	$115.00	$978	—
950	950	1	118.00	$118.00	$1,121	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	2	133.00	$133.00	$463	-12.00
355–385	371	6	120.00–133.00	$127.84	$474	-2.67
403–410	405	3	120.00–132.00	$127.95	$518	-2.05
458–495	469	4	125.00–128.00	$126.77	$595	—
545–546	546	6	115.00–121.00	$120.00	$655	-4.21
560–595	578	6	119.00–129.00	$123.20	$712	-2.45
615–635	623	6	110.00–128.00	$120.65	$752	-6.73
660	660	1	129.00	$129.00	$851	+7.22
745	745	1	122.00	$122.00	$909	—
785	785	1	103.00	$103.00	$809	-18.86

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
229–235	230	6	160.00–165.00	$161.34	$371	-18.66
260	260	2	170.00	$170.00	$442	+7.55
300–310	303	3	165.00–173.00	$170.27	$516	—
365–385	375	2	158.00–159.00	$158.51	$594	—
440	440	1	159.00	$159.00	$700	-2.00

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	1	94.00	$94.00	$470	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	1	38.00	$38.00	$234	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
222	222	1	185.00	$185.00	$411	—
335	335	1	170.00	$170.00	$570	—
365	365	1	170.00	$170.00	$620	+26.93
420–425	423	2	137.00	$137.00	$580	+0.83
555–590	575	3	106.00–125.00	$117.21	$674	—
650–665	658	2	111.00–124.00	$117.57	$774	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
640	640	1	116.00	$116.00	$742	—
760–790	775	2	90.00	$90.00	$698	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
170–180	175	2	190.00	$190.00	$332	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
575	575	1	54.00	$54.00	$310	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690–735	713	85-90%	2	24.00–31.00	$27.61	$197	-18.57
595–1125	815	85-90%	26	40.00–53.00	$48.19	$393	—
715–1135	900	85-90%	27	50.00–61.00	$57.30	$516	—
910	910	85-90%	3	50.00	$50.00	$455	—
830–1280	1004	85-90%	58	62.00–73.00	$68.61	$689	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
870–1585	1172	80-85%	86	74.00–89.50	$82.08	$962	—
1133–1435	1253	80-85%	9	91.00–103.00	$93.65	$1,173	—
990–1470	1285	80-85%	3	75.00–91.00	$82.92	$1,066	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1503	1503	75-80%	4	93.00	$93.00	$1,398	—
1680	1680	75-80%	1	79.00	$79.00	$1,327	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
840–1495	1093	4	61.00–81.00	$72.21	$789	—
1065–1405	1244	9	88.00–98.00	$92.49	$1,151	—
1150–1880	1526	10	102.00–113.00	$108.36	$1,654	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
860–950	909	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	10	685.00–850.00	$777.50
840–1080	979	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	625.00–850.00	$763.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
603	603	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	400.00	$400.00
665–720	702	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	345.00–350.00	$346.67

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915	915	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	670.00	$670.00

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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
730–1080	889	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	700.00–960.00	$815.63	—
880–1175	983	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	850.00–950.00	$882.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
698	698	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	8	410.00	$410.00	—

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	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,085.00	$1,085.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
685	685	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	630.00	$630.00	—
1065	1065	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	625.00	$625.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
775	775	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	-205.00

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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.