New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 17, 2022

2,148 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 4-weight M&L 1 heifers $157.32/cwt -5.82 vs last sale · ≈ $728/hd at 462 lb · 72 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1 steers $186.72/cwt +9.54 vs last sale · ≈ $879/hd at 470 lb · 70 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $149.46/cwt +4.22 vs last sale · ≈ $719/hd at 481 lb · 66 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,148	795	3,176
Feeder cattle	1,634	595	3,176
Slaughter cattle	367	166	0
Replacement cattle	147	34	0

Market comments — USDA reporter

*Note: Receipts are for Roswell and Belen only. Nothing for Clovis due to lack of reporter coverage.* Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves traded mostly steady to 1.00-2.00 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold 4.00-5.00 higher on active trading. Slaughter cows and bulls sold steady. Trade and demand active. Some areas of the state received welcoming moisture of up to 3 1/2 inches of rain.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
225–245	235	2	200.00–204.00	$201.91	$474	+3.55
265 fancy	265	1	220.00	$220.00	$583	—
265–295	281	7	181.00–212.00	$199.73	$561	+5.10
300–348	326	18	190.00–209.00	$201.64	$657	+0.78
355–397	383	45	179.00–200.00	$189.52	$726	-0.68
400–445	423	55	182.00–201.00	$189.59	$802	+6.90
454 fancy	454	15	194.00	$194.00	$881	—
453–495	475	55	165.00–192.00	$184.74	$878	+11.29
500–545	519	48	165.00–188.00	$176.69	$917	+8.29
552–590	566	48	160.00–183.50	$174.56	$988	+9.22
600–648	621	30	163.00–172.00	$167.54	$1,040	—
637–648 value added	645	18	166.00–173.00	$167.92	$1,083	—
655–699	675	16	157.50–166.00	$161.38	$1,089	+1.38
700–736	729	8	155.00–161.00	$156.33	$1,140	+11.33
761–775	764	5	150.00–156.50	$155.18	$1,186	—
820–832	824	10	149.00–158.00	$155.27	$1,279	—
936	936	16	140.00	$140.00	$1,310	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240	240	1	175.00	$175.00	$420	-2.39
252–295	268	10	165.00–205.00	$181.78	$487	+8.39
300–342	335	25	165.00–189.00	$179.51	$601	+16.51
353–393	372	14	160.00–168.00	$163.61	$609	-4.32
420–447	431	10	169.00–171.00	$169.92	$732	+5.57
465–483	478	42	159.00–177.00	$172.30	$824	+7.11
528–548	542	33	155.00–174.00	$168.64	$914	—
553–590	562	19	150.00–166.00	$162.75	$915	+4.10
604–645	617	21	149.00–161.00	$156.05	$963	+2.33
650–698	683	12	141.00–156.00	$148.95	$1,017	+2.69
700–745	710	11	141.00–150.00	$145.32	$1,032	+6.08
750–768	760	5	140.00–147.00	$144.81	$1,101	+5.89
805–833	825	5	138.00–151.00	$141.39	$1,166	-2.83
850–875	863	2	146.00–147.00	$146.49	$1,264	—
955	955	1	131.00	$131.00	$1,251	-2.43
1015	1015	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,218	—
1100–1105	1103	2	110.00–113.00	$111.50	$1,230	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
253–275	260	3	160.00–161.00	$160.65	$418	—
305–345	313	7	140.00–165.00	$158.37	$496	+7.37
370	370	1	141.00	$141.00	$522	+2.91
405–433	425	6	140.00–160.00	$152.24	$647	+13.92
455–499	491	10	147.00–159.00	$155.15	$762	+9.62
502–505	503	8	135.00–159.00	$155.99	$785	—
560–592	581	18	129.00–156.00	$142.62	$829	-12.34
620–640	630	2	133.00–148.00	$140.38	$884	+6.38
700–725	712	5	125.00–138.00	$132.95	$947	+5.95
765–795	780	2	130.00–131.00	$130.51	$1,018	-2.83
825–840	833	2	120.00–127.00	$123.47	$1,029	—
895	895	1	126.00	$126.00	$1,128	—
1040–1045	1043	2	110.00–111.00	$110.50	$1,153	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
415	415	3	63.00	$63.00	$261	—
539–540	539	11	55.00–57.00	$56.45	$304	-2.55
585–595	590	2	53.00–55.00	$54.01	$319	—
615	615	2	56.00	$56.00	$344	—
673	673	5	46.00	$46.00	$310	-8.50

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215–225	220	2	200.00–385.00	$290.40	—
290	290	3	350.00	$350.00	—
415–440	428	2	300.00–430.00	$366.90	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
210	210	1	360.00	$360.00	+85.00

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–230	218	2	165.00	$165.00	$360	-7.13
230 value added	230	1	187.00	$187.00	$430	—
280	280	1	161.00	$161.00	$451	-4.30
280 value added	280	1	180.00	$180.00	$504	-6.00
300–348	319	11	160.00–169.00	$165.57	$528	-3.48
340 fancy	340	1	201.00	$201.00	$683	—
353–398	373	55	160.00–167.50	$162.58	$606	+0.31
400–440	422	53	155.00–167.00	$162.38	$685	+0.03
454–499	458	54	151.00–163.50	$159.43	$730	-3.71
476	476	18	151.00	$151.00	$719	-12.14
502–505	503	11	151.00–153.00	$152.36	$766	+3.65
529	529	7	141.00	$141.00	$746	-7.71
550–580	566	41	145.00–159.00	$151.96	$860	+4.71
605–648	626	16	143.00–160.00	$145.96	$914	-1.24
650–693	686	6	144.00–146.00	$145.68	$999	+5.68
710–746	739	5	139.00–142.00	$139.58	$1,031	-6.70
920	920	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,242	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	160.00	$160.00	$344	—
235 unweaned	235	1	147.00	$147.00	$345	—
250–288	267	6	160.00–173.00	$163.64	$437	—
300–334	326	18	150.00–165.00	$160.24	$522	—
355–397	380	24	150.00–160.00	$156.16	$593	+3.53
400–448	420	28	140.00–158.00	$151.02	$634	+4.34
470	470	6	148.00	$148.00	$696	+2.76
450–495	482	60	140.00–157.00	$149.61	$721	+4.37
500–545	519	14	146.00–152.50	$149.02	$773	+3.21
550–585	563	29	135.00–150.00	$141.04	$794	-2.11
605–648	621	24	132.00–149.00	$139.50	$866	+2.75
665–688	677	4	134.00–139.50	$136.70	$925	+5.46
700–745	718	6	127.00–140.00	$134.75	$968	+4.08
760–780	770	2	131.00–137.00	$134.04	$1,032	+9.57
865	865	1	132.00	$132.00	$1,142	+1.52
945	945	1	122.00	$122.00	$1,153	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	3	145.00	$145.00	$355	—
253–265	257	3	150.00–151.00	$150.34	$386	+12.34
340	340	1	145.00	$145.00	$493	—
380–395	385	3	137.00–145.00	$141.34	$544	+18.84
403–425	409	4	122.00–130.00	$127.92	$523	+4.84
505–545	532	15	118.00–145.00	$125.92	$670	-2.33
570–595	585	3	120.00–135.00	$128.94	$754	—
600–645	623	8	124.00–138.00	$129.84	$809	+5.42
650–695	680	6	110.00–138.00	$122.96	$836	-0.77
725–730	727	3	125.00–129.00	$127.66	$928	+14.31
823	823	6	113.00	$113.00	$930	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
503	503	2	40.00	$40.00	$201	-4.55
568–590	574	4	43.00–85.00	$53.80	$309	+5.67

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
423	423	3	141.00	$141.00	$596	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
755	755	2	130.00	$130.00	$982	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
399	399	7	157.00	$157.00	$626	+11.99
445	445	1	136.00	$136.00	$605	+7.00
466	466	7	156.50	$156.50	$729	—
540–545	543	3	100.00–153.00	$135.44	$735	+2.55
598	598	2	108.00	$108.00	$646	-38.00
635	635	1	111.00	$111.00	$705	-10.73
656	656	8	128.00	$128.00	$840	+28.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350	350	1	201.00	$201.00	$704	—
409	409	4	170.00	$170.00	$695	-8.00
475–477	477	11	160.00	$160.00	$763	+14.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735	735	1	85.00	$85.00	$625	—
800–835	822	3	75.00–85.00	$78.25	$643	—
1010	1010	1	78.00	$78.00	$788	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
480	480	1	47.00	$47.00	$226	—
745	745	1	80.00	$80.00	$596	+20.00
825	825	1	50.00	$50.00	$412	—
900	900	1	50.00	$50.00	$450	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
105	105	1	150.00	$150.00	—
195	195	1	195.00	$195.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
685–810	748	85-90%	2	30.00–42.00	$36.50	$273	—
715–960	838	85-90%	2	32.00–40.00	$36.59	$307	+3.25
705–1065	840	85-90%	9	43.00–51.00	$47.91	$402	+14.57
660–1330	889	85-90%	5	53.00–68.00	$59.37	$528	—
700–1230	921	85-90%	56	50.00–62.00	$56.43	$520	+11.97
710–1205	998	85-90%	12	60.00–82.00	$67.84	$677	+11.43
825–1490	1057	85-90%	114	60.00–72.00	$64.37	$680	—
1060–1110	1085	85-90%	2	69.50–73.00	$71.29	$773	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
765–1135	1052	80-85%	7	60.00–66.00	$65.00	$684	—
730–1500	1058	80-85%	22	69.00–88.00	$74.46	$788	—
845–1595	1126	80-85%	10	55.00–66.00	$62.06	$699	-7.94
775–1595	1177	80-85%	88	67.00–77.00	$70.88	$834	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1520	1267	75-80%	5	58.00–69.00	$63.63	$806	—
1070–1925	1332	75-80%	18	70.00–75.00	$72.83	$970	—
1345–1570	1458	75-80%	2	78.00–80.00	$78.92	$1,151	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1035–2285	1351	18	70.00–87.50	$80.12	$1,082	—
1230–1955	1674	13	87.00–95.00	$90.48	$1,515	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
900–912	910	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	7	1,140.00–1,150.00	$1,141.43
865–1030	948	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,100.00	$1,100.00
870–1005	951	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	4	800.00–1,000.00	$925.00
1001	1001	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	9	825.00	$825.00
1035–1045	1040	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00–900.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
955–1030	1011	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	900.00–1,200.00	$975.00
1080	1080	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,475.00	$1,475.00
1095	1095	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
1135	1135	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,150.00	$1,150.00
1205	1205	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00	$900.00
1445	1445	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
530–655	593	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	400.00–450.00	$425.00
680	680	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	550.00	$550.00
720	720	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	500.00	$500.00
720	720	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	400.00	$400.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
675–830	753	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	675.00	$675.00
805	805	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	575.00	$575.00
1020	1020	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	635.00	$635.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715	715	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	625.00	$625.00

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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
1480	1480	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—
1530	1530	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	4	1,475.00	$1,475.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1020	1020	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	1,100.00	$1,100.00	—
1420	1420	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
835	835	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	525.00	$525.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
900	900	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	450.00	$450.00	—

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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.