New Mexico Weekly Cattle Summary

New Mexico · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 23, 2023

2,746 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $195.49/cwt -6.93 vs last sale · ≈ $1,016/hd at 520 lb · 172 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $191.57/cwt -5.94 vs last sale · ≈ $1,111/hd at 580 lb · 153 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $171.13/cwt -7.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,135/hd at 663 lb · 152 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	2,746	4,842	641
Feeder cattle	1,515	4,175	464
Slaughter cattle	207	444	116
Replacement cattle	1,024	223	61

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week, steer calves mostly steady, instances 7.00-10.00 lower early in the week. Heifer calves 2.00-12.00 lower, with instances steady. Feeder steers steady, instances 8.00-9.00 lower on comparable sales. Feeder heifers sold steady to 4.00 higher. Trade and demand moderate on limited buyers in attendance. Heavy snow and freezing temperatures in parts of the state curtailed receipts. Slaughter cows 2.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00-3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265	265	3	236.00–265.00	$245.67	$651	+15.10
304–337	317	22	206.00–235.00	$225.21	$714	-13.36
350–378	361	26	210.00–225.00	$218.20	$788	-18.56
388 value added	388	3	238.00	$238.00	$923	-14.00
405 value added	405	6	220.00	$220.00	$891	-13.16
400–449	426	84	192.00–232.00	$216.61	$923	-11.98
437	437	5	216.00	$216.00	$944	-12.59
458 value added	458	8	233.00	$233.00	$1,067	+12.33
450–496	481	75	190.00–226.00	$208.45	$1,003	-2.96
509–545 value added	518	12	210.00–237.00	$214.42	$1,111	+4.10
500–546	520	160	180.00–206.00	$194.07	$1,009	-2.87
558–596	580	153	183.50–207.00	$191.57	$1,111	-2.85
610–645	628	47	171.00–185.50	$179.88	$1,130	-0.46
650–693	663	152	162.00–183.00	$171.13	$1,135	-6.99
707–745	722	24	152.50–174.00	$166.59	$1,203	-4.70
750–788	767	19	165.00–171.00	$169.41	$1,299	+5.02
819–833	824	6	163.00	$163.00	$1,343	+3.70
875	875	1	155.00	$155.00	$1,356	+7.63
1038	1038	2	124.00	$124.00	$1,287	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
238	238	2	206.00	$206.00	$490	+20.89
295	295	1	210.00	$210.00	$620	±0.00
310 value added	310	2	204.00	$204.00	$632	—
310–333	324	4	189.00–193.00	$191.80	$621	-8.94
365 value added	365	1	205.00	$205.00	$748	—
358–398	382	9	180.00–202.00	$193.86	$741	-12.50
405–448	425	13	175.00–192.00	$185.16	$787	-15.06
433 value added	433	4	195.00	$195.00	$844	—
459–494	474	54	172.00–190.00	$182.54	$865	-11.90
500–540	521	9	173.00–187.00	$177.63	$925	-2.66
553–575	562	27	162.00–183.00	$171.54	$964	-6.97
600–645	627	12	158.00–165.00	$163.08	$1,023	-8.56
650–660	655	2	161.00–163.00	$161.99	$1,061	-7.15
705	705	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,022	-10.72
761–785	766	8	144.00–146.00	$145.00	$1,111	+12.00
845	845	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,191	-5.47
988	988	2	122.00	$122.00	$1,205	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
397	397	2	189.00	$189.00	$750	—
400–443	429	9	180.00	$180.00	$772	+2.00
471–495	476	9	155.00–160.00	$158.85	$756	—
509	509	13	154.00	$154.00	$784	+9.00
606 value added	606	7	162.00	$162.00	$982	—
642	642	3	155.00	$155.00	$995	—
673	673	5	152.00	$152.00	$1,023	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
320–330	325	2	170.00–192.00	$180.83	$588	+6.70
367–395	378	8	176.00–196.00	$185.70	$702	+12.89
410–430	420	2	165.00–175.00	$169.88	$713	-15.76
460–495	483	9	165.00–167.00	$166.12	$802	-2.85
500–545	519	4	150.00–163.00	$155.82	$809	+8.83
563–595	577	5	161.00–167.00	$162.64	$938	+3.99
683–690	685	5	138.00–155.00	$141.40	$969	-8.60
768–776	774	7	150.00–154.00	$151.13	$1,170	+17.72
885	885	1	139.00	$139.00	$1,230	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
511	511	13	168.00	$168.00	$858	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
135	135	1	300.00	$300.00	—
150	150	1	375.00	$375.00	—
205–215	211	6	300.00–400.00	$325.01	-74.99
295	295	1	350.00	$350.00	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
475	475	4	143.00	$143.00	$679	-11.10
740	740	4	149.00	$149.00	$1,103	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
609	609	6	170.00	$170.00	$1,035	—

Medium 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	2	170.00	$170.00	$527	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
200	200	1	275.00	$275.00	—
335	335	1	290.00	$290.00	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
410	410	1	350.00	$350.00	—
470	470	1	335.00	$335.00	-40.28

Small 4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
635	635	2	53.50	$53.50	$340	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
230	230	1	198.00	$198.00	$455	—
260 value added	260	2	225.00	$225.00	$585	+15.00
285–295	293	14	191.00–205.00	$193.85	$568	-16.67
300–333	322	3	184.00–190.00	$188.14	$606	-9.54
323 unweaned	323	2	190.00	$190.00	$614	—
350–395	382	37	175.00–196.00	$189.89	$725	-7.88
400–447	425	45	180.00–200.00	$183.61	$780	-6.91
462 unweaned	462	2	158.00	$158.00	$730	—
450–496	468	80	165.00–182.00	$176.53	$826	-8.03
501–548	528	115	165.00–182.00	$169.99	$898	-4.77
550–599	577	112	163.50–173.00	$165.85	$957	-4.40
609–646	628	44	150.00–170.00	$162.80	$1,022	-2.71
650–664	656	32	153.50–172.50	$167.41	$1,098	+4.92
725–748	739	20	151.00–160.00	$155.99	$1,153	+1.97
779	779	5	154.00	$154.00	$1,200	+14.06
800–805	803	3	150.00–151.00	$150.33	$1,207	+0.58
813	813	3	143.00	$143.00	$1,163	-6.75
873	873	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,266	—
915	915	2	145.00	$145.00	$1,327	—
916–920	918	7	140.00–142.00	$140.86	$1,293	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
276	276	4	182.00	$182.00	$502	-8.06
305–345	340	19	164.00–186.00	$179.75	$611	+4.26
350–396	384	13	157.00–180.00	$167.51	$643	-16.38
402–441	417	51	159.00–178.00	$171.66	$716	-4.93
453–498	479	49	153.50–175.00	$167.98	$805	-0.07
500–542	523	38	150.00–172.00	$162.67	$851	-5.39
565–590	575	10	154.00–168.00	$161.53	$929	-6.57
605–635	619	7	147.00–161.00	$153.25	$949	-13.00
655	655	1	145.00	$145.00	$950	-10.39
720	720	1	137.00	$137.00	$986	-7.00
787	787	11	145.00	$145.00	$1,141	—
805–820	808	5	120.00–133.00	$130.36	$1,053	—
854–860	855	5	105.00–134.00	$128.17	$1,096	—
975	975	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,219	—
1060–1075	1068	2	101.00–110.00	$105.47	$1,126	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
330	330	1	130.00	$130.00	$429	-15.00
371	371	7	175.00	$175.00	$649	+19.43
430–435	432	3	132.00–144.00	$136.98	$592	-36.02
450–485	460	13	144.00–168.00	$160.03	$736	+13.56
500–510	504	5	155.00–161.00	$157.39	$793	+10.08
590	590	1	142.00	$142.00	$838	+2.00
605–625	621	5	125.00–144.00	$133.04	$826	+3.04
675	675	1	133.00	$133.00	$898	—

Medium 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
275–284	278	3	185.00–187.00	$186.32	$518	—
428	428	3	152.00	$152.00	$651	—
507–530	516	7	156.00–171.00	$164.71	$850	—
607	607	2	151.50	$151.50	$920	+51.50
692–698	696	9	145.50–153.00	$150.51	$1,048	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	2	178.00	$178.00	$596	—
468	468	12	137.00	$137.00	$641	-36.64

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	5	164.00	$164.00	$684	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
597	597	3	158.00	$158.00	$943	-10.50

Medium 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
417	417	3	151.00	$151.00	$630	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
463	463	2	142.00	$142.00	$657	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
490	490	1	350.00	$350.00	—
500	500	1	360.00	$360.00	+60.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
215	215	1	325.00	$325.00	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
240	240	1	250.00	$250.00	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
255	255	1	185.00	$185.00	$472	—
345	345	1	195.00	$195.00	$673	—
438	438	3	177.00	$177.00	$775	—
485–498	492	6	164.00–178.00	$168.77	$830	-21.07
565	565	1	172.00	$172.00	$972	+0.64
625–640	634	5	145.00–147.00	$146.21	$927	-20.88
715–725	718	3	115.00–153.00	$139.38	$1,001	—
770	770	2	120.00–127.00	$123.50	$951	-26.50
845	845	1	125.00	$125.00	$1,056	—
905	905	1	94.00	$94.00	$851	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	200.00	$200.00	$540	+4.86
310	310	1	270.00	$270.00	$837	+31.59
395	395	1	210.00	$210.00	$830	-11.11
405	405	1	204.00	$204.00	$826	+15.92
456	456	2	165.00	$165.00	$752	-18.99
775	775	1	141.00	$141.00	$1,093	—

Medium 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
555	555	1	154.00	$154.00	$855	—
640	640	1	135.00	$135.00	$864	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
690	690	1	100.00	$100.00	$690	—
820	820	1	87.00	$87.00	$713	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
700	700	1	148.00	$148.00	$1,036	—

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
825	825	1	75.00	$75.00	$619	—

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
510	510	1	285.00	$285.00	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
780–1055	930	80-85%	3	73.00–78.00	$75.45	$702	—
870–1370	1073	80-85%	14	60.00–71.00	$66.08	$709	—
840–1605	1176	80-85%	53	70.00–85.00	$78.44	$922	—
995–1555	1304	80-85%	16	79.50–91.50	$84.62	$1,103	—
1440–1445	1443	80-85%	4	87.00	$87.00	$1,255	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
570–830	661	85-90%	4	21.00–28.00	$23.86	$158	—
685–780	733	85-90%	2	55.00–62.50	$58.99	$432	—
755–990	870	85-90%	4	49.00–52.50	$50.17	$436	—
870	870	85-90%	1	71.00	$71.00	$618	—
740–1380	948	85-90%	22	60.00–70.50	$66.53	$631	+0.78
735–1315	955	85-90%	13	50.00–62.50	$55.08	$526	—
960	960	85-90%	1	72.00	$72.00	$691	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	1	70.00	$70.00	$892	—
1125–1680	1353	11	76.00–86.50	$82.12	$1,111	—
1010–2105	1454	20	86.00–102.50	$92.97	$1,352	—
1325–2080	1721	11	98.00–105.50	$102.74	$1,768	+1.43

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
765–785	773	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	92.00–122.00	$108.67	$840

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd
925	925	(<2 yrs)	Open	1	119.00	$119.00	$1,101

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
725	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	810.00	$810.00
825	825	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	850.00	$850.00
935	935	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,200.00	$1,200.00
1090	1090	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	1,375.00	$1,375.00
1065–1140	1103	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,200.00	$1,050.00
1077–1119	1104	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	14	835.00–975.00	$905.71
948–1275	1108	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,300.00–1,675.00	$1,521.88
920–1395	1158	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	1,325.00–1,525.00	$1,425.00
1250	1250	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	1,050.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
760–975	884	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	800.00–1,250.00	$987.50
765–1060	904	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	6	950.00–1,150.00	$1,041.67
825–1140	983	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,350.00–1,400.00	$1,375.00
820–1170	995	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	900.00–1,200.00	$1,050.00
1110	1110	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	3	1,110.00	$1,110.00
1020–1255	1138	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	900.00–1,200.00	$1,050.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
710	710	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	725.00	$725.00
785–960	873	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	800.00–875.00	$837.50
1095	1095	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	840.00	$840.00

Small 4 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
553	553	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	2	500.00	$500.00
665–720	693	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	2	485.00–585.00	$535.00

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
750	750	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
955	955	Young (2-4 yrs)	1st/2nd Stage (1-6 mo)	1	735.00	$735.00

Medium 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
765	765	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	650.00	$650.00

Small 2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
730	730	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	600.00	$600.00

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
683–855	730	Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	12	800.00–1,000.00	$891.67
697–785	736	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	15	1,050.00–1,275.00	$1,136.67
685–895	790	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	800.00–825.00	$812.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
705	705	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00

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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
1005	1005	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,250.00	$1,250.00	+341.67
840–1335	1059	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	4	1,075.00–1,350.00	$1,218.75	—
1205–1325	1263	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,150.00–1,325.00	$1,239.17	—
1305	1305	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	1,275.00	$1,275.00	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1130	1130	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	1,650.00	$1,650.00	+375.00
1220	1220	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,350.00	$1,350.00	—

Medium 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
630	630	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	600.00	$600.00	—

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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.