New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, November 28, 2022

4,527 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $192.96/cwt -15.79 vs last sale · ≈ $1,009/hd at 523 lb · 243 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $170.54/cwt +9.39 vs last sale · ≈ $1,144/hd at 671 lb · 185 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $178.23/cwt +4.66 vs last sale · ≈ $1,130/hd at 634 lb · 180 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	4,527	1,926	6,295
Feeder cattle	3,841	1,551	4,589
Slaughter cattle	445	301	959
Replacement cattle	241	74	747

Market comments — USDA reporter

For the bulk of the receipts, compared to two weeks ago, steer calves sold steady to 5.00 higher. Heifer calves 2.00-6.00 higher. Feeder steers traded mostly 5.00-10.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady on comparable sales. Trade active, demand good. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 3.00 higher

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
240–245	241	4	240.00–252.00	$248.95	$600	+21.25
250–295	274	11	210.00–261.00	$249.48	$684	+9.48
290 thin fleshed	290	7	264.00	$264.00	$766	—
300–335	319	18	202.00–258.00	$233.28	$744	-11.07
355 value added	355	1	210.00	$210.00	$746	—
350–398	369	75	190.00–261.00	$229.09	$845	-16.90
415 value added	415	2	243.00	$243.00	$1,008	—
400–448	425	125	185.00–239.00	$218.40	$928	-18.50
455–460 value added	457	3	195.00	$195.00	$891	—
450–495	474	130	181.50–227.00	$207.25	$982	+1.00
500–548	523	243	175.00–199.00	$192.96	$1,009	-15.79
565 value added	565	1	190.00	$190.00	$1,074	-72.00
550–590	566	174	171.00–194.00	$185.43	$1,050	-7.46
605–639 value added	633	17	169.00–184.00	$171.53	$1,086	—
600–649	634	163	165.00–186.00	$178.93	$1,134	+5.36
653–699	671	185	155.00–212.00	$170.54	$1,144	+9.39
700–748	723	50	156.00–170.00	$163.59	$1,183	-4.43
750–785	762	38	145.00–167.00	$162.41	$1,238	+3.78
808–827	815	24	149.00–158.00	$151.07	$1,231	—
815 value added	815	2	161.00	$161.00	$1,312	—
890	890	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,380	+12.97
934	934	10	143.00	$143.00	$1,336	-7.00
955	955	4	129.00–140.50	$131.88	$1,259	—
1080	1080	2	120.00	$120.00	$1,296	-17.00
1145	1145	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,374	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
258–275	264	3	188.00–195.00	$190.43	$503	-24.32
255–295 unweaned	287	5	169.00–175.00	$173.93	$499	—
300–345	316	18	187.00–210.00	$200.70	$634	-13.56
315–325 unweaned	322	3	160.00–168.00	$164.30	$529	—
365 unweaned	365	2	160.00–163.00	$161.50	$589	—
355–395	383	24	175.00–240.00	$202.47	$775	-4.33
400–435 unweaned	418	2	160.00–165.00	$162.60	$680	—
410–445	439	48	178.00–218.00	$199.25	$875	+3.77
450–490 unweaned	471	4	160.00–161.00	$160.26	$755	—
450–497	484	60	165.00–200.00	$188.31	$911	+21.31
501–545	507	34	160.00–193.00	$174.09	$883	-1.00
550–596	577	77	160.00–180.00	$171.01	$987	-5.69
600–648	622	40	140.00–178.00	$161.56	$1,005	+2.27
660–690	668	17	141.00–163.00	$156.07	$1,043	+12.06
710–745	723	18	148.00–161.00	$153.75	$1,112	+20.24
755–790	772	9	131.00–159.00	$145.07	$1,120	+3.97
815	815	1	142.00	$142.00	$1,157	—
885	885	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,239	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
245	245	1	165.00	$165.00	$404	—
255–290	270	5	152.00–230.00	$188.28	$508	-3.72
345 unweaned	345	1	148.00	$148.00	$511	—
348	348	2	230.00	$230.00	$800	+45.39
365–390	381	6	140.00–200.00	$161.28	$614	-18.34
400–435	423	18	140.00–190.00	$163.61	$692	-6.39
453–495	479	11	145.00–175.00	$165.23	$791	+3.90
505–545	527	36	140.00–161.00	$155.25	$818	+5.46
555–585	581	10	142.00–154.00	$151.70	$881	-5.30
600–645	627	17	128.00–151.00	$142.44	$893	—
660–695	675	5	128.00–137.00	$132.01	$891	—
735	735	1	140.00	$140.00	$1,029	—
760	760	1	130.00	$130.00	$988	—
870	870	1	130.00	$130.00	$1,131	—
905	905	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,086	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
380–385	383	2	275.00–350.00	$312.25	—
400	400	2	250.00–275.00	$262.50	—
450–475	462	3	250.00–300.00	$269.86	—
500	500	1	260.00	$260.00	—
560	560	1	300.00	$300.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
562–595	579	6	143.00–158.00	$150.71	$873	—
695	695	2	141.00	$141.00	$980	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
525	525	5	50.00	$50.00	$262	—
550	550	1	60.00	$60.00	$330	—

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	4	129.00	$129.00	$651	—

Small 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
443	443	4	44.00	$44.00	$195	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–325	322	3	167.00–178.00	$174.30	$561	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215–240	228	2	300.00–320.00	$310.55	—
335	335	1	275.00	$275.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
165	165	1	175.00	$175.00	—
185 unweaned	185	1	175.00	$175.00	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
268–298	280	10	177.00–192.00	$183.17	$513	-13.17
290 fancy	290	1	200.00	$200.00	$580	—
311 thin fleshed	311	7	213.00	$213.00	$662	—
304–349	333	38	169.00–196.00	$186.07	$620	-6.17
350–396	378	72	160.00–199.00	$186.37	$704	-3.45
400–410 value added	405	2	173.00–182.00	$177.56	$719	—
400–448	425	113	162.00–191.00	$177.52	$754	-3.60
453–485 value added	458	12	171.00–175.00	$171.71	$786	—
450–498	474	128	157.00–184.00	$172.29	$817	-0.41
500–547	523	132	154.00–175.00	$168.19	$880	+7.16
510–532 value added	524	17	167.00–173.00	$169.06	$886	—
550–598	574	101	153.00–170.00	$160.08	$919	+1.70
600–647	624	91	151.00–167.00	$155.97	$973	-1.64
650–695	669	31	143.00–160.00	$150.60	$1,008	-5.45
686 value added	686	51	161.50	$161.50	$1,108	—
700–735	712	31	140.00–161.00	$148.02	$1,054	-3.44
750–795	758	14	127.00–145.00	$140.74	$1,067	-14.26
799 value added	799	23	147.00	$147.00	$1,175	—
826	826	4	145.00	$145.00	$1,198	+4.98
855–895	883	4	141.00–143.00	$141.48	$1,249	+0.87
950–985	968	2	128.00–132.00	$129.96	$1,258	—
5805	5805	1	160.00	$160.00	$9,288	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
205–239	231	6	170.00–185.00	$182.78	$422	+10.22
260–285 unweaned	273	2	150.00–161.00	$155.75	$425	—
290–295	292	5	170.00–185.00	$176.16	$514	—
307–345	329	17	155.00–188.00	$174.29	$573	-3.90
350–395	376	19	155.00–183.00	$166.39	$626	-4.57
400–447	429	8	145.00–175.00	$157.85	$677	-6.77
454–495	463	25	142.00–176.00	$167.49	$775	+11.91
475	475	5	165.00	$165.00	$784	+9.42
500–547	524	35	145.00–163.00	$152.64	$800	+2.92
550–598	574	37	140.00–164.50	$151.72	$871	+3.72
610–640	628	14	135.00–146.00	$142.47	$895	+5.73
650–695	676	38	125.00–148.00	$135.13	$913	-3.18
705–740	721	8	127.00–143.00	$135.77	$979	+4.64
780	780	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,061	+2.02
818–840	830	8	120.00–140.00	$132.71	$1,101	+17.71
868–880	869	15	131.00–136.00	$135.66	$1,179	+10.66
935	935	1	135.00	$135.00	$1,262	+30.00
960–990	975	2	120.00–125.00	$122.46	$1,194	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200–230	215	2	155.00	$155.00	$333	—
265–280	269	4	150.00–165.00	$161.09	$433	—
300–340	320	2	130.00–150.00	$140.63	$450	-27.92
340 unweaned	340	1	147.00	$147.00	$500	—
350–396	387	13	120.00–160.00	$146.31	$566	-14.42
420–448	437	6	120.00–150.00	$135.59	$593	-14.78
460–488	477	10	130.00–155.00	$139.08	$663	-5.72
500–545	524	8	130.00–149.00	$143.27	$751	-3.58
550–595	572	17	125.00–152.00	$140.12	$801	+4.69
620–645	629	4	125.00–141.00	$132.57	$834	+26.66
675–691	688	5	130.00–135.00	$134.02	$922	—
720–745	733	2	120.00–124.00	$121.97	$894	—
780	780	2	133.00	$133.00	$1,037	—
789	789	8	113.00	$113.00	$892	—
804–840	811	5	120.00	$120.00	$973	—
850–885	873	3	100.00–122.00	$107.14	$935	—
1095	1095	1	85.00	$85.00	$931	—

Small 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	8	129.00	$129.00	$611	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
130 unweaned	130	1	185.00	$185.00	—
165	165	1	175.00	$175.00	—
215	215	1	275.00	$275.00	—
265 unweaned	265	1	225.00	$225.00	—
315–325	320	2	275.00–325.00	$300.39	—

Small 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505	505	1	149.00	$149.00	$752	—
550	550	2	135.00	$135.00	$742	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
340	340	1	150.00	$150.00	—
365	365	1	200.00	$200.00	—
485	485	1	260.00	$260.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
370	370	2	131.00	$131.00	$485	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
250	250	2	120.00	$120.00	$300	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
515	515	1	42.00	$42.00	$216	—
555	555	1	42.00	$42.00	$233	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
145	145	1	175.00	$175.00	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
440	440	1	148.00	$148.00	$651	+13.01

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
203–240	222	4	250.00–253.00	$251.37	$558	—
267–285	272	4	250.00–260.00	$254.57	$692	—
348	348	3	258.00	$258.00	$898	—
372–385	374	7	225.00–243.00	$240.35	$899	+90.35
410–415	413	2	181.00–201.00	$191.06	$789	+43.01
487	487	9	205.00	$205.00	$998	+38.42
510–548	539	4	160.00–180.00	$175.26	$945	+16.56
554	554	4	174.00	$174.00	$964	+0.71
670	670	1	150.00	$150.00	$1,005	-11.45
745	745	2	141.00	$141.00	$1,050	+7.52

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305 unweaned	305	1	185.00	$185.00	$564	—
425	425	1	174.00	$174.00	$740	+47.00
470–480	477	3	154.00–166.00	$159.34	$760	+22.34
540	540	1	145.00	$145.00	$783	—
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	—
650–680	665	2	120.00–124.00	$121.95	$811	—
705–710	708	2	130.00–142.00	$136.02	$963	+16.02
830	830	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,038	+11.49

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
505–510	508	2	88.00–100.00	$93.97	$477	—
615	615	1	100.00	$100.00	$615	—
660	660	1	97.00	$97.00	$640	—
850–885	868	2	85.00–86.00	$85.49	$742	—

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
785	785	1	35.00	$35.00	$275	—
885	885	1	40.00	$40.00	$354	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
360	360	1	200.00	$200.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
725–785	755	85-90%	2	25.00–28.00	$26.44	$200	-44.56
720–1065	818	85-90%	6	30.00–40.00	$35.31	$289	-37.69
750–1060	874	85-90%	19	35.00–55.00	$45.53	$398	-20.96
750–1100	917	85-90%	6	57.50–66.00	$60.28	$553	+12.58
745–1455	1034	85-90%	56	45.00–63.50	$54.66	$565	—
880–1530	1085	85-90%	127	57.00–67.50	$62.05	$673	—
695–1277	1134	85-90%	6	45.00–56.00	$54.37	$617	-22.63

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780	780	80-85%	1	67.00	$67.00	$523	—
920	920	80-85%	1	51.50	$51.50	$474	—
740–1580	1139	80-85%	32	65.00–76.00	$71.44	$814	—
1165	1165	80-85%	1	75.00	$75.00	$874	+3.72
1020–1455	1206	80-85%	18	50.00–67.50	$62.62	$755	—
1020–1695	1216	80-85%	72	65.00–74.00	$69.66	$847	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1505	1269	75-80%	6	67.00–72.50	$69.11	$877	—
1485	1485	75-80%	1	64.75	$64.75	$962	+2.25
1530–1580	1555	75-80%	2	73.50–77.00	$75.28	$1,171	—
1645–1720	1683	75-80%	2	74.50–75.00	$74.76	$1,258	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1945	1423	24	63.50–86.00	$74.10	$1,054	—
1485–2205	1731	34	83.00–95.50	$88.29	$1,528	—
2190	2190	1	92.50	$92.50	$2,026	—

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
640–1165	869	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	9	800.00–1,000.00	$877.22
840–995	918	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50
875–1015	945	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	850.00–1,000.00	$925.00
960	960	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	825.00	$825.00
997	997	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	1,150.00	$1,150.00
965–1155	1038	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	750.00	$750.00
1195	1195	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
810	810	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
815	815	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00
730–940	885	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	5	550.00–675.00	$627.00
945	945	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00
925–1100	1015	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	650.00–850.00	$750.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–855	789	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	4	650.00–830.00	$726.25
935	935	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,125.00	$1,125.00
1080–1105	1093	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,225.00–1,400.00	$1,312.50
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1010–1345	1203	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,000.00–1,225.00	$1,083.33

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1040	1040	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,170.00	$1,170.00
1125–1160	1143	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	1,300.00–1,375.00	$1,333.33
1130–1205	1168	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	950.00–1,025.00	$987.50

Medium 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	500.00	$500.00
890–1270	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	725.00	$725.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
715–750	733	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	475.00–500.00	$487.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
786–836	811	(<2 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	60	1,290.00–1,410.00	$1,350.00
880	880	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

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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
900	900	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,425.00	$1,425.00	—
1010–1120	1065	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	2	850.00–900.00	$875.00	—
1080	1080	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	900.00	$900.00	—
1100	1100	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,410.00	$1,410.00	+285.00
1100	1100	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	+225.00
1175	1175	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1200	1200	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1300	1300	Middle Aged/Aged (>5 yrs)	Open	1	1,435.00	$1,435.00	+60.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
965	965	Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	500.00	$500.00	—

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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.