New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, August 1, 2022

2,301 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $168.31/cwt +6.51 vs last sale · ≈ $1,235/hd at 734 lb · 88 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 heifers $158.43/cwt ≈ $1,062/hd at 670 lb · 81 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $152.80/cwt +21.80 vs last sale · ≈ $1,160/hd at 759 lb · 78 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,301	642	2,292
Feeder cattle	1,905	476	1,668
Slaughter cattle	209	102	405
Replacement cattle	187	64	219

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer and heifer calves sold 3.00-4.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers no accurate comparison. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00-3.00 higher. Trade moderate to active, demand good.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
161	161	4	242.00	$242.00	$390	—
200–230 fancy	215	2	227.00–231.00	$228.86	$492	—
220–247	242	10	214.00–239.00	$234.45	$567	—
264 fancy	264	8	240.00	$240.00	$634	—
273–298	282	11	215.00–217.00	$216.23	$610	+16.23
307–310 value added	309	6	220.00–226.00	$221.99	$686	—
314 fancy	314	11	234.00	$234.00	$735	—
314 thin fleshed	314	7	244.00	$244.00	$766	—
310–340	322	27	188.00–225.00	$212.55	$684	+10.55
367 value added	367	3	214.00	$214.00	$785	—
363–390	375	35	184.00–220.00	$212.62	$797	+25.64
413 value added	413	5	218.00	$218.00	$900	—
400–440	426	34	197.00–210.00	$201.85	$860	+10.27
450–497	464	45	181.00–201.00	$193.08	$896	+9.35
500–548	528	51	177.00–192.00	$189.93	$1,003	+5.07
545	545	5	181.00	$181.00	$986	—
550–575	554	11	170.50–186.00	$182.74	$1,012	+5.19
605–630	620	20	165.00–182.00	$175.71	$1,089	+11.89
650–676	660	15	168.50–173.50	$170.10	$1,123	+4.59
705–740	734	88	166.00–173.00	$168.31	$1,235	+6.51
753–782	762	19	168.50–175.00	$170.61	$1,300	+10.61

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–205	203	4	195.00–220.00	$208.61	$423	+17.37
255–285	274	6	187.00–215.00	$208.03	$570	+23.03
300–345	327	13	172.00–210.00	$191.24	$625	+14.67
380–395	390	8	161.00–200.00	$187.23	$730	+15.71
400–445	430	41	161.00–193.00	$185.69	$798	+22.69
465	465	2	164.00	$164.00	$763	-12.69
450–490	468	6	170.00–185.00	$176.16	$824	-0.53
503–545	522	19	164.00–179.00	$171.65	$896	+2.57
550–580	565	10	160.00–181.00	$172.75	$976	+10.65
615–645	627	33	150.00–173.25	$166.75	$1,046	+9.38
650–675	665	10	149.00–156.00	$151.92	$1,010	-2.94
730–733	731	5	158.00–164.00	$160.41	$1,173	+6.91
704–736	732	68	149.00–163.50	$161.01	$1,179	+7.51
757–795	772	6	145.00–160.00	$150.64	$1,163	+11.55
800–815	807	6	132.00–159.00	$146.82	$1,185	—
870	870	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,218	—
1200	1200	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,356	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	323	4	141.00–170.00	$155.56	$502	+9.56
355–367	362	5	145.00–173.00	$166.31	$602	—
420–440	436	5	139.00–166.00	$155.54	$678	+14.54
505–545	523	9	136.00–170.00	$155.40	$813	+1.79
564–595	571	10	147.00–168.00	$165.47	$945	+28.53
606–640	617	11	130.00–160.00	$148.90	$919	+8.89
670–693	685	12	131.00–149.00	$140.96	$966	—
725–730	728	3	128.00–157.00	$147.38	$1,073	+19.65
755	755	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,019	—
835	835	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,044	—
860–870	863	3	109.00–129.00	$122.28	$1,055	—
1007–1030	1015	3	104.00–123.00	$116.57	$1,183	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
458	458	7	149.00	$149.00	$682	—
507–544	538	12	150.00–157.00	$155.90	$839	—
565	565	4	131.00	$131.00	$740	—
621	621	23	135.00	$135.00	$838	—
666	666	3	132.00	$132.00	$879	—
707	707	10	140.00	$140.00	$990	—
802	802	2	123.00	$123.00	$986	—
975	975	2	116.00	$116.00	$1,131	—

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302	302	9	142.00	$142.00	$429	—

Medium and Large 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
377	377	7	125.00	$125.00	$471	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
395	395	2	122.00	$122.00	$482	—
653	653	2	65.00	$65.00	$424	+3.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
810	810	2	140.00	$140.00	$1,134	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
270	270	2	280.00	$280.00	+30.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
223	223	5	231.00	$231.00	$515	+56.00
224 fancy	224	7	214.00	$214.00	$479	—
254 value added	254	4	191.00	$191.00	$485	—
284 fancy	284	13	216.00	$216.00	$613	—
262–291	287	21	175.00–222.00	$189.64	$544	+4.64
305–349	337	34	171.00–187.00	$178.93	$603	-4.07
350–392	368	14	171.00–179.00	$174.30	$641	+8.55
400–448	436	42	165.00–179.00	$172.04	$750	-0.22
455	455	1	171.00	$171.00	$778	+6.13
450–490	466	13	160.00–172.00	$167.92	$783	+3.05
525 value added	525	4	176.00	$176.00	$924	—
515–533	530	22	160.00–173.50	$167.94	$890	-0.79
555	555	1	160.00	$160.00	$888	—
553–594	565	26	159.00–168.50	$166.09	$938	—
613–640	630	12	156.00–160.00	$157.59	$993	-0.41
665–695	670	75	142.50–160.00	$158.86	$1,064	—
675	675	6	153.00	$153.00	$1,033	—
706–719	711	20	145.00–151.00	$148.88	$1,059	—
711	711	3	141.50	$141.50	$1,006	—
753–759	759	78	139.00–154.00	$152.80	$1,160	+21.80

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
208–232	222	5	205.00–210.00	$208.13	$462	—
275–290	284	13	167.00–192.00	$176.17	$500	+15.59
315–345	326	6	160.00–166.00	$162.58	$530	—
362–385	372	9	162.00–167.00	$164.54	$612	—
405–435	421	5	150.00–168.00	$158.03	$665	—
455–495	468	5	145.00–170.00	$159.14	$745	+4.12
515–530	523	8	140.00–166.00	$159.68	$835	+8.72
545	545	3	156.00–160.00	$157.33	$857	+6.37
555–595	578	59	142.00–164.50	$159.46	$922	+9.79
605–645	627	10	137.00–155.00	$144.74	$908	+9.18
650	650	1	122.00	$122.00	$793	-10.94
700–735	701	58	120.00–140.50	$139.70	$979	+12.99
755–767	758	15	146.00–150.25	$149.10	$1,130	+18.10
759	759	5	144.00	$144.00	$1,093	+13.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–345	316	3	160.00	$160.00	$506	—
400–433	420	11	120.00–150.00	$135.35	$568	+0.35
455–490	474	8	120.00–157.00	$138.30	$656	+12.89
510–545	528	5	125.00–142.00	$131.85	$696	-3.83
550–595	573	3	129.00–135.00	$132.30	$758	+0.80
606–625	608	25	118.00–131.50	$130.52	$794	+10.02
680	680	1	100.00	$100.00	$680	-29.52
771	771	6	126.50	$126.50	$975	—
803	803	3	118.00	$118.00	$948	—
855	855	1	102.00	$102.00	$872	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
351–365	358	6	136.00–150.00	$143.14	$512	—
451–488	470	6	132.50–134.00	$133.22	$626	—
675–699	689	14	110.00–111.00	$110.42	$761	—
796	796	4	110.00	$110.00	$876	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
460	460	1	145.00	$145.00	$667	—
528–533	531	4	20.00	$20.00	$106	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
405–447	442	14	169.00–187.00	$173.07	$765	—
455–478	470	3	145.00–170.00	$153.06	$719	-10.94
505–520	512	3	125.00–164.00	$144.54	$740	+5.84
578	578	2	151.00	$151.00	$873	—
608–610	608	9	147.00–151.00	$147.45	$896	—
670–690	680	2	114.00–122.00	$117.94	$802	-11.06
700–705	703	2	120.00–131.00	$125.52	$882	+15.52
780–790	785	2	116.00–125.00	$120.53	$946	+1.53

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	8	132.00	$132.00	$667	—
920	920	1	79.00	$79.00	$727	—
985	985	1	83.00	$83.00	$818	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
375	375	2	214.00	$214.00	$802	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
480–495	488	2	225.00–370.00	$296.38	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
90	90	1	110.00	$110.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
660–875	764	85-90%	5	37.50–49.00	$46.15	$353	-6.16
710–805	765	85-90%	5	31.00–56.00	$41.09	$314	-11.22
760–885	833	85-90%	4	50.00–57.00	$54.38	$453	—
725–1085	882	85-90%	3	54.00–61.00	$58.13	$513	-1.84
875–1040	943	85-90%	8	62.00–74.00	$65.17	$615	-5.58
760–1460	1022	85-90%	8	59.00–64.00	$60.92	$623	—
820–1255	1023	85-90%	40	62.50–74.50	$68.44	$700	—
1245	1245	85-90%	1	77.50	$77.50	$965	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
120–1285	933	80-85%	8	60.00–74.00	$67.55	$630	—
880–990	935	80-85%	2	90.50–104.00	$97.65	$913	—
940–995	968	80-85%	2	66.00–67.50	$66.77	$646	—
110–1355	980	80-85%	6	75.00–82.50	$79.03	$774	—
890–1375	1113	80-85%	37	71.00–87.00	$79.04	$880	-13.46
1330	1330	80-85%	1	84.25	$84.25	$1,121	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1210–1355	1290	75-80%	3	80.00–81.50	$80.84	$1,043	—
1440	1440	75-80%	1	77.50	$77.50	$1,116	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
970	970	1	50.00	$50.00	$485	—
1090–1665	1419	11	70.50–89.50	$85.23	$1,209	—
1260–1935	1589	18	89.00–100.00	$93.48	$1,485	-5.59
1810–2260	2023	4	104.00–109.00	$105.50	$2,134	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
928	928	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	750.00	$750.00
900–965	933	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,000.00	$950.00
852–1095	951	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	6	750.00–850.00	$804.17
1180	1180	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
905–940	913	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	5	625.00–650.00	$640.00
965	965	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

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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
75–1100	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	7	825.00–1,000.00	$908.57	—
765–1300	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	12	900.00–1,225.00	$1,097.92	+261.25
860–1300	1097	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	11	975.00–1,200.00	$1,112.27	—
1165–1300	1255	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	975.00–1,150.00	$1,033.33	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1032	1032	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	5	1,375.00	$1,375.00	—
1175	1175	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,370.00	$1,370.00	—
1215	1215	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00	+80.00
1025–1405	1251	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	8	1,260.00–1,450.00	$1,368.13	+288.13

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	800.00	$800.00	—
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	750.00	$750.00	—
900	900	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	700.00–900.00	$800.00	—
900–1100	1000	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	3	675.00–775.00	$741.67	—

Small 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	4	750.00	$750.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
345–675	548	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	210.00–385.00	$326.25	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
800	800	Young (2-4 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.